The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-20
Russia and Germany Seem TO he Eog-
ing Toward an Agreed Independ-
ence OF Action i'm China.
ENGLAND ALSO TAKES A HAND
SHE rs PREPARING TO DEFEND HER
YANG-TsE INTERESTS.
Movements Of the Boxers and Imper-
ial Troops-Cabled Reports 10
the European Journals.

LONDON. July %. q m.-"The Wash
| ington i6ea of sending Mr.. Rockhill to Chi
na." says the Standard. editorially. this
morning. lis an excellent one. and might
advantageously be initiated by the British
and other governments" The Standard
then proceeds to comment on the great ig-
norance prevalent in Europe. not only OK
the recent events, but of Chinese affairs
generally.
The Cabinet council convened by Lord
Salisbury, yesterday. came a day earlier
than usual, .and ii is expected that IL will
be followed by a statement in Parliament
throwing light on the situation. The Chi
nese assertions that the members OF the
foreign legations are still safe have been
so often repeated that they are again be-
ginning TO raise hopes in some quarters.
According to the Daily Telegraph's St.
Petersburg correspondent however. the
Russian government is already In possess
sion of definite news that all foreigners in
Peking were massacred July 6.
Very little further news is available this
morning. The Yokohama correspondent OF
the Daily Mail. who repeats his statements
regarding the jealousy felt among the al
lies on the subject of a japanese command
er-in-chief. and the general lack OF unity
among them. adds: THE japanese corre-
spondents charge the Russian soldiers with
appalling barbarity towards the Chinese.
They declare that the Pei-Ho Is full of the
corpses of women and children, and that
the Russians loaded three hundred bodies
on junk and burned them"
Shanghai reports that three mission sta
tions on Po-Yang lake have been de-
stroyed. but it is believed that the mission
aries escaped. All the missionaries at She
Ho, Ke-Lin and Kuan-Cheng-Tsu. in Chi
nese Manchuria, have arrived in safety at
Vladivostock.
IL il reported that Yu Lu. the missing
viceroy of the province of Chilli. has COM
mitted suicide. Various conflicting stories
are published OF the manner OF General
Niehs death. 1t is stated that when the
allies entered the native city OF Tien-Tsin
they found the Chinese dead piled breast
high. and IL was feared that this would re-
suit In an outbreak of pestilence. Sixteen
OF the captured guns are quite modern
weapons.
The Shanghai correspondent of the Times
expresses doubt that the southern viceroys
will be able 10 withstand the pressure Of
the provincial officials to join the anti-for-
eign movement. He thinks that already
there signs Of wavering on the part OF
the viceroy OF Marking. Liu Kun Yih.
and says: "It Is admitted at Nan-King
that Liu's authority is now insufficient TO
guarantee the maintenance OF law and or
der north of the river. Hence the consuIs
at the Yang-Tse ports are arranging for
the departure OF the women and children.
1T is inevitable that the mandarins. as
body, should sympathize with Prince
Tuan's movements
This correspondent confirms the state
ment OF the correspondent OF the Daily Ex-
press regarding the indignation caused by
the British reception of Ii Hung Chang at
Hong Kong. He says it is interpreted by
the natives as a weakness on the part OF
the allies. and he asks why Ii Hung Chang
could not have been detained until infor-
nation had been received from Peking
The Times reports that the Mohammedan
clergy in constantinople have issued
strong protest, based on the Koran. against
palace sympathy with the Chinese rnasss-
cres.
According to the Canton correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph. six Chinese sol
diers have been beheaded for assaulting an
American medical missionary.
The Russians. according TO the latest
news from St. Petersburg, have now COM
pIetely defeated the Chinese. and have oc-
cupied Blagovestchensk. capital OF the
Amur government. with large force.
Since General Gribski. chief OF stan at
Port Arthur. has taken over the supreme
command in Manchuria, reinforcements
have been rapidly pushed up. and the gen.
eraI situation has been greatly improved
The Russian minister of the interior has
issued a notice that the Siberian Railway
is closed 10 private traffic There is little
doubt that the Russian authorities were
not prepared for such an organized Chi
nese movement In Manchuria. but they
have taken brisk measures. and they be-
lieve that China will soon be too much pre-
occupied with military operations around
Peking 10 conduct serious operations I'm the
north.
The Daily Mails Shanghai correspondent
says: 'Advices from yladlvostock state
that the Chinese Invasion OF eastern g.