Show IN American Troops Are Ordered to lake falie Ready r J NEXT STEPI t IN ABEYANCE CE SEEMS SEE TO BE GREATEST GR ST Washington Se t 8 Orders Order have bonn bean cabled General Generl Chaffee Ch e to pre prepare pr prepare pare par his hs h forces for withdrawal from Pekin Further Furher than tha that that the te war wa de department department has hn taken ten steps to have at Taku a a sufficient nt number of United States transports to remove e the troops to the the ort Philippines pIne as 5 soon son as a they tey reach rech The orders orar are ae preparatory and ad do donot dono not no necessarily indicate that tha th bur ou our gov government g government has decided finally upon Uon an immediate withdrawal from China ChIna It 11 is simply placing itself In a a position to carry carr out tt tb tl pledge conferred in the reply renlY to The result rosult r of those ut thoe considerations is that unless une there ther is such a general expression by th the powers power in favor favor of occupation oc as a a to modify mod the views shown by the government of ot Russia RU and lead to te la a a Renewal general anel agree aJ ment manto for continued occupation we shall give instructions to the tho American forces force In China China to withdraw our troops from Pekin Pek after Ater due clue conference with wih the other oher commanders as to the he time and und nd manner maner of withdrawal Up to t the p present moment the Amer tuner preen te lean ican Ic has ha not changed its is policy in this thiR matter mato of ot withdrawing the he troops It I has hn given the te subject wIng much consideration since the he original note was wa written bus bu at all Ures times there thero has hasben been k nt steadily al In mind the propriety of ot removing the American te AmerIc troops troop from China as a soon as this could he be consistently done It Is intimated I that that the prospects for tor securing these theae objects thru complete harmonious action acton by the powers pO r Is brightening every eVOr tIM day d May ay be e a Compromise It I Is Ii I felt fel that tat this Js 18 s a a time for tor com corn promise pr propositions tl as a between the Russian and German Geran designs deigns In China and such propositions now form the substance of ot nearly all aU the diplomatic exchanges which ih are in Ia dally daily progress The Th continuance of Quiet ulet in Pekin tending to reassure e th tho Chinese dais Is believed to be b rapidly hasten of ing lug negotiations for a final settlement There Thre that were la Is i the te the best Chinese reason government to believe t its is members member member ure were It persona relieved of ot a 0 fear of of ot a oT o 0 China China and the menace of a large targe Jre foreign force in the capitol the tho imperial court cour including the em and rr ad empress dowager would lose no time in returning to Pekin and opening negotiations for a settlement Henre the suggestion has hn been thrown out that tt the allied aled forces in Pekin be reduced to a number sufficient suf dent cent to insure the immediate safety of the legations while the remaining forces beyond the walled wailed citi wale perhaps to Tien Tsin and if the pro progress progress gress J of the negotiations sem seem to war warrant warrant warrant rant it I be withdrawn a agather j gother gather from Chinese fr soil sl There are only two obstacles to the execution of ot I this blan Sian ln One is the the difficulty of framIng suitable s guarantees es for the I continuance to a satisfactory conclusion of the negotiations ne for or the final set The other oter is the uncompromising mI attitude of ot one of the powers I It I is 15 now nev no believed beleve that tat the difficulty power as to guarantees can cn be satisfactorily adjusted Obstacle May tny My Be Overcome Ov The obstacle may ma ma be overcome by threatened isolation of the power for tor It t Is believed that no one would care cr to pursue a war upon China when She ti other powers had ad deliberate ly expressed their judgment that fur ther hostilities were unwarranted Be Beside Besie Beside side sie hostilities under such conditions tending t to 10 injure the Inure Interests of ot the th tho theother other oher o her powers In China might be re r by them themas as authorizIng a joint demand uon the single power for guarantees guarantees which would be very ver dlf to t meet meet Special Commissioner Rockhill has ha left leCt Shanghai for Pekin A report by br cable from him m dated yesterday indi indicated that he lie had begun the discharge of o his duties dute as a n a special observer of the th present Chinese disturbances d I |