The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1900, Page 1

This Paper not to be taken from the Library.**** \ VOLUME LXXXVIII-NO., 7 - @all, 3 SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LI HUNG CHANG IS CHOSEN BY CHINA TO NEGOTIATE WITH POWERS FOR PEACE RUSSELS, Aug. 10.—The Foreign Office has received the following message signed De Cartier (E. de Cartier de Marchienne ), first secre- tary of the Belgian legation at Peking: «SHANGHAI, Aug. 10.—An imperial decree names Li Hung Chang as Minister Plenipotentiary to negotiate peace.” D R S e IS IMULTANEOUSLY with the improve- I > b4 ONDON, Aug. 11, 4 2. m.—The morning i e i - papers express satisfaction at latest develop- ill-omen appear | ¢ 2 ments in China. The average comment is - | horizon. China is suing or is| 4 ': that China is now genuinely suing for peace PR SRl R ) . ‘! through Li Hung Chang. Dispatches printed o e R ‘ ;‘I [\1}15 morning give Il‘rrther details F)t- [{\c‘»{.:\‘\'lrrg of . e LI + | Yangtsun. According to the Daily Mail's corre- ope € 1 the a ? *: | spondent the attack was led by the Americans and s to the ¢ t at 1 & ; British. The Chinese position consisted of seven gees t eq ‘ ‘ lines of intrenchments. The enemy fel! back un- * bf Pek is expect “ n many ¢ + | til driven to the last line, when they fled to Peking guarters. In a word, the Chinese sky is just now | :' completely demoralized. The Chinese say they more s r manj vs past. + ¢ | retreated because the British “poured poison” t this ture comes from Shang- . ; into their troops. This refers to the lyddite shells, 1 ting vhile 1 Government b 1| which the Chinese then experienced for the first i t ¢ | time. v s 2 (2 ; The correspondent adds that the British casu- tages t ing the powers, and + alties were 200 and the Americans 230, but this se support, while even |7 [ latter estimate, it will be noticed, is four times 1 cohesion is the re- | ¢ 1 greater than that of General Chaffee’s report. 1 Seymour to land | & . A St. Petersburg special says the Chinese Min- ister there, Yang Yu, has received a telegram an- one power taking measures of this kind | ¢ 1 nouncing that Li Hung Chang is dangerously ill here o1 1r and confined to his bed, and that he has been granted a month’s leave. Another St. Petersburg dispatch asserts that luence, the others be likely to follow suit, and the Washing- ] I ws the outlook me measure of alarm. Hitherto the note| been gn'(‘nj the Russian general staff has been notified that ‘; g | = , | the Chinese 12,000 strong are moving from Hu- Vo P . PEKING JUST BEFORE THE CRISIS—THE BRITISH MINISTER PAYING A DIPLOMATIC VISIT. nan and Hupei toward Peking and Tientsir E decision of Ad-|? (From ' tha Daily Graphe.y | The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Seyr Government | ¢ IN CHINA THE MINISTERS AND CONSULS CANNOT DISPENSE WITH FORMALITIES, AS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, BUT ALL OF- 4| News, wiring Thursday, announces that the Chi- | nese merchants are petitioning the authorities not O D IDEDeO s D s D rOeDeO IO Ie eI e eses e @l toland troops. N : RS ; - = — Ey e 4 FICIAL VISI MUST BE MADE EITHER ON HORSEBACK, WITH A RETINUE OF ATTENDANTS LARGE IN PROPORTION TO THE RANK OF THE have noting + PERSONAGE, OR IN A CHAIR CARRIED BY PORTERS, AS SHOWN IN THE ABOVE PICTURE. | [ @oceoioieisdsidetsisdoiotetdodetdodeisde B S R SR SO RO R R SRR SR s United States Instructs Its Minister to Re-? main at His Post in the Chinese Capital, and Other Powers Are Ex- pected to at Once Follow Suit. ‘ & Conger and Other Ministers at Peking Send Additional Reports of the Attempt of the Chinese to Send the Diplomats Forth to Certain Death. Special Dispatch to The Call ASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—The Department of State made public this morn- ing the following telegram from Minister Conger, which by Minister Wu late last night, being contained in a telegram him by the Taotal of Skanghai. It wi Minister W Acting Secretary of State at 3 o'clock this morning: | Secretary of State, Washington sung Li Yamen states to the diy that the varfous foreign Governments have repeatedly asked, through the respec Ministers, that we immediately depart from P nder suitable edcort. The NGTON, Aug. 10.