The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-07
DEATH TO ALL
FOREIGNERS.
Inscription Borne by Banners of
the Boxers.
Burning, Pillage and Murder
Still Unchecked.
TROOPS IN TERROR.
Imperial Soldiers Are Afraid of
the Rebels.
Situation at Pekin is Growing
Worse Daily.

London. June 7.-Telegraphing from
Tien Tsin under date of June g. a cor
respondent says:
81 left Tien Tsin this morning en-
| route for Pekin, accompanied by Gen
! eral Mich, supposed to be one of the
best Chinese generals, with 60 troops.
We proceeded to Lola, distance of 81
miles. We found the plate-layers' cabins
in flames and telegraph poles cut and
men engaged in destroying others in
| villages near the railway, where flags
| were seen bearing the inscription Kill
| all foreigners
Il saw smoke, evidently from burn
! ing houses in the distance, but General
/ Mich refused to proceed further, being
/ in mortal fear of the boxers, though
| the foreigners endeavored to persuade
/ him to disentrain his eroops, who are
| firmly convinced that it is useless to
| fight the boxers, as other Chinese say
| they have seen boxers hit with bullets
| rise and run away.
| There seems to be little prospect of
a resumption of traffic to Pekin unless
the foreign powers assume control of
the railway until the Chinese govern
ment proves itself capable of managing
communications with its capital"
GROWING WORSE.
Pekin, June THE situation is grow
| ing steadily worse. Events move with
such rapidity and affairs, owing to the
excitement of the natives. are so crit
| ical, that the foreign ministers hold fire.
| uuent meetings. They feel the need of
a free hand for energetic action, with
out perpetual reference to the home
Sir Claude Mcdonald, the British
minister, is wiring for seventy-fve
| more marines.
Native employees who have returned
| from Feng Tai say they left the box
/ OnRnlV dTi1li0e adi vii
| lage. strong imperial edit, issued
this evening, censures the ''cowardli-
ness of the imperial troops" and or
derS the viceroy of Pc Chi Lii and Cen
eral Jung Luim to suppress the boxers
The foreign ministers at today's
meeting discussed the demanding of a
special audience of the empress dow
ager, but no decision was reached.
OUTLOOK FOR WAR.
| Vancouver, B. c., June Count
Won Leyden, German ambassador to the
court of Japan, arrived by the Empress
on his way home on leave.
| THE boxer question: said the count
us most serious one in China. My
own country has sent troops to Pekin
in cooperation with those of the other
powers, and the outlook is serious.
1.-THE present state of affairs can not
be put up with" continued Count Won
Leyden, emphatically, "but it is to be
hoped that the empress dowager will
suppress the lawlessness."
he Went on 10 say lQdI was hot
| so much for China's sake that the dip
lomats feared. but the European ma
tions with the United States and Japan
were so deeply interested that should
strong measures have to be taken with
| China no one knew what might hap
pen. When he left the combined forces
from the represented powers were
sending troops to Pekin merely as a
said. few hundred men can do very
little, but it may be the beginning
of greater events"
Admiral Sir E. r. FreemantIe. for
years in charge of the Indian and Chi
nese squadrons and now commander
; in chief at Davenport, arrived today
on his return from a tour through the
Orient He said that he thought Japan
and Russia would surely fight. At any
!, rate japan would never back down.
The feeling was so intense there that
no ministry could or would give in to
Russia Korea, he said, should belong
, to Japan, and the Japanese knew il
and would fight for it.
When questioned as to what part
England would take in the struggle ht
said he could make no statement what
ever as to England'S course in the event
f of war, but he said that Japan was in
the right, that she would fight an6
she would win.
2 When told of the recent massacre Of
S | British missionaries and of Japanese
. protest against Russia sending in more
| troops, he said:
That greatly intensifies the situa.
, | ton, but you can understand why I d.
= = not wish to commit myself"
ENGLANDS CHINESE POLICY.
London, June Tt is understood her
t that if the United States expects Grea
a Britain to take Independent or initiativ
= action in China, as might be gathered
= from special cable dispatches quotin;
q Congressman Hit, it is depending on
contingency which appears very remote
. indeed. From every continental capita
; today comes evidence of how keenly tn
}. powers appreciate the far eastern crisis
t yet the British foreign office retains tn
t distinguished its Chinese policy. Thougl
9 the Boxers" movement has doubled il
4 virulence and international complication
: / have since cropped up, the Marquis 0
y Salisbury appears to have taken no new
. steps to meet the emergency.
A representative of the Associate
: Press was informed officially today tha
the British minister at Pekin, Sir C1aud
Mcdonald, and his assistants are still i
complete charge of the situation and ar
relied upon to meet any circumstance
The government understands that tn
diplomatic and naval authorities tn
i spot are cooperating harmoniously an
so long as this state of affairs continues
Lord Salisbury sees no immediate neces
sity for taking steps over the British min
ister's head. In short, the feeling pre-
II walls in British government circles tina
5 the Boxers outbreak is not likely to re
:. suit more seriously than many former uI
l risings in that quarter of the globe. More
= over Lord Salisbury perhaps moRe tha
n any man in public life in England, realize
how great are the difficulties with Whic
y Great Britain is hedged in at the preser
S other day, which suggested that Grea
q Britain should show her teeth more, Lor
q Salisbury, it is learned by the Associate
= Press. replied that unfortunately Eng
Y lands teeth were now in South Africa.
e In spite of the fact that the Associate
y Press IS officially informed that Grea