The Irish standard., 1900-09-01
CHANG TO BE HELD.
Admirals Decide to Keep Him on q
Warship Until the Opening of
Peace NegotiatiOns.

Paris, Aug. 29.-Admiral Courre-
Jolles, the French commander in Chi
nese waters, has cabled to the navy
department here that council of the
admirals has notified the foreign lega-
tions at Peking that it has been de-
cided to hold Ii Hung Chang on
board ship until the opening of nego-
tiations between the powers and China.
Washington, Aug. 29.-The suffi.
cheney of Ii Hung Chang's credentials
as plenipotentiary to conclude a
settlement with the powers on be-
half of China is now a subject for
active telegraphic negotiations among
the powers. 1t was stated positively
Tuesday that so far the issue was
still open.
Some of the powers have taken the
ground that Ii no longer represents
anything tangible; that the fleeing
Chinese emperor and empress dow
ager are powerless to carry out any
pledge; but none of them has, so far
as can be learned upon inquiry here,
finally decided this important ques-
tion beyond recall.
Washington, Aug. 29.-Adjt. zen.
Corbin has received dispatch from
Gen. Chaffee saying that he (Chaffee)
had received no dispatches from Gen.
Corbin since August IA. This was
the date on which the allied army
attacked and entered Peking. Many
dispatches have been sent by Gen.
Corbin since that date, and the delay
in their delivery is astonishing, even
with the strange conditions which
have existed in China. Like the Con-
ger dispatches, the one from Gen.
Chaffee is undated. The only explain
alton that can be made as to this
lack of dates is that the dispatches
have been butchered en- route, prob
ably on their way through China.
The cabinet came to the conclu-
sion that if any Chinese persons have
interfered with the dispatches the
interference must have occurred on
the wires between Chefoo and Shang-
hal, and it was determined to reopen
direct communication by means of q
war vessel. Either the New Orleans
or the Princeton, now at Shanghai,
will be sent at once to Chefoo, where
the military cable system begins free
from Chinese interference.
| Washington, Aug. 29.-The First
United States cavalry, which arrived
at Kobe, Japan, Tuesday, en- route to
China, has been diverted to Manila.
! London, Aug. ga special dispatch
from Shanghai says the Chinese Off
cials there have informed the foreign
consuls that the emperor, dowager
empress and Prince Tuan have ar
rived in the neighborhood of Tai
Yuan-Fu.
Tai-Yuan-Fu is the capital of the
province of Shan-Si, adjoining the
province of Chilli, and is 24O miles
southwest of Peking.
Washington, Aug. .2o.-The war de-
partment Monday received the follow
ing:
"Taku, China (no date).-Adjutant Gem
eral, Washington: Have offered assistance
to Baroness Won Ketteler; will furnish
transportation and escort Tientsin few
days; have offered transportation accom-
(signed) 'cHAFFEE."
Baroness Won Ketteler, the widow
of the murdered German minister to
China, is an American, being the
daughter of President Ledyard, of the
Michigan Central railroad, whose
home is at Detroit, Mich.
Tientsin, Aug. "a, via Tallu, Aug. 29.
Officers who have arrived here from
Peking report that Gen. Chaffee, CON-
manding the American forces in
China, IS making all the necessary
preparations to maintain $4,000 men
through the winter.
Tientsin, Aug. 25, via Talzu, Aug. 20.
Fifty Americans, including the
Misses Condlt-Smith, Woodward and
Paine, have arrived here from Peking,
which city they left five days ago.
Peking, Aug. 21, via Talsu, Aug. 30.
Russian, Japanese, British and
American battalions searched the I'm
perial park, south of the city and
about five miles out for Boxers. No
armed force was found. The Japanese
4 are in possession of the imperial snm-