Show AS VIEWED v EWE Of Comment on Condition ii of Affairs In I China London Sept 24 a n m The morning papers are are too fully occupied I with the general gener l election campaign to bestow much attention upon the Chi Chinese Chinese Chinese nese problem The Standard which discusses editorially the replies es of the United States Stat S government says days s The policy polley thus thul laid down do implies 0 the existence at Washington of a verj veri ver exaggerated estimate of the good will willot of ot the Chinese rulers It is to be feared that the action of the United States will tend to weaken the influence influence ti tience ence of the allies and for this reason It is to be greatly regretted According to the Pekin correspondent nt of the Dally Daily Nes eVs wiring Sept 16 the th Chinese declare most t ROSIli IY Wa th empress dowager and the emperor will willIn willin willin In no case return to the imperial palace in Pekin Fekin as they hold it has been dese dose desecrated crated crat cral d by the intrusion of barbarians This irreconcilable attitude receives II confirmation in many reports emanating emanating I ing ins from Shanghai One of these is I that as a reply to the denunciation of j Prince Tuan Tu n and others by the vice viceroys viceroys viceroys roys an imperial edict dated Sept 17 deals more leniently with the Boxer movement and reminds the people that both the Boxers and Chinese Chris Christians Christians are e who shall receive imperial protection if It they quietly dis disperse disperse disperse perse to their homes The edict points out that it is im Ira impossible possible IU for the imperial government t tb distinguish between good and bad Boxers It says however that if it the Boxers still continue to assemble they will be dealt with summarily Another report says sas tHat tUat the edict frankly frandy declares that no executions can be sanctioned an adequate inquiry has been made Prince Tua Than Tuan 1 Ascendant Further indications that Prince Tuan has bas resumed his former are found in the th Shanghai reports of his promotion and d in the statement tat ment from th t ame quarter qu that General n ral Tuns Tung Tun Fl h Slang has bOon been b CE appointed app ted gener t s C 14 of the northern Chinese armies and that Prince Chang deputy of the Boxers has bas been made a grand councillor It is also reported that Loh former governor of Kiang Su province a Manchu and nd bit bitterly bitterly bittony terly tony has been Deen appointed to succeed Li Hung Chang at Canton According to various arlous accounts of the affair the C Chinese had bad antici anticipated anticipated anticipated that the allies al fes would attack in jn force The British and others who left Tien Tsin Tain with the intention of cutting off the retreat of the garri garrison garrison son arrived too late lat They were only half way wa to their destination when the forts were captured Action of Russians The Tien Tsin correspondent of the Standard explains that the Russians refused to provide transportation for forthe forthe the force but bit bl Germans and Austrian Austri ample notice notte and railway ac an accommodations accommodations Advices to ta the Ute Standard from Shang hai hat place the losses of the allies at at principally due to the explosion of o mines one of which yards long exploded like an earth earthquake earthquake earthquake quake kiting and wounding large num numbers numbers bers bets and literally blowing two mount mounted m ed officers offles to tt pieces TheS publishes she r a tel C on page 2 ALLIES ALLES MUSS MAKING MUSSE READY TO MOW MOVE E PEKIN Continued from page 1 L 1 gram gm from Tien Tsin giving an Illus Illustration of the international difficulties It I appears appear that the British at a Feng Tat Tai guaranteed safety sety to the te natives if Ir the railway property were restored Accordingly the men returned but a afew afew few days later hater the t arrived and British killed lines nes them all al just outside the te |