The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-22

FOR PEACE
Allies Are Trying To
Negotiate.
CHAFFEE'S TROOPS TO co
The Emperor and Empress Guests
Of a Manchu Prince En-
peror May Act.

Legation has received the following tele- |
gram from the Foreign Office at Toxic:
General Yamaguchi wired to the fol- /
owing effect:
Colonel Shiba, who was sent with a
:on pany of cavalry to Using Ho on Sep
ten Der 3D. escorted Prince Ching back to
Picking. The Princes residence. being in
the district occupied by the Japanese, is
guarded by them. Previous to his ar
rival the Prince communicated with
Major-General Fukushima, saying that on
account of the present grave situation he
had been requested by the Emperor to
return to Peking and to arrange affairs
SHANGHAI, Sept. ga dispatch from
Peking says that Prince Ching's secretary
entered the city and conferred with the
Spanish Minister, Senior de Cologan. doyen
of the diplomatic corps. The result of
the conference had not been made public
when the advices left the capital.
WILL PRODUCE THE EMPEROR.
PEKING. August 81 (via Shanghai.
Sept. SIT is unofficially but reliably
stated that Prince Ching will produce the
Emperor. The situation seems to hang
upon this: If Prince Ching can discover
the Emperor his majesty's rule will prob
ably be re-established, as there is no other
likely candidate Prince Ching comes I'M
der the imperial edict and two other lead
ing Chinese will be deputed to assist in
the negotiations for a settlement, one of
whom will probably be Lii Hung Chang.
THE IMPERIAL PALACE.
LONDON, Sept. 1O.-A dispatch from
Peking says that after the allied troops
traversed the place August 2Sth, the for
eign Ministers and Generals returned and
visited the audience halls, where they
found six mandarins, including officials
of the Tsung-li Yamen. The royal apart
women were not entered. Magnificent
marble staircases, costly bronzes and
valuable vases were encountered every
where. The Emperor's throne, situated In
a small building, is surrounded by pedes-
tails on which are caskets containing writ
ten wishes to be opened after his death.
ALLIES MARCH AGAIN.
TIEN-TSIN. Sept. (via Shanghai. Sept
ID.-A body of 1000 allied troops. including
200 men of the Fifteenth Infantry under
command of Major Robertson. marched
today against the cities of Sheng Hal
Sien and Tile. where the presence of Box
ers threatens the Tien-Tsin region. The
advance was made in two columns for the
purpose of thanking the towns. General
Dc rward personally commanded the ex-
petition. The Japanese siege guns were
taken with the expedition, which included
a large force OF cavalry.
One regiment of German cavalry and
one British battery have arrived.
NINETY MISSIONARIES MURDERED.
SHANGHAI. Saturday, Sept S.-John
GoOdnoW, the United States ConSul-Gen-
eral here, after Inquiries from every pos
sible source. learns that the number of
British and American missionaries MUIR
dered during the uprising in China, was
lninety-three, while 40 others stationed in
Chill and Shansi provinces, are unac-
counted for, and there is reason for the
belief that they have met the same fate.
OF those whose deaths have been abso-
lluIely proved twenty-five were Americans.
eight men, eight women and six children
thirty-four were British, nine men, fifteen
women and ten children. There is strong
proof that thirty-seven more Were killed
at Tai Yuen. All the natives from that
place tell substantially the same stories.
Ten men, thirteen women and seven
children are known to have been there.
The list of missing numbers: Ameri-
cars, 20 men, p women and 20 children;
British, IL men, ~ women and IA children.
1T is impossible to get the number of the
Catholics killed, but there were many
French priests and sisters. and some were
in the country where the Russians are
fighting. There Were also several Swedish
and Danish Protestants.
SHANGHAI, Sept 15.-The news of the
contemplated withdrawal of the allies
, from Picking has caused a great sensa-
/ ton ard is regarded here as q great mis-
take which is likely to eventuate in dis
turbances in other parts of China. where
the people are certain to attribute the
evacuation to a defeat of the European
forces. Even here, the Chinese as a
whole, do not believe that the allies ever
reached Picking. They think the story a
fabrication concocted for the purpose of
imposing upon the officials.
Competent observers believe that a les
son must be brought home to China now
in order to prevent serious outbreaks In
me future.
BOXERS LEAVING.
TAKU, Wednesday, Sept. 12-All the
Boxers against whom an expedition of
allies was sent to the westward had left
the vicinity of Tu Lu four days pre-
vlous to the arrival of the troops.
EMPEROR AND EMPRESS.
! NEW YORK, Sept. ia despatch to
the Herald from Picking says:
! The Empress Dowager and the Emper-
or. with 5000 troops as guard, are now
staying with Mongol prince in Mongolia.
80 miles northwest of Picking, watching
events here. No pursuit of them is in
tended oy the foreign troops. If Picking
| is to be held, immediate steps must be
taken to meet the problem of food sup
ply for half million population or else
there will be certain starvation next win
ter.
The yearly contribution of the Southern
provinces of a hundred thousands tons OF
rice for the Picking Manchus Is stopped
by the military operations and part Of
1T has been confiscated at Tien-Tsin.
The Russians are keenly pushing their
interests. There are 5000 of them here