The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-20
GERMAN TROOPS HAVE STARTED
FOR HUAI LU TO ATTACK
HIM
MANY CONFLICTING REPORTS
ONE SAYS THE OFFENDER HAS
BEEN ORDERED OUTSIDE THE
WALL BY EARL LII
sCHwARzK0PFS BODY FOUND
Remains of Victim of Winter PaI-
ace Fire to BE Buried Today
ChsfRee Calls on Gen.
Won WaIdersee.

BERLIN, April ia dispatch to the
cologne Gazette from Pekin. ~ cd ADril
H. says that three companies of bhe
Second East Asiatic reg nent command
ed by Maj. Mueh1enfels, and all but 4O
men OF the garrison at Pao Ting Flu.
marched April IT, under the command
OF Generals Won Loessel and Ketteler to
the Huai Lu passes in order TO attack the
Chinese general, Liu.
1t was asserted by high German Off
cial today that the German governments
does not expect the expedition against
Gen. Liu to lead to an engagement in ,
asmuch as he will hardly stand his
ground. The expedition is more in the
nature of threat. A military contrE)u-
tor to the Berliner TageeIatt expresses
the same opinion, pointing out that in
this instance, as in the case of the Pao
Ting Flu expeditions months ago, prema
ture publications by the British and
American press will enable the Chinese
government, (which profits by the excel
lent news purveying system Of the Chi
nese, fed by every Chinese diplomat
ABROAD to retire beyond the reach Of
the allied expedition before It's arrival
This writer asserts that ''such premature
publications have done immense dana ge
to the cause Of the allies in China On
various occasions.
Ii HUNG WANTS PEACE.
PEKIN, Thursday, April 18.-Tn conse,
quence of strong representations to the
chinese government an imperial decree.
dated Tuesday, April 16, has been issued
ordering the Chinese troops at Howai Iu
to Immediately remove outside the great
wall.
The Chinese troops, whose withdrawal
outside of the great wall has been order
ed by imperial decree, are understood
TO be the force which a German and
French expedition were preparing to at
tack
Huai Lu has been located In the cable
dispatches as southwest of Pao Ting
Flu The Chinese occupied a position
within the limits of territory which the
military representatives of the powers
had decreed as being under their pro
lection.
REPORTS CONFLICT.
NEW YORK, April ia dispatch to
the Herald from Pekin says:
Gen LoesSe1, commanding the German
troops In China, has started for Pao
Ting Flu with 1000 additional men. He
was accompanied by the French com
mander, Gen. Beilloud. The Franco
German forces available for the expsdi-
tion number S,CC0 men. The greatest Sc
crecy is maintained as to the object Of
these military preparations, but 1t is be-
session of another Of the AnsoIing passes
into Shan ST. where Chinese troops are
reported Members of the diplomatic
corps without exception are mystifed and
manifest considerable apprehension at
this revival of military activity.
V1ceroy Ii Hung Chang sent a courier
to Gen. Liu, commanding the troops in
the Shan ST passes, calling upon him to
avoid meeting If necessary by retiring
from his position, which is incontestably
Chinese; but the viceroy is not conf
dent that the general will obey orders
unless sanction comes from Shan Flu,
which he is endeavorlng to secure.
There Is apparently no military or po-
litical reason for this advance
LONDON, April ia dispatch from
Paris says that in consequence of the
imperial decree ordering the Chinese
troops to leave the territory considered
under the protection of the allied forces,
the French-German expedition has been
abandoned
France will shortly withdraw 1900
troops from China
sCHWARZKOPF'S FUNERAL.
PEKIN, April 19-Gep. Chaffee called
upon Field Marshal von WaIdersee and
expressed his deep sympathy with the
latter in the death of Gen. Schwarzlopf
and the destruction OF the German head
quarters by fire. Cen Chaffee offered
to aid Field Marshal Won Waldersee in
any way possible. The field marshal is
in good health.
The remains of Gen. Schwarzkopf have
been recovered and his funeral will be
held tomorrow. Gen. Chaffee with off,
GERS of his staff and a troop of Amer
lean cavalry, will attend the funeral in
behalf of the United States. Other for
eign powers here will also render similar
honors.
FRANCES LITTLE BILL.
PARIS April 19.-The officials Of the
French foreign Office say that the French
claim for indemnity amounts to 20c,C0) 900
francs. An official dispatch from Pekin
says that Lieut. Col Marchand was the
first to render help at the fire which
destroyed the headquarters Of Field Mar
previous dispatches on the same subject
He directed the operations to extinguish
the confiagration.
JAPAN AGAINST RUSSIA
LONDON, April 2O.-There are strong
Indications" says the Shanghai cor
respondent of the Morning Post, that
the japanese government proposes to put
itself at the head of the reform move
ment in China, in order to overthrow the
Manchu dynasty, which It considers
bound hand and foot by Russia