Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-07
He is in Mortal Terror Of Attacking
the Boxers,
SITUATION GROWS WORSE.
war Inevitable between Russia and
Japan British Activity order
TO suppress the Boxers.


Af'tAANNf June Co. Nitk uliiuE AlNlA
Tieu Tsn, under date Of June 9Th, a
correspondent says:
Il left Tein Tsln this morning en-
route for Pekln, accompanied by Gen.
eral Mich, supposed to be one Of the
best Chinese generals. with sixty
troops. We proceeded TO Lola. a dis
tanCe Of thirty miles. We found the
plate layers cabins In flames and tele-
graph poles cut, and men engaged in
destroying others in villages near tho
railway whore flags were seen bearing
the inscription Kill an foreigners.
Il saw smoke, evidently from burning
houses, In the distance. but General
Nleh refused TO proceed further, being
In mortal fear Of the Boxers, though
the foreigners endeavored to persuade
him to disentrain his troops. who are
firmly convinced that It is useless to
night the Boxers az other Chinese say
they have seen Boxers hit with bull
lets rise and run away.
There seems TO be little prospect "
resumption Of traffic 10 Pekiu unless
the foreign powers assume control OF
the railway until the Chinese govern
ment proves Itself capable OF manag-
ing communications with its capital"
Anairs In China are gradually work.
ing up crisis Of the first magnitude.
The morning papers think that the
british squadron Is recognized as in.
terlor In strength 20 the Russian, as
we'll as 10 the japanese
The Daily Telegraph says. 1--WE re.
greet that Great Britain is too much oc,
cupied IN South Africa 20 settle the
Chinese business with a strong hand. p"
The Daily Chronicle says: "The for
eign Office ought 10 publish the dis
patches OF Sir Claude Mcdonald (Brit-
ish minister at Pekin), following the
course OF the United States In publish
ing Mr. Conger's." IL Is generally un.
derstood that Intervention in some form
Us necessary.
The Pekn correspondent Of the Times
says: mo train either left or arrived
az Pekin yesterday CTuesday). Fur
Their damage TO railways IS reported.
The Boxer movement Is spreading UNI
checked throughout the provinces. Not
one Boxer has yet been arrested or
punished. Anxiety Is increasing re-
garding the fate OF the missionaries at
the various stations
AT the meeting Of the Tsung .li-Ya.
men yesterday Tuesday,, the japanese
minister discussed the offer of NJ. de
Giers, the Russian minister. 10 give the
assistance OF the Russian troops I'm
queling disturbances. The Tung-H-
Yamen denied that the offer had been
made, but Russia did make II. and the
Chinese government Is quite capable
OF accepting such assistance"
The Pekin correspondent OF the Times.
In long mail article dated April 25th.
which deals with Russo japanese rival.
~ In the far East. expresses the opin-
lon that war between the two powers
Is Inevitable. and that II cannot be long
delayed because OF Russlas immense
Chinese designs and the hatred Japan
feels for Russia when they see her en-.
joying the fruits OF japanese victorious
war TO the detriment OF Japan.
The Times referring 10 the Chinese sit
uation editOrially says: ITO DO nothing.
and TO let matters drift. is 10 ieojardlze
our vast interests In the far East. To
act independently may not be prudent
In the existing circumstances. but 10
allow any other single power 10 act in,
dependently might be worse than TO do
nothing
A dispatch from Pekin yesterday
says. The situation Is growing stead
ilv worse. Events move with such
rapidly and affairs. owing 10 the
excitement Of the natives, are so crltl-
cal. that the foreign ministers hold
frequent meetings. They feel the need
Of a free hand FOR energetic action.
without a perpetual reference 10 the
home governments. Sir Claude Mac.
donald, the British minister is WIRING
for seventv-five more marines.
Native employees who have returned
from Feng Tai say that they left the
Boxers openly drilling In the adjacent
village.
"A strong imperial edlct. issued this
evening, Censlres the 'COwardliness OF
the imperial troops, and orders the
yiceroy Of Pc Chi IL and Gen. Jung
In Immediately 10 suppress the Box.
ers. The foreign ministers. al today's
meeting discussed the meeting OF q
special audience Of the empress dow.
ager. but no decision was reached"
AdViCes from Tien Tsin, say: THE
Chinese servant Of a Belgian engineer
who LETT Pao Ting Flu two days after
the Belgians. saw five foreign and two
Chinese dead bodies In the grand canal.
one being the body Of foreign woman.
A placard threatens the extermina ton
OF the foreigners here on June 10th.
II is rumored that the Boxers and
Catholic Christians fought at Tung Hu
Tuesday. three Christians being killed.
II VI. s Balnuer has arrived ana
the Terrible II expected one hun.
dred and thlrty-one British. thirty-one
German, fifty French. and forty-nve
Italian marines have arrived here.
These reinforcements render rlen Tsln
gopure