The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-09-01
ENGLAND AND CHINA.

London, Aug. 80, 1 a. m.-WiIIiam
st. John Broderick, under secretary of
state for foreign affairs, speaking last
evening at Thorncombe. said the sit
uation IN China was considerably in
volved because there was no Chinese
! government, with whom to negotiate -
Great Britain" continued the under
secretary, while prepared to support
the loyal viceroys OF south China Aho
have stood aloof from this insurrection,
and while prepared also to preserve
/ British trade with China, will claim
some penalty or indemnity for the
damage wrought.
Nevertheless we cannot undertake to
! govern China ourselves or with the as
sistance OF other powers
| Amid the growing difficulties of the
Chinese imbrogliO, Mr.. Broderick's en-
phatic declaration at ThorEcombe last
evening proves that the British govern
ment does not see any cause to de-
| part from the line of policy originally
decided upon, namely, to take no re-
sponSibility for the administration of
China.
Mr.. Broderick said he hoped it would
not be supposed that the government
w DIS puSlldHllnOuS III IniS respect us
| object was to maintain British inter-
ests. 1t was quite ready to take it's
share of the white mans burden, but
could not admit that the nature of the
burden should be dictated to it by the
yellow man.
Here" the Morning Post observes
lis where the difficulty of observing a
policy comes in. We could not decamp
and leave the powers to settle them"
III; L.
minister in London, asserts he is in
constant communication with Ii Hung
Chang, who is still in Shanghai
A Shanghai telegram says Lii Hung
Chang has sent a memorial begging
the empress dOwager to appoint Prince
Ching, general Yung Lu and the Yang
Use viceroys as joint peace makers
with himself.
There are conflicting rumors of a
great battle in which 1,500 Boxers and
Prince Tuan were killed"
The reform party, under Kang Yu
Wei, is said to be actively preparing for
rebellion.
General Creagh in the presence of
Vice Admiral Seymour, reviewed 5000
troops of all natiopalities at Shanghai
Wednesday.
1t is rumored from Hankow that
twenty-five reformers have been exc
The Taku correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph, wiring Aug. 26. says the
country around Taku and Pekin is
devastated, with the result that the
Boxers are most unpopular and are be-
ing attacked by the peasantry The
Boxers who were moving north from
Shan Tung, are now returning hastily
to their homes.
Belated dispatches and the stories of
the refugees arriving at Che Foo. con-
tinue to describe the terrible conditions
in Pelkin. One of the worst incidents
is the shocking dissertation of the for
eign cemetery outside the west wall.
The details are too revolving to be
described. Hundreds of bodies of
Chinese are found in the streets of
Pekin, supposed to be those of traitors
to the cause of the Boxers.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times says a native official telegram
from Pao Ting Flu, announces the ar
rival of the court last Sunday at Tai
Yuen Flu
Communication between Pekin and
Tien Tsin is interrupted, probably be-
cause bands of Boxers make the road
unsafe for couriers. The country north
of Yang Tsun is said to be flooded.
A German firm is negotiating with
Chang Chi Tung, the WI Chang vice