The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-09-05
WHAT NEXT IN CHINA ?

The forcible entry of Picking by the
allied troops on the evening Of August
Il, the rescue of the legations, and the
flight several days before of the En-
press Dowager and the Emperor, have
ended one chapter in what the Sun
terms "the most exciting episode ever
known to civilization" The sequence
of events during the following chro-
biological table:
May %. Marines were landed from
,sthe war-ships at Taku, consisting of
$50 officers and men, 81 Of whom we're
Americans. They proceeded by spe-
cial train to Picking to guard the lega-
tions.
June 3. The Boxers destroyed the
railroad from Tien-Tsin to Picking,
and communications with the legations
we're interrupted, entirely ceasing
June "a.
June IL. The chancellor of the jap
anese legation was killed by the En-
peror's guards, organized by Prince
Tuan, head of the Tsung Ii Yamen.
June IL. Admiral Seymour started
from the coast with a column consist
ing of 9l5 British, $50 Germans, 300
Russians, 15S French, 104 Americans,
SO japanese, 40 Italians, and % Aus
trians. He went as far as Tang Fang,
about halfway to Picking, and was
forced to turn back.
June 16. First report of the MUIR
der of Baron Won Kettler, the German
minister in Pekin.
June 20. Bombardment of legations
begun by Chinese troops.
July 5. Circumstantial details OF the
death of all the members of the lega-
lions we're published in unofficial de-
spatches, which were not disproved for
several weeks.
July 10. Edict of Chinese Govern
ment, dated June 26, received by the
| various powers, looking to amicable
arrangements of some sort through
Lii Hung Chang.
July 13. Attack by allies upon TEN
Tsin, and capture of native city the
day following.
July Is. Bombardment of legations
in Picking ceased and armistice begun
July 20. First message received
from American Minister Conger
through Chinese Minister Wi Tune
Fang at Washington.
! July %. Chinese imperial edict de
claring legations to be held as hostages
| July 81. Second message from Min
lister Conger received.
August 4. Allied forces captured
Pei -tsapg after hard fight.
August 6. Chinese routed at Yang
Tsun.
August - Occupation of Tung
Chow.
August ii. Allies entered Picking.
The question that now interests the
American press is the policy that is to
be pursued since the safety of the lie
cations has been assured. There are
signs of possible international compli
cations in the near future. The land
ing of British troops at Shanghai is
likely to be followed by the claims oil
other nations to similar privilege, and
a clash there is looked upon as quite
possible. The report of the landing
of Russian troops at Pyeng-l Yang, IL
Korea, and of the dispatch of japanese
troops to the same point is, if true,
foreboding of further trouble. The
flight of the Chinese Emperor and the
Empress Dowager to Hsian- Flu, several
hundred miles south of Picking, if ii
has actually taken place, may delay
any satisfactory arrangements with
China. Literary Digest
The latest phase of the Chinese sit
uation is the initiative taken by the
| United States and Russia, looking to
the preservation of the autonomy of
the Chinese empire, and the evacua-
ton of China by the troops of the al
lies as soon as a stable government is
assured. Agreement on such policy,
however, is not yet assured.
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