The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-06-26

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LONDON, June 16--This is the situa-
ton in China as It appears to the Shang-
cabling last evening:
1T Is really a state of yelled war. The
members of the foreign legations in Pc
king are virtually prisoners. and the Chi
nese troops are only restrained from at
lacking them by fear of the legation
guards.
Meanwhile the Ministers are altogeth-
er unable to communicate with the com
mandors of the relief column, which Is
making an enforced and isolated halt be-
tween Ten-tsin and Picking. The walls
of the capital are guarded by 100000 i'm
perial troops. Tho gates are heavily de-
Tended with modern guns. General
Tung, acting unoer orders from the EN-
press Dowager, says that no more for
eign troops shall enter the sacred city.
ION Monday the Ministers sent de-
mand to the Tsung Ii amen that the
gates be opened, declaring that other
wise the foreign troops would enter for
chilly. To this no reply was given. A
second message went unanswered, or had
not been answered when the latest news
left Picking. Sir Claude MacDona.d's
latest message says that the legations
are capable of sustaining an effective de-
Tense unless attacked in force"
Russia. this correspondent asserts, not
withstanding assurances to the contrary
sides with China. Some of the foreign
troops are already reported to be in the
environs of Peking and the attitude of
the Chinese troops is increasingly mem
acing.
1.-THE streets of Pelting," continues the
correspondent of the Daily Express, are
reported to be seet..ng with anti-for-
eign mobs, clamoring for the destruction
of the legations and the death of the for
eign Ministers. Even We're the TsunE-.i-
Yamen disposed 10 restrain the violence
of the reactionaries, it is considered
highly improbable that they would be
able to hold them in chec". Fer the for
eign Ministers the crisis will arise when
the relief column comes in sight of Pc
king. 1t is stlll felt here that the for
eign force is wholly inadequate to battle
with the hordes of Chinese troops mass
ed outside the gates, which now include
the imperial troops from Shan-Hai
Kwan."
disquieting cement in the situation
is the fact that although the Russo-Chi-
nese telegraph line from Picking via Kia-
khta eastern Sbera) is working, the
transmission of messages il rigidly re-
fused.
From Ten-tsln it is reported that the
foreign forces in the harbor will attack
the Taku forts and If necessary bonn
bard them.
The international column appears to be
still at Lang Fan, engaged in slowly re-
pairing the railway, which, according to
a dispatch from Ilen-tsin to the Daily
Mail, dated June Nth, cannot be effected
for weeks. The force is short of proyi-
sions and as 1t is without field trans
port It must stick to the railway The
report that the mixed forces will seize
the Taku forts is taken to mean that the
foreign commanders expect no aid from
the Chinese Government in REFRESHING
the disorders and are determined to make
Taku secure as a base from which TO
operate.
LONDON, June 15.-The British Coy
eminent is considering whether a sub
stantial force should not be sent to Chi
ma from South Africa. 1t is thought I'M
officially that Lord Roberts could spare
a brigade or two and the necessary
transports are now In South African wa
ters. The commander of the expedition,
IL IL salu, won pTOhaDiy ne MdJOT Zen
eral Sir William Nicholson.
American Force Increased.
NEW YORK. June IA special to the
sun from Washington says; The PresI-
dent and his Cabinet decided today at the
regular Cabinet meeting that the situa.
ton in China demanded that the Ameri
can naval force in Chinese territory
should be adequately augmented by other
bluejackets and marines or by troops
from the Philippines. Whether this adj
ditional force shall be drawn from the
Army or Navy was not definitely de-
cided. The inclination OF the Govern
ment IL 10 send more men from the feet
in Asiatic waters, as "A strictly naval
force is regarded as indicating the pun.
pose OF the United States 10 meet "a
temporary emergency only.
a telegram was sent by Secretary Long
this afternoon to Rear Admiral Remey
ut Caylte, asking him how many men
could be spared from the ships for SER
vice In China. No such message Of in
quiry was sent TO Major General MacAr-
thur. and none will be II Admiral Remey
Is able 10 spare the men 10 meet the re-
Iulrements OF the situation. To Just
what extent the American naval forces
viii be augmented has not been deter
ynined. The purpose OF the Government
Is. however, 20 have a contingent al least
equal 10 that OF the great powers having