Junction City bulletin. [volume] (Junction City, Or.) 189?-1901, 1901-02-21
Ill WILL not %
ChafIee Is Not 10 Join the Ger
man Expedition.
the GOVERNMENT FACES A CRISIS
State Department May Try 10 Dssuads BsriIa
Authorities From undertaking This Cam.
palsn-- Chinese Are 10 Blame.

Washington, Fub. ~. -~ Iho united
etatea government Ii facing serious
crisis In China. owiag 10 the announce
ment OF the purpose oi Field Marsha!
Count Won Maldersee % begin anoth.
or offensive campaign. General Chaf-
loo has been invited % join Ia tho OK.
petition, which Ii 20 ho mobiIized on y
larger scale than anything attempted
In China since tho allied army began
tho march to pekin. Tho general 30
informed tho war department today.
and tho officials OF tho state depart.
ment have been advised OF the sitna.
tion.
This German movement IL viewed
with absolute dismay here. for ~ 10
feared that II requires an immediate
decision by tho United States govern.
mcnt OF It's whole line Of policy toward
the Chinese question. General Chaifee
will be told that he Ia not 70 paFtici.
pate Ia this campaign. lilo has been
keeping tho American iorcea In Pekin
ever since tho city was paoited, simply
~ u legation guard, and tho German
government 10 fully aware that the
United States government purposely
deprived the American contingent In
China OF its offensive military char
acter and withdrew it from the control
OF General Won Walderseo in order to
hasten peace negotiations and prevent,
80 far as 10 conld, the continuance OF
military movements against tina Chi.
nose. which were baneGnl IN their
effect upon the peae, movement. 30
our government. not having changed
It's policy, canno, do otherwise than 10
cause General Cbaifee 10 refrain from
any participation Ia military move.
ments 40 long as tho present peaceful
conditions continue.
But another very serious point under
consideration IL, not whether Chaffee
shall Join the German movement, buf
whether IL Is not the duty OF our gcf'
eminent TO exercise all proper efforts
to dissuade the German govcrnincnt
from undertaking this camraIgn.
The Cninese government IL untorsu"
nateIy delaying the psace negotiations
IN an evasgUratini fashion. and 4 NOS
responding in proper spirft 20 siis eifoFs
OF the United states governments.
Word has just come from Minister
Conger which confirms tho press ad'
yices relative to the Chinese declina.
ton 70 accede 10 the demands OF the
ministers In the matter OF capital pun
ishment OF the leaders implicated In
the Boxer movement. Mr.. Conger's
message gave IL 70 be understood that
the Chinese government had agreed TO
exile Prince Tuan and Ian without
capital sentences; 70 recommend sui
eide 10 Prince Cnwang; death for Yu
Hsien md Chao Chi Chao: imprison-
nent and degradation from office for
Chi HaaiD and Hsn Cheng Yu. IL 10
said an edict has already been issued
TO execute these sentences.
A visit from the japanese minister
TO the state department served to give
color to the story that our government
is casting about TO ascertain how far
the other powers party to the Chinese
question would indorsc this proposed
campaign. II 10 impossible to secure
exact Information on the subject. The
whole subject, 10 is said. is to come be-
fore the cabinet meeting tomorrow,
when the course TO be pursued by the
United States government will be do.
ternined.
1t is said unequivocally by ccmpetent
authority that the American military
foi ces under no circumstances will
participate with the Germans In the
proposed expedition, and. although 10
cannot be learned that General Chaffee
has vet received instructions TO that
effect, he undoubtedly will have threm
very shortly. The United States gov
ernment stAads steadiastly by the prin-
ciples laid down In Secretary Hays
letter Of July Q last.