Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1900 — TO CAMP NEAR PEKIN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TO CAMP NEAR PEKIN.

FOREIGN TROOPS TO REMAIN JUST OUTSIDE THE WALLS. Paris Correspondent Bays that Amerce. France and Japan Are Ready for Withdrawal-Threat of ths United States Hastens Negotiations. The Paris correspondent of the London Post is informed that America, France and Japan have agreed to withdraw troops from Pekin. The withdrawal, however, will be limited to retirement beyond the wails of the city in such a manner that the foreign force will still dominate it in a military sense. The London .Standard says It Is understood that the British reply to the Russiap pro-

posal has been communicated to St. Petersburg. The foreign office suggestion for withdrawal of the troops from Pekin is met with a polite but definite refusal. According to the Vienna correspondent of the Standard, the eventual agreement has already been sketched out. Britain, Germany, Russia and Japan will keep an equal number of troops, probably 10,000 each, in Pei-Chi-Li during the next few months, and America and France will be content with contingents of half that size, while small detachments may be provided by Austria and Italy. United States to Wait. A Washington correspondent says that unless a settlement between tne powers

and the imperial government ire reached within a short time the United States troops will be withdrawn from Pekin. There ia now a strong hope that the efforts which are being made through Li-Hung-Chang will bring about a settlemenL or at least get the negotiations well un«er way. The government has promised Earl Li an escort from Tientsin if he wants it, and it is presumed the representative of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor will arrive at the capital within a week. The United States Is willing to accept bls credentials as satisfactory and to treat with him for a final arrangement of nil the difficulties between the two countries. It turns out that the threat of the United States to withdraw its troops from the Chinese capital has helped to hasten the probability of actual negotiations. Neither the- Chinese dynasty nor any of the powers which sincerely want a settlement was pleased with the news that the United States was likely to step out.

JAPANESE INFANTRYMAN.