Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-12
IIIRRING NEWS TO
COME THIS WEEK
]. American Naval Officer Talks
Of China
,ao TROOPS FOR PEKIN.
.,.r, probably Reach the Capt.
"" s,,ostlon NotImproyed -Plan
-. European PrOteetora'e'
rrarly Dispatched

ruiy Dispatched
york June 12.-Nothlng Is
' as vet Of the reasons which
I's ~ captlin y. II. McCalla to 90
a, THEN Tsin personally instead
49, ,s,lng the little force Of Ameri-
r,gsr the command Of a subordln-
81 acsr saws the Washington cor
= ,asnt of the Times. A high Off
7, ,be navy department took the
,ss, the situation was 80 serious
y, ". ,dmlral Kempn considered 1t adj
IN. ,o have the best officer on his
Il. shore instead Of keeping him ON
a, Newark o.oi .oodod
- -ble officer" said the oitlelal VINO
$3.50 this opinion, and Admiral
s.-of very likely thought that me
..-stos called for all the brains, anil
,sd experience that could be Sc
y u a unusual 10 send the cap
~ a ship ashore, but Admiral
y.rsF Is the jage OF the needs Of the
sr,ton. In my opinion we shall nave
- very stirring news from China
w, me week Is out
rso report from Tien Tsin seems 70
.i.,te that Captain McCalla's de-
.-srent forms part OF the force un-
4. Command OF Vlce-Admiral Sey-
-.w n Is not known whether this
net or whether McCalla merely
~ out with the vice-admiral and
4, AIKEN I'd a position along the line
~ he IS himself In sole command.
troops PROBABLY IN PEK1N.
lopdon has been severed temporarily
IN communication with two centers
~ most interesting news-Pekin and
astoria saws a London correspondent
d, Tribune The Boxers. like the
a., have cut the wires and Tien
M and Taku have not known with
son what has happened at Pekin
~. the imperial government is CEN
rsng the regular troops for Offering
.tstsnee 10 the rebels and c0mpii-
-stng the fanatlcal mobs for their
n.H5usm and public spirit In killing
sauers and burning their proper
ne force Of over ZOO marines which
N Ten Tsln on Sunday and Yesterday
tAree trains Is believed TO have
a.hsl the capital I'm safety. The pres
o. of this force was urgently needed,
q he dowager empress has dropped
Il psienses and Is In open sympathy
IA the enemies OF the missionaries
@! foreigners, and all the mission
Freriy at Pekn Is menaced with the
be o. the American station at Tung
fiu. where the buildings have been
sirye1 and the native Christians
.uieFed by the soldiers commissioned
N0iect them.
ARMENIA REPEATED.
b is the story Of Armenia repeated in
PAIN All Christian converts and
itgnev at the capital are at the mer-
e Z the mobs. as we'll az the regular
btsrI unless marines from thirty
@. ships Of war can protect them.
Afeasurlng feature Of the situation
! APPARENT IN the heartiness with
iifh The great powers are co-Operat-
q ln a determined effort 10 protect
Ntn interests In China. The u 5.
tiatment is accepting It's RESPONSE
NV for the lives and property Of
Aa.1eans and even the minor states
~ Denmark are adopting protecting
1aures.
Reports that Russian troops have
esei the frontier and that COCO men
m he garrison az Port Arthur are
fiaTlng 70 go TO Pekin under an ar
.Nsement agreed upon by the Euro
Nl powers are not fully confirmed,
y he crisis Is so momentous that
Aoaslss OF the suspicious European
AsAs may be overcome and the near
iGelgn army may be dispatched TO
.'1h 10 avert a catastrophe OF mas
an and raDine.
GUARDING THE CHRISTIANS.
London June 70, a. m.-The last
l.s-ge out of Pekin to reach Lon
~ l.ll there yesterday morning at IL
--A going 10y way Of the Russian
-.tsph through Manchurla, the Ten
',l 'lhe being cut II is as follows:
usleIal Tung. a Mohammedan ex-
.l'i hostile 70 foreigners. arrived
81 'lh morning and had a long au-
-. - with Prince Tuan. father OF the
I. ,aPlssrent who Is seemingly friendly
~. lr Boxers Prince Tuau has been
~ t,'l'ed chief OF the foreign office
~ ~ tlnce Ching who Is more friendly
'- a'as ne foreigners.
E uspaioh Of more marines was
=, '..ponse 20 a telegram from the
!. w To The c0nsuls at Tien Tsln
NJ. 'glltlonol troops. Conveyances
~, lsit PeNn' 10 meet the troops
ING ny th first train.
\, s sInyal Of the empress dowager
IN 'sllered the city somewhat more
~, ,han it has been recently. The
~, aus nave erected barficade
~ NE building in which they
m @Aen refuge aad they have a
~. slafd. The Catholics are con-
n. - ..a north 81 the cathedral under
~, E,o,eection Of a French guard OF
O. S,Ne men who win hold out 70
So s-S J. nm convinced that Pekln,
'y The Tartar city, is safe.
FIGHTING IN PEKN.
st, nv ' . rsin the viceroy finally con-
IA. \, " furnish transport FOR a relief
si,s,, M Ghder an American COM
M, me partial restoration Of the
AM. Is expected 10 be effected to-
m, y, More massacres OF Chris
~ az reported
j,s, , ,sss1al. under today's date. re-
u /, -" ~ ihete has been street fight
isr69, FH,n since early Sunday az
hlr, NJ, ne Russians are making
i,.ssfb,.i,' ue7es Of canned provisions az
et,saaII' ana everything points 10 an
rs,lss. W hostilities All British
B is,1,-r' les VIII probably be ordered
n N. quickly 10 treaty ports"
1ly Talluthai correspondent OF the
lstsrss,,.' sfaph. in a dispatch dated
t1n N, ,.al ~ p. m. says: Reports
., Pc, n'Nau-Fu district saws that
i,i c,,.lh minister has telegraphee
liysibg Is Imminent and that he is
llg,Ss,aa9 foreigners to evacuate