Show DENSE SILENCE AJ AT PEKIN Presence of the Battleship Fleet at Amoy Entirely Ignored Pekin Oct SI The presence of ot the sec see second second ond squadron of ot the American battleship fleet at Amoy Arnoy where the vessels arrived yesterday and where the men are ar now be ing entertained by the Chines s is hardly known In Pekin The Chinese newspapers ne have said nothing at all about the visit and the occurrence Is being com corn completely completely ignored both officially and other otherwise otherwise wise Iso so far as PekIn Is concerned This probably is because the festivities in con connection connection with the birthday of the empress dowager are coincident with the entertain entertainment entertainment ment mont of ot the visiting Americans The Japanese newspapers alone In Pekin have any information regarding the do ings at Amoy Amo Up to 6 this evening the foreign board had bad no news ne S of the arrival of the warships and was still awaiting their coming Neither had the American lega legation legation legation tion received any news The only mem ber of ot the American legation at Amoy Arnoy is Captain James H Reeves the military This silence is the more remarkable because the native press has during the past few weeks given much space to pro promoting promoting promoting the idea of an alliance with the United States |