The Washington weekly post., 1900-10-02
Suggests Negotiations Should
Begin Immediately.
RUSSIANS WIN TWO HARD FIGHTS
Chinese Were Disiodsed from the Railresd
at sanehakan and i.eft Forty-thrse
Dead in the British Gapboat
shells the VILLAGE OF Luk-iao and Ring
leaders Were FIosged-foreign Once
ofseiai at Berlin Denies Agreement.

London, Oct. 1.-THE Austro- Hunza-
rian foreign Office" says the Vienna cor
respondent of the Morning Post, has re-
ceiyed circular note which France has
addressed TO the powers in which she
agrees as to the necessity of obtaining
satisfaction for the anti-forelgn attack
but suggests that the ministers in Pekin
should Immediately begin negotiations .n
the other questions at issue. The note
also proposes the permanent prohibition
OF ;ti5 import OF arms and ammunition
into China, the razing % the fortihca-
tons between Pekia and the sea. and
the maintenance OF issation guards"
81. Petersburg, Oct. 1.-The war office
announces that dispatches from Khs-
barOysk and kharhll say Gen. Tschltsch-
agOn sent Col KOpaken With a detaeh-
ment OF COssacks, railroad troops, and
volunteers 10 engage a force OF Chinese
who had occupied the railroad at Saneh-
akan. The Russians won two obstinate
fights. Forty-three dead Chinese we're
left in he trenches after the second en-
gagement.
The Official Messenger to-day declares
the tenor OF the governments official
communications in regard to Russia's task
In affairs in the far East, clearly demon
strate that the reports OF the annexa-
tion of Manchuria are devoid of all foun-
dation."
Extra Credit OF 80, ,o0O, 900 Francs.
Paris, Oct. l.-When the chambers re-
assemble the government will publish
yellow book on China and ask for an ex-
ira credit of 80. O00. 600 francs The Cham
Der of Deputies has already voted 10 O01, ,no0
fran Al
ernment opened another credit of 1900 ,0D
francs. The total credit for the Chinese
operations is, therefore. 20 0o0, 600 francs
The French consul general at Shanghi,
under date of Saturday. September %.
telegraphs that ne has been informed by
the governor of Sent-Che-Li that through
the lntermedlari0n OF Sheng (the admins
traitor of telegraphs and railroads) the
missionaries and engineers az Theng-
Tng-Fu were safe and sound September
%; that the military and civil authorities
had taken precautions 10 protect all the
missionaries. and that the Belgian mis-
sion at Ning-Tian-Lung was safe.
Hongkong, Oct. 1.-The British gunboat
Robin has sheiled the village of Luk-i.ao
on the West River. in retaliation for the
inhabitants firing on a British steamer.
The ringleaders were afterward captured
and fiogged
Tientsin. Saturday. Sept. 2s-The Ger.
man Minister, DR.. Mumm Won Schwarzen-
stein, has arrived here and established
himself Professionally. a the German
consulate. Baroness Won Ketteler will
start for Japan soon on noard the Ser-
man steamer Halle.
Germany Denies the Statement.
IT.
ed i'm Paris that France. Russia. and
Germany have arrived a. complete un-
derstanding in regard ia The retention
of troops at Pekin and that Germany
abandons her demand for the punishment
Of the instigators OF the outrages before
the peace negotiations begin. is denied
here officially.
foreign Office official made the follow
ing statement on the subject: The story
is Inaccurate. particularly the intImation
that Germany. Russia. and France have
formed a separate diplomatic group. Ne
gotiations between these powers continue
as with the others Germany does not ex-
pect Great Britain's answer to her pro-
posal for several days"
The semi-ofiiciaI press uniformly dis
credits the assertions: but a well-informed
correspondent this evening that he Dad
excellent reasons for believing them to be
true. especially as the German foreign
office had itself admitted that Russia had
dropped all intentions of Withdrawing
from Pekin.
The Berliner Post denies that the
French. Russian and American officers
have refused to obey Count Won Walder-
see until hOstilities are resumed. The for
eign Office is unable TO confirm the reports
Of the degradation Of Prince Tuan, but
the admission is made that there has been
an Improvement in the disposition OF
China toward foreigners. This change the
Berliner Post attributes 10 Count Won
Waldersee's arrival
Edict Regrading THaR a sham.
The Shanghai correspondent Of the
Frankfurter Zeitung and the correspon-
dent OF the Lokal AnZeiger confirm the
issuance OF imperial orders degrading
Prince Tuan. but the Lokal AnzeigeT's ad-
vices show that the edlcts are regarded
as a sham by foreign circles in Shanghai.
This evening the Berliner Post has a
leading article which tends To exonerate
the Chinese government from responsi-
bility for the atrocities and makes con
eesslons in favor Of the Emperor. En-
press Regent. and mandarlns, which are
somewhat surprising when coming from a
journal that has all along supported the
German note. The articles says: NO
doubt the Chinese government Was forced
by considerations of self-pressrvation 20
Weld 10 the alI-powerful Boxers. So
great was their hatred against foreign
- ,hot tka oovsruuent fearsd annihila-