The age-herald., 1900-07-13
DETAILS OF THE
 ASSASSINATION Japanese Legations Officially h. formed of the Germans Death, NINTH INFANTRY AT TEN TSIN Col. Liscuman Has Free Hand in Ad- vancing and It Is Thought He Has Reached the Be-
 leaguered City
NINTH INFANTRY AT TEEN TSIN

 gation has received a dispatch from Tokio tion of Baron Von Kettler at Pekin and the fighting around Tien Tsin. The dis patch was sent from Tokio July 4, but was in some way subject to great delay around the Siberian route. It states thSt the German minister was killed by shot, and that 1t Is not known whether the mob element present or soldiers are responsible for the shooting.
 Concerning today's reports from Yoko- hama that the Government is being asked to send 60OOO troops to China, MT. Nabe- shima the Japanese charge d'affairs, says there is no present evidence that the Gov ernment has the slightest purpose of send ing more than one army corps or 22,OW men, to China.
 It is the understanding of the Japanese officials here that the Fifth Army Corps is now being put aboard transports at one of the great naval stations near Hireshi- ma It is expected that the transports will go forward in groups as fast as load ed, each group being accompanied by a convoy of warships to afford protection. But as Japan and China have not declared lwar against each other, it is not expected that large convoy of war vessels will be required The Japanese troops will go straight to Taku, the trip taking about three and one-half days.
 Ninth Infantry at Tien Tsin
 It is inferred at the War Department that Colonel Lscuman and two battalions of the Ninth Infantry, which arrived at Taku on Friday, have reached Tien Tsin. Colonel Liscuman has a free hand in the matter of an advance, and it is thought that by prompt movement he has already reached the beleagured city of Tien Tsin, where, according to todays advices to the British Admiralty, endorsements were urgently needed.
 The Bureau of Military Information has received communication from Major Aa- linszky, U. s. A., retired, giving some de- tails of climate and topography of the country between Taku and Pelin. The country between Taku and Pekin is hilly, and the climate probably will be more la Vorable for white troops than that of the Philippines. The mean temparture of Pe- kin is about the same as that of San Fran cisco, but it is much hotter in summer and bitterly cold in winter.
 The quartermasters department has chartered the steamer Aztec at San Fran cisco and has directed that she be fitted up fer use in the transportation Of horses ana mules for the Philippines, or China as the case may be.
 In view of the prospective military opera tions in China the quartermasters de- Oartment is favorably considering the ad- visibility of establishing a regular service between Taku, China, and Nagasaki. Japan, and using the transport Logan and the freight ships Flntshire and Wyefield for that purpose. The Logan carried the Ninth Infantry from Manila to Taku, and { e thR lot anrf Ina tShi a and Wyefield are scheduled to leave Manila tomorrow with two battalions of the Four teenth Infantry and battery of the Fifth Artillery for Taku.
 Negotiating with Japan
 The State Department is now in nego- tiation with the Japanese government for permission to land these armed forces at Nagasaki. It is expected that this permis- sion will be speedily granted.
 The good impression made by the edict of the Chinese government given out by Minister Wu yesterday threatens to be off, set to some extent today by the reports from London stating that Prince Yuan was the real author of this edict, and that some of its most forcible anti-foreign language was omitted from the version given out here But at the Chinese legation these intimations from London are dismissed as groundless. The dispatch was received here in Chinese, by which the Chinese gov ernment transacts its official code mes- sages. This in itself indicates that it e4me with the sanction of those in imperial au- thority, as the official code is not known outside of this limited circle.
 Two translations will be required f>.st from the numerals to the Chinese the sec ond from the Chinese to the English These translations were made by the mem bers of the legation staff here, so that the ultimate text as made public contained the phraseology adopted by the officials in this city. In taking their transla tions they say they adhered literally to the telegraphic edict, so that the published text contains everything embraced in it. When the Elm peror Kwang Hsiu issued his edict he does not sign his name but his acts are au- thenticated by a seal, which in this case could not be cabled, so that the document was authenticated as coming from the privy council the highest body of dignitar- les in China and the one most closely as- sociated with the imperial household. Fol- lowing an invariable custom in time of disorder, the war office at Pekin was en- trusted with furnishing the runners to carry the message to the imperial treas urer of China, who in turn got it to Shang- hai. From that point it was sent direct to the various ministers, coming to Wash- ington direct instead of by the usual route of London. Under the foregoing circum- stances, the Chinese officials regard it as beyond the slightest question that the edict Is bona fide expression from the imperial government of Cnina and more- over that it Is complete as given out here, without the anti-foreign addenda sought to be put into it in other quarters.