The age-herald., 1900-06-08
CRATE SITUATION
 EXISTS IN CHINA
Foreign Guards Garrisoning the
 Loza.i)as in Ptkia.
CIIY IN All tXGlI1D STATE
Telegren5 Co1.iaae to A12oun ce Ina Mat IS Have Gre wa From Lad to Worse-Lon on Papers Thialz
 Amer. Q Sko4l Act

London. June 7.-Thc situation in China, as measured by abundant unofficial tele- grams, continues full of interesting possi- i bilities, but apparently it has not grown worse during the last 2i hours, although the lavorito adseet.Yea of London and con tinental commentators are perilous, grave" and dangerous.
 The naval commanders in Chinese va ters have received identical instructions as to procedure, the question of en emergency being left to their discretion. No fear is entertained 4Or the safety of the legations at Pek.n. european residents, however, gre escaping from the capital to the coast. Pekin is still under control, according to a dis patch to the Morning Post, dated yester- day. but in d very excited state. taous- and foreign guards were gdrrisoning the legation houses.
 Six hundred international troops are at Ten TS.n, with six guns.
 4A G!spltch to the Dally Mail from Shang- hal, dated June !, takes gloomy view of ..4ngs, winch reported as gong from bad to N orae. The correspondent says: 'The authorities are displaying pdlpably guilty ! sup-rtne.s in deal-nS with the boxers, and the powers are mere and more taking matters into their own hands. The boxer i it's Character. The boz,l3 afe getting arms, pl pairing to meet force with force. 'Ihele has been no CommunIcation be- tween bckin ard l1en Is.lI a.Il>S tuesday, though one nl.ss rable abortlye attempt has been made by Chinese soldiers to reach the capital.
 The troops were fired upon, and the train had to come back. Another station has been burned on the line
 news agency dispatch rom Tien Tsn, dated yesterday, says:
 The Boxors are still ra.ding and pillag- ing over wide area They nave wrecked d and burned the stations at Long Fong and Langoo It has been definitely ascertaine q that Mine. Astier and Messrs. Ossent and Cades have been murdered. General Nleh cldinls 10 have defeated the Boxers, kill ing 5C0."
 Americ.i should Act
 The morning papers, in long editorials dealing with the Chinese situation, refer to the p4ssiple course of the United States The Daily Mail. which goes beyond any other in urging America to take the lead , in intervention, under the caption Of Me Kinley's Opportunity" says: The United States have secured definite pledges as to the maintenance of the open door, and their intervention would not pro- duce friction, danger of which is to be an- ticipated should either England or Russia act alone We have no desire to provoke a world conflict. Yet our movements are regarded with so much suspicion by many Russians that serious complications might ensue did we land a strong force near Pekin.
 The same applies to Russia face to face with ourselves, but the United States have traditions of friendship with Russia, and a community of interests with Eng and. Their action would, therefore, assure the hos tility of neither power.
 Ut need scarcely be said that they would have the moral support of the British peo- pie and our material support also, if only the policy of our government in the far east were stronger than 1t were. It would certainly be assisted by Japan. In this way a world conflict disastrous to the interests of all great states could be best avoided, and at the same time the pledges which the skilful negotiations of MT. Hay have extracted from the various powers would be vindicated
 The opportunity for America has come. Will she be equal to 1t or will she let it slip from her hands, and lose her vast po- tentialities of trade in northern China?'