The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-24
GERMANY DEFIED.
Head of the Boxers in Control
Of Chinese Affairs.
D
Prince Tuan Made Grand Secre-
tary to the Emperor.
UNCLE SANS MOTIVE.
Reluctance to Take More Troops
Out of the Philippines
Regarded by Germans as Re-
sponsible For Our Position.

New York, Sept. 24A dispatch to the
Herald from Shangha4 says:
Prince Tuan is declared by Tao Tai
Sheng to have been appointed grand Sec
retary to the emperor, a position en-
abling him to control all communica-
tions TO and from the throne This con-
stitutes a defiance of Germanys de-
mands. The Tao Tai of Shanghai who
signed for the viceroys the friendly
agreement with the foreign consuls has
been removed by imperial edict, his sue
cessor being strongly anti-foreign and
having urged the Chinese government
to repudiate the foreign debt and being
Kang Yi's protege. An unofficial pro-
test was made by United States Consul
Goodnow to the viceroy. These facts are
considered a defiance of Germany's de-
mand for the punishment of Prince
Tuan as the head of the boxers
The Washington correspondent of the
Herald commenting on the above dis
patch says:
considerable interest was taken by
administration officials and Minister WI
in the announcement that Prince Tuan
has been appointed grand secretary in
defiance of Germany and that the anti
foreign element is in control.
mo information of the appointment
has been received in Washington and
both at the state department and the
Chinese legation there was q disposition
to doubt the report. Should official con-
firmation come, the authorities say that
It will have an important bearing upon
the attitude of all the powers, as Prince
Tuan is regarded as one of the officials
responsible for the anti-foreign out
JUST IN TIME.
New York, Sept. 24.-Gen. Yamaguthci
has stated in an interview that Pekin
was relieved only three days within time
to save the legationers, says dispatch
to the Journal and Advertiser from
Taku-
English plans with complete instruc-
tionS regarding guns were found in Chi
nese officers quarters translated into
troops are now at Talxu. A French
priest has arrived from over the western
hifls with seventy Chinese Christians
and guns made from iron bedsteads, the
first shots from which killed twenty
boxers.
They held out until twenty days ago.
when he escaped from Yang Chieku,
four days march from Taku-
GREAT SLAUGHTER OF CHINESE
New York, Sept. PA dispatch to the
Herald from Hong Kong says:
The French gunboat Avalanche found
all quiet in the Sun Tai district.
The disturbance arose through Chinese
soldiers plundering a converts medicine
ship. The outbreak spread to every VIII
lag6 and a clean sweep was maze OF
converts, houses and missions
There was a great slaughter of natives
and a Catholic priest was wounded.
The cause of the outbreak is attributed
to the interference of the Chinese in
question.
THINKS WE ARE AFRAID.
Cologne, Sept. 24.-The Kolnische
Zeitung publishes an inspired telegram
from Berlin in which the Washington
government s reply to the German note
iC characterized r. a. effort
assist the Chinese government to accept
the proposals with regard to the punish
ment of the leaders in the Chinese trou-
BILE. The telegram points out tnaf, though
the American reply shows an indulgent
disposition,it must not be deduced there
from that the Washington government
thinks the United States trade and mis-
sionary interest require less careful pro-
lection than those of the other powers,
but that the United States government
is compelled to be indulgent owing to the
unfavorable effect upon the situation in
the Philippines caused by the transfer
of troops from those islands to China.
AS matter of fact, the telegram adds
a vigorous and exemplary punishment of
court win be in accordance with the in
terests of both American trade and mis-
SiOnarieS.
For a settlement between the powers
and China it makes no difference, how
ever asserts the telegram, whether
America co-operates any further or not
Forces sufficient for all emergencies will
remain available to secure the expiatfon
demanded by the civilizd powers.
CHASED ACROSS GOBI.
London, Sept. 24.-The American mis-
sionaries, j. II. Roberts, Mark Williams,
William Sprague Mrs. Sprague and Miss
Virginia Murdock, who escaped from
Kalgan, province of Chih Lii, in June,
were chased across the Cobb desert.
Thence they Travelled by way of Siberia
and have just reached London in good
health.
SHOCKED AT McKINLEY'S COURSE.
London, Sept 24.-The afternoon news
papers which comment on the American
reply to the German note attribute it to
political exigencieS- The Pail Mall
Gazette says:
1T is a shock to find the government
at Washington taking up the position
that the question of the punishment for
American citizens should be left to the
initiative Of the mnrderers themselves,
for it is impossible to doubt that the re-
sponsible authors are the imperial au.
thorities.''
The Globe says:
ssThe refusal must have a mischievous
effect at Pekin. Much, however. as Pres
ident McKinley's attitude is to be de-
plored, it can have no effect on the
British government, which, of course.
viii continue to insist that the punish
ment of the proved murderersd shall be
an indispensable condition precedent to
the negotiations
FRANCES REPLY TO GERMANY
Paris, Sept 24.-France's reply to
Germanyss note making the punish
ment of the instigators of the Chinese
troubles q preliminary to peace nego-
tiatfons is not entirely an acceptance
of the proposition France argues that
punishment is necessary, but would ne
gotiate under certain conditions without
first furnishing the guilty officials
The foreign Office informed a represen-
tative of the Associated Press that a.