Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-12
FLAGS Of EUROPE
POWERS WILL MAKE A COMB1N-
ED DEMONSTRATION.
SITUATION NOT IMPROVED.
Two Thousand International Troops
Approaching Pekin-Emperor
Is Heard From.

left there yesterday morning at IL
O'Clock. coins by way of the Russian
Telegraph through Manchuria. the lien
Tsin line being cut. 1t is as follows:
general Tung, a Mohammedan, ex-
trenely hostile to foreigners, arrived
here this morning and had a long au-
dience with Prince Tuan, father or the
heir apparent, who is seemingly lrlelu-
~ to the Boxers. Prince Tuan mas osen
appointed chief of the foreign office
over Prince Ching, who is more friendly
toward the foreigners.
1.-THE dispatch of more marines was
in response to a telegram from the MN
listers to the consuls at Tlen Isln TOT az
ditional troops. ConVeyances ha.e 81.
Pekin to meet the troops coming by the
first train. -
.aThe arrival of the empress doWaser
has rendered the city somewhat more
quiet than it has been recently. lne
Protestants have erected a parricaue
before the building in which they nasH
taken refuge and they have a snali
guard. The Catholics are oncentrateu
north of the cathedral under the pro-
lection of a French guar or 20 men,
who will hold out to the end. am con
yinced that Pekin. especially the lar
tar City, is safe.
scented to furnish transport for a renel
force of 400 under an American coll-
mander. The partial restoration or the
railway is expected to be eHecteu W
tomorrow. More massacres OF 1hils-
tians are reported. Shanghai. under To-
DAVIS date, reports there has been street
fghtine in Pekin since early sunday
afternoon. The Russians are maklhs
large purchases of canned PROVISIONS q.
Shanghai and everything points TO an
outbreak of hostilities. Al nra1