The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-03
LOOK TO JAPAN.
Disposition is Manifesting Itself
in Europe
To Let the MikadO Settle the
Chinese Business
AND TAKE HIS REWARD
Course of Admiral Kempff Now
Generally Approved.
Reports of Further Murders
Come Out of Pekin.

London, July 3.-The fact that re-
lief column has been unable to leave
Tien Tsin in response to the pathetic
prayer of the beleaguered legation at
Pekin is generally regarded in London
as destroying almost the last vestige
of hope for the unfortunate foreigners
pent up in the Chinese capital The
worst is feared. and the massacre of
Cawnpoor is in every mans mind. 1t is
beginning to be felt here that the plaus-
ible fiction that no state of war exists
is no longer tenable, and fully equip
ped army belonging to a single nation
ality is necessary to deal with the situ-
alton instead of associated expeditions
of a half dozen nationalities- Hence
arises the demand that Japan shall be
be given a mandate to complete the
work left undone in 1894, with proper
security that she shall not again be
squeezed out when the costly task is
over.
TOO SMALL FOR THE OREGON.
Washington, July "A cablegram re-
ceived at the Navy department from
Lieutenant Key, dated Toxic last night,
says:
Russian dock at Port Arthur is too
small for Oregon to enter
The dispatch conveys the first news
that Key is not at Pekin, where he was
naval attache. If the Oregon is f1oated
she Will be docked at Nagasaki.
While the general British comment
severely criticises Americas non-par-
ticipation in the bOmbardment of Taku
forts, several of the London papers are
beginning to find out that Admiral
Kempff had better foresight than was
possessed by the allied chancellories of
Europe, when he protested against an
attack on the Taku forts on the ground
that it would throw the Chinese gov
ernment into the arms of the boxers
and make all the other nations tech
nically at war with China And the
inadvisibility of attacking Taku when
the international forces were mani
festly insufficient even to guard the
Legations and the Europeans in the in
terror from retaliation is now generally
acknowledged.
Rumors are current in Paris that the
British embassy has received notif1ca-
tiOn of the massacre of the French and
British ministers at Pekin, but there is
no confirmation of the report.
Shanghai reports that the internation-
al forces at Tien Tsin are suffering
from lack of good drinking water. owing
to the Pei Ho being choked with the
corpses of Chinese and other victims of
the bombardment. According to the
same dispatch the international troops,
so far from being strong enough to ad
vance toward Pekin, are not sufficiently
numerous to attack the Chinese still
surrounding Tien Tsin and keeping up
of Chinese are said to be arriving from
Lutai and to be desperately attempting
to reoccupy the bridge leading to Taku-
GERMAN BRIGADE FOR CHINA.
Wilhelmshaven, July BIN view of
the gravity of the situation in the east,
a German expeditionary force of vol
unteers from the army is to be formed
1t will have the strength of a brigade of
all arms.
THANKFUL FOR SMALL FAvORS.
Washington, July Sup to noon to-
day there had been no change here re-
garding the Chinese situation. No or
ders had gone out looking to the dis
patch of increased forces and beyond
a cablegram from Consul General
Goodnow at Shanghai, reciting in briet
the points of the news brought to
Shanghai by the messenger from Sir
Robert Hart, and conveyed at greater
length in the press dispatches, nothing
had been added to the information al
ready possessed by the government re-
specting the situation in Pekin. There
was a disposition to take some comfort
out of the statement that cannon are
not being used against the legations.
This was regarded as indicating the
first wild Outburst of fanatical rage had
spent itself and that the boxers were
now acting in a more reasonable man
ner The date of the Pekin dispatch,
however, June 25, eight days back,
leaves ground for grave apprehension
as to what occurred there since. It
was accidentally discovered by the
navy department today that Lieutenant
Key, our naval attache to Pekin. was
safe outside of the capital and in Toxic,
to which place he is also accredited.
Ii HUNG CHANGES REQUEST.
London, July "a special dispatch
from Hong Kong says Lii Hung Chang
has requested a United States gunboat
to take him to Tien Tsin.
TWO MORE MINISTER'S REPORTED
KILLED.
London, July 3.-A special dispatch
from Shanghai says Chinese reports are
current that two other foreign ministers
were murdered the same day as Baron
Won Ketteler.
From the. same source 1t is declared
that the mission hospital at Moukden
has been destroyed by fire and that the
native Christians have been massacred.
1t is further asserted that the foreigners
fed to New Chang.
EMPRESS AND EMPEROR I'M
PRISONED.
Washington, July 3--Secretary Hay
has received cablegrams from Consul
General Goodnow at Shanghai dated
Wade at Canton. The one from Good
now is as follows
ION the 9th there were two legations
staIding. The emperor and the en-
city gates are closed. Prince Tuan and
his force of boxers are in control of
everything. Complete condition of
anarchy in streets"
The cablegram from Mcwade is as
fellows:
'viceroy Ii Hung Chang today as
sured me that he will Immediately is
sue a strong proclamation commanding
the preservation of peace and order in
his provinces and will take the neceS-
sary me ~asures for the protection of for
| eigners as far as possible. He has
largely increased the force of his army -
DYING OF STARVATION.
Shanghai, July 3.-According to the
1of Del