The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-16

grams today from China, but he was
inclined to set negative value upon
them because they made no mention of
a massacre of the legationers in Pekin.
He reasoned that Admiral Remey was
in q good position to get as early news
as any one of such an event The Adj
miral's IS message is from Che Foo Of today's
date, though he is supposed to be at Taku
himself, and it is assumed that it was sent
from that place yesterday. The Admiral
stated that he had ordered the Buffalo
to Taku. She was coming out to the
Orient by way OF Suez and was to report
for orders at Singapore where she was
to be directed to proceed to Manila or
be detected to North China. She is car
rying out Il cargo of coal and number
of sailors to recruit the American fleet.
The second despatch came from Capt
Bowman of the gunboat Castine, which
is stationed at Shanghai and also was
dated today. 1t was as follows:
Shanghai, July 10.
Secretary Navy, Washington:
Rodgers sends word Oregon passed
Che Foo 18th, Nasty lille conveying.
(Signed) Bowman
Tt is supposed at the Navy Department.
that Capt. Rodgers of the Nashville sig
nailed this information from his ship as
he passed Che Foo.
The distance from Che Foo to the Kure
Docks, where the Oregon is bound, is
about 200 miles and as Che Foo was
passed last Thursday, it is estimated
here that the crippled battleship is now
nearing the straights of Shimoniseik,
through which she must pass to get up
to the docks.
Minister WI feels natural irritation
at the statements printed in some quar-
ters that the Chinese in the United States
are making ready to return to China
and that they sympathize with the Box
ers and ara lending them financial aid.
He declares in the most earnest man.
ner that there is not word of truth in
these statements. He says that all of
the Chinese in the United States come
from Southern China and are altogether
out of sympathy with the Northern
Chinese. In fact they do not even speak
the same language. He is sure there is
nese in the United States, and if they
were they would meet with the hostility
of the Canton men AS for the latter,
the minister declares that they are entire
" satisfied with their condition in this
country and could not be persuaded to
return to China to give aid to any ele-
ment opposed to Americans.
Tho croxrarst1 1,,aY1f hora hoc lrass x7Ofo cf
the efforts made in some quarters to stir
up an agitation against the peaceable
Chinese in the United States. 1t feels
it is imperativeIy necessary to use the
entire resources of the government to
suppress any movement that would
jeopardize their safety. Anything like a
massacre of Chinese in the United States
would wreck the whole case of the United
States government in the settlement
which must come Of this Chinese trou-
bic. Our government could not demand
reparations or indemnity from China for
whatever happens at Pekin or elsewhere
in China If the Chinese government
through the violence Of our people were
put in position to claim a set-off growing
out Of violence shown its people in the
United States. Therefore, steps have
been already taken to have the authori
ties in localities where there may be dan
ger of anti Chinese outbreaks prepare for
the promptest and most stern repressive
measures at the first symptom Of trouble.
And it may be stated that there viii be
no halting in the use of the federal troops
for such purposes if they are called for
by the state officials.