New York, June 24.
Commenting on the action of the commander of the Cockchafer in compelling, under threat of bombardment of the city, the leading military officials at Wanhsien to follow the cortege of Mr. E. C. Hawley, the American murdered by junkmen, and to execute two of the prin-ipal junkmen, the "New York 'Times" says that, although there is no doubt that' the Commander violated international law, is not likely to be denouneod by the United "States Government or censured by the British Government. Foreigners are often in dire peril along the Yangtze, the paper declares, and it is useless to appeal to Peking.
One reason why the Navy Department was concerned at the Senate's failure to pass the appro: priation for new gunboats, according to the "New York Times," was that on Chinese rivers Americans are often dependent on the protection of British or Japanese naval craft—Reuter's American Servi
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