/-,-■ t. "- .- " ■ 'iii '•"_' (deceived August 10, 9.-10 a.m.) -&■■ --. -_■ i,ONDON, Aug. 9. v?GeDefal- Count Von Waldersee, late [chief :qf the general staff of the German ■-"iiriny, has.been appointed Coromander-in 'Chief of the allied forces in China, and sails in a ' fortnight. f/i The .Czar ,copgiatulated Count You ■ :Waldersee -on bis -appoin tment. .'/^The. selection is generally approved. ?VfiThego s nß.of the warship Terrible have ■"b'eeh'mpnnted on the British Consulate at Shanghai. ; ■~J, V-f " ." -V. -: — — ■- : SsV'fV:--- _- - (Jhbistchueoh, this day. ";vA private cable message states that four 4New- 55r aland' "iniseionarieß— Misses Reid and Webster are safe at Shanghai. '■■.'. '. ."-: A" BTABTLING PREDICTION. -%;A startling prediction of 'the present trouble in China is contained in the North Obina -Herald of May 16 from its native ; correspondent at Pekin. It is as follows : <-?VI write in'alUeriousnesa and sincerity to ; ! idforin')y6u" : that there is- a great secret r.spheme, Baying, for "its aim to orusn all 'foreigners, in China and wrest back the ••leased" to them. The chief -leadSrs,bf thiß.movement are Jjie Empress ?D6wager,' Prince Ching, Prince Tuan (the IJJeiiry^parent'B'father), .Rang Vi, Chao ISfiu-qh'fao, md Li Ping-heng. Thfcforces used; ,"to achieve this end are all ptanoirasr-'.yfct'. t ' 1 - e ¥e\Aa e ! d orce ?(6X),000 - men) under. Prince .Ghing ; the iHushsng. -.tiorjisAqr " GlqriGeH Tigers" <?(10J000 -•Wfogruffder Prince Tuan ; and r.'tibe-yariohi'Knnet-Cprpß-o£ the Imperial ?GuarSß* (aggregating 12,000 men) under psangXXi7and..otberß.. Tbese 72,000 men rlorm ;the_.'.'Army .of -Avengers," i.whiie^the, Bpxars-areito.be counted upon TMsankniaries-^o.-IHie-yfeat fishb that, is more imminent than -foreigners in Peltin ;or- elsewhere dream; The foreign -Miuis ; -teii, FknoW>have protested to the Tsung tfcYamfn v abdut"th,e increase of the" Boxer Jxffgfni«ationV;iniyfe Northern 'provinces, but-dust has as iisufil been throwm in these ifpreignWiyes;-,' :V • >v- % : K (Klectrte Telegraph— Copyright— United Ifrm yy£; :■; -.-"-. r\;~~. ' LONDON, Aug. 9. f/;:(Jreat precaritionß.'.were taken to protect i tfie'-Prince of .Wales on his journey to and ; fwws Coburg. No strangers were allowed within reaohing diataube of the Royal fcarriagW: ■: '•.-•". -Z *■ mThe Dnke.'of Argyll, attended by the -.^rl.of Kintortf, represents- the^ueeu at spSng^nniqert'Bifaneral! •."/ ■ i yLpfd ; -H.opalbnttgwill: be banqueted at H|te-;H6tel-o:cflTbn Ootober 3rd, prior ;i 't6;fiiß''departare' to'assame tbe Gfovern^r ; Generalßhip ? 6f Australia. 