The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-23
SPEND Their TINE
SHEDDING TEARS
Emperor and Empress Want to
Return to Pekin.
NO PEACE FOR EITHER
FRENCH ARE PREPARING TO
WITHDRAW 10000 TROOPS.

Bekln, ADIll 1l.--<At ~ IttFtAe AANSNAAi7
Of the council both the emperor and
empress wept frequently. The dowager
empress said that each day Of absence
was a day when she could neither eat
nor sleep in peace. The emperor sala
that Pekin was the home of his an
cestors and that he could not bear to
abandon It.
Sir Robert Hares plan for the in
crease of she revenue Of China would
bring in 2O.O00. 600 taeis annually, but
the, foreigners and business men OF
china object TO this plan already. say /
in1. that under it th@sfaretgn business
houses viii pay the greater portion oil
tie Indemnify
General Voyron, the commander OF
the French troops In China. mas m
formed General Chaffee that 10000
French soldiers win leave China IN
May
Ii Hung Chang. believes that th H.,
Chinese troops under General Liu VIII
be Withdrawn over the boundary mark
ing the territory defined by Field Mar
shall ron Waldersee as the sphere OF
operations for the allies, as the COVER
nor Of Shansi province received sele-
graphie Instructors nearly week ago
ordering their withdrawal. The COVER
nor could have conveyed this order 10
the troops in question last Friday at
The majority OF The French and Ger
man newspaper correspondents accom-
pan. ing the expedition directed against
General Iiu. and which has been mop
ilized at Pao Ting Flu, returned TO
Pekin today. believing that the expedi-
ton would be called off
Hsi LANG. formerly governor of the
province of Shansi. has been appointed
governor of the province of Hupei. The
foreign cOnsuls al. Hankow. capital of
the province of Hupel, nave protestsd
tnis appOin tment to Chang Chi Tung,
viceroy Of Hankow. and have sent him
q telegram advising him to delay pro-
ceeding in the matter Of Hsi Lang
appointments
The numerous appointments OF Chi
namen with pronounced anti-forelgn
tendencies is causing comment at Pc
kin. Even The foreign ministers admit
that so many appointments OF TINS
character are nl-advised, while the
missionaries and other civilians are
alarmed for the future
May Leave With Safety.
II is the opinion of Mr.. RockhiIl, the
American special commissioner, that
the foreign troops may nov commence
leaving China with pelfect safety; on
the other hand lie announcement that
10000 French troops are to leave IN
MAY causes fear srnOng the French ma
live converts and French residents.
The views Of the foreign ministers
on the withdrawal of the troops is not
shared by the great majority of the
foreign residents. The ministers aver
+, Thar some of these latter have business
reasons and others would have to va
cate the fine buildings they are now
occupying rent free when the troops
A parsonage from Sianfu, who is
closely connected with the court de-
cides that General Tung Fuh Slang is
in open rebellion. The person in cues
ton thinks that the missionaries who
reported that he was in rebellion must
have heard accounts OF his harsh
treatment Of bandits falling into his
hands. He has frequently disobeyed
orders of t,1e court. When O50 troops
were WitId raWn from his Jmmand
last January ne should nave returned
their rifles and ammunition. This he
failed to do. Before he lefr for Kansu
he Obtained an audience with the en-
press. Upon this occasion he said 10
the empresss
-Ar that your servant has done has
been to obey the orders Of the court.
He viii die upon the battlefield in
your service. II because of the COM
nands of the foreigners your servant
were committed % death, he would die
UNIV illingly
TO this the empress replied. Let
your heart be at peace. Z wOulc rather
lose my rivers and mountains than you
j viii surely devise a plan for your
protection.
The same informant says that the
court - -ivisers are not in accord. Lu
Chuan Lin a notorious reactionary and
president OF the beard of trade. argues
in favor of subduing the barbarians
while others advise DELAY in returning
10 Pel1in. Only Weng Shao and SEr
Chia Maj urge immediate acceptance Of
the terms offered privately. Two o.
the foreign powers have separately
agreed to extend 10 the court the full
protection. should necessity arise, OF
every soldier they have.