Show TROUBLE IN CHINA The missions in the Hinterland arc safe o The town of San Chun is quiet and the stores hae been reopened The first reinforcements of German troops have arrived ul Thin Tsln Gen Yamaguchi will retain 10000 troops 2000 of them at Peking and the others at Taku along the lIne of communication I com-munication Eight thousand Germans will pass the winter i 1n Peking and also 1500 Russians Rus-sians Thc number of British troops who will be retained has not yet been decided The rebels who attacked Sal Wan near San Chun Saturday are believed to belong to the force of triads which is proceeding westward levying blackmail and recruiting 1 I The Chinese Telegraph company which Is Immensely rich wishes to transfer its Interests to foreigners fearIng fear-Ing that the property will be seized as Indemnity by the powers In accordance with an agreement of the Admirals the forts at Shan Hal Kuan have been divided among the different nations The town has not dIferen nlona I been occupied but the gates are guarded guard-ed by artillery In a letter to Miss E Ward of the romans Presbyterian Board of Missions Mis-sions Chicago Mrs L H Neal n missionary mis-sionary says that the Boxer uprising In CJilnit has wrought irreparable Injury In-jury to missionary work In China The report that the Chinese court has resolved to settle permanently at Si Nan Fu capital of the province of Shen SI Is regarded by the Berliner Tagc blat as Indisputable evidence that the Chinese court Is as antiforeign as ever I The Russians are understood to have practically abandoned the railroad and to have stopped Its reconstruction Gen Chaffee favors thc return of the railroad road to Its owners and Its reconstruction reconstruc-tion and operation on a Joint International Interna-tional basis The American troops will not participate partici-pate in the expedition to Pao Ting Fu Gen Chaffee has thc assurance of LI Hung Chang that if the allies desire Pao Tiiifj Fu the Chinese wll readily surrender that city LI Hung Chang has given the same assurance to the other Generals I |