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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1900)
CHINA DEFINES HER POSITION Denies Responsibility For t!ie Present Troubles. FULL STATEMENT GIVEN OUT Imperial Decree Drawn Up By Privy Council and Transmitted to China’s Representatives x In All Countries. An imperial decree dated 3d day of sixth moon (June 29) was received by telegraph Wednesday by Minister W 7 u, in Washington, from the Toa Tai cf Shanghai, transmitted on July 1st from the treasurer of the Chi Li prov ince, who received it by special courier on June 30th from the board of war, who in turn received it from the privy council in Pekin. The decree in part ib as follows: The circumstances which led to the commencement of fighting between Chinese and foreigners were of such a complex, , confusing . and unfavorable character as to be entirely unexpected, Our diplomatic reporters abroad,owing to their distance from the scene of ac tion, have had no means of knowing the true state of things, and ac cordingly cannot lay the views of the government before the ministers for foreign affairs of the respective powers to which they are accredited. Now we take this opportunity of going fully into the matter for the informa tion of om representatives aforesaid, T,, In the .. first « . place , „„ there the arose in provinces of Chi Li and Shan Tung a r hi T wb ,° bad been in the ha nt of practicing l)oxing and fencing in their respective vil lages„ and at the same time clothing their ... doings , . with ... spiritualistic ....... and , strange rites. The local authorities failed to take due notice of them at the time. Accordingly the iufection spread with astonishing rapidity. At first the foreign powers requested that foreign troops be allowed to enter the capital for the protection of the legations. The imperial government, having in view the comparative urgen cy of the occasion, granted the request as an extraordinary mark cf courtesy beyond the requirements of interna tional intercourse. Over 500 foreign troops were sent to Pekin. The imperial govermment was by no means reluctant to issue orders for the entire suppression of this insur gent element. , _ But as the trouble was so neur at hand, there was a great fear that due protection might not be as sured to the legations if the anarchists should be driven’to extremities, thus bringing on . national calamity As a measure of precaution it was finally decided to request the foreign minis ters to retire temporarily to Tien Tsin for safety. It was while the discussion of this proposition progress that ..... the was in German minister, Baron Von Ketteier, was assassinated by a riotous mob one moruing . while . on his . way to the tsung li yamen. On the previous day the German minister had written a letter appointing a time for calling on the tsung li yamen, but the yamen fearing he might be molested on the way, did not consent to the appointment as sug gested by the minister. Since this occurrence the anarchists assumed a more bold and threatening attitude, and consequently it was not deemed wise to carry out the project of sending the diplomatic corps to Tien Tsin under an escort. However, orders were issued to the troops de tailed for the protection of the lega tions to take greater precautions against any emergency. To our sur prise, on the OA 20th .. of , the fifth moon (June 10th) foreign ^naval?) officers at Taku called upon Lo Jung Kwa c g, 1 "“““T 1 " 1 *’ “ uu ueum n u * ed his surrender of che forts, not ~ y ing him that failing to receive compli ance they would at 2 o’clock the next day take steps to seize the forts by force. Lo Jung being bound by the duties of his office to hold the forts, how could he yield to the demand on the day named. They actually first fired upon the forts, which responded and kept up a fightiug all day and then surrendered. Thus the conflict cf forces began, ® but certainly J the in iiiof.Vn not come from our side. ■ j ~ even p supposing that China were not conscious of her true condition, how could she take such a step as to engage in war with all the powers simulta neously, ani how could she, relying upon the support of an anarchistic populace, go into war with the powers? Our position in this matter ought to be clearly understood by all the pow ers. The above is a statement of the wropgs we have suffered, and how China was driven to the unfortunate position from which she could not escape. MACHINERY! GET OUR PRICES BEFORE BUYING CO J i j i l ) ♦ ist l HIS. / j . Or Anything in the Hachinery or Mill Supply Line. WE OPERATE MACHINE SHOPS ANI) FOUNDRY. MALLARY BROS. MACHINERY CO. Mention this paper. MACON, GEORGIA. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Yale has made Secretary of War Root an LL. D. Roosevelt belongs to the Dutch Reformed Church. T i, e King of Saxony Is suffering from cancer of the bladder, General Joe Wheeler is now on duty as Commander of the Department of the Lakes, Jlldge IIo , t> the Democratic nominee for Governor of West. Virginia, is forty years old and a brilliant speaker, Former President Harrison has spent a week at Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo., leaving much benefit ted ju health. The Hon. Addison C. Harris, the L'ni f°d States Miuiqfer to Austria, has " ono to 1>aris 011 routo to thc United Sir.:cs. Tliere aro on, Y surviving Ameri can Vice-Presidents Leri J> Morton. of New York, and Adlai E. Stevenson, f .... . ° ' „ , Af , j S j Pr j| e i 13S been in the Cape Parlia ment since 18G9. Sir William Conway, the famous traveler, has sailed from Liverpool en route to the Bolivian Andes for an ex ploring expedition, William McKinley was first a candi date for public office in 186D, when he was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Stark County, Ohio, William S. Jennings, nominated by the Florida Democrats for Governor, is a cousin of Y\ illiam Jennings Bryan, and a n ative of Illinois, Queen Victoria will present to the municipality of Dublin, in memory of her recent vis,t to Ireland ’ a gold IoV ' ing cup weighing H50 ounces. It is five years since General Rob erts was created a field marshal and reached the highest rank in the Brit isli army, He is now in the forty ninth year of his military service, which he began in 1851, when in his twentieth year, LABOR WORLD. 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