The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-08
The Situation Has Grown No Worse
During Past TwentYFour Hours.
''M'KINLEY'S OPP0RTUN!TY."
Sixteen Hundred Internationally Troops
Now on Duty on Chinese Soil and
the Powers are Taking Mat
ters in Their Own Hands.
European Residents are
Escaping the Coast.

LONDON, June s.-Tne situat!on in
China, as measured by abundant unofficial
kilograms. continues full OF interesting pos
stbilitses. but apparently it h2s not grown
worse during the last tweRty-four hours.
although the favoradve aGdectives OF Lon
don and continental commentors are
..perilous," grave" and dangerous"
The naval commanders in Chinese wa
ters have received identical instructions
as to procedure the question of an emer-
gency being left to their discretion
NO FEAR FELT.
No fear is entertained for the safety OF
the legations at PekIn. European residents.
however, are escaping trorp the capital to
the coast. PeKln IS still under control.
according to dispatch to the Morning
Post dated yesterday, hut in very ex-
cited state. a thousand foreign guards
We're S2rr.soning the legation houses SIX
hundred international. troops are at flen
Tsiu, with six guns
THE POWERS ACT.
1.-The authorities are displaying pa1pably
guilty suoineneSS in dealing with The Box
ers. gnl. the sowe-S are moro and lslore
taking matters into rhe-r oWE hands. IEe
Boxer revolt IS splu4dIuS, and IS rapiGiS
getting arms, preparing to meet force with
, force.
. There has been no communication be-
tween Pellin and Tier Tain.
y news agency dispatcn ifom Tien Tein,
dated yesterday, says:
The Boxers ire stiu raiding and pIiag-
ing over wide area. Thr.s tEsve wrecked
and burned stations al 4ens I.otrs and
Tangoo- It has 5sUu dat!HiT2N s~csntafned
that Nine Asher aE&i 5fsTa-s, Gsssrt and
! Cadas have been murdered ,.s;t1;ai Nieh
] claims to have defeatea the Bo2srs, Killing
! 5G0.''
/; The morning papers, dealing with the
! Chinese question, deal with the possible
! course of the United States The Daily
: Mail goes beyond any other in urging the
: United States to take the leaa in interviews
+, ton, under the caption ''Mckinley's OPP
i portunity." The Pekin correspondent OF
/, the Times, telegraph!ns yesterday. says:
AN imperial decree has been issued,
| but it is of the same evasive character as
the preceding one. Throughout il IS apo
| letic in tone, and virtually gives justifica-
! ton to the Boxers for their recent anti
| foreign and anti-ChristIan outbreaks. The
ediGt repeats the accusion against native
Christians who ''jolned the Church FOR
their own base ends and refers 20 the
Boxers as a brotherhood apd not as rebels.
1t avoids all reference sotthe murders or
missionaries of native Christians and
way and mission property is due to law
less characters who have joined the Box
e-s to profit by the Disturbances The
nearest undamaged point is 10 miies f.om
Tien Tsin- Al the children and lsetes.
except Lady Mcdonald. have left the
legation There are the gravsst fears FOR
missionaries in outlying parts. They
number hundreds. and the stations are
| isolated. Concerted actionlis impossible.
TyT1rISH TROOPS r I,sN-DErr,
A special dispatch from Shanghai. dated
| 7:30 2. NJ to-day, says the Dowager En-
| press has ordered General Neih 81 Chong
| with 500 men, to protect the railroad at
| Pekin-
\ severe fight. it is added, has occurred
| with the Boxers. whose ranks include
| many soldiers from other generals com
| Hands. When the battle ended 20o dead
were left on the field. The dispatch goes
on to say:
| One hundred and eighty British marines,
| with machine gun. are about 10 force a
| passage from Tien Tsin TO PeIlin. Alto
| gether, about 500 British have been land
| ed from the fleet, a greater number than
| tave landed from the combined vessels OF
| the other powers.
This evidence of Great BritaIn's inten-
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