Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-06-08
SERIOUS CRISIS
FEARED IN CHINA
report Of Piracy andMur-
der Reach Perkin.
ONE PARTY FovoRS BOXERS

Inc Dowager Empress to
Allow the Outflow Organiza-
ton to Continue its Foul and
Murderous Work.
Shanghi, June A number of des-
peraioes. disguised as passengers. have
pirated the British Yang-Tse steamer
kutwo. They committed wholesale
r"oberries, terrorizing the passengers,
who were quite unable to offer resist
auce. The thieves escaped with their
booty.
ALARMING REPORTS.
Pekin, Sunday, June3.-The mos
Alarming reports are constantly arriv-
ing from the south and from Pao Ting
Flu The telegraph wire from Pekin TO
Pao Ting Flu are cut, aud all the news
com"s via Tien Tsin
A serious crisis exists at the palace.
me uitra-conservative party advocates
not taking repressive measures, urging
the Dowager Empress TO allow the
boxers to finish the work of driving
tue foreigners out of the country, the
moderate party led by Prince Chin rep
resenting the serious danger of provok
Ing conflict with the powers.
1t IL impossible To confirm or DENY the
report, but significant indication of the
feeling of the government towards fore
ign ers are contained i'm an attempt 20
arrest Lin, Chinese manager of the
Pekin syndicate; Kia, chief of the Shan
81 commercial bureau, and Fan IA lead
ing banker of Shan Si, on the ground
that they were dangerous characters;''
but, in reality because they are connec-
ted with new British enterprises. For
tunately all of them were absent and
they have not yet been arrested The
British minister, Sir Claude Macdonald.
has addressed a note TO the Tsung-Li-
Yanen demanding why the arrests
we're ordered.
SIXTEEN "BoXKRs" KILLED.
Tien Tsin, Sunday. June, 3.-Two
more of the party of foreigners who fled
from Pao Ting Fn have arrived here
One of them il badly injured
The relief expedition has returned.
The mounted Cossacks who started |
in search of the refugees returned this
evening. They report that they he'd
fight with the Boxers at Tuli, killing
sixteen and wounding many, Lieuten-
ant Bleusky, DIR. Hamilton, a trooper
and n civilian were wounded.
1t is reported from Pao Ting Flu that
eight Americans and three members
of the China island mission are missing
The missionaries are in great danger.
MINISTER CONCERTS REPORT.
Washington, June 4 The following
cablegram has been receivnd at the
State Department from United States
Minister Conger, at Pekin:
"Pekin, June 4.-Outside of PelSin
be on the increase. The Pao Ting Flu
railway is temporarially abandoned.
Work on the Pekin and Hangkow line
isstonped. All foreigners have fled.
The Chinese government seems either
unwilling or unable TO -suppfess the.
trouble. The troops show NJ energ
in attacking the BOXERS
Grave as these advices are, they have
not induced the State Department to
vary from the line of action il has laid
down. The naval force of the United
States near Pekin, now represented by
one vessel, the Newark, has not been
strengthened, but if occasion should
arise, Admiral Kempff might be rein
forced to almost any extent likely to
be needed, in the course of three or
four days, from the numerous fleets
still 1T Manila and vicinity. Owing to
the peculiar char acter of the Chinese
coast, navies of formidable type are
unable to approach the populous prov
inces in China, and the Boxers espec-
tally "re affecting the communities
inaccessible to naval vessels
The State Department does not con-
template the use of the United States
tro ,ps, and it would be difficult to spare
any of the force operating in the Philip
pines even If it were found expedient
to employ the military arm.
Sos for the time being &C least tn small
marine contingent at Pekin and Tien
Tsin must represent the defensive power
of the United States, for it is distinctly
st t d that these marines are employed
ia the protection of the United states
legation and consulates, and for the
ASST stance of snch American citizens as
may be in jeopardy.
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