Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-09
he POWERS MUST AC|'
Dowager Empress Openly Shows
Sympathy for. Boxers" Calling
Them Good Citizens
Imperial Edict Issued, Denouncing
Chinese General For Killing
the Rioters.
Strong Action Of the Powers Only
Remedy For the Alarming
Situation.

Tien Tsin, June 81 delayed in trans
view OF the conclusive
of imperial connivance in
the Boxer" movement, furnished by
an edict published today, denouncng
Gen. Nieh-Si- Chong3 for killing some
rioters. the strongest possible 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 de-
scribed as good citizens" Besides
denouncing Mich for killing the Box
ers," the edict orders him to return.
with his troops to- Leopai, eighty miles
from the scene of disturbances. 1t is
claimed that the first step OF the
powers in the preservation Of foreign
life and property ought to be assump-
ton of the control Of the railroad to
Pekin.
Shanghai, June "a dispatch from
rein Tsin, dated the 9Th, says 500 Rus
sian troops are about to land there. The
dispatch adds that Fung Chow was
burned but that the missionaries are
safe.
The Nashville sent to Tnkm.
Washington, June 9.-Admiral Remey
informs the navy department that the
gunboat Nashville, with force OF
marines aboard, left Cavite yesterday
for Taku. She is a light draught gun
boat OF the same type as the Helena
and it is presumed she is sent in place
of the latter. The Monocacy. at shang-
hal, is also ordered to join Admiral
Kempff at Taku.
HOT FIGHTING NEAR pEIlIS.
The Chinese Troops XIII Many OF the
ssBoxers.''
London, Saturday Morning, June o.
| Definite returns regarding the severe
A fighting between Chinese troops and
4 Boxers" that was going on Thursday
\ between Tien-Tsin and Pekin. had no
been received at Tien-Tsin when tht
\ latest telegTams to reach London wer.
a filed. The Chinese troops. however
KILLED many Boxers" according t.
some rs IS: While another account
4 had the government soldiery defeated
z IN an engagement near Pao Ting Flu.
Il Apparently the legation guards hav,
not yet taken hand in the fighting
4 but they are ready to do SO at a mo
ment's notice. The Boxer" movemen
sEaffec.s some hundreds of square miles
The official dispatches to Vienna from
. Pekin aver that the sect is more pow
erful than any political party in China
! embracing no less than 100000, ma
nipulated by Jealous and adroit men.
The representatives Of the powers ar
still acting in perfect concert. whicl
appears for the present to give the Chi
ncse government ample chance to pu
down the disturbance alone.
The Tien-Tsin correspondent OF tn
!, Daily Mail, telegraphing June Z. says
For the last three days the Who'll
community of Ticn-Tsin has been pre-
pairing to defend itself against an ex
!, pected attack by the Boxers an
there is continental influx of refu
gees from the surrounding countr,
s who are now crowding the city. Thi
Z increases the excitement. Nearly a
/, the villages surrounding Tien-Tsin AZ
,ljoining the Boxer movement whic
) lis taking a more and more fanatics
e character. Parties of foreigners whe
] approaching the villages are drive
$ back by armed bands. Yesterday til
] Chinese troops were ordered to Ma
: chang, on the grand canal. with
{ twenty miles of which laasse body {
; Boxers are reported to be collecting
MISSIONARIES, AWFUL. FATE.