The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-01
No Talk mt European Capitals OF
Giving h Representatives of
China Their Passports.
ROSY VIEW BY LII Hal H0UAN
CHINESE MINISTER AT BERLIN
THINKS TROUBLE is NEAR END.
Says Lii Hung Chang Will Suppress
the Boxers in Three Weeks
Comments of the Press.
Copyright. 1900. by the Associated Pressl
Jupe IA high foreign oficia

BERLIN, June 30.-A high foreign official
said to-day: THE old theory of no war
is still upheld. The understandings be-
tween the powers are still intact. No ex-
change of notes is going ON. Japan some
time ago asked the powers for their pro-
gramme, which communication was an
swered. The press has been exaggerating
the share which diplomacy has hitherto
had in the matter. There has not beer
any talk of Diminishing the Chinese min
istry in Europe Lord Cough, the Brit.
ish charge d'affaires. said he thought the
powers were keeping up the fiction OF. nc
war as long as possible out of fear of the
difficulties that might arise between them
selves in China If war was once officially
admitted.
The correspondent of the Associated Press
also interviewed the Chinese minister, Lul
Hal Houan, who said: There has beer
no question here in Europe of handing the
Chinese ministers their passports. No one
knows where the foreign ministers tc
China are. If they went to Shanghai
Kwan it was a step taken by the Chinese
government for their protection and wa:
not their dismissal. The sending of troop:
hence to China is useless, for everything
will be over before their arrival. 1t will
require six weeks to get them to Tien-Tsin
and Ii Hung Chang will suppress the
Boxers in three weeks" The Chinese min,
lister, however, admits receiving no direc'
news from the Chinese government.
There is growing dissatisfaction through
out Germany with the attitude of the gov,
rnmen regarding China, especially be
cause the government publishes little off
cial news, and even some of this is err
roneous. At the Foreign Office evasiv.
answers were given to inquiries about the
number of troops and ships which ma,
be dispatched.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press understands that his Majesty ha:
reached, with Count Won Buelow, the min
lister of foreign affairs. who has just re-
turned from Kiel, an understanding about
the general lines of Germany's attitude II
the present crisis, subject to unforseeI
circumstances compelling deviation. 1t i.
certain. however, that the Emperor coult
have all the volunteers for China he want
ed from the army, If larger forces were
needed there, for the popular sentimen,
against China is quite strong.
A number of papers,, including the Tage
blatt, express establishment at the meagel
and iH-considered reports from Vice .Ad.
miral Bendemann, saying the other ma
tons have been served in this respect.
The Reichzanzeiger to-day publishes the
text of two cablegrams sent by Emperor
William to Vice Admiral Bendemann, thu
German admiral in Chinese waters, ex,
pressing his Majesty's appreciation ant
thanks for the gallantry Of the command
er and crew of the German gunboat Ilti.
during the fighting at Tak1- and rpOrQSf
ing the admiral to telegraph suggestion:
for the bestowal of decorations on the
officers and men engaged. In the SECOND
message. dated to-day, the Emperor voice:
Of the expeditionary force and confer!
the crown order of the second class upor
Captain Won Usedom and asks for sug
ges.ions regarding other decorations.
Regrets are expressed by the Liberia
newspapers that the Reichstag's summe
adjournment deprives the nation of thu
chance of obtaining detailed Information
regarding the extent to which Germany
means to participate in the Chinese adven'
ture, which will necessitate the expendi
ture of large sums of money. Several Of thu
leading papers demand that the Reichstae
meet in extra session. The lingo newspa
I.pers advocate Germany's acquiring a large
army for uses. One of the pa
pers, the Schlesische Zeitung, ~justifies thi:
massacre of Germans may occur in the
United States, lin which case Germany
would be forced to throw large bodies o.
troops upon American SOIL" adding: "Onc'
the feeling obtains in transoceanica tha
Germany is powerless to throw large bod
les of troops beyond the seas. Germany.
prestige in transmarine parts is gone"
Andrew d. White, the United States am
bassador, informed the correspondent o.
the Associated Press that, under instruc
lions from the State Department, thu
United States embassy had requested tn,
German Foreign Office to cable it's depend
ency at Kiao-Chou, inquiring regarding thu
safety of Missionary Bierbengen. The For
eign Office received an answer to the eff
feet that he was safe. which Information
was cabled to the State Department.
A leading diplomat here. who has had al
extensive experience in China, said to thu
correspondent of the Associated Press tina
he condemned the present anti-Chines'
course pursued by the powers, claiming
that the naval demonstration with which
the hostilities began was unjustified, a
was the marching of troops toward Pekinl
in time of actual peace. He considers tn,
| subsection of the Chinese nation impossible,
and says its pacification is also impossible
Besides, he adds. to accomplish anything
like lasting military success against TIL
Chinese at least $1,000 men will be re
quired. But, he continued, even then Eu
rope cannot administrate China or ever
some of the provinces of China He strong
ly advocates, therefore, a policy of mutua
forgiveness and forgetfulness and the put
ting of an effectual stop to missionary eff
forts there. He concludes with saying
I'VE may leave Ii to commerce and tim,