China.

Manawatu Herald, 11 September 1900, Page 2

China.

WAITING FOR RUSSIA. The United States Government has informed Count Lamsdorff, Russian Minister ot Foreign Affairs, that the American troops will be withdrawn 1 from Pekin only when the Russians move. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. The United States Government has appointed ex-Presidents Benjamin Harris and Grover Cleveland as representatives on the Board of International Arbitrators which is to meet at the Hague for the settlement of nternational disputes. FRENCH COAL SUPPLIES. The French steamship companies are reducing the number of their voyages and keeping idle a portion of their fleets owing to the dearness of coal. A Liverpool firm is shipping a million tons of coal to Bordeaux and Marseilles. POLICY OF THE ALLIES. The American Charge d'Affaires at Berlin reports that Germany considers it necessary to retain her troops at Pekin. Other accounts state that the German Emperor proposes that an allied contingent should garrison Pekin, the remainder of the forces retiring to Tientsin until peace is proclaimed. The reply of M. Delcasse, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the United States on the subject of the proposed withdrawal from Pekin, shows no , eagerness on the part of the French ' Government to withdraw its troops. ; The withdrawal proposal is generally attributed to the Czar's resentment of the treatment he has received at the '■■ hands German Emperor. The Czar initiated the appointment of Count von 1

Waldersee as.commander of the allied forces. Russia is jealously watching Germany's extensive war preparations