—Min- ricaded in the British lega- for are sent by this Government. r Governments will, it is expected, the powers will checkmate t to induce the Ministers to leave | | us to fix a date for our devarture and to mai ry arrangements to do so. Our nts have b they do | reply is that we will seek instructions from our Governments and that In the absence of T Py i ores that | | such instructions we cannot quit our post. I must Inform you that ir ¥ s foreign Govern- “that we im- rtment is satis- | rnment and that the | way from the forti- ¢ of the Boxers and of the Chinese Govern- “onger and other sources. other Governments and shows Yamen has gone to induce the the Chinese, and warm com- ister Conger 1 his colleagues for their shrewdness in t t ng Ii Yamen upported by cipher be held heavily to | th by misrepresenta- ¢+ will be the subject of Government when the de- force to safely guard 80 foreigners, including 200 wemen rative Christians, who cannot be abandoned to certa Chinese escort under any circumstances. All my colleagues are dispatching to their respective Governments. Of the American marines seven have b | teen wounded, among the latter Captain Myers and Dr. Lippett, who are well. cox This message is undated, but is supposed to have been sent on or after the 5th of August, when the imperial edict removing the Inhibiti the Ministers sending cipher messages was recetved by the Tsung If sub stantially accords with the dispatch of the French Minister, M. Pichon, to his Government, which was made public in Paris terday LONDON, Aug. 10—The British Foreign Office has received from the Mi ter, Sir Claude Macdonald, a dispatch, dated Peking, August 4, much to the same effect as the dispatch recefved yesterday by tne Fren reign Office from M. Pichon, the Minister of France, at the Chinese capital, which described the efforts of the Chinese to induce the foreign Ministers to accept a Chinese escort to Tientsin. BRUSSELS, Aug. 10.—The Foreign Office has also received from the Belglan Minister at Peking a dispatch identical with that received yesterday by the French Office, from the French Minister at Peking, M. Pichon, telling of the at tempts made by the Chinese to secure the foreign Ministers' acceptance of a Chinese escort to Tientsin. CONSIDERING ONLY RELIEF OF MINISTERS. {dering only the rellef of the Ministers, and r t about was the subj ulta- TEA HOUSE IN THE NATIVE QUARTER OF SHANGHAL THE BRIDGE IN THE FOREGROUND, LIKE NEARLY ALL BRIDGES AND ROADS IN CHINA, IS MADE WITH SHARP TURNS OR ANGLES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH A BELIEF THAT EVIL SPIRITS WHICH TRAVEL ONLY IN STRAIGHT LINES ARE THUS MISLED AND THWARTED. t. The fir inell | @000 0090900090000+ 090 0000000000+ 0+0 000D SO+ OO0 faesmmsimmieh k. | COUNT VON WALDERSEE TALKS Chinese Statesman Trying to Get Li Hung g, directing him to remain e OF HIS PLAN OF CAMPAIGN| Chang to Commit Himself to a Policy of ot within a reasonable dis- the military commanders o B R R Combining With Russia. ould it be, the allles will im- ERLIN, Aug. 10.—This evening the correspondent of the celved in the United States with approval. You see (this was aisc e i S e Associated Press had another interview with Count von added smilingly), I am half an American myself.” | When the s a e g ags )',-r“”“’“'i wiil Sro;::;v : “:; Waldersee, who, although 69, looks much younger. His The Field Marshal then showed the correspondent a tropical | Special Cable to The Call and New ¥ ork Herald. Copyright. 1900, by the ation the question of stop ppar "?fi P k'“ step is vigorous and springy. His halr is closely cropped outfit which Emperor Willlam had presented to him personal- Herald Publishing Company. ahoait " Al ‘: y 95 FOSI and an iron gray mustache contrasts with a ruddy com- ly on Wednesday. The uniform is the same as the Kaiser i . abou s Minister Conger plexion. Evidently he is undertaking his important task in wore in Palestine. D N S A e S e S O S S TR S S o 4 . ® + i bd 3 % i safe departure, foreign troops only can safely escort us, ® + L orjties for th must not be Impe troope e g x hemn ay the rifie fire by B¢ | China with spirit and energy. He expressed resfet at belng On apparent