Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-16
TIE Events N EUROPE
The Germans Fully Aroused Over
Chinese situation-Special Ex.
petition Getting Ready.
Gloom Hangs Over London Which
Even Social Gayety Fails
to Dispel.

" O16pel.
Paris Shown Cold Shoulder BY For.
eign honarchs- Fetes Have to
Be abandoned.
Berlin, July 16-Interest in the Chi
gnese enigma here is deepening steadily.
Doth With the government and the ma
ton The preparations for a special ex-
petition occupy a large part of public
attention. Among the officers who will
go to China are number of the best
and most efficient in the German army
A score of them have belonged to the
general staff, and the number will also
include some who We're formerly Mill
stary Instructors in Tien Tsin and else
where. The greatest care has been
taken in selecting the officers and men.
The authorities will send only those
Who are declared fit by the doctors for
"a lengthy and arduous campaign in a
dangerous climate. In a word, the Ger
man crops is going to be really elite
corps.
The circular of the minister of for
eign AFFAIRS Count Won Buelow, meets
With sfngularly unanimous approval in
the German press, excepting solely the
ssocialistic organs. which continue to
abuse the government for its so-called
5weltmachpolitik (world-power poiicy),
claiming IT has thereby precipitated
the Chinese crisis. The rest Of the
press and the nation as whole fully
endorse the Count Won Buelow's policy.
chasing it as wise, moderate and cir
8cumspect. The whole attitude of the
nation toward the understanding be-
tween the powers excludes the idea of
Germany seeking separate advantages
from action in China. No i'll Will is
toward any other power in regard to
China, unless in the case of some of the
rabid Anglophobe newspapers The
bDeutsche Tagen-Ieitung points out
that while all the other powers bend
their efforts to s,ibdue China. England
alone is pvostrate. etc, and with Its
small force of mercenaries can not be
trusted. because they are una Bile to
take an adequate part in such tasks
sof civilization''
The paper adds: England is thus
forced to rely on Japan 10 get her
chessnuts from the fire. England,s inn
spotence is mainly owing to her UNI
righteous South African war, and the
interests of the whole of
civilization now thereby suffer-
Lieut.. Gen. Pockhaniner in Die
Wpche discusses the military situation.
in China, pointing out the difficulties of
q campaign there for the! allies, includ-8
ing the climate cornmissariat housing.
roads. possible lack of harmony and in
ternational jealousies, saving:
China evidently largely counts on
the latter, or else she would not hays
been bold enough to defy the whole
western combination. She expects a
larg mortality among the European
troops during the rainy season. just get
ting in there
The government remains withoutscon-
ffrmatory news Of the losses and risings
in the ISiao Chou district.
The newspapers are calling attention
TO the alleged existence of a Chinese
campaign of lies citing as proof the
text of a number of recent statements
of the Chinese authorities. expressing
| the belief that the Chinese herewith
are cunningly attempting to SOW diarord
| in the ranks of the powers. The Nos-
s'laehe Zeitung thinks China will not
succeed in this, as even Russia has
| now been forced to acknowledge Chi
nese duplicity," the proofs of which the
| Vossische Zeitung prints in ST. Pc
ltersburg special, ying that Russian
\ troops. on June "a, Intercepted an i'm
perial edict which ordered the regular
/ troops in the Russian sphere of influ-
ence to join the Boxers in fighting the
foreign devils The Nossische Zeitung
strongly argues it is quite probable
there has not been any palace revolu-
! ton In Pekin, and that the doWager en-
press still directs the policy of China,
with or without Prince Tuan's approv-
al citing internal evidence to that eff
i feet.
\ A number of German papers contain
| communications condemning further
sales Of ships. ammunition and arms to
China. One letter is from a retired
German general, deploring the fact that
German soldiers in China are being
killed with German Krupps and Maus-
j:er.. 5ss
The semi official Post contains an ar
i.ticle alleging that Japan is financially
lunable to conduct a big war against
4 China, claiming she has poor credit and
| no funds. The writer saddles the blame
for this state Of affairs largely upon
|Japan's systematic discouragement Of
foreign capital" and prohibition OF for
eigners holding real estate" and also
upon the 'unfairness of the courts to-