The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-11-27

the international commission was a
/ tremendous blunder. In the first place
they We're tried, convicted and execut-
ed by a foreign court, and are there
/ fore regarded by their countrymen as
martyrs. Furthermore, they surrender
ed themselves to these foreigners by
command of the Chinese Peace Com
missioners, who We're carrying on ne
| gotiations with the powers, and the
| Chinese look upon the execution as
treachery They understand that If the
| international commission decided they
were guilty and should be executed
the Chinese would carry out the sem
fences, even though the officials felt
when they surrendered that they would
not be killed In view of the execu-
tons and surrounding circumstances,
there appears to be some reason for the
Empress Dowager's expressed belief
that the promises of the representa-
tives of the powers that no harm will
come to her if the court returns to
Picking are an insufficient guarantee.
ALLIES HOLD TONES.
PARIS, Nov. 19.-Official advices
from General Voyrun. commander of
the French troops in China, announce
that international columns are occupy
Iing the tombs east and southwest of
Picking. He reports a small engage
ment with the Boxers, in which they
lost 300 killed, the foreign troops sus-
aiming no casualties.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 19.-Dis-
patches from Vladivostok say the Chi
'nese have destroyed 300 versts of the
southern section of the Manchurian
Railroad. All the stations were burned
and much rolling stock was destroyed
The damage Is estimated at 10000, 600
roubles.
GERMAN SOLDIERS DENOUNCED.
NEW YORK, Nov. ia cable to
the Sun from Picking, dated November
18th, says: The conduct of the Ger
man soldiers at Chou Chou has been
denounced by Rev. w. S. Ament of the
American Board of Foreign Missions,
who complained to Count Won Valdez
see that a soldier told him from forty
to sixty women who We're in hiding in
haystacks from the soldiers had been
assaulted. The soldiers had also i'm
posed fine of 5000 taels on the head
official of the town, and when the mon
ey was not forthcoming they confiscat-
ed everything in his home. When
Ament went to Waldersee with his
complaint, the latter referred him to a
junior officer for redress
Waldersee declares officially that he
has stopped footing and restored peace
in the southern part of China, and that
repairs to the railway to Tien-Tsin will
be completed by December 18TH
The foreign Ministers will hold an
other meeting on November 18th.
BERLIN, Nov. 19.-Replying to Herr
Babel and defending Emperor William
with the Reichstag today, General Won
Gossler, minister of war, made this ex-
traordinary statement: What our
troops are now doing in China is mere
~ retaliation for what the Huns did
to us for centuries"
THE FRENCH IN CHINA
PARIS, Nov. 2O.-The debate on the
budget for the ministry of foreign af- |
airs was continued in the chamber of |
deputies today. M. Denys Cochin Con- |
sentative, during the course of a |
'peech, pronounced himself in favor of |
lpholding the honor of France and of |
ne French troops in China.
M. Lucien Millevoye, Nationalist.
'aid he considered it necessary to
maintain large eXpeditionary force in
'hina.
The minister of foreign affairs. NJ.
lei Casse explained at length the orr
IN or the force necessary to relieve the /
oreisn legations at Peking. In so do
ng, he referred to the heroism display
al in the defense of the legations, and
declared the accusations of cruelty
gainst the French and international
roops were unfounded. He added:
The eight powers have met in an
tempt to reconcile their interests and
laims, all of them wishing to respect
he integrity and even the indepen-
ence of China, Special claims must
Ne stunned"