Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-14
,,..,,iionaI Expedition viii be
Resisted at the Gates Of PekIn'
nygRs IN STRONG FORCE
r.oops Land Marines Must
fight rheIr wSy-Pekin 10
Being Intrenehed.
rr,riv Dispatched

rrarly Dispatched
,.as June 14.-Japan Is about
mixed regiment to China
: ''e government press declares that
iA .,ors could suppress the revolt
y, must first win the confidence Of
\. I. powers and avoid acts likely to
,,.ssn suspicion. 4
HALF WAY TO PEKIN
.. Tain. wednesday, June 13.-The
-a.tonal expedition is now at Lang
~, Y, half way to PeKin. The troops
Ia me station destroyed and two
90 Yards Of the track torn up
-, approaching the station they
.l ,be Boxers still carrying on the
N destruction, but the latter bolt
,,,o the village upon the approach
a. advance party A shell from a
I, nander was dropped into the VII
and the Boxers fled up the line
y. tho station a small party was
..,ysrsd engaged in tearing up the
~ bnt few long range shots drove
.-m on The patrol returned this
-ming ana reports that q mile and a
-,rer Of the track has been destroyed
y, expedition viii remain for the pres
:, Al Lang Fang.
uYFsE WILL FIGHT FOREIGN
Frs.
courier who arrived this morning
~ pekn and Lang Fang brought a
.,.r from the American legation stat
I, ,hai Gen. Tung Fuh Slang intends
mnose the entrance Of the foreign
..t1s into Pekin. Ten thousand troops
= Guarding the south gate. The
,--.sr reports that IL is said that up
I'D, Of two thousand Boxers are In
= immediate nelghborhOod OF Lang
ne
KEPT BOXERS QUIET A WHILE.
y,v York. June 14.-Rev. Or. Arthur
Brown. secretary of the Presby-
-in board Of foreign missions, has
u received nine long letters from
,oraries In the Shantung and Pc
4 Missions. only two make any
~,r,nce to the Boxers. The first Of
A., Is from Rev. " f. Partch, Of
aniniu, dated April 2Sth, and reads
follows
We have had no serious anxiety re-
j r'ing the Big Knife society since the
assnt governor. Yuan Shihlai, came.
IL probably the best general in
ma and Is managing the disanected
M a strong hand Recently a force
eighteen Of his troopers met eighty
1 ets malcontents about City miles
tn here and Killed twenty-one and
bundled a number more, with scarcely
. 81 injury to themselves
TO EXPEL CHRISTIANS.
n second letter is from Rev. c. H.
ln Of PekIn, dated May Ord, and
r,g
he Boxers and Big Knives are in
easing In strength and boldness as
III see the empress dowager encour-
~. them rather than otherwise,
i lils the foreign powers. with all their
ik are doing next 10 nothing The
4 arl drought from which all this
ln Is suffering, is attributed TO the
l1sians, and these secret societies
Altly announce that they are going
idIe cut every foreigner and Kill
/ 30 persistent Christian.
i We're 10 not that the day has been
iN our determination al least fifty
-.i since l came 10 China. il would
lhcult 10 keep a restful mind. As
We 30 about as usual, though some
ne country work Is now considered
-l@ have always had an absurd
rlg mat nothing very startling viii
s4 occur 10 my neighborhood and
.-il as the notion Is. Il really con-
YVES considerably to the quietness Of
Borrower ] do feel sure that no real
4 can befall the people Of God.
y. would not be the worst place In
seHd TO exchange for heaven. II II
d come 10 that"
NlTAINs POLICY UNCERTAIN.
a.t York, June l4-A dispatch to the
4 Slhe from London says:
+ news from Pekin Is stu vague.
marines are compelled TO fight
4 way into the capital with rifle
maxim British marines have been
4 ~loh with the Boxers I'm clearing
! always but eight nations are
4 Hshled on the lighting line. There
gsiasient rumOrs that Russian
Il afe under orders 70 invade
q AZ ls, l Ohlna but it Is not yet clear
~, 5'.nsf England or Japan has con-
~ 20 an exclusive movement by a
49, poEer Japan win acquiesce II
. b. algNed 90 supply a large mill
Il Vu'ngent hut this Is not in
1 ~ N ne Russian scheme OF milf
upauon What Lord Salisbury's
4 nobody In diplomatic circles
' ,s OUT II Is strongly sus-
4 mat he has not hit upon a pol
4 ~, ~. = cautiously feeling his way IN
i ALFoUR TO THE FRONT.
i ~ ghlha complications viii exert
~. influence upon the present for
-. d The minister's here II Is now
$3.50 mat Arthur Balfour will be
IN. ~ 20 tate the foreign Office when
i 49, ,,llet Is reconstructed. lie Is
4 Interested IN the China ques-
NV mas studied IL I'm detail He
i ~. .aoly be Lord Salisbury's sue
- W i,hat office az an early day.
H. ~. I leaYe a vacancy somewhere
1 nsu,, 1N.neim5erlain either IN the
4 ~ =, " I, lhe war Office. and the lead
ue commons in any event.
4 N1RENcHING AT pEK1N.
" a .. juno a. 1870 a. m.-The Chi
4 3 on hirenchod outside OF pekin
i ts,i ,ne advance Of the interna-
H. ,.oIlmn A dispatch from Tlon
4 z h,,. ! uesday. June 18th says:
4 t,ss !. 'hat The Chinese have guns
y Rr,n,s ,ne American mission aud
4 sir.,r 'nolsand Russian cavalry ana
Sins' win artillery. have landed az
I IN rri.ls5hal correspondent reports
q es5s, states Minister Conger.
s -, '''' asks Tor 1000 United states
4 ile, , (. OF provisioning the re-
laie,s5 I. already difficult and il Is
arute l'Auai that II viii be-
Il ~ I.sr
q ~ 'aalns members Of the reform