The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16

Tlents!n. Oct Y. via Shanghai. oct IA
Count Won Waldersee has issued an off,
clal statement summarizing the military
progress made since he assumed command.
Die explains that the seeming delay Is
due 20 the difficulties experienced in the
disem baTkati0n and transportation OF
the German troops. and also to the diff
Guilty a getting the various commanders
90 work In harmony Count Won Wsidcr-
see says the condition Is now tolerably
satisfactory and that active operations
are inaugurated With the Pao-Tiug-F'u ex-
petition.
The statement regards the Inactivity OF
the hostile Chinese merely as a ruse 10
cover possible further offensive operations.
Count Won Waldersee's military policy
f. designed 20 crush the possibility Of
further h0stili;les
The British contingent started for PaO-
Ting-Fu this morning. There are persis-
tent vumors that considerable opposition
will be made. II this occurs II is prob
able that overwhelming forces Will arrive
from the other provinces.
The progress Of the Chinese court to-
ward sian Flu, the new capital, has been
delayed On consequence OF the presence OF
the supposed Mahammedan rebels in the
proyace OF Shen-sL
Aims of the Expedition.
Rome, oct H-According 10 a dispatch
from Taku to the Trlbuna, the expedition
10 Pao-Tiug-Fu aims TO assure. In add
ton 10 The Chastisement OF the Boxer
chiefs. the exploitation OF the railways. II
Is expected to last about forty days.
The Italian cruiser NesuViO. the dis
patch says, has left Taku for Shanghai.
"Where the powers are concentrating nu-
mercus warshps. In view OF possible
trouble"
Berlin, Oct. 14.-Germany's China policy
IS growing unpopular among the great
manufacturers in West Germany, owing
to the severe reaction In business. the alb
sence OF orders and the heavy fall in in
dustrial shares.
Most Of the papers to-day discuss the
expression world empire" used by En-
peror William in his speech at the laying
OF the foundation stone Of the imperial
museum at Saalburg, all denying that
Germany has any such intention, as
might seem 20 have been implied. The
Nossische Zeitung says that the time has
passed when mankind generally would
tolerate the hegemOny OF a single power
The Cologne Gazette. the National Zsi-
tung, the Norddeutsche AIlgemeine lei
tung. the Berliner Tageblatt, and the Ber-
liner Post give utterance 10 similar senti-
ments.
Referring to the action OF the foreign
ENJOYS in Pekin the National Zeitung
says: The ENJOYS have spoken. The
next step is 10 enforce their decisions"
FoHr Centers Of Rebellion.
london. Oct. 15.-The Shanghai CORE
spondent Of the Morning Post, wiring
Saturday. describes four distinct agita-
tons-in Kwang Tung. Kwang 81, SEE
Shuan, and the Yang Use regiOn-au Of
which are anti-dynastic rather than anti
foreign. IF sun Vat Sen Is successful In
the south" says the correspondent, "and
his rebellion spreads over the Yang Use
region, he will probably be aided by
Prince Tuan, Tung Flu Hsiang, and the
Mohammedan leaders in the northwest"
The Chinese imperial troops. according
TO dispatch TO the Daily Crr1niCe from
Hongkong, dated yesterday, have recap
turcd Wei Chou. on East River, where
Sun Yet Sen, the reformer, had raised lis
flag, and have scattered the rebels.
The Standard publishes mail adyices
from Tientsin giving a Inst Of fifty-fCur
documents that were seized IL he yalnen
OF the viceroy after the capture II the
city, and fell into the hands OF the cor
respondents before the military authori-
ties had seized the yamen. These include
receipts for money paid to Boxer generals
for supplies 10 their troops of every kind :
reports Of actions and lists of casualties
and rewards paid TO generals and the
families OF the killed, all clearly proving
that The authorities maintained the Boxer
movement by lavish expenditure.