Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-10-25
CHINA WAR NEWS.

The Germans are withdrawing their
troops from Shanghai.
The provisional government of Tien
Tsin has sentenced six boxers to death.
Gen. Chaffee has ordered two COM
panies of the 9th u S. infantry TO gar
rison Tien Tsin.
A dispatch from Shanghai on the
European women against coming
north from Hong Kong in the hope OF
joining their husbands, the situation
in the Yang Use valley being very SER
ious.
Another serious outbreak was re-
ported in China on the 18th. Kwang
81 is the seat of the trouble this time,
and it is said that the imperial troops
were inadequate to cope with it. Five
missions were destroyed at Han King
Chau.
A dispatch from Canton, dated the
14th, says that the Kwang 81 rebels
have defeated the imperial troops on
the borders of Kwang Tung, and that
Gen. Su has resigned in consequence of
his request for reinforcements being
ignored.
Detailed reports TO the war Office of
the occupation of Mukden, Manchuria,
show that the Russians met with strong
opposition at Schacho, where the Chin
ese with 80 battalions, 20 field guns,
and Krupps and Maxims occupied the
railway emDankment and heights.
The Russians lost so killed and
wounded, but captured several guns
1t is officially understood, that If an
international conference at The Hague
regarding the settlement of the Chinese
indemnity question is finally decided
on, it will not discuss with China the
amount of compensation she must pay,
but will confine its labors to fixing
and distributing the proportion of the
indemnity which shall go to the
several countries interested.
The Russian government permits it
TO become known that its attitude in
China will be increasing independence
of the concert of the powers. Russia,
it is explained, is disposed to attach
less value to joint action since her in
terests have been fully secured by the
successful campaign in Manchuria.
Moreover, Russia is not willing to fol
low the irreconceivable policy of some
of the powers.
For the first time in three days Min
lister Conger was heard from by the
state department at Washington on
the 18th. He communicated by cable
the substance of propositions advanced
by Prince Ching and Ii Hung Chang
as basis for peace negotiations. 1t is
believed that the last Chinese advance
is in the nature of counter proposals
TO those of the French note on the
theory that the proposed punishments
are sufficient to meet the demands
from the powers in that respect. There
is reason to believe that the govern
ment will take favorable action on the
latest proposition of the French gov
eminent.
No concealment is made at the state
department in Washington of the pur-
pose Of the U. S. to insist upon the full
fillment of the pledge given by the
powers for the maintenance of the 'open
door" on Chinese soil, whether parts
of the present territory of China are
annexed to other sovereignties or not.
A determined stand will be made by
the u. 5. against the partition of the
Chinese empire in accordance with the
purposes set forth in the note of Sec
rotary Hay on July ). In case Ger
many, Russia, France and Japan seize
large strips of territory, i. will prob
ably be thought best to ask a renewal
of the pledges that the commerce OF
the u. 5. and that of all other nations
shall stand upon a footing of equality
there with the commerce of the gov
erning power. There is little doubt
that Great Britain and Japan would
certainly support this proposition.
The American share of the loot at
Ticn Tsin is larger than at first re-
ported. 1t has been understood all the
Americans took after the capture OF
Tien Tsin was gold amounting in value
to S27s, 900. This report arose from
the fact that Ii Hung Chang asked
Gen. Chaffee to restore that sum TO the
Chinese government 1t now appears
that this S279, 600 was only the value
of gold coins and gold bars taken from
the Chinese treasury at Tien Tsin and
| apparently it was only the money
taken from the treasury which con-
cerned Earl Ii as government official.
Things of value were also obtained
from other sources and it is now re-
ported that the total value of the loot
will reach a figure about S10O,O 900 in
excess of the amount originally re-
ported. The gold coin and gold bars
taken from the treasury were melted
by order of Gen. Chaffee. Ii Hung
Changes request for the S27s, 900 taken
! from the treasury has received nc
/ reply.