The age-herald., 1900-08-21
Serious Trouble Feared There and Warships Asked For.
QUEEN VICTORIA SENDS MESSAGE
To Commandant ot Marines at Pekin- Germany and Russia Are Ob- jects of Distrust to Jap-
 anese Press.

London, Aug. 21, S:55 a. m.-owing prob ably to the Pekin wire being cut, little news of conditions in the Chinese capital has come through this morning. What has reached London indicates that the allies are in need of endorsements.
 The commander of the Italian second- class cruiser Fieramosca, telegraphs from Taku, according to the Rome correspond ent of the Daily Mail,- that very urgent requests were coming from Pekin on Satur- day for the immediate dispatch of more troops, and that in answer to these 400 Italians marines were sent off post haste
 The Japanese Minister in London is said to have received a telegram last evening announcing that subsequent to the entry into Pekn, Japanese detachment went to the imperial palace to afford whatever pro- lection was necessary. The enemy were in strength and fighting was still progressing when the message was sent to Tokio. The main body of the Japanese was then at An- Ting Mengale the Tartar City, with head quarters at tke- Japanese legation.
 Her iresence Doubtful
 Reports of the presence of the Empress Dowager are still contradictory, but Gen. eral Yung Lu, on the authority of the Shanghai correspondent of the Standard, is definitely announced to be a prisoner by orders of the Empress In the imperial pal- ace.
 ',This, perhaps" says the correspondent, lis good thing, as detention in the capital will enable him to negotiate with the al- lies commander, which he would do as Prince Tuans enemy"
 t. CiT Chen Lofeng Luh, on being asked as to the whereabouts of the Emperor and the Elm press Dowager replied: '"They have gone westward to the old capital, Hsian Flu, and I think they are quite safe there.
 Serious trouble is now threatened in the neighborhood of Canton. The Americans at Swallow according to the Daily Chronicle Shanghai correspondent, have applied for a warship in consequence of serious riot ing, and the Hong Kong correspondent of the Daily Mail says that warship is on the way there now.
 Victoria Sends Message
 Queen Victoria has sent the following message to the commandant of marines at Pekin:
 .I thank God that you and those under your command have been rescued from your perilous situation. With my people have waited with the deepest anxiety for good news of your safety and the happy termination of your heroic and prolonged defense. I grieve for the losses and suffer- ings experienced by the besieged."
 A Japanese warship has left Yokohama for Shanghai, according to the Daily Mall, to land troops to protect Japanese sub iects. The Daily Mail announces that Germany will land detachment at Shang- hai Further Yokohama advices to the same paper declare that Germany and Russia are objects of distrust to the Ja- panese press, which urges that Japan, nav ing borne the chief burden of the opera tions, must see to it that the future or China is not determined merely by the pleasure of the western powers. Tt Is felt" says the correspondent, that deter mined action on the part of Great Britain, the United tSates and Japan will avert any danger arising from the ambition Of continental Europe"
 The semi-official Japanese organs say that if occasion arises Japan can send bO 900 troops on short notice and that II the powers are inclined to play selfish game, special messengers will be necessary. Sec retary Chi Chen Lofgen Tuh, interviewed by the Daily Chronicle, is representative as having said:
 "The disturbances are only temporary outbreak We do not despair of peace. Everything depends upon the conduct or the allies who are now in Pekin All sub sequent questions rest with them for so- lution You may be quite certain that 1t is not the antagonism to western interests which is at the root of the troubles, but rather the difficulty of governing a great and ancient people,"