Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-10-17
ROCKHILL RETURNS
FROM THE FAR EAST
Talks Of China and Affairs at
Peking.
BRINGS COPY OF PROTOCOL

Though the Commissioner Did Not An.
ticipate Further Outbreaks, News Is
Received by the Steamer Empress of
Japan of a Rebellion In Chi LII.
VICTORIA, B. c., Oct. 16.-Mr. W. W.
Rockhill, the United States commls.
sioner, who represented the United
States in the negotiations between the
allies and China, arrived yesterday by
the steamship Empress of Japan on his
way to Washington. He has with him
a copy of the protocol between China
and the powers which was recently
signed by the represen tatives of the va
rious nations interested. He will pro-
ceed direct to Washington by the Cana
dian railroad.
Affairs in China have resumed their
normal state, the commissioner said In
an interview. He did not anticipate any
further outbreak, but there was no tell
ing what would happen in China. So
called instructions in Kan Su and
Manchuria, he said, were simply local
uprisings, which had been very much
exaggerated.
Foreign Troops Withdrawn.
Three hundred Chinese troops entered
Pekin on Sept. II and the keys of the
gates were handed over to the prince
with elaborate ceremony. All foreign
troops were withdrawn with the excep.
tiOn of the legation guards a~d guards
at the railway stations. Since the Tien
Tsin affair there had been no trouble
over the railroad from the coast TO Pc
king, in fact the commercial interests
seemed to be taking charge of the coun-
try and q committee was being organ
lied TO conduct commercial negotiations
with China. This commission will re-
wise the plans and arrange for the open
ing of more. ports.
Before Mr. RockhiIl left Peking the
Chinese troops had commenced to police
the city. The people. he said, had ben
efitted by the occupation, they having
been given work rebuilding the lega-
tions and other works at wages which
they had never dreamed of. On the
other hand, many of those who were
well off before the occupation had been
rendered destitute. The legation con-
cessions had been greatly increased and
the British legation is being built in the
form of fort with a mOat AID guns
mounted.
Mr. Rockhiu said he expected to hear
very shortly of the return of the court
to Peking.
While missionaries were murdered
and tortured in other parts of China,
Roman Catholic missionaries had lived
under the protection of the court at
Hsiang Flu. British officers and mis-
cIn hoI xy1cjtcI hn wk nd
were very warmly received.
Mr.. Rockhill says many people will
begin starving in the district in which
Hsiang Flu is situated, but the reports
of the famine in other parts of the en-
pire sent out TO the press have been
greatly exaggerated. The famine is the
result Of the failure Of the crops.
News of Further Rebellions.
News was received by the Empress of
Japan of further rebellions in China.
A pitched battle occurred on Sept. 80,
between the imperial Chinese forces un.
der General Tsen and a force of 1000
insurgents near Hsinho, in Chi Lii, 80
miles south of Poa Ting Flu. Thirty
rebels were killed, many were wounded
and the remainder fed. Several villages
were taken by the troops. In Chou
SIOu u ACOOA41OA AsAS d4SO bhhGu pAdC%5
and the missionaries have been driven
out. At Kiang Shan several of the
rebels have been seized and beheaded.
Missionaries also tell of troubles at
Kiang 81. Many letters have been writ
ten to the North China Daily News tell
ing of the risings in the vicinity. but
giving few details.
The North China Daily News reports
much military activity by Russo in the
north, and states that a number of
troops have been sent south, where it is
believed they will be massed on the Co.
rean frontier. The Japanese minister
to Corea has returned TO Tokyo and in
an interview he says that there are 4O,-
900 Russian troops in Manchuria He
says as soon as the Chinese court is es.
tablished at Peking the question of the
evacuation by Bussia will be taken up.
Russia has offered China 5000, 900 taels
for her fleet of warships, according to
the Shanghai Mercury Many papers
print reports that the Peking court has
| been postponed for two years.
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