The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-10
HASApRETEXT
RUSSIA MAY NOW ovERRUN CHINA
WITH HER TROOPS.
Chapel Belonging to the czar's Sub
jects Destroyed by the 'Death-
to-Foreieners- Army.
BOXERS GROWING MORE BOLD
AND FOREIGN INTERVENTION is
DEEMED ALMOST CERTAIN.
Russia Determined to Take hmm ediate
Action, Joint IL Desired, but
Alone IL Necessary.
FRANCE ALSO PROVOKED
HER AGENTS IN sOUTHwEsTERN
CHINA FORCED To FLEE.
American Mission In Pei-Tang-Chow
acknowledgements Sent
to Admiral Kempff.
Russia Determined to Take Immediate
Action, Joint IL Desired, but
Alone IL Necessary.
FRANCE ALSO PROVOKED
HER AGENTS IN SOUTHWESTERN
CHINA FORCED To FLEE.
American Mission In Pei-Tang-Chow
Burned-R Inducements Sent
to Admiral Kempn.

LONDON. June 10---Advices from the far
East concerning the situation in China
continue tc be alarming. and it is believed
quiet cannot be restored without the in
tervention of the powers The Chinese
government. II Is now plain. either Is un-
willing to. or is incapable of suppressing
the Boxers.
dispatch from st. Petersburg says:
''It is declared here that the government
Is firmly resolved, If the dangerous situa-
ton In China continues, to take immedi-
ate energetic military action to repress
the anti-foreign movement. At the same
time the government has no intention of
disassociating itself from the joint action
Of the powers"
A dispatch from Tien-Tsin. dated Friday,
June s. says: Five hundred Russian
troops are about to land there" The dis
patch adds that Fung-chow has been
burned. but that the missionaries are safe.
Another dispatch from Tien-Tsin says:
I'm view OF the conclusive confirmation Of
Imperial connivance in the Boxer move
ment. furnished by an edict published to-
day. denouncing General Mich 81 Chung
est possible action of the powers, it is as
serted here. can alone remedy the situa-
ton, which has assumed the gravest as
pect- The edict is couched in such terms
that 1t leaves no doubt OF the deep sym
pathy Of the throne with the Boxers, who
are described as good citizens Besides
denouncing General Mich for killing the
Boxers. the edict ordered him to return,
e. fxr> Il
from the scene OF the disturbances 1t is
claimed here that the first step Of the pow
ers for the preservation of foreign life and
property ought to be the assumption of
control OF the railroad to Peking"
FRENCH CONSULs SEEK SAFETY.
An Official note, issued at Paris yester-
day. says: Admiral Courrejoulles, at
Taku. has sent fresh detachment of fifty
men to Tien-Tsin- A cable dispatch from
Tun-Nan-Sen. dated Thursday evening,
says the agitation against foreigners is
such that the viceroy has announced that
he is powerless to protect them. The
French consul at Lang Chow. NJ Francois,
has been warned OF the situation at Picking
and has gone to Tonquin, with all the
agents and missionaries. The French con-
sui at Mong-Tse has done the same The
Chinese government has been informed
that 1t will be held responsible for the Sc
curity Of French citizens, but, IL neces-
sary. France will protect them"
Dispatches from Tien-Tsin, dated June
8. say: 1T is said here that General Mich
81 Chung was officially ordered to protect
the railroad and disperse the Boxers with
out violence, and that he has been severely
censured for killing over five hundred of
them and burning three villages. About
1.500 OF his troops have returned to Lupai.
and more Of them are returning there. II
Is said that the anti-foreign general. Tung
Fung Slang, of Kang-Su. and General Sung
Ching have been ordered to dsperse the
Boxers II there is any further trouble.
The viceroy OF Yutlu has memorialized
the throne, earnestly requesting the gov
ernment to allow the foreign powers to use
the railroad. pointing out that otherwise.
trouble Is unavoidable. Tung-Chow. thir-
teen miles from Peking, was burned Fri
day. Twenty native Christians were killed.
The foreigners are safe at Peking. If Is re-
ported that all the missionaries have been
ordered in as the Boxer movement is
spreading and has reached Shan-Hi nrov-
ince. the seat of the Peking syndicate con-
cessions.
THE German warship Hertha has arrived
ut Taku.
"All hope has been abandoned of rescu-
ing the fve Be gian engineers and one
woman"
RUssIA's OPPORTUNITY.
The situation tonight appears distinctly
graver- The destruction OF a Russian
chapel at Tung-Tingan has provided Rus
sia with the desired pretext TO land more
troops The dispatch from ST. Petersburg
tnis AFTERNOON that the government Is re-
solved. IL the dangerous situation in China
continues. TO take immediate military ac-
ton TO repress the anti-foreign movement
1t the same time declaring that IL had M
intention or disassociating itself from the
joint action OF the powers. may be regarded
as semi-of1cial utterance, meaning that
IL there Is any hesitancy on the part of the
powers Russia win act alone.
All reports agree that the Roxer r,ovo
nent Is spreading The report is confirmed
that the French agents at Mone-Tsa ana
Yun-Nan-Fu have been compelled TO retire
and this shows that the ferrent has
reached southwestern China and has nro-
voked France into taking active steps
Sir Claude Mcdonald, British minister a,
Peking. has wired the British consul a,
Shanghai confirming the reported outrares
and the fact that the throne and govern
ment have been actuated by secret sym
pafhy with the Boxer movement, which the
government has ample power to suppress IL
II so desires. His dispatch. however, is in
no way OF an alarmist nature.
The latest Tien-rsin dispatches. saving
that the dowager IMPRESS has appointed
another foreign general for the pretended