New-York tribune., 1901-04-23
EVACUATION OF CHINA.
TEN THOUSAND FRENCH SOLDIERS TO
RETURN HOME IN MAY.
| THE EXPEDITION AGAINST GENERAL
LIU-DIsCORD AMONG THE
COURTS ADVISERS.

Pekng April 22.-General Voyron, the COM
mander Of the French troops in China, has in
formed General Chaffee that ten thousand
French soldiers will leave China next month
Ii Hung Chang believes that the Chinese
troops under General Liu will be withdrawn
over the boundary marking the territory de-
fined by Field Marshal Waldersee as the
sphere of operations for the allies, as the Gov
ernor of Shan-Se Province received telegraphic
instructions nearly a week ago ordering their
withdrawal. The Governor could have conveyed
this order to the troops in question by last Fri
day at the latest. The majority Of the French
and German newspaper correspondents accom-
panying the expedition directed against General
Liu, and which has been mobilizing at Pao-Ting-
Flu. returned Peking to-day. believing that
the expedition would be called off.
Hsi Lang formerly Governor Of the province
of Shan-Se, has been appointed Governor of the
province of Hoo-Pe The foreign consus at
Hankow, capital of the province of Hoo-Pe,
have protested this appointment to Chang Chin
Tung, Viceroy of Hankow. and have sent him
a telegram advising him to delay proceeding in
the matter of Hsi Liang's appointment
The numerous appointments of Cinnamon with
pronounced anti-foreign tendencies are causing
comment al Peking. Even the foreign ministers
admit that so many appointments of this char
acter are ill-advised, while the missionaries and
other civilians are alarmed for the future.
ALARM AMONG NATIVE CONVERTS.
It is the opinion of Mr. Rockhill the American
special commissioner. that the foreign troops
may now begin leaving China with perfect
safety: on the other hand, the announcement
that ten thousand French troops to leave in
May causes fear among the French residents
and this fear is greater among the French
native converts TO Christianity. who inform the
priests that they are daily threa tened with what
will happen to them when the foreigners leave
The view Of the foreign ministers the with
drawal of the troops is not shared by the great
majority of the foreign residents. The ministers
aver that some of these latter have business rea-
sons and that others would have to vacate the
fine buildings they are now occupying rent free
when the troops go.
A parsonage from S-Ngan- Flu who is con
nected with the court denies that General Tung
Flu Hsiang is in a state of open rebellion. The
person in question thinks that the missionaries
who reported that he in rebellion must have
heard accounts of his harsh treatment of bandits
falling into his hands
EMPRESS REASSURES TUNG FU HSIANC;.
Tung Flu Hsiang has frequently disobeyed the
orders of the court. When five thousand troops
were Withdrawn from his command last January
he should have returned their rifles and ammu-
milton. This he failed TO do Before he left
Si-Nean- Flu for Kan-Su he obtained an audience
of the Empress Dowager Of China. Upon this
occasion Tung Flu Hsiang said to the Empress
Dowager:
All that your servant has done has been 10
obey the orders of the court. He will die upon
the battlefield in your service. If because of
the commands Of the foreigners your servant
were committed 10 death ne would die unwll-
ingly.
To this the Empress Dowager replied:
Let your heart be at peace. l would rather
lose my rivers and mountains than you. l will
surely devise plan for your protection.
The informant says that the court ad-
visers not in accord. Lu Chuan Lin noto-
rious reactionary and president of the Board Of
Trade, argues in favor Of subdung the barbari-
ans. while others advise delay in returning TO
Peking. Only Weng Weng Shao and Sun CHA
Maj urge immediate acceptance Of the terms
offered privately. Two of the foreign powers
have separately agreed extend to the court
the full protection. should necessity arise of
every soldier they have.
At a recent meeting OF the council both the
Emperor and the Empress Dowager wept fire.
quenty. The Empress Dowager said that each
day of absence was day when she could neither
eat nor sleep in peace. The Emperor said that
Peking the home Of his ancestors and that
he could not bear TO abandon it.
Sir Robert Hart's plan for the increase of the
revenue Of China would bring in 10000 900 taels
annually, but the foreigners and business men
OF China object TO this plan already, saying that
under 1t the foreign business houses will pay
the greater portion of the indemnity.