Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-23
TROOPS WILL
LEAVE CHINA.
=. Thousand Of the French to
Depart in May
CAUSES APPREHENSION
..oo,otmcnt OF Pronouncedan"'
'n'' ',o cinnamon Causing Much
comment In pekin'

p.t,n. April ss.-Gen' voyron' the
rem" A. If the French troops IN
comm mas informed Gen. chaffee that
, Su,t1 French soldiers will leave emma
IN May ,. =, Mr. Rookhnl, the
american special commissioner .na'
Aili' Ton 'sa troops may now commence
Wv China with perfect safety on
4 ,Ss otSer hand. the announcement mat
"a, @o,o French troops are to leave IN
n.y., IVY, ,,uses fear among the French ma
'1N' n,erts and French residents.
W, Tso ,iew Of the foreign ministers
A. withdrawal of the troops Is not
:" sa1 nv the great majority Of the
s sDso,gn residents. The ministers aver
80 'ore of these latter have business
that svH oca others would have ~ va
n iess'. .So Are buildings they are now
y eaw Wy Inc rent free, when the troops
Rs occupyllS' V"'
ii III b. Huns Chang believes that lhe M ~
WI III i.S ,ns under Gen Liu VIII De
' hess s,spn over the boundary marking
n VIM ,arritory defined by Field Marshal
,ns Waidersee as the sphere or opera
u ,, On for the allies, Az the governor Oh
q s eVa "a nroyince received telesraphio
H s s nearly week ago ORDER
r ,n, their withdrawal. The governor
4 sheuId have conveyed this order to the
Il troops in question by last friuay d. '''e
B latest. roh and Cor
man newspaper correspondents aeoon
nanying the expedition directed asains,
Gen. Liu and which has been mopl.lhgu
at pao Ting Flu, returned TO fehiil
today. believing that the expeuition
would be called of. A..
Hd LANG, formerly governor Oh tne
proyInce Of Shan ST. has been appoint
Oh governor Of the province OF hupei'
The foreign consuls at HankoW, cap
TAI Of the province OF Hupei, have pro-
tested This appointment TO Chang Chl
Ting yiceroy Of Hankow, and nave
ent him a telegram advising him 10
DELAY proceedings In the matter OF lisl
Liang's appointment ,. 10
The numerous appointments Oh
Cinnamon with pronounced anV-lol
elgn tendencies Is causing comment az
Pekin. Even the foreign ministers
admit that 80 many appointments OF
this character are ill-advised, WINE
the missionaries and other civilians are
alarmed for the future.
A parsonage from Sian Flu who Is
closely connected with the court, de-
MES that Gen. Tung Fuh Slang Is In
4 state Of open rebellion. The person
in question thinks that the mission
aries who reported that he was In re-
N belllon must have heard accounts or
H. harsh treatment of bandits falling
Into his hands. He has frequently dis
obeyed orders Of the court When 1900
troops We're withdrawn from his com
S mand last January he should have re-
furned their rifles and ammunition.
This he failed TO do,
81 Before he left for Kansu he obtained
ian audience with the empress. Upon
lths occasion he said 10 the empress:
t'All that your servant has done has
fbeen TO obey the orders Of the court.
aHe will die npopehe battlefield In your
Service. II because Of the commands
cf the foreigners your servants were
committed to DEATH he would die UNI
willingly"
4 To this the empress replied: Let
your heart be at peace. / would rather
1ose my rivers and mountains than
You, ! viii surely devise a plan for
-Four protection" The same informant
pays that the court advisers are not
b accord
# l4u Chuan Lin, notorious reaction
nv and president Of the board of
made, argues In favor Of subdulng the
barbarans, while others advise delay
b returning 10 Pekin, Only Weng
Neng Shao and Sun CHA Mai urge i'm
mediate acceptance Of the terms Of |
eered privately two Of the foreign pow |
ne have separately agreed to extend |
u The court the null protection, should |
Hecessty arise OF every soldier they |
I've
ZAt recent meeting OF the council |
Nth the emperor and the empress |
Fept frequently. The dowager EN- |
res said that each day Of absence |
MAS day when she could neither eat |
4pr sleep In peace. The emperor said |
<hat Pekn was the home Of his an
&stors and that he could not bear to
nbandon 1t,
ISL Robert Harris plan for the IN
'Fease Of the revenue of China would
Hing In 100000 600 taels annually, but
u foreigners and business men Of
Shina object 10 this plan already. say
ne that under II the foreign business
!puses VIII pay the greater portion of
Pc indemnity
Il q A