The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-08
DEMONSTRATION
BY GERMAN NAVY
Continued from page oneJ

the allies In order to he tried and pos
| sibly executed.
/ The report that a punitive expedition
Is starting from Tien Tsin for Pao Tins
Flu Is probably correct, but the further
statement that an allied column Is get,
ting out for Tai Yuen Flu, the present
residence OF the empress. nearly SN
miles from Pekin, Is certainly fictitious
| a suggestive item OF Chinese news
Yesterday was that an order suspending
/ the departure OF the fourth brigade OF
! indian troops has been cancelled and
that the entire force would prOc5ed al
| once for the far East. Twelve hundred
Imore Indian troops have been landed al
| Shanghai, so that there are now oven
5000 men there and 1000 camp followers
The German troops landad at Shanghai
/ yesterday and the Austrlans arr alsC
preparing TO diSembark a small detach.
ment, doubtless to give moral support
10 the allies; SO that powerful little
international army is gradually belng
| formed at the Nangtse treaty port.
IL Is possible that the powers may al
SO have 20 land a force further south
before long. Street riots are said 20 be
| frequent In Canton and the situation
| IN that quarter Is by no means settled
The publication OF Admiral SEYMOUR
detailed report OF the operations OF the
aboruve Pekin relief expedition has
made a good impression. The admiral
pays high compliments to all the for
eign sailors and marines under his com
mand, and there Is no doubt that all
concerned In this enterprise did very
well. The report does not lead To be-
lief In the efficiency OF regular Chinese
troops. Had they possessed any skill
in the use of the excellent weapons with
which they were armed they should
have wiped out Sevmours small de-
tachment, encumbered as Il was with
wounded men and beirg short of sup
plies. but the Chinese almost luvaria-
bly, fired high and their volleys did lit
tie execution.
Ii Hung Chang's SECRETARY. accord
Ing 10 a message from Hong Kong. has
arrived at that place and reports that
Earl III leaves Shanghai for Pekin to-
morrow. Whether he viii be escorted
hy a japanese or Russian cruiser he
was doubtful. Probably the task will
be more congenial 70 the latter.
Germany's reply to the Russian pro-
posal FOR the evacuation " PeSin Is
commented upon by nearly every paper
this morning.
The Times states that the German de-
cision is one 20 which nobody need OBJ
ject- IL Is for Germany as for each one
OF the powers TO settle for herself what
her own position requires.
The Standard SAYS the answer from
Berlin Is in fact a rejection Of the Rus
sian recommendation. though In form
Il appears 10 be highly concillatory.
sat-s. 10 -.
as might have been expected. neither
complete acceptance nor entire refusrl
In form II is nearer refusal than accar.-
ance: in substance IL Is nearer accar =
ance than refusal.
The Telegraph says that nothing D..
an explicit refusal to evacuate Pekin
was to be expected from nation which,
through the murder OF Its ambassador,
has suffered in a peculiar degree from
the brutal recklessness OF the Boxers.
The Mail says that Germany's decision
to retain her troops at PelIin was GER
tain from the first for. though the Ger.
man policy is above all things anxious
to avoid quarrels with Russia. II Is not
less anxious to avoid making Itself
ridiculous in the sight Of the world,
which result must inevitably have fol-
lowed had Count Won Waldersee landed
at Taku to find that even the German
army had retired.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times SAYS that the vlcaroy OF WI
Chung has telegraphed 10 the British
urging that Great Brit
ain should without DELAY Initiate peace
He lays stress upon the
Of the British trade inter-
ests, which are seriously threatened by
the possibility Of a continuance OF lis
order.