The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-16
GERMANS ADN|I II
They Now Concede That
Forces are Nell Under Way
TOWARDS CHINA'S CAPITAL
And Are Astonished at the
Greeat Progress Made.

ment now admits that the advance upon
Pekin is well under way, having received
official confrmatory dispatches today
The foreign Office is greatly astonished at
the rapid advance of the international
troops. but surmises that the Chinese will
make one more desperate stand before
the allies reach the capital.
This evening the Berlin papers contain
a statement that Prince Won Hohenlohe,
the imperial chancellor. is about to re-
S ign. AS a matter of fact he has taken
h. wdly any share in Germanys warlike
Oh tina policy. although under the terms
of the constitution of the empire the
chan cellor is solely responsible to the ma
ton On that connection. After diligent
inouir the correspondent Of the Asso-
ciated Press is able TO assert that Prince
Won Ho henlohe does not intend to resign
in the II, EAR future.
Several leading papers, however ex-
press diss ats faction at what they call
Emperor Williams personal regime, re-
garding Chm a, and the "figureheadism'
of Hohenlof1e The Berliner Tageblatt
saws that Il lis condition Of things
''gravely iniu res the Importance of the
chancelbor's office" All the papers. in
GLIDING the Berliner Post, the Kreuz
Zeitung. he Deutsche Tages Zeitung. the
Berliner Z ageblatt, the Frankfort lei
tung. the Schlesische ZeitJng and the
Hanover c. Mrler demands the summon
ing of the r. .iebstag in extra session.
The Cologn e Gazstte, in the course of
an inspired article, says: American
readiness. afte T the rescue of the mem
bers of the lee atoms, to intervene for
peace. promises small success, since the
powers today ma We the highest demands
while the Chinese are only willing to
grant trifes."
Next Saturday / Emperor William will
receive at Wilhelm shohe Field Marshal
Count Won Walderse e, together with his
entire staff and Coun tess Won Waldersee
All the guests of the kaiser will partici-
pate in the parades an d be presented at
the banquet in honor IF the 10th birth
day of Emperor Francis Joseph.
The actual date when the additional
1900 men will leave Brt,merhaven for
China have now been fixed. Eight steam
ers will sail on August 81, September
and September 5. carrying also much ar
tillery, including HowitZers ind shells.
Several letters have been received here
from the captain of the Germ an gunbpat
Hits, describing the experienc es OF that
warship. One appears in the venting pa
pers, giving a graphic account of the
/ Taku fight. The writer exclainHs:
land what a shame. All the enemy's
guns and shells that killed our brave fell
lows came from home All the guns are
the latest Krupp quick-firers.
The Kreuz Zeitung contains weighty
editorial contending that the greatest
difficulty in finally settling With China
will be a financial difficulty. ut would
require a reform OF the entire tax sys-
tenn" says the paper, land especially the
introduction of an income tax, in order TO
raise the money necessary to strengthen
the central government, 10 allow the
carrying out Of imperative public work,
to diminish the power of the viceroys,
and to enable China to pay easily the
heavy indemnity now steadily accruing.
This solution is the only feasible one if
the partition idea is to be eliminated"
Bishop Amer Of the diocese of Shan
Tung, has set out on his return to China.
after receiving secret instructions from
the Pope relative to the attitude Of which
Catholic missionaries are to observe dur
ing and after the hostilitieS.