Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-11-23
Government Officially Notifies
United States of Financial
Embarrassment Incident to
Revolution.
STATE DEPARTMENT
CONSIDERS SITUATION
No Decision Yet Reached as to
Probable Dispatch of Troops
to Empire to Protect AmerI-
can Subjects,

IBy Morning Journal special Leased Nlre.l
washington, Nov. 22.-The Official
notification of the purpose of the
Chinese government to pass up its
foreign obligations, came to the state
department today from the Chinesee
legation which reported it to the state
department. 1t read,
con account OF the disturbances
throughout China, the postponement
of the date for the November pay
ment of the Boxer indemnities. has
become necessary. Immediately upon
the formation of the new cabinet by
the premier, Yuan Shi Kai, he gave
special attention TO the indemnity
matters.
"The Inspector general of the i'm
perial maritime customs of China,
who is an Englishman. has been. d.
rected by the Chinese government to
issue instructions to the commission
ers at the various treaty ports to de-
poslt all the receipts from the mari
time customs with the foreign banks
located in those ports, the moneys so
received to be used for the service of
Chinas foreign debts, including the
1901 Boxer indemnities.
Personal conferences today between
the secretaries of state, war and navy,
gave rise to the surmise that China
was under discussion, but no state
ment was vouchsafed. The military
authorities are ready to meet any
reasontble demand fos' troops s-~tr- W
used in China and whether the or
ganization selected shall be the Fiji
teenth infantry, now en- route from
Guam to Manila, or the Seventh or
the Twentieth infantry, will depend
entirely upon the time the order is
received from the president for the
despatch of troops.
If these are wanted Immediately,
then some of the regiments now at
Manila will go forward; if there is no
emergency and there is reasonable
certainty that the formation OF early
ice in the Chinese ports will not pre-
vent the landing of troops for fort
night, then the choice will probably
fall upon the Fifteenth infantry, due
in Manila about December /. 1t is in
timated at the state department that
il will be Tor the council of foreign
ministers in Pekin to determine
whether troops are needed at all, and
If so, when and what proportion there
shall be furnished by the powers in
terested in China.
a.. 4 i IN
point that some such agreement-re-
moving one threatened cause of fric-
tion-has been reached, as the result
Of the state departments inquiry to
the various foreign offices about
three weeks ago.
The Chinese government and rev.
olutlonary leaders are desperately
alarmed at the possibility of foreign
intervention. Probably it is owing to
The appeals reaching the ministers
from these sources, to keep foreign
troops out of China to avoid precipi-
Nating possible massacre of all for
elgners at unprotected points, that
the foreign ministers are hesitating to
give the word for the landing of
troops
Advances of the rebel forces, both
naval and land, toward Marking
Where 1t is expected a decisive battle
VIII be fought, were reported to the
navy department today Rear Ad-
Hlral Murdock, commander of the
} united States Asiatic fleet
Several rebel gunboats that have
oeen lying at Chinkiang, he reported,
sailed today toward Nanking, doubt
iess to assist in the operations against
the imperial forces there. About 20,-
Voo rebel troops are now marching
toward the scene of the expected bat
Pe' The majority of these troops
are declared to be well drilled. The
reports state that the city probably
VIII be desperately defended.
Great britain, Germany and Japan
each have a warship at Nanking and
'hese, together with the American
vessels there, are deemed sufficient
10 give adequate protection to for
eisn interests. The United States tor
peuo boat destroyer Barry, and the
cruiser Albany has reached Nanking
ana relieved the New Orleans, which
went to Shanghai. The collier Nam
shan is also at Nanking. The gun
poat Helena, today left WI Hu for
ilahkow, making stops at river ports
on the way.
AT Che Foo the loyal forces and the
lepeis have Joined in establishing or
der.