Show ALLIES HARMONY IS IN N DANGER OF 1 Rote Note is Doubtfully Received in iii I England and Germany No ro Active Act v Steps Yet Taken for Withdrawal Britain n Does I Not Like to t Deal With Li I London Sept Sopt 1 a m The pa paper pen per are arin acain filled with discussions of or the proposals which II o far as MS may be gathered from the or of opinions in the various European EUro eon capitals are calculated to th t the unity of the allies ames to an exceedingly severe and danger dangerous ous t test last st stIn In Germany especially these proposals s i are so diametrically to Em Emperor Emperor Williams DOUey that at they have produced pro something like consternation A Ab the Daily News editorially remarks I 1 Count von Waldersee was assuredly not sent to assist in restoring re the em nr S dowager It JK Ia It recognised recognized on all sides that Ger Gerl i d teton lon le 11 l the pivot of matter Em eror William intended l by y Count von to haVE bave master bend band m n the Chi Chinese Chinese nese new settlement Russia Rus la has hns taken th U tl wind wlAd out ut of that officials 8 wall 1 ds now posing as the friend and protector prot r of China Chinat t The morning papers pa ers express the tho th r greatest t suspicion of the intentions of I Russia RussI The Times editorial fairly rep represents represents represents resents the opinion of all saying The be advantages of policy DOlley I are not manifest and it is very Tery doubt ful whether it will recommend itself Jt Ir to ti powers like England and find Germany that I have large larce commercial interests in the hir ent of a stable and 1 sive she government to replace the re reactionary reactionary reactionary clique which has impeded all aU progress and nd development in China in recent years Jears I Negotiation with Li Ll Hung Chang Chani would be a condonation of government r crimes crime C and the throwing wins away of all aN i ithe the gained by the i tion of I Much mischief may already have bave I been done dono by the hesitation to enter I tu the forbidden cIty To Jo withdraw from Pekin would be interpreted as es not only that the allies are cowards I but that they are hopelessly divided ed It may be that some of the powers rs will withdraw but that does loes i not imply that others are bound to leave Pekin and to acquiesce In hi the restoration of a rev gov government guilty of a II gross international crime f Strange Diplomatic Bedfellows The Standard says laYS Diplomacy sometimes makes strange bedfellows It is curious to fight the mighty auto autocrat crat erat of or the old world and the great re republic reI I public of the new generally coaxing coating I the other powers along the path of or peace Nothing could be better than t bo b spirit of these documents and it is IsI I interesting to find such I I two powers so 80 anxious to tc determine the controversy in La inan InI Laan I an unselfish spirit If I The Daily Mail says Russia I has I forced fO the hand nort of the United u States ta against the better judgment of ot the tat lat latter tatt I ter t r At the same me time the United States government nt has adduced such valid reason why the Russian policy Is s sP P JI bad on one that it R will hardly b be ex expected i ft t that other powers will concur Th TIM The Daily News which complains bitterly that the British government Jov nt dt does s not communicate a particle of in information formation respecting these important negotiations calls Mr r Adzes Ad dispatch tchery I very ery able and amI asks hat bat the Ute British doing doln in the matter Open Door May Make Trouble The Daily DalI Chronicle thinks the ques tion of the open door will prove the rift rUt within the lute h now sounds such sweet harmony between the United States Stat tates and Russia Ru Russia Ru says ys the Dally Daily Chronicle uhs has heard of oC the open ODen door before from a reater cn ter naval i 3 f Power than the United States Stat and haa ha replied by sim elm ply slamming the door in that powers face Th The EpeL paper then en i to comment upon the difficulty of t i understanding Ru stas real motives moties and the dangers of following leadership l The Daily Dally Telegraph remarks The I Russian Bulau proposals are among the most mORt extraordinary coups attempted a t of or re recent recent recent cent years even by Russia ia The up shot will probably be b the acceptance of or 14 LI Hung Chang Chaug to negotiate some kind of ot compromise with the empress dow dew dowager t tiger ager Vlen Vienna a specials show that the Russo American Am ro have caused ex extreme extreme extreme annoyance there thel It Is said that tbt will wi follow tollow in Ger Ocr Germanys Germanys steps but it is recognized boUt both bothin boUtin bo h in jn Berlin and Vienna that the with withdrawal w h dr of Russia and the United States from Pekin would leave IE the other pow powers ore ers rR little but JUt to follow I The Globe seizes Izes the opportunity to in unfriendly ig that United States of breaking the tile j I ord of oJ the powers and playing into tin fill 1 hands of Russia against a Great Gr at a 11 m j n by supporting the he suggestion of or orI I n of Li Hung Huns hang 1 n hI the paper aver declares delares is notoriously v h I tile jie to Great Britain and frendly frendl to it Russia lussa 1 ussa z Xiu l Globe Gobe urges ur es that the government j 1 oppose to the he uttermost the he idea of ot the evacuation of Pekin in Which course cours j I the Ule paper adds add it will vUI be supported by I Emperor William Willium of or Germany German GERMANY IS MUCH EMBARRASSED Berlin Aug 31 The German govern government mont ment is considerably r embarrassed by bythe bythe I the joint proposition of the United States St tes and Russia to withdraw from front I Pekin and to recognize Li Hung I Chang hang as an intermediary It was t 4 t 4 q 4 d 1 4 t 1 I 1 4 4 1 p 4 1 I I I I i j I 1 a n 1 jT r k 4 i h 1 GREAT WALL OP CHINA L i wholly unexpected here bore that Russia would join the United States in such sucha a R step Count von Buelow the foreign minister considers the new situation thus created so important as to compel him to abandon the vacation trip he be was about to take Thi Thu l evening the semiofficial press expresses es the views view of the government in cautious terms A foreign official made the following statement on the subject Germany has not yet answered Rus itus sias aias request to withdraw from Pekin The other powers do not regard the military situation there as a precarious As far as Li Hung Chang is concerned Germany c p ready to acknowledge him himas as Chinas representative in peace ne negotiations negotiations negotiations if he shows himself proper properly ly accredited but as to o this