Show JAPS J APS A AND D AMERICANS S i GUARDS GUARD SACRED oRD I Yokohama Aug 31 n ra Yamaguchi Y rs chi h commanding co the tho to Japanese troops t ops in i iJ ir if J r f China reports report that at t a meeting m Ung of ot for foreign fr fri eign ministers has i and commanders commanders it been le nj decided to o maintain m ti guards gara att at t tie 6 Imperial city cIt entrusting the thc south gates to the dIe Americans while th the r Japanese te hold three others ther It was also decided to commemorate the te occupation of Pekin by b ba a march of at the allied nUe troops through the te imperial lm 1 city Aug S Many of the eunich n il guards gards have have left the palace Dalace lace and and a nd have ave surrendered them selves silves s The inmates inmate of the palace palce have been assured that they will be treated Jave with ith every ever consideration Ive companies companie of troop trOp from the te Jap anese garrison at island Iland of For mosa started Tuesday for Amoy Women Protected Front Insult Iut Washington Aug 31 The following telegram from the Japanese foreign of flee fice was received today at the Japanese legation A telegram from Pekin gives ves the strength of the allied ale forces which took part in the relief of Pekin P in as follows Japanese 66 intently cavalry 4 engineers and 53 23 5 guns Russians gns infantry ISO 11 cavalry and 33 IS 22 2 z sains gns British 1832 1132 Infantry infant 40 cavalry and 13 1 guns gm Americans 1600 16 infantry 16 marines marln s 75 7 7 cavalry and C G guns French 4 marines marine gns and IS 13 guns On the seventy Chinese Chine gns dered dared Of these five fe each were detained by the Japanese and British forces for the purpose of ascertaining the state of affairs among the Chinese Chinee the rest being set at liberty On the Ibert 20 more sur rendered most of f whom were guards and court officials One of ot them gards a military officer after being brought to the mitar Japan ose ese headquarters headquarter where he hp was kindly treated was sent to the palace to make the necessary preparations for f the t parade of et the allied rJ forces af through h the e palace l to be held on the in commemoration of their successful entry into the city As A a large Jarge number of ot court ladies were found in the palace every precaution was taken to protect them from insult and assurances ns were given them of the readi redi ness of Japans forces to supply them at any moment with wih food tood and other tem nece saries sartes sare MS MILES TALKS TAS OF WAR WA Thinks a General Conflict of Powers ower Possible Chicago Aug 31 General Allies who is In Chicago regards it I as quite quie possible that a Jeneral conflict of the powers may result resul from the conflicting interests in China and ad he believes that an attempt on the part of some powers power to partition patton the Celestial Celestal empire among themselves would be sufficient grounds for the United States to resort to arms as I General Generl Miles Mies also believes that the dis nt nf of China will roll r th the r nn nc of a great danger to the United d States In that tat the time might come when r the European nations would turn tur their covetous faces faes towards the riches of Am America Americ America erica eric and ad be tempted to combine against a this ts country countr So far fa as I can see the most hopeful indication is the t e chance that tat Russia and the United Unie States will wi agree aee to act at to together together together gether said the general There Is to tomy j I Imy my mind every ever reason raon to believe that Russia Is acting in good faith fath Russia has ha more to gain gan by soo the preservation of the tle Integrity of the te Chinese empire than she has ha by the policy of disruption She has spent vast vt sums of money mone in the the con construction construction of the te railway the greatest enterprise of modern modem times |