The Irish standard., 1901-03-23
The British Send Australian Troops
from Picking on Special
Train.
WALpERsEE FAILS TO ADJUST MATTERS
Between Russian and British Sol.
diers Not Confirmed - ROckhill
Sends Another Communication to
Warrington.

troops left Picking for Tientsin at ten
o'clock Wednesday morning.
One French, an Italian and Ger
man warship are outside the bar.
A dust storm prevented Count Won
Waldersee, who arrived here Tuesday,
from proceeding for Picking until
Wednesday morning.
Ninety British marines arrived here
at night from the Taku forts to re-
place the Indian guards on the dis
puted land. The fusileers are expect
ed during the day.
Gen. Lorne Campbell, the English
commander, and Gen. Wogack. COM
manding the Russians, met Count Won
Waldersee upon his arrival here.
Learning that both had received in
structions from their governments,
: Count Won Waldersee said it was use
less for him to give even an opinion
regarding the matters at issue.
Bloodshed Not Expected.
1t is the general feeling in Tientsin
that the trouble is not likely to reach
a point where blood will be shed. Both
detachments on guard have orders to
do nothing aggressive unless forced to
do so by the other. Except the army
and camp followers the only Russians
now residing here are the members
of the consular staff, two clerks and
two Jews, who are running stores, and
who left Russia in order to save their
lives. These are now being offered in
ducements to move to the Russian con-
cession.
French Soldiers Quiet.
The French concession is quiet.
French gendarmes are on duty at the
British concession to prevent the SOL
diers from trespassing, and Australian
naval brigade men are preventing the
Sikhs from invading the French con-
cession.
Count Won Waldersce has gone to
Picking.
Gen. Lorne Campbell, upon hearing
of the death of eX-President Harrison,
ordered all the British flags to be
flown at half mast.
Move of Russian NVnrships.
Shanghai, March 2l.-A dispatch tc
the China Gazette from Toxic, March
20, says that all the Russian warships
in Japanese waters have sailed for
.Corea and that the Japanese squadron
is modifying for an immediate depar-
ture to the Corean coast
Rumor of Outh. eak.
London, March 21.-The officials of
the foreign Office here have received
no information of an outbreak of Rus
sian-British hostilities at Tientsin.
Their latest advices thence say the
position remains the same.
The rumor (credited by news agen-
.cy to the London stock exchange and
published in New York; that the Brit
ish and Russians had fired at each
other at Tientsin has not even reached
the leading stock exchange firms, nor
have any declines occurred, which the
circulation of such rumor would Gre
ate.
Message from Rockhill.
Washington, March 21.-Another
-communicat ton was received Wednes-
day from Special Commissioner Rock
hill touching the complications that
have resulted at Picking from the eff
forts of the various powers to reach
u
claims, but there is nothing to indi-
cate that an agreement is any nearer
than it was when this subject was
first taken up, by the minister. Al
though the state department is more
than ever convinced that it's suggcs-
ton looking to the reference Of the
entire subject of indemntics to The
Hague commission is the true solu-
ton of the difficulty, that proposition
having been definitely rejected early
in the negotiations it is not now be-
fore the ministers. No precise in
structions have been sent to MIR.
Roclkhll within the last few days on
this point. owing principally to the
absence of the president from Wash
ington. IL is presumed that. now
that the presidents attention is again
directed to the subject, there will be
more complete definition of policy.
Critical Point Passed
The situation at Fientsin still fails
to excite the officials here, who feel
that the critical point has passed
curious fact in connection with
the Manchurian complication is that
so far there is no trace, of an official
protest to Russia. against the execu-
ton of her announced programme in
Manchuria. 1t is not for lack of dis
position to oppose this policy that
the protest has not appeared, but be-
cause there is no authenticated copy
to be had of the reputed Chlno-Rus-
sian agreement. and. further. no one
of the powers has yet been found
willing to take the initiative III chal-
longing Russia. Our state depart
ment has cxertcd what influence it
could to secure statement of the
facts as to Manchuria, the result of
which has been to secure a repetition
of the Russian disclaimer of improp-
er motives. but not definition of the
programme for the future, further
than it was defined in the Russian
pronouncement of August last.
Date Of Election Fixed.
Copenhagen, March e1.-The slee-
lions to the folkething have bssa axs1
Cor April 3.