The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12
To BEGIN ACTIVE MEASURES AGAINST T
THE CHINESE.
BOXERS BURN A RUSSIAN CHAPEL
Situation Distinctly Graver - Boxer
Movement SpreadinZ-Anti-For
Generals Appointed to Command
Troops-Officials Powerless to Pro-
oect Foreigners-Foreign ONCE Pro-
tests Against Foreign Troops in
Pekin = Continued Murder and Pill
lage.

London. June 9-The situation in
China tonight appears distinctly gra-
yer. The destruction of a Russian
chapel at Tung Tingan has provided
| Russia with the desired pretext to land
| more troops.
The dispatch from st. Petersburg
this afternoon that the government is
| resolved, if the dangerous situation in
| China continues, to take immediate
| military action to repress the anti
| foreign movement, at the same time
| declaring that it has no intention of
| disassociating itself from the joint
action OF the powers, may be regarded
| as a semi-official utterance, meaning
| that if there is any hesitancy on the
part Of the powers Russia will act
| alone.
All reports agree that the Boxer
movement is Speeding. The report is
| confirmed that the French agents at
| Mong Use and Yum Nan Flu have been
| compelled to retire. and this shows
| that ferment has reached southwest
ern China and has provoked France
| into taking active steps.
Sir Claude Macdonald, British min.
| lister at Pekin, has wired the British
| consul at Shanghai, confirming the re-
| ported outrages and the fact that the
throne and government have been ac-
| tuated by secret sympathy with the
Boxer movement, which the govern
ment has ample power to suppress if
it so desired. His dispatch however,
is in no way of an alarmist nature.
Tha 1ot Tc,,o oh
| ing that the dowager empress has ap-
pointed anti-foreign generals with the
| pretended mission to suppress the
| Boxers makes it impossible to doubt
that the time has arrived for ener-
| getic action.
1t is expected that the British gov
| ernment will utilize the Chinese. regi-
| rnent which has been in training at
Wei Hal Wei, as it would be danger
ols to remove the gar ison from Hong
| Kong at the present moment.
A special from Shanghai dated June
| Sth says:
The Tsung Ii Yamen has protested
to the ministers against the presence
| of such a large number of foreign
forces, asserting that it cannot be only
for the protection Of the legations,
but for the establishment of a garri-
son in the capital of an independent
friendly state. The answer which the
| foreign ministers returned to this
| protest is unknown.
| The American mission at Pei Tang
Chow was destroyed yesterday. but
the missionaries fled to place of
safety.
1T is reported that the viceroy of
| Chi Ii has resigned.
| 1T is proposed to bring Ii Hung
Chang back from the south, but Prince
| kang vi proposes to give the post to
the Infamous Ii Ping Heng, the for
mer governor of Shan Tung.
| "Pao Ting Flu is bun ling. The Tien
| Tsin railway has finally ceased to be
operated. All the English missionaries
are encamped inside ne legation"
Tien Tsin, June SIN view of the
| conclusive confirmation of imperial
connivance in the Boxer movement,
| furnished by and edict published to-
| day denouncing General Mich 81
| Chang for killing some of the rioters,
the strongest action of the powers, it
is asserted here can alone remedy the
| situation which has assumed the
| gravest aspect. The edict is couched
in such terms that it leaves no doubt
| Of the deep sympathy of the throne
with the Boxers, who are described as
| good citizens Besides denouncing
| General Mich for killing the Boxers,
| the edict orders him to return with
his troops to Loo Phi, eighty miles
from the scene of the Disturbances
| 1t is claimed that the first steps of
the powers of the preservation of for
| e1gn life and property ought to be the
assumption of control of the railroad
| to Pekin.
Tien Tsin, June 9-The viceroy of
Yulu has memorialized the throne,
| earnestly requesting the government
to allow the foreign powers to use the
railroad pointing out that otherwise
serious trouble is unavoidable
| Tung Chou, thirteen miles from Pc
Kin, was burned Friday. Twenty ma
tive Christians were killed The for
eigners are safe at Pekin.
| 1t Is reported that all the missiona-
ries have been ordered in, as the Boxer
movement is spreading and has reach
ed Shan Si province the seat of the
| Pekin syndicate concessions.
The German warship Hertha has ar
rived at Taku.
All hope has been abandoned Of res
cuing the five Belgian engineers and
one woman
Shanghai June "a dispatch from
Tien Tsin dated Friday, June sth, says
800 Russian troops are about to land
there. The dispatch adds that Fung
Chow has been burned but that the
missionaries are safe.
LETTER FROM CHINESE MIS-
SIONARY.
New York, June 9-The first detail
ed report Of the doings of the Boxers
was received by the Presbyterian board
today in letter from Rev. Horace w.
Houlding. of the South Chi Lii mission
at Ling Chung, province Of Shan Tung.
ne quotes a letter to United states
minister Conger by DR.. Arthur S.
Smith, as follows:
The Boxers appeared at the village
In force represented as one to two
hundred, Of whom perhaps thirty Were
cavalry. They divided into squads, one
party making for our chapel and school
house, the doors of which they broke