Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-27

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Action of Congress.
| WASHINGTON, August 26.-Russia,
Germany and Japan have not declared
war upon China, either separately or
in concert. This statement is made
upon authority of the highest character
| What those nations may do within
the next forty-eight hours or within
the next fortnight, is a question which
no one in Washington is prepared to
answer
A brief dispatch from Che Foo con-
veying rumor current chere that Rus
STA, Germany and Japan had joined
in declaration of war upon China
aroused some interested comment
among Washington officials and among
diplomatic representatives OF foreign
governments resident here. In neither
official or diplomatic circles, however
was the rumor taken seriously. No
information of such action has reached
either the DepaEament of State or the
| legations of the governments primarily
interested. The fact alone is accepted
in official circles as a sufficient refuta-
ton OF the rumor.
Officials of the State. War and Navy
departments were at their desks to-
day, but UP to the hour of closing for
lac day not a word hadsbeen received
from Minister Conger, Gen. Chafree or
Admiral Remey. Since the dispatch
from Consul Fowler was received late
last Thursday night, the Department
of State has
Received No Advices
from any source in China except a
brief cablegram from Minister Conger
inqutring how he should route his mes
sages. The text Of the dispatch which,
it was explained, was very brief and
purely administrative in character,
was not made public.
The War Department has received
nd dispatches from Gen Chaffee known
to have come directly from him, for
| about week. Cablegrams signed
| ChatYee have been received. but as they
contained only lists of casualties, 1t is
assumed they were sent by some SUBJ
ordinate officer in Gen. ChafHees name.
From no official source has the depart
ment learned of the departure OF forty
| Americans from Pekin for Tien Tsin.
as reported in a special dispatch to a
London newspaper under date of Au-
| gust 10Th. Advces from Gen. Chaffee
are expected hourly, as the military
| telegraph line between Tien Tsin and
Pekin, which has been interrupted,
presumably is being or has been re-
paired. Imperative instructions were
sent yesterday to the commander OF
the United States forces at Tien Tsin to
have the line restored at once under the
protection of a cavalry detachment.
A Suspicion Exists
! here that the delay in messages both
from and to Washington Is rather be-
tween Che Foo and Shanghai than be-
tween Tien Tsin and Pekin From Che
Foo to Shanghai the telegraph line is
In control of the Chinese authorities.
| and 1t is suspected they are not so
| prompt in the transmission OF mes
sages as they might be-
Late in the day a dispatch was re-
| ceived at the Japanese legation from
the foreign office Of Japan. conveying
the latest and most authentic infor-
nation OF the situation in and around
| Pekin. In measure, the advices were
Of a disquieting nature, as they indi-
Gated that the Chinese had rallied their
forces and were preparing for an at
tack upon the allies in Pekin. If II
should prove that the allied forces
were besieged in Pekin, it would ac-
count for the lack Of advices from
Cen Chaffee. As made public by Min
lister Takahira, the dispatch from the
japanese foreign Office at Toxic Is as
follows:
An official telegram. dated Pekin.
August 18th. was received at Toxic
from Gen. Yamaguchi commander OF
the Japanese forces, to the following
effect:
4The capital Is now entirely cleared
Of the enemy. A cavalry regiment
which has been sent to Wan Shau Shan
| (where the Empress Dowagers palace
is located) reports that the imperial
family who had left Picking August
14th, started. after a short rest at Wan
Shau Shan for the west and where I'M
der the escort Of General Ma and his
troops. consisting of only about five
hundred horsenen and twenty carts.
The japanese forces occupied
The Treasury Department,
IN which over two million taelg In siI-
ver and large quantity OF rice were
found
Another telegraphic dispatch dassa