New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
i S. TROOPS ORDERED
TO NORTHERN CHINA
Give Hundred Men, Probably Of
the 18th Regiment, to Go from
Manila to Chin Wang-tao.
WINTER PORT OF PEKiNG
Americans Will Guard 33-Mile
Section of Railway Between
Ian Chau and Tang-shan
-Armistice Prolonged.
lRy Cable to The Tribune. ]


pakine. jan 9.--The news that orders
had been cabled from Washington to
Manila for the dispatch of five hundred
troops to Chin Wang-tao, the winter
port of Peking, reached here late to-day.
Up to that time there had been. much
speculation in the city as to whether
American troops would be sent to the
section Of the railway between Peking
and Chin Wang-tao, the protection Of
which was confided to the United States,
hut which up to the present has been
guarded lin accordance with an agree
msnt arrived at between the ministers of
the powers a few weeks ago. by British
soldiers.
The American section of the railway
lies between Lan-Chau and Tang Shan,
and is thirty-three miles long.
Washington. Jan. 9.--After lapse of
more than ten years American troops are
again 10 set foot in China They are TO
ala in keeping open the railroad from Pc
king to the sea. In the course of eight or
nine days five hundred regular infantry will
be dsembarked at the little Chinese port of
Chin Wang-tao.
The movement was ordered after mature
consideration of the policy involved in land
iAg American troops in a foreign country
under the peculiar conditions now existing
in China. Several days ago w. J. Calhoun,
the American Minister in Peking, intimated
fast some of the other powers were look
Ing TO the United States to. contribute a
Quota Of troops TO meet treaty obligations
10 keep open communication between the
capital and the coast. After the exact
needs Of the situation had been determined
Minister Calhoun was able TO inform the
State Department that five. hundred troops
would suffice to discharge the United States
obligation.
II was near the close of the official day
when the State Departments request for
the dispatch of troops reached the War
Department, but cable message to Major
General Bell was dispatched within a few
minutes after II had been approved by
Secretary Stimson and signed by Major
General Wood, chief of staff, instructing
him to dispatch the force, together with a
hospital corps detachment.
Il is understood that the 18th Infantry
will be called upon TO supply the troops
The transport Thomas Will be used.
= Reports that an armistice had been ar
ranged TO prevent a renewal OF the night
Ing between the republicans ard the I'M
perialists in China were welcomed at the
State Department, though II is feared thai
e permanent peace can only be arranged
OH the basis of a division OF the existing
empire.
The action of Russia in asserting an In
diyidual interest in the future OF Mon
golia is taken unofficially to indicate thf
breaking down of the agreement among
the six powers to refrain from the pursuit
of any individual advantage. 1t isiHdmitteo
that the suzerainty OF the Manchu court
he'd been lightly maintained In Mongohs
and that the throne was never able tc
hol6 a tight rein over its subjects In tha'
quarter of the empire. Aside from Rus
sian influence, which had much TO do witt
this condition. the religious proclivities ol
the MongoIs tended TO divorce them from
their Chinese rulers.