Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-12
A GLOOMY VIEW
EUROPE BELIEVES THE FoREIGN-
Frs HAVE BEEN MURDERED.
IS LITTLE GROUND FOR HOPE,
Germany Not at War With China
Powers Cannot Advance on
Pekin Yet.

LonuoHs july IL, S.SV a. m.-The chi.
nese situation again bears a most omin-
u aspect. Eighteen days ago Sir Rob-
ert Hart dispatched his last message,
declaring THAT the situation was desper-
ate, and since then no word has come
from the Europeans in Pekin. Accord
ing to the Daily Mails Shanghai CORE
spondent, Lii Hung Chang has received
an imperial decree ordering his imme-
diate departure for Pekin, presumably
to break the news of the Pekin tragedy
to the European powers, and in his
usual role of n~egotiator with Europe i'm
difficult matters to to act as
mediator and avert the vengeance of
he powers.
AS to the correctness of his sugges-
'tion all advices from Tien Tsin tend to
confirm the reports of the serious con-
ditions of the allied forces and belle the
optimistic hines rumors. Unless rein
forcements speedily reach Tien Tsin, an
other disaster may be expected.
The Daily MATHS Tien Tsin correspond
ent, t~elegraphins on July 5, says
The situation is about as bad as it
can we'll be. I only trust thai we shal
not soon want relieving ourselves. About
10000 to 10000 troops are wanted. and
there are now only 10,00 here. The for
eign troops are working we'll together,
but 1t Is announcement that there is no
SOpItIIlc COlIlllldIluoT. LII some quarters
The feeling is Let us rescue Pekin, and
then clear out in favor of Russia"
Other Tien Tsin correspondents say
that no advance is possible until Sep
TENDER l, and explanations are being
asked by the papers here for the tardy
action of h Japanese in sending troops,
since 1t is known hat she was ready
and willing to send them. and Russia
raised NO objection to her doing SO. It
is hinted that "a difficulty arose as to the
manner in which Japan was to be re-
coured for her heavy outlay. s.,umors
are current that Japan demanded the
cesston of a Chinese port.
1 The Russian papers report that the
Boxers are ravaging Manchuria and
have damaged 60 miles of the railway,
threatening Lelin and Kirin, while Port
Arthur and Neu Chwang are said to be
endangered. Russia, therefore, has no
titled the powers of her intention to dis
patch a large military force to Man
cl.uria. 1t appears that Russian censor
ship is suppressing all reference to this
matter and it transpires that six thou
sand regular troops have already arriv-
ed from Port Arthur and Armur to pro-
tect tthe Manchuria railroad and that
other troops are now on their way to
Manchuria
All kinds of stories come from Shang-
hal which it is impossible to verify. 1t
is stated THAT the Boxers have murdered
the chancellor of the Pekin university
and 60 members of his family and re-
tanners. A confidential officer of General
Yung Lu, disguised as a Boxer, is report
ed to have crossed into Prince Trans
tent while the prince was sleeping, with
the intention of stabbing him. He was
caught by the sentries, so the story
goes, and decapitated on the spot. His
head was sent with Prince Tuan's com
plimemts tic Yung Lu as "a warning to
him ito beware.
The French consul at Shanghai has
news that the Chinese project at Monk
den hifself murdered the Catholic, Dish.
op. Guillon, i'm his yamen. Besides Bish-
OPP Guillon, Fathers Crunoet, Corbet
Bourgeois and Villepot and two sisters
of the French mission and numerous
native Christians were m~assacred.
From Canton comes a report of large
assertions from the German Illness reg,
ilnent at Kaio Chou and of a riot be,
tween German troops and Boxers, many
of the latter being killed.
Both at Shanghai and Canton appre
hension exists tht these evidences of {
widespread rebellion indicate the neces
sity for immediate measures on the par
Of he power
1t is stated that Germany intends It.
send to China 10000 to 5000 men we
equipped with guns.