Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-19
A LACK OF UNITY
RUSSIA AND GERMANY Do NOT
AGREE TO JAP COMMANDER.
ALLIES POORLY EQUIPPED.
Japanese Government Delays For
warding a Division-Germany's
Attitude Defined.

London, July 10. 4 a. m.-While evil
dence accumulates daily that China has
long been preparing a formidable mill
tary organization in anticipation of the
present conflict and that. the area of the
rebellion is continuously extending, har-
non among the allies who are to meet
such a grave situation is still d~eplorably
lacking. The Russians have refused
Adtniral Seymour's request to hand over
the restored Taku-Tien Tsin railway to
the English company, and it is rumored
that Germany propose taking a serious
independent step. namely, to patrol the
Yang Use Kiang with men-of-war. Such
a step would be greatly resented py
England.
Still more alarming news has been
conveyed to the Daily Express from To-
kio. to the effect that the apparent re-
l%uctance of Germany and Russia to con-
sent to a Japanese commander for the
army corps has led the japanese govern
ment to delay the forwarding of the oil
vision already modified.
The Standard, in an alarmist edito-
rial. says:
1T is useless any longer to hide from
ourselves the fact that China has de-
clared war on civilization and has
plunged into the conflict with rabld
Frenzy. 1t is equally futile to discuss
whether hostilities are being waged oy
the Chinese government. in when II IS
evident that an ADMINISTRATION VI SoIiS
kind exists. Unless unmistakable evil
dence e~xculpating the Pekin government
is promptly forthcoming. the powers
should treat China as a ~belligerent state
and act accordingly.
A similar line of comment is taken by
the other morning papers. All applaud
the course of Count Won BueloW, the
German foreign secretary. in stopping
Chinese kilograms from the Chinese le-
cation in Berlin, and all urge the other
powers to follow Germany's
The Russian general staff denies the
report that the Chinese have captured
Blagoventschensk, capital of ne prov
ince Of Arnlur, and 1t is runored from
Irkusk tina Russians have taken Algun.
A special dispatch from Tien Tsln DIS
tributes the number of those killed at
the capture of the native city as follows:
Russian. 100: japanese. 81; British. ~,
and Americans. 81.
The correspondent who sends his as
sarts that thousands of Chslese were
killed and that fighting was still going
on when his dispatch was sent in varl-
Gus parts of Tien Tsin. In reference 20
the runors that Europeans We're seen
working the Chinese guns at lien ISM
the Standard learns that eight Russian
military instructors. forclbly detalnea
by the Chinese. We're compelled TO WofE
the guns. One escaped and reached
the Russian lines.
A special correspondent OF the Dalls
Express at Tien Tsin contrasts the
splendid work and perfect ulpm
If the Japanese with the ''inadequatt
supplies of the British. German ane
American c~ontingents. which are terri
bly, lacking in the most obvious neces'
Stiles"
TIL first Boxer proclamation has made
its appearance in Shanghai. 1t declares
that Kwan. the war god. desires lle
blood of foreigners and threatenes IL
Dlagues if the Boxer terets are not fol
lowed and spread. -,
The governors of the provinces OF
Human, Hupeh and Honan have no"
cnanlv Joined Prince Tuan and arr
marching overland with their armies II
Pekin. 81.
The German relief column sent WV
the interior of the province of Sha1
Tung to endeavor to rescue a party o
30 missionaries. German, American ant
English. has returned without havlns
obtained any tidings of their where
abouts and it is feared that all hav'
been slain.