The Washington weekly post., 1900-08-28
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Copyright 1880 by Chicago Tribune COmpsnyJ
London, Aug. "a Shanghai dispatch
10 the Times. dated sunday. says:
Iii Hung Chang has received tele-
gram from Pekin stating that the Japa-
cese troops alone occupy the palace The
japanese government has renewed its as
surance 20 protect the persons Of the En-
peror and Empress.
Id Hung Chang has also received from
the minister Of foreign affairs at Tokyo
advices that negotiations are Impos-
siale until China has appointed plenipo-
;enGsFies acceptable 20 the powers. Il
suggests as suitable TO appointment ;he
Nanking and Wuchang vicer0ys 10 act
with ii Hung Chang. and also advises that
IL is necessary that China should express
regrets, acknowledge formally her er-
rors. and spontaneously offer TO make
complete indemnity II this advice IS fol-
lowed Japan will be ready 10 assist 10
the utmost
To Keep the Empire Intact.
The japanese government has shown
by this advice and by the protection Of
the palace in Pekin that 1t consistently
aims at avoiding everything likely to en-
danger the dynasty, the preservation
whereof is considered essential TO the in
terriiy Of the empire. Two immediate OBJ
.j~cts are to prevent spread Of the DIS
tuTbanccs south and 10 endeavOr TO a.
range early negotiations. Nevertheless
certain Chinese people will misinterpret
and cOnstrue as sign Of weakness any
failure to exact punishment for the En-
press and those Immediately responsible
Any compromise would only SOW the seeds
OF future trouble"
SiSty-seyeu Victims of Boxers.
Or Morgan, OF the China INLAND Mis-
sion. who has arrived at Singanfu, states
that according TO the report Of native
Christian refugees frcm Taiyuenfu, the
number Of victims massaCred there by or
ders of Yu Hsien was siXty-Seven, Of
whom thirty-seven were foreign mission
aries End thirty converts.
A telegram from the customs collector
At Ycchau reports that Gen. Liu, with
; o0G black flags from Canton. has reached
Chansshafu, on route north.
THE son Of Chang Yinhuan Gong in
forms British Consul General Warren that
his exiled father was executed at Urumtsi,
In Kasgaria. on July 81 This official was
one of the most prominent moderates VINO
have recently lost their lives at the hands
Of the fanatical anti-foreign regime which
European diplomacy allowed TO gain the
ascendancv in 1893.
1T is learned on good authority that tne
German authorities have retained the
services Of certain residents here and at
HAnkow on a years agreement to act as
intelligence officers.
The Hankow Plot.
with reference 10 the recently 6iscov-
cred plot at Hankow, later information
shows that the movement was not anti
foreign, but had a revolutionary cherac1
icr. the men arrested, Of whom nineteen
have since been executed by order Of the
viceroy. being connected with branch Of
the reform party which lately sprang into
activity in Tatung. A japanese cOrrc-
Spondent states that a search of the
houses of these men resulted In the dis
covery of large quantity of arms and
ammunition and documents revealing the
intention to rise against the provincial Of
ficials. COnCidentally the agent OF the
same society was arrested al Shanghai
last week by the municipal police for be-
ing In unauthorized possession OF arms.
Documents found on his person prove
beyond dOIbt that the movement, which
has widely spread in the YangtsZe Valley,
is in a great measure the result Of propa-
ganda funds which were distributed by
Cantonese and other agents Of the
Kang Yuweise League for the restoration
Of theEmperor to power. II is also clearly
proved that the reform party IN Canton.
Wuchang. and Nanking nave become
closely identified with the Kolaohui and
other secret societies, tie original prirci-
pals OF constitutional reform having de-
generated by contest with the ele-
ment which makes for disorder.
considerable funds have been subscrib-
cd by Chinese. Americans. and Austrai.
ians at Singapore in response TO the Kang
Yuweise manifesto. appealing for the res
toration OF the Emperor and the reform
government. An agent arrested here
SAYS a large proportion of the Nanking
and Wuchalg troops have been enrolled
as members"