authority it is sald here to-day that news re- HANGHAL Aug. 10—It is reported here on good authority that Chang Smpacial tomsgie S| pads apprehension, and It | ;1 oble to talk freely about his campalgn plans, but said: garding the military moves, Including the preparations for Ying Mow of; Tientsin, who attempted to reach Peking, and reported oy ¥ “] am busy making preparations for my departure and further shipments of troops to China will be officlally withheld, that he was unable to get into the city, really entered and discussed wi MILIT RY ESCORT MUST BE L have been conferring at length with the Minister of War and so as not to betray the plan of campaign to China, including those in power the advisability of combining with Russia. He has 1 a ARGE ONE. |35h Count von Schiieffen, chief of the General Staff. A list the Chinese diplomatists in Europe. As a result, reports are rived in Shanghal for the purpose of discussing the matter with Li Hu . sontent to the authoiiles that China § . | ot the officers comprising my China staff was submitted to Em- very contradictory, However, a number of facts g0 to show | Chang, but up to the present Chang Ying Mow has been unable to get the It is apparent to 1 athos -‘_- u- . ‘;;A s’ :nm.;n-r.nng to meet the | peror William, who approved it. Some thirty German officers that Germany is preparing further large shipments. Viceroy to commit himself to this policy. It is known that Li Hung Chang powers, and an indication of this satisfactory 4 policy is the deliv- | will accompany me. General von Schatrzkopf will be my chief ~ The Cologne Gazette, in an inspired article, admits that 5000 | has already sent numbers of long telegrams to the Chinese Minister to Russia. ster Wu to-day of Y{w.'“»‘!'»”'h from Mr. Conger and the action of | of staff and Colonel Barongay will be chief quartermaster. additional troops will also leave, although it vs that at pres- pvSsSagt £5. PUEDEELEE S0 DL Sk Oc ge received | The others are Baron Knigge and Count Koenigsmark as ent some 15000 or-2,000 have now been or ed to proceed. — — = It is the presumption of the s th e Chinese Govern- | d Count Wernigerode. The semi-official Militar Worchenblatt this evening says: # 7 G o Bt O i o 0 RS S | ol S Nt e i o g Rt M St S s L (useikn. REPORTS. OF SEYMOUR TO LAND >eking, as set fo emorandum handed to Minister Wu | to © ¢ way of San Francisco. I shall start from Genoa August will Itogether 40,500 avallable troops with 162 guns e et T e Sesamed to By thar Jepen Tad Loreesily et | 10, Chlle by wis o s Beencince ¥ uen stemt Bem S A e e e e | VICTORIES OVER CININESE TROOPS AT SHANGHAI f the note delive to Minister Wu, and the approval of the other ol ¥ 3 — - il ing the troops at Shang- expected to be communicated within the next few days, , Shanghal on September 22, There I shall establish preliminary Will be 78,000 with 280 guns, not including DS ang. s 8 111 by t t headquarters and complete my staff from the contingents of hai, Canton ana Pe\lngianu;fl:i now «;mfosego'oomm";;: v;lr:g %g ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 10.—The Rus-| WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—The Navy and »se under their protection s t arge force. Minister Con- be better reached by telegraph while on the way. To-morrow £ i Ch ttnin st ia® ‘and aitogether 117 dispatch from Admiral Alexieff: 8 - o By . v ger s t the escort must be sufficient “to safely guard 800 foreigners, |morning I shall go for a brief visit to Hanover to arrange a ;“B‘:;:!;a :c‘l‘l;“"lr‘l; rvenry?o;awteoerpe‘do o e on | “NIUCHWANG, Sunday. Aug. S§—The g:o'm i\lng A{; : ;‘ , t,As ll;u :rxsu:n ; “ women and children, and 300 native Christians who cannot be | pumber of personal matters. Jatehing the Chinese coast, ot which seventy are in the gulf | Chinese town of Niuchwang, on the Gulf s:;x:m?:- rohedy ,:m"‘,'_":;'f:, gy RS s 5 : “I am very glad to hear that my appointment has been re- of Pe Chi Li. of Liaotung, was captured August 4, two | pos mCug (0 1804 trogps there for the de- PROTECTION OF CHINESE CHRISTIANS = warahips taking part in the bombardment. | pooct, o ccording to. the cable; while ac- 2 . ! oo WEY DID NOT SAY seceders the hope of Bryan's election.’