The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-17
TECHNICAL PEACE
WITH THE CHINESE
Administrations Attitude
is Unaltered.
SWIFT PUNISHMENT.
VIII Nevertheless be Inflicted on
Those Responsible.
VIII SEND ADDITIONAL TROOPS,
All Available VIII Be Dispatched at
Once TO China to Aid i'll the Work
of Avenging the Butche:y of
the Foreigners i'll Pekin.
May Draw on Phil
ippin
WILL SEND ADDITIONAL TROOPS,
fRv Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON July 16.-The decision
Of the administration at the end OF most
eventful day is that the United States gov
ernment is still not at war with the gov
ernment of China The big happenings at
Tien Tsin, coming on top of the stores OF
the last struggles at Pekfn, have not al
fected the attitude of the administration on
this point; the United States and China
are technically at peace, but this state
men. should not be accepted as indicating
a purpose on the part Of the United States
government to hold its hand in the admin
istration of swift and adequate punishment
upon the Chinese without regard to sta
ton. who may be responsible for tha out
RACES OF the past few weeks. 1t means
simply that the government OF tho United
States feels it can best achieve that pur-
pose by regarding the status, officially, as
one of peace.
To hold otherwise would seriously cripple
the government in its efforts to obtain sat
isfaction for the outrages the Americans
in China have suffered. We should find
the ports of China, now open to us. closed,
and all sorts of impediments would be en-
countered which now are missing There
fore. according to the administrators
not even a technical gain. while it would
be actually q heavy drawback.
MONEY IN PLENTY.
Chairman Cannon, OF the House Appro-
priations Committee, is authority for the
| statement that money in plenty is at the
disposal of the President to meet the pres
ent emergency, and that there Is no neces-
sity for a called session Of Congress on
! that score.
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ton has known since the battle of Santiago.
At the very beginning came Admiral
Remey's cablegram announcing the defeat
! of the allied forces at Tien Tsin, and then
came the vivid Associated Press account
| Of the fight. A special Cabinet meeting
| was held on receipt Of this news with such
members present as are in town. Great re-
luctance was manifested on the part of the
| participants to answer questions as to the
nature of the deliberations. The best in
dication of its nature was the departure
| for the White House of Secretary Hay i'm
| mediately after the conference. He sat
| down and had a long talk with President
| Mckinley over the long distance phone.
| and it is understood that the President has
| decided that it is best for him to come
| back to the capital from Canton.
There was no disposition shown in the
| conference to withhold additional troops,
| the only question being the size of the
| additional force available. So it was LETT
| to the War Department officials to decide.
| The only point laid down was that ths
| government would send forward all the
| troops that could be spared at this time.
| INTERNATIONAL, UNDERSTANDING.
| One proposition discussed by the Cabinet
| appeared to have a very practical aspect
about it. Technical men had made objec-
/ ton to the further conduct of the Chinese
| campaign with an International force with
,la, In
| duties of each of the mowers represented
| 1t was suggested that International con-
| ference be called hastily at one of the
| capitals-London, Berlin, Paris or Wash
| ington-to define the part to be taken by
! each power and the quota Of troops to be
| furnished it, and to arrange for the se!ec-
! ton Of a commander-in-c chief of the allied
forces.
| This suggestion did not meet with fav-
| orable reception It was felt by the Cabi-
| net that the United States should SEND
| what force it could dispose of TO China.
| as far as seemed necessary, and should not
| make any agreement with other powers as
| to the number This decision involves the
| increase of the force of troops destined
| for China The responsible officials evaded
| any specific statement as TO the extent OF
| this increase.
It was. however, gathered that the rein
| forcements would be limited only by the
: ability OF the government 10 spare troops
| from the commands now in the United
| States and Cuba The estimates varied as
! TO how many could be spared, but the
| general opinion was that somewhere be-
| tween four thousand and eight thousand
men could be shipped 10 the East from
| Cuba and the United States in addition TO
| the troops already under orders
THE AMERICAN FORCE.
| A statement prepared by Adju1ant-Gen-
| rbar iS 4
| total OF 10,46o officers and men now in
| China en- route TO China, en- route TO
| Nagasaki or under orders for Nagasaki.
| This table, Of course, includes the Ninth
| 1nfnntry which may not be in condition
| for further service.
General Woods last reports indicate
| that owing to the tranquility prevailing in
| Cuba it would be entirely safe to decrease
| the military force there quite largely.
! But even with these Cuban troops it will
| be necessary. if the Cabinet plans are
| carried out TO divest the home posts of
| garrisons snve in the case of the heavy
artillery organizations a seacoaSt points.
AhcIt all of the troops within the bor-
| de,.s o. she United States that would be
available for Chinese service under a call
are these regiments:
! The Second. Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and
| Tenth Cavalry Regimen intact; one
| squadron each of the First and the Sixth
| Cavalry; the First, Tenth and Eleventh
| Regiments of Infantry, complete; one bat
! talon each of the Second, Fifth. Seventh,
| Twelfth, Eighteenth, Twenty-thrd and
| Twenty-hfth Infantry Regiments, and
| three companies of the Twentyfourth
Infantry.
THE ARTILLERY.
This availIble force of cavalry and in
fantry aggregates about 5000 men. Some
artillery undoubtedly would be sent and
there are light batteries K, of the First
Artillery; A and F.. OF the Second; c and
F, of the Third; 8, of the Fourth: D. OF
the Fifth, and C and NJ. Of the Seventh,
! available. There are. besides, CempnnisD