The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-02
TROOPS ARE LEAVING.
Many Russians and the Legation
Depart From Picking.
Allied Commanders Decided to Dis
patch Combined Land and Naval
Expedition to Shan Hal KVvan.
on the Gulf of Lao Tung.


nese government. Prince Tuan. the
archeonspirator against foreigners,
is reported to have been deposed and
Wan Wen Chao, reputed to be strong
in character and man of intelI-
gence, has been named to succeed
him. Kang Vi, potent factor in the
Boxer movement, is alleged to have
committed suicide because of the re-
pulse to his ambitions.
The rulers of China have taken
steps to mOllify the powers by bring
ing guilty officials to Justice Prince
Tuan viii be among the number pun
ished.
The state department has not been
advised officially of the events of
more or less Importance which are
said to have occurred in China. ac-
cOrding to various European reports,
within the past "a hours. If Tuan
has been degraded, and if Russia
contemplates a blockade of the Chi
nese naval ports, the department. does
not know the facts. 1t has let it be
! known to the Chinese government
that Tuan's promotion would be I'M
welcome to this government. but it
mas not yet been informed of the re-
suits of that representation. Re-
speeding the statement that Ching
/ has been discovered to be a contrib
utOr to the Boxer cause, it is said
that all the information that the de-
! partment has been able to secure
touching Ching's personality went to
show his unvarying friendliness for
/ the foreigners, and upon that record
he was accepted as a competent en-
voy.
Picking, Sept. 25. via TaI1u, Sept.
%, via Shanghai, Oct. 1.--At the con-
ference of generals to-day the Rus
sian commander, Gen. Linovitch. an
nounced the immediate withdrawal
from Peking of the bulk of the Rus
sian troops and the legation He
will leave on Thursday, September
q, and the legation will follow on
Saturday. There will remain a mix
ed force of about 1000 to represent
Russia.
Gen. Linovitch asserted that the
dispatch from st. Petersburg trans
hitting the order to withdraw con-
tanned a statement that all the pow
ers were adopting the same policy.
The other generals replied that they
had received no orders of that nature.
German and Japanese columns are
operating to the southwark near the
imperial deer park.
Sir Alfred Gaselee, the British
commander, has gone to Tien-Tsia
to inspect the British troops there.
Friction between the British and
Russians over the railway continues,
each party Selling and guarding
small sections. The repairing is un-
systematic and the completion of the
work very indefinite.
Tien-Tsin, Sept. %, via Shanghai,
Oct. 1.-Orders from Washington di-
recting the withdrawal of the bulk
of the American troops were recei-
ed this afternoon and preparations
to comply viii be begun immediate
| ly. Gen. Chaffee is here directing
the movement, which will commence
at the earliest possible moment
1t is understood that the plan con-
templates leaving a regiment of in
fantry, a squadron of cavalry and a
battery of artillery in Picking to pro-
tect American interests and that the
remainder of Tie troops will pro-
ceed to Manila.
The allied commanders had decid-
ed TO dispatch a combined land and
naval expedition TO Shan Hal Kwan,
on the gulf of Lao Tung, leaving Ia
llu October 1, the total land force be-
| ing 1920. The American detail had
not yet been made, nor had a de-
cisiOn been reached as to the naval
force. Now that the order to with
draw has been received from Wash.
ingtOn, it is possible that the plans
for the expedition will have to be
modified, so far as American particiy
patton is concerned. Gen. Chaffee is
proceeding on the opposite assump-
ton and has ordered the 5th marine
battalion to prepare to go.
The United States armored cruiser
Brooklyn will probably be the only
American war ship in the expedition.
The troops will go by water and will
be landed south of Shan Hal Kwan.
They will cooperate with large
Russian contingent already on the
way
The news of the American with
drawal created a sensation among
the representatives of the other pow
ers here.
Tien-Tsin, Sept. 25, via Taku, Sept.
26, via Shanghai, Sept. 2s.-Li Hung
Chang told Gen. Chaffee to-day that
his chief desire was to effect ces-
sation of hostilities and he prom
ised that the Chinese would not again
take the initiative in fighting
Secretary Hay at His Desk.