Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-19
TROUBLE NAY BE RENEWED.
Foreign Residents in China Ob- feet to Withdrawal of Troops.

Large Body of Americans and Rus
 sians Called Away from Northern
 China-BoXer Forces Are Without
 Supplies and Equipments-Li Hung
 Says Chinese Are No Match for the
 Allies.
 Tien Tsin, Oct 1.-The withdrawal from North China of q large portion of the American and RUSSian troops, and repeated but uncoltirmed reports that Japan tontemplates similar action, has caused much comment in military and commercial circles. While it Is not felt that theis reduction of the al- lied force is su1ncient to render the situation dangerous, the chief cause of alarm is that this action on the part Of two Ot the powers might indicate q general policy of withdrawal. There is d large element of foreign residents who insist that ali danger of d re- EeWal of trouble is net past, and it is from this quarter that most of the ad- verse criticism of the American r1duc- ton comes.
 Out of q mass of contradictory edicts purporting to be from the court and varIOus viceroys and officials, which have found their way to Iekin and Tien TSin, it appears that in the more remote regions Of North China there is still an active restieSsneSs and hos tilfty among the people. How many of these cdictS are genuine and how many of the reports that are brought in are genuine, no one can say. Most of the run0rS of maSSing troops at one point and another are obtained through native Christians, and there i.- tln. ,ii n nE cept them with some alarm for the dis tortion and cXaggeration which seems 10 be inherent in the oriental. Scout ing parties have covered q Wide ter ritOry both around pckin and Tien TSin without discovering any enemy i'll force and but few instances of any at all. October I q detachment of Ger mans were recOnnOitering toward the PaO Ting Flu region when it was fired upon from cover. three Germans being wounded and according to report, one Japanese coolie killed. The Germans kept the affair very secret and no otfi- ciaI report of it has been ohtlina ble.
 Admitting. however. that the boxers are assembled in the interior. toward Shan Si and back of Tao Ting Flu. mil itary men are not inclined to regard this as q menace. They point out that as far as can be learned. whatever boxer force may be maSsed now. it is without supplies and equipment for winter campaigning. Moreover. they feel assured that q force from the far interiOur would receive no real assist ance from natives near Pekin or Tien Tsn, who have had q taste of the fight ing. Even Ii Hung Chang candidly says that he felt that most of the peo- pie now realized they were no match for the allies and modern arms. AS has been indicated in the Associated Press dispatches from China there has been a pretty general disposition on the part of most of the powers to hold Germany responsible for some of the delay in reaching a point of commence ment in the settlement. With the ar rival of the large and SDlendid1y equipped force. there was almost inn mediately renewed talk of an eXpedi- ton against Pao Ting Flu. Recounais- SanceS in force became the order of the day. and on every hand there was apparent q renewal of military activi- ty. Field Marshal Won WalderSee has been credited with q remark to the effect that Germany did not regard the time as oppOrtune for diplomatic settle ment. intimatin@ that the part of wis dom was a further display of military power. Subsequent developments have
 
 reported statement. In this respect. so far as can be judged from move ments here, the British are in full sym pathy with the Germans. Practically the entire military situation is in the hands of the preponderating forces, for it is generally thought that Japan is not at all desirous of maintaining her present large army in China during the winter and that she will accept any policy which looks to a reduction of troops. Russia's consent to a with drawal of troops is felt here to be based on the necessity for large Rus sian force in Manchuria, where. ac- cording to reports which reach here, she has her hands full.
 As cabled by the Associated Press, the American residents in Tien Tsin met at the announcement of the with drawal of the larger part of the United States forces and adopted resolutions protesting against such action. The sentiment of the English here is eX- pressed in an article in a local paper, which. discussing the importance the American action will have among the Chinese, says:
 '.The reason for the withdrawal is perfectly understood. and allowance is apparently made in consequence by the powers But the point which appealed most strongly to American traders and missionaries here is not what the pow CTS will think but what China will think"
 It is then pointed out that the mass es of the people are led to believe that the Americans were afraid of the con sequences of remaining in China. Con- tinuing. the editorial says: A.-
 "America's action must inevitably bear an enormous crop of misconstruc- tions by which all will suffer, and not the least she herself. The apparent Ieniepcy will"not enhance her prestige in China's eyes, while we should say it would tend to limit her votes in the councils of nations in Pekin."
 CHINESE DESTROYING RAILROAD
 St Petersburg, Nov 19.-A dispatch from Vladizostock says that the Chi-