Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-03
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pranared to Throw Into China What
ever Troops Are Needed.

uuasb;neton July bad news caHAe
49,. u,ornin from Admiral Kempff con-
f,ning the worst stories whleh nav
e~nanated from China relative To Nne
conditions at Pekin. and a feeling OF
aiso,det. was noticeable among admlnls-
tration officials and diplomats. Ihe 1el-
man embassy showed particular Anxiety
for information respecting the sau ~
of Raron Won ketteler, ana IN the cooi1c
Of the afternoon Secretary Hermann OK
the embassy paid a special VISIT 10 az
state department. NJ. Thiebaut, the
charge of the French embassy, also can-
cd in Guest of information, 1t was SAID.
These visits revived rumors Thai an Ell
fort is afoot to reach an
agreement respecting the conduct Oh the
forces of the powers in emma. II was
said his afternoon at the state depart
| ment that the only news was mat tnere
seemed TO be an unanimous agreement on
the part of the powers ITO welcome Win
| the utmost cordiality Japan's orer 10
| furnish reinforcements for the forces now
operating along the Pei Hi in tine eHofl
| to reach Pekin, as Japan alone OF the
| powers, is prepared to throw INTO emma
| whatever numbers of troops may pc
needed, The news to that effect had
| come to the state department from all
| directions and particularly from Eng
| land, Russia and France AS far as the
! state department is concerned, 1t mad
previously accorded Japan a free hand
in the matter of the number of troops
to be employed in China upon a volu
! tary and courteous statement OF the
purpose of the employment of these
forces.
A gathering in Secretary Hays office
late in the Afternoon of Secretary Root
and Secretary Hitchcock, taken in con-
nection with the fact that Secretary
Long had been in conference earlier In
the day with the secretary of state, led
to the circulation of rumors that de-
~velopments We're to be expected connect
ed with the strengthening of the United
| States forces in China. These rumors,
however. were speedily set at rest by the
statement from n of the participants
that the conference had nothing to dc
with the Chinese affair, but related te
some Indian trouble in the Northwest.
Secretary Root did not hesitate to e n
ter INTO a specific denial of some of the
sensational stories which are persistently
circulated every day regardless of facts
| He said that he had not ordered any
troops to china beyond the tn infantry
from Manila, now on the way to Taku
n possibly the 9th cavalry, about tt
start from a Francisco for Nagasaki
The destination of the latter would de.
pend upon developments. He said hi
had not ordered the 4th and 18th regi.
ments of infantry to China, as had beer
reported in some quarters, nor had hi
made the slightest preparations for thei1
dispatch.
Respecting the withdrawal of troop!
from Cuba, the secretary said he die
not himself know which of the regi
ments would be the first brought home
General Miles and General Wood wer,
trying to settle that question, whethe,
the withdrawals should be based upol
the order in which the regiments hat
gone to Cuba OR upon other conditions
such as the conditions of their servic
and the need at home for cavalry an,
infantry organizations.
Secretary Long c~ontradicted the repor
that the New Orleans was to be semi t.
Taku 0 elsewhere in China and adde4
that he did not even intend to send GU
another ship to make up the deficienc,
caused by the disaster to the Oregon.