The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-08-30

to conduct peace negotiations both Lien
Fang and Hsu Shou-p'eng We're attached
to LIS staff as secretaries 1t is not yet
known who are to be the presidents OF
thu. new Foreign Office.
AS already noted In these columns,
says the NC. Daily News. Niceroy Ii
Hung Chang's pet troops consisting of his
fellow provncials of Anhwei. under Gen
eral Lu Pen-yuan, have sadly disappoint-
ed His Excellcncy, who when sending
them off some 5000 odd strong, the other
day, to crush the allied villages express
ed confidently his opinion that the NAL
contents would soon be scattered ana
disbanded by General Lu Pen-yuan, An
official dispatch from pckins to the local
mandarins now states that Niceroy Ii
Huns chang, finding the allied villagers
tru strong for summary measures, has
ordered up the troops Of General Chang
kua-u ana those of General Ma to as
sst General Lu Pon-yuan, who Is hard
pushed by the enemy. 1t viii perhaps
he remembered that thcs" Anhwei troops
acted similarly during the war with
Japan in lS9i-5.
Lord Cranbornc, replying to questions
in the House, said that he had no reason
to believe that any Government desired
to retain its troops permanently at
Shanghai With regard to the Tien- tsin
dispute, the British Ambassador had been
Informed by Russia that pending the
questions decision the status Qlio shall
remain, enabling the Railway admins
1 tration to operate without Russian OBJ
struction. Later Lord Cranborne said
I that the Government recognized that its
duty in China was soon to enter on
serious negotiati tons about the improve
ment of waterways on tn, inland ,navl-
! cation route, the lekin question in gen
, eral. and tn" protection of foreign resi-
dents In China and their right to live in
the walled cities Referring to Tien-tsi
Lord Cranborne is reported to have SAID
that though the Russian military au,
thoritics had not shown careful de.
fence OF the agreement, occasionally tn,
Russian Government had received Grca
Britain's representations in a different
spirit-whatsver this may mean
Mr.. Joostens, the Belgian Minister, wa.
engaged few days since with some Ger
man soldiers in putting up the corne,
posts of the new Belgian Legation tha
will be erected at Peking on the site OF
the home of old Hsu Tung, the mos
intensely anti-foreign man who encourag
ed the Boxer ilzzle. Hsu committed
suicide on the entrance of the Alle
into the capital. and his son was be
headed some months since by the Jap
anese along with Chi Hsin. II is TO b
hoped the Belgians will soon improv
their property for the unsightly ruin O
the Hsu family palace is the only sit
on Legation street that has not bee
improved or in process of improvin
since the siege
New Press telegram of the aoth ul
from Peking says: A duel took plac,
= 1t is reported. few days ago In Pekin
between British and a Russian officel
The Russian made some offensive r,
marks with regard to the British arm,
: in the hearing of the Englishman, wh
u retaiiated duel followed, the detail
y !, Of which have been kept secret II
u reported that the British officer wounde
the Russian.
: During the IS hours ending at noon III
2sth ult. there were reported at Hons
= Kong fresh cases of plague g Chimes
one European), and 2 deaths (Chinese
=, The new European case of plague is Ma
" ter Donald Mckenzie of No. s. Morr
son Hill Road, who was admitted
Kennedytown Hospital, suffering fro
y the disease, though his attack is only
" slight one. Miss Herbst, the only 9th
~ European patient still in the hospits
Is doing we'll Seven more cases al
:, I more deaths tChinese) have since be.
, reported.