The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-26
FOES OF
FOREIGNERS
Are Late Appointm nts
Of Officials.
MUCH ALARM IS FELT
RockhilI Thinks Foreign Troops
Can Commence Leaving
China--Native Con-
verts Threatened.

Pekin, April 23.-General Yoyron,
the. commander of the French troops
in China, informed General Chaffee
that about 10000 French soldiers will
leave China next May.
The majority of the French and
German newspaper correspondents
accompanying the expedition directed
against General Liu and which has
been mobilizing at Pao Ting Flu, re-
turned to Pekin, believing that the
expedition would be called off.
Hsi Lang. former governor of the
province of Shan 81, was appointed
governor of the province of Hupei.
The foreign consuls at Hankow, capt.
tai of the province of Hupei, protest
ed this appointment to Chang Chi
Tung. viceroy of Hankow. and have
sent him a telegram advising him to
delay proceeding in the matter Of
Hsi Liangs appointment.
The numerous appointments OF
Cinnamon with pronounced anti-for-
~ lu9mmoo posngo s5Iou9pu9l u5Is
Pekin. Even the foreign ministers
admitted that so many appointments
OF this character are ill advised
while the missionaries and other
civilians are alarmed for the future
1t is the opinion of Mr.. Rockhill,
the American special commissioner
that the foreign troops may COM
mence leaving China with perfect
safety; on the other hand, the an
nouncement that about 10000 French
troops are 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
threatened with what will happen to
them when the foreigners leave.
The views of the foreign ministers
on the withdrawal of the troops Is
not shared by the great majority Of
the foreign residents. The ministers
aver that some of these latter have
business reasons and that others
would have to vacate the fine build
ings they are occupying rent free
when the troops go.
parsonage from Sian Flu who
was closely connected with the court
denies that General Tung Fuh Sian
is in state of open rebellion. The
person in question thinks that the
missionaries who reported that he
was in rebellion must have heard ac.
counts OF his harsh treatment of ban
dts falling into his hands. Tung
Fuh Sian has frequently disobeyed
the orders Of the court. When about
5000 troops were withdrawn from his
command last January he should
have returned their rifles and ammu-
nitSn. This he failed to do. Before
he eft for Kan Su he obtained an
audience with the dowager empress
OF China. Upon this occasion Tung
Fuh Sian said to the empress:
"All that your servant has done
has been to obey the orders of the
court. He will die upon the battle
held in your service. If because OF
the commands Of the foreigners your
servant were committed to death he
would die unwillingly."
To this the empress replied:
Let your heart be at peace. I
would rather lose. my rivers and noun
tains than you. / will surely devise
q plan for your protection"
The same informant said that thu
court advisers were not in accord.
AT recent meeting of the council
both the emperor and empress went
frequently The dowager empress
said that each day of absence was a
day when she could neither eat or
sleep in peace. The emperor said
that Pekin was the home of his an.
cestors and that he could not bear to
abandon it.