The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-06-07
EMPRESS ABETS
THE BOXERS"
China's Ruler Winks at
Murder of Foreigners.
SITUATION IS ALARMING
Minister Cenger Advises Washington
0fficials---Sabject Of Defense Will
Be 4 Delicate One.

a cable olspatcn from Pekln, Chlna,
says: The most alarming reports are
constantly arriving from the country,
especially from Pao Ting Flu. The
telegraph wires from Pekin to Pac
Ting Flu are cut and all news comes
via Tien Tsin.
A serious crisis exists at the palace.
The ultra-conservative party advocates
not taking repressive measures, urging
the dowager empress to allow the
siboxers" to finish the work of driving
the foreigners out of the country, the
moderate party, led by Prince Ching,
representing the serious danger oi
provoking . conflict with the powers.
It Il impossible to confirm or deny
thS but significant indications
OF The telling of the government to-
ward foreigners are contained in the
attempt TO arrest Lin, Chinese man
ager of the Pekin syndicate; kia, chief
of the Shan ST commercial bureau,
and Fan. aleading banker of Shan ST,
on the ground that they were stdan-
gerous characters" but in reality, be-
cause they are concerned with new
British enterprises. Fortunately all
of them were absent and they have not
vet been arrested. The British minis
ter, Sir Claud Macdonald, has ad-
dressed . note to the tsung Ii yamen,
demanding why the arrests were Or
dered.
A Shanghai dispatch says: A num-
ber Of desperadoes. disguised as pas
sengers, have pirated the British
Yang Use steamer Kutwo. They COM
mitted wholesale robberies, terroriz-
ing the passengers, who were quite
unable to offer resistance.
.KIaHr AMERICANS MISSING.
Further advices from Tien Tsin
state that two more of the party of
foreigners who fed from Pao Ting Flu
have arrived there. One of them was
badly injured. The relief expedition
has returned. The mounted Cossacks,
who started in pursuit of the refugees,
returned Sunday evening. They report
ed that they had fight with the ''box-
ers" at Tnli, killing sixteen and
wounding many. Lieutenant Bleusky,
DR.. Hamilton, a trooper and civilian
were wounded.
Is Is reported from Pao Ting Fan
that eight Americans and three mem
bers of the China inland mission are
missing. The missionaries are in
great danger.
II was reported that Pao Ting Fin
was attacked Sunday night. Mr.. Rob-
inson, of the north China mission
not MIR. Stevenson, of the Church of
England mission, as cabled previously.
is missing and fve native Christians
have been murdered at Zang Ching.
Mr.. Norman, of the same mission, has
been captured at Wu CHA Ying, two
miles from Yang Ching, and is in great
danger.
The British cruiser Endymoin and
the torpedo boat Hart have arrived at
Taku.
coNGER SENDS ADvICES.
The following cablegram has been
received at the state department from
United States Minister Conger at Pc
kin:
esPEKM, June 4.-Outside of
Pekin the murders and persecu-
tons by the boxers seem to he
on the increase. The Pao Ting
Fu railway is temporarily sban-
boned. Work on the Pekin and
Hang Kow line is stopped. All
foreigners have fed. The Chinese
government seems either unwil-
ling or unable to suppress the
trouble. The troops show no en-
ergy in attacking the boxers
s'CoNaER.
Grave as these advices are, they
have not induced the state department
to vary the line of action it has laid
down. The naval force of the United
States near Pekin, now represented by
one vessel, the Newark, has not been
strengthened, but if occasion should
arise Admiral Kempf might be re-
enforced to almost any extent likely to
bc needed in three or four days, from
the numerous American feet still at
Manila and vicinity.
Owing to the peculiar character OF
the Chinese coast naval vessels OF
formidable type are unable to ap-
proach the populous provinces in
China, and especially are these boxer
afflicted communities inaccessible to
naval vessels. The state department
does not contemplate the use OF the
United States troops and it would be
difficult to spare any from the force
now operating in the Philippines,
even il were found expedient to en-
ploy the military arm.