feature of the case cee nothing is as yet known here The statement of the London Times that a German bank is negotiating with Chang Chi Tung Tang the Woo Chan Cham Chang viceroy for a loan of Is i iJ positively J denied German official telegrams tele ams announce that the German forces in Pekin occupy occupy occupy py th the northwestern portion of the city The joint of the generals against plundering have thus far proved ineffectual It is reported that some armed Chinese are about fifty kilometres from Pekin The German troops share in guarding the imperial palace and also hold the northwestern gate A council of gen generals generals generals was called for Aug 23 R PLIES RECEIVED ARE NONCOMMITTAL Washington w n Aug u 31 A I 1 fact in connection with the proposal to withdraw from Pekin is that General Chaffee who is well advised of f the situation having several days ago been directed to prepare for just such an emergency as that precipitated by the Russian action continues his preparations preparations lions for wintering the American tro j s in China Unless the men are and out of the Pel Pei Ho within the next six weeks they are likely to re remain remain main in iii China perforce being ice icebound Icebound Icebound bound General Chaffee was as further advised ed today of ot the developments den in intile Intile tile situation a statement of the points in the correspondence feeing being cabled to him for tor his guidance It is scarcely expected that even with the aid of the cables a complete accord can be reached upon this last l proposition proposition tion Immediately Up to the close of the official day only two communications communications communications had been received in consequence of our last note One was from the British h foreign for Ign office through the American embassy stating that Lord Salisbury was absent from London LondonI and aiu nu rely promising consideration for forthe forthe forthe the note noie The German response was through Mr Jackson Jack on and was equally Inconclusive indicating a wish on the part of the German government for time to consider the proposition The Tha officials here say that they thay are ar satisfied I that Japan at least Is fully in accord I with our objects as set out in the note and rather expect an early answer from rom the government of that country France has not been heard from on op this point her last communication ing entirely to the matter of ot LI Hung status The full fuU text of the French govern governments governments governments ments answer to Li Lt Hung peace proposals of Aug 19 and 21 has just been received here It proves pr ves to be almost identical In language with the I reply of the American government which laid down as a preliminary to peace overtures that security in the Chinese capital and ami responsible gov government government government authority be established Dowager Issued Credentials It has developed lii in n he the course of the I careful consideration which officials have given to Li Hung creden credentials credentials fiaTs that they were issued by the em era empress empress press dowager and not by the emperor Kwang Hsu su This may have an im important important bearing baring b on the subject as it opens up ui u the authority of the empress dowager since the coup coun of Set Sept 9 S when she took the reins of power from the hands of or the emperor It In Involves involves also alsa the issues between the em empress empress press dowager who Is l and the emperor em elOr who is i Still Stilla a further consideration ion 5 s the Russian sympathy entertained by the empress dowager as against ain t the British sym sympathy sympathy sympathy pathy held by the emperor t Thus far however there has been no questioning of the credentials on any of the tha th per personal er grounds mentioned mt although they are forcible in shaping the action of or the several evera Although the exact whereabouts of f Li Lf Hung Chang continues to be in doubt It is understood by I officials that he is now in continuous c I communication with the th imperial merial I household and n thus Is 18 enabled to con convey convey vey ve to them the prospect ct of a return i to the Chinese capital The expected 1 return of Prince ehing to Pekin is j said to be a result of this I I tion between Earl Li and the imperial family and sad to be the initial move moye of responsible authorities toward the cap ital There Theres is reason reas n to believe beHee also alBo that Earl Ear Li L is now in frequent tele I graphic communication with European Euro ean capitals capit although Washington has not received a 2 word vord from him since Aug I 21 the date of the last appeal for peace Some significance is attached i j i to this as indicating that Earl Li failing to get set from Washington an ac tic I i I II I I of or his hL overtures turned to i i sia Europe and more particularly to Rus i I i American Is Lis Ids Adviser I It was stated today as an additional j reason for American acceptance of or Li Hung Chang that his confidential sec mc secretary i and adviser advisor is 15 an American Mr lIr I formerly of the American con I I I sular service serice at Tien Ti n Tsin Tein Mr is 15 known to have great reat influence with the viceroy and among 3 the officials here he is regarded as a man of ex rix exceptional c ability and scrupulous integ I ran rity The disposition to look for ulterior motives in plans is met me t by the I statement In authoritative quarters that such suspicions show a lack of familiarity familiari ty with th traditional I friendship with China It is pointed out that tha the two countries have lived Jived I as neighbors since 1644 and that their relations have not been as traders each en h pushing commercial enterprise into the territory for the other but tut as border friends It is stated that this brought about the agreement over ov r the trans I siberian railroad which while bene to Russia also helped China to develop the resources of Manchuria In seeking concessions also it is said that Russia never has permitted her citi citizens citizens citizens zens to acquire rich railroad and min rain mineral mineral eral concessions and thin then th n o sell them in speculative markets This unselfish and neighborly sentiment it is main tamed is the chief f motive for present wok Ships on the Way Washington Aug 31 The collier Sat Saturn Saturn Saturn urn with coal aboard en route for the fleet In China has reached Gibraltar The Continued on Page Bage Pagel 2 I AWES ALLIES ALLES HARM HARMONY IS III m l DANGER O OF Continued from page pase 11 Ii l Caesar Coar likewise laden iden has left lef and will wil touch next av a Singapore The training I shin I has sailed from Havre av for Lisbon g saied |