The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-16
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MIR. ROCKHILL At VICTORIA
The American Commissioner En-
Route TO Washington.

VICTORIA. b c., oct. 16-W. w. Rock
hin Special Commissioner from the
United States to China. arrived by the
steamer Empress Of Japan last night. sn
route from Pekins TO washington. 10
hand copy or the protocol signed by
China and the allies on September to
President Roosevelt Commissioner Rock
hill was accompanied 10y sIrs. Ecckhm
and Hubbard Taylor Smith. his secretary.
In one interview given on board the En-
/ press Of Japan al William Head the Com
missioner stated that now that the proto-
col had been signed, things would rapidly
resume their normal state in China. He
| hoped there would be no further out
breaks in the Empire. but he said, China
was the land OF surprises and none could
| say what was likely TO occur there.
The instructions reported in Koasu.
Manchuria and in other districts Of late
| he believes to be nothing more than local
! disturbances. riOting by malcontents.
which occurrences have been unduIy mag
nifed into insurrection by the press Of
the Far East There were 10 serious dis
l turbances when he left
Pelling was taken over by the Chinese
soon after the protocol was signed and
the withdrawal Of the troops Of the allies
/ began without delay. and on the 18th OF
I september, after a year and two DAYS
absence. the Chinese troops. 800 in num-
] Der, entered Pel1ing. The Americans.
I however. retained the south gate Of Pc
/ king. and the japanese held the east gate.
/ No other troops were left in Peking other
| than the legation guards and the small
( detachments al Shanhaikwan, Tientsin.
I and other points on the Shanhaikwan-
I Peking Railway
The turning oves" OF the Chinese capf-
I tai 20 Prince Ching was carried out with
much ceremony, there being a brilliant
] spectacle when the keys Of tEe palace
were handed over TO the Prince at the
south gate on September L. The Ameri-
! can and japanese troops were drawn M
I al the south gate, while the pictures0ue
! locales and a brilliant gathering OF Chi
nese dignitaries attended Prince Ching.
/ who was handed the keys Of the gate. IL
| was on September - that the withdrawal
! Of the foreign troops took place, and then
I the eXpediionary forces evacuated all the
[ points along the route TO Shanhaikwan.
| leaving only the small detachments to
guard the stations OF the railway. This
line from Peking to the coast is controlled
| by the British.
The Russians complained some time ago
Of the station at Tientsin being in they
concessions. and the friction which al o.
time assumed a serious stage occurred in
consequence, but since then there had
I been no collisions between the British
and other forces Tie country is being.
as II We're. taken over by the commercial
I interests since the protocol was signed.
and commission has been appointed 10
conduct commercial negotiations with
China, as provided by the provisions Of
the protocol This commission viii revise
the tres ties Of commerce and arrange all
matters in connection with the oDening
Of the ports 70 trade and all other bust
ness in connection with trade and com
merce between the Powers and China.
James Lyle MacSey. X c. D. r. was
appointed as the British Commissioner.
and Henry COckburn. c 3. Chinese
Secretary TO the British Legation al Pc
king, and c. p Butgeon. Of Shanghai. vsiu
be his assistants
Other commissioners are TO be apDoint-
ed by the different Governments. Sheug-
Ju- who was Commissioner OF Telegraphs
al Shanghai during the Boxer troubles.
EaS been appointed Commissioner 10 rep
resent China Japan has also been ask
q
suit OF the workings OF this commission.
better things can soon be looked for in
China.
The Chinese troops were entering the
capital before Commissioner RocEhiu left
and had taken over the work Of policing
the city The poorer class OF Chinese.
the coolies. for instance. have prohted
greatly as a result OF the occupation Of
Pekins by the allies. saEs Mr.. RockhiH
The poor men have now more money
than they ever had. while many OF the
erstwhiie rich Chinese are destitute as
a result Of the Chinese troubles. The COO
lies have been given employment by the al
lied forces in building and other works
and have been paid better than ever they
we're until. as the Commissioner. puts il.
the ricn are becoming poverty stricken.
whereas, the common pe0p.- who have
reaEed their golden harvest. are in ar
1u-nce-
one Of the works IN which many Chi
nese were engaged has been the rebuilding
Of the legations The British Legation
has been rebuilt and a heavy wall has been
erected around about II surrounded by q
deep mOaG The wall has embrasures and
gun platforms are being built 1t viii be
defensive. said the Commissioner. but not
much better than was the Old British Le-
cation defences behind which the Euro
peans withstoOd their besiegers. for the
high walls Of the Chinese capital look
down upon il and a special clause exists
in the protocol signed on September = that
this wall around the city shall not be de
strOyed. Guns mounted on this wall
could raze the legation
All the legation areas have been ex-
tended. says Commissioner R0ckhiiI. the
British being Increased in area until il is
about ten or fifteen times its original
size. The British made the largest IN
CreaseS and the Germans and Russians
have also made large increases in the
territory within their walls. the area tax
en- in by the extension OF the grounds OF
the British Legation being in the I'm
periaI carriage park. the partially de-
stroyed Hanlin College tired during the
siege Of the Iegau0ns1. and other public
buildings, which were occupied by the
Chinese troops during the siege
Commissioner Rockhiu says that he ex-
poets To hear shortly Of the return Of the
Chinese Court TO Peking. When he left
China he was informed that the Emperor
and D1Wa-er Empress and re-iuue would
reach PekiuS by October 8. Since then,
he heard, while IN Japan, that they had
postponed their return. but he heard on
the best authority that there was moth
iug in the report published that tae Court
did not intend To return 10 Pekiu-
An interesting fact is told by Mr.. Rock
hin Of how a number OF Roman Catholic
missionaries remained safe at Elsiau--lu.
where the Chinese Court was Lo1nie-Lsd
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