| to give out no official statement this can | The Russian War Office has recelved the | JUlcscing In the landing of Britian troops, The defense of Chinese Christians by forelgn guards, the fact that foreign. | DE Nelther did I say, or intimate, that in my | be sald of the Presjdent’s attitude on the | following dispatch from Grodekoff: should be followed by the powers t food with them rather than drive them out to death, and final. STATE OF WAR EXISTS|crinion a state of war exists between | Chineso situation: “KHABAROVKA, Aug. 9—General | 't o O R ¥ o oW two ware declaration of Minister Conger that they cannot be abandoned to this country and China. These state- He again emphasized that he will urge Rennekampf, August 7, overtook and de- ships nx’ Shanghal to safeguard American \cre, have struck @ responsive chord in the breasts of the officlals e ments attributed to me are absolutely in- | Chaffee to use every effort to rescue the | feated the enemy beyond the Amur RIVEr. | ji brests 1n. case of trouble. These nce It s asserted that if the foreigners are saved, the Chinese Christians will | WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—Admiral | correct.” Americans in Peking. Minister Conger ls | capturing two guns. The battle was con- | (o“gon o8 BRr T NG (i 10 e Peking with them. Authority for the United States and other powers to Dewey said to-day, speaking of the pub- ir:structed not to leave the Chinese capi- | tinued as far as Jaset. During the even- lattes STTIVed at Shanghasio-0ay. such action is found by the offiefals In article 29 of the treaty of 1858 be. |y o oo of an interview with him in | PRESIDENT MKINLEY tal 50 long as he and the other legationers | ing of August 7 the Chinese assumed the d the U'nited States, and it is understood that similar articles, s consider their lives in danger by so do- | offensive on both our flanks. They were VON WALD! onger in language, are included in the treaties between Ching | Felation to Philippine and Chinese affairs: ACTS WITH PROMPTNESS WILL ACCEPT VONX ERSEE. ing. The position of the United States | driven back with great loss. Rennekampf an Governments. This is Article XXIX of the American treaty: | “My attentlon has been drawn to the will again be stated and the Chinese Gov- | has been reinforced with infantry, artil-| WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—It is authori- s of the Christian religion, as professed by the Protestant and | article as published. I made use of no ernment will once more be warned of the | lery and cavalry. The rallroad north of | tatively stated that the United States churches, are recognized as teaching men to do good and to do | words saying or intimating that ‘what-| CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 10.—President Mc- | consequences of failing to give American | Tashi-tsao is in the hands of the Chinese, | Government will accept Count von Wal- they would have others do to them.” Hereafter those who quletly | ever show of resistance to our authority | Kinley recelved Minister Conger's mes- | subjects proper protection. who destroyed the station at Haicheng, | dersee as the commander of the interna- profess d teach these doctrines shall not be ‘harassed or persecuted on ac- 1s at the present time in the Phillppines | sage early this forenoon from Washing- An additional long-distance telephone | August 6, and damaged the line. Hai- | ticnal forces in China If the necessity ex- of their falth.' Any persons, whether citizens of the United States or will be kept up until after our election | ton by telephone. He at once began| was placed between Canton and the White | cheng was recaptured after an obstinate | ists at the time of his arrival In that who according to these temets teach and practice the principles of |in November. The insurrection is kept | framing a reply and sent his instructions | House to-day. The rush of Washington | fight. The mountain floods interfere with | country for an international force to be- bristianity, shall in no case be interfered with or molested.” | slive by the leaders who hold out to the | to Washington. While the rule here is | work necessitated this. . | the reconstruction of the line.” gin a campalgn.