The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-09-27
special Commissioner Rockhill
VIII Advise Their Withdraw
al as Soon as Possible.
utA. ChAffEE WILL 90 TO TIES.TsIN
Inc Plan to Withdraw the German Ie.
CATION From Pekirg Has Been
temporarily Abandoned.
mere IL General Relaxation of Aux-
'e'y "t Washington. and Sunday
raised without Developments
In the Chinese situation.

Ieklng Sept. 10, Via Taku. Sept. %
MI William Woodville Rockhill. spe
ciaI committee of the United States
mas already conferred with Mr.. Con.
ger. the United States minister. bu;
ne mas not yet met Prince Ching. II
~ understood that he will advise
washington 10 withdraw the Ameri
safe. W
Inc plan to withdraw the German
legation from Peking has been tenn
PorariIy abandoned, pending the re-
re'pt OF further instructions from
Berlin.
The Russians report Boxer dem
ohStration against the railway YES
'erday, and the Germans are discuss
ing an expedition to Pho Ting Fu
after the arrival of their main force
Gen. Chaffee will 90 to Tien-Tsin
soon.
Washington. Sept. 24.-with the
,hree pending diplomatic notes bear
ing on the Chinese situation disposed |
o' oy answers to the respective pow
ers, the attitude of the United States
now Is waiting one. There was o
relaxation of anxiety appar-
mt sunday, and the day moreover
passed without any developments in
he way Of important dispatches
Now that the notes are acted UPON.
he question OF the commission which
TO negotiate peace is revived.
Imong others suggested Sunday
light as one of the commissioners
Judge VIM. r. Day, of Canton, for
'er secretary of state. His ill-health.
owever, might lead him to decline
Berlin, Sept. 24.-Dlscussing the an
wer OF the United states govern ,
lent to Germnny's proposal regard !
ig the Chinese settlement, tho Vos.
che Zeitung says Sunday: I
America's abandonment OF the .
'ncert of the powers will not hive q
rious consequences for their diplo- n
attic negotiations, but It will render 4
eir task more difficult, inasmuch a. T.
'thing so increases Chinese pre- o.
mptiOn and insolencc as the knowl- ~
ge that harmony in the ranks of G,
cir opponents has been disturbed. :,
us action of the United States is h,
ual to nm abandonment Of the com. 6,
IN interests of occidental ciyiliza-
N and, probably will lead TO a pro- ST
lgation of bloodshed." ~
Sept. 24.-It Is believed ev
official circles here that Prince III
an has been or will be promoted fe
membership in the grand council Pc
that the Taotai of Shanghai will sill
appointed principal Judge, with or
notorious Boxer, Kang VI, as his or
uty here. tr,
he foreign officials are understood de
be protesting TO the Yang Tsc de-
'roys against these appointments.
eking. Monday, Sept. II (via Taku.
'rsday. Sept. 2O).-Gcn. James H.
son, the American commander. Mu
k Pei Ia Chu this morning. No
'ils OF the affair have been learned.
the British officials have received
spatch announcing that "the tcm c
were taken according to arrange o,o,
t." c.o
is expected that Gen. Wilson will - a.S
C on San Hal Tien (San Kia Trcnp)
destroy the Chinese arsenal at -,
place. o'
e Germans moved westward to- q,
and 1t is doubtful II they coop 49,
I'd In the taking of Pei Ia Chu. -.
panesc scouts report that the
country is free of the ~ .,a
~. 80
word has been received from a.
tn United States cavalry column, 49,
h is operating in the northeast. ~ ~.
announced Thursday night in
tch received from Peking under ~.
of Sunday, September 16, via ,HS' so.'.
, Thursday, September 20, Gen WV
N, with 500 Americans and GOO
h troops and SIX guns, marched
ward that day, and the Germans q,.
to move on the following day VA
ember ~ to cooperate in TAX
ci Ia Chu, where the enemy was
sed to be in large force. The
can commander, il was added, "u
attack from the west and the ois
ms from the east. The dispatch , ,r'S'
lid that Gen. Wilson would then "oi.
he San Hal Tien (San Kia Ticn? anu
! Span
day
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