The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-19

marines. to guard the Methodist Mis-
sion compound, where members of all
denominations of Protestants had gath
eIed''
TIEN-TSIN, June u-An American Of
ficer who has just arrived from the
front for provisions reports that the
forces are repairing the track between
Lofa and Larg- Fang. He caught a
Boxer last evening vino was attempting
to set fire to a bridge. and he saw sever
al corpses, evidently the bodies of men
killed by troops of General Mich The
fifth train left at p. today with pro-
visions. Great anxiety is felt here re-
speeding the fate of the foreigners In Pc
king. Owing to difficulty in securing the
Viceroy's. permission for third special
train to start for Picking. the foreign
troops occupied the cars whereupon the
Chinese ensine-driver ran away with his
locomotive. The crowd tried to pull up
the track. but the troops cleared away
the rabbie at the point of the bayonet
and seized the engine. On learning of
this the Niceroy granted permission and
the train left at SIS p. m. with about 500
men. The forceswas made up of .5e Ger
mans, ~ British and the rest French
troops
Japan Backed Down.
brought by the steamship Queen Ade-
laide of an extremely narrow escape
from Russo-Japanese war about the
beginning of May. The threatened strug-
gle would have been on before now, ac-
cording to the advices received from ia
pan. had 1t not been for the refusal of
Great Britain to aid Japan against Rus
STA, owing to the fact that her forces
We're engaged in South Africa.
1t seems that about six weeks ago such
a crisis had been reached that hostilities
We're regarded as inevitable in. Japan
The bone of contention was, before,
Masampo Korea Japan had, despite
the protests of Russia. installed q Japan
csc trader In very good. if not the
best location at the port, over the own
ership of which both nations We're then
contending, and where permission had
been given to Russia to settle, providing
no Notifications were established. by the
Korean Government. Russia called upon
Japan to withdraw the trader from Ma
sampo, but the Mikado's Government re-
fused to do SO. Not only did she refuse
to do so, but Japan sent curt note to
Russia to the effect that Japan was pre-,
pared to protect the trader. Japan had
understood that IL the worst came to the
worst and it was to be war, she was to
have the support of Great Britain, and.
accordingly. the British authorities were
informed of the strained situation. In
stead of receiving the expected reply
that Britain would be ready to uphold
her in the struggle against Russia, as
Japan had expected. says one of the rep
resentative Japanese papers, the British
a q int rrapf ion hat Ia.
British Government would be unable to
act with Japan while the African war
was on, and suggested that Japan en-
deavor to settle the matter with Russia
in the easiest manner possible. Then
Japan backed down and the trader left
least for season.
America and Britain.
TIEN-TSIN, Sunday. June 10. 1T is
learned that but for the firmness of the
United States Consul and Captain Me-
Gala of the Newark, i'm charge of the
American landing party, and the British
Consul. there would have been further
guards to Picking and the majority of the
forces would not have been British. At
a meeting of the Consuls and command
ers of troops last evening, when the ne
cessity for the immediate dispatch OF
troops was considered. the representa-
the necessity. and afterwards disparaged
the idea that the British force should
preDOnderate. Inc Americans generally
deplore the smallness of the United
States forces here. At the same time
they are ready to defer to whatever may
be considered best at Washington.
Powers Harmonious.
BERLIN, June u.--From high official
of the Foreign Office the correspondent
OF the Associated Press received. the fol-
lowing statement today respecting Ger
nany's attitude in the Far East:
Germany adheres to her idea of joint
action by the Powers in China. Thus far
the Powers have been acting together
ha rmoniously, and there is no indication
that any Power means to take separ-
ate advantage The German Foreign
Office has received no official proof nor
any evidence tending to show that the |
Empress Dowager is making common
cause with the Boxers. Indeed. Baron |
Won Kettaler, German Minister In Pc
king, not long ago forwarded a copy of
an imperial decree against the Boxers. 1t |
is another question, of course. whether
the Empress. uses adequate means for
the revolt, and also whether |
within her immediate encourage anti-Eu- |
Korean influences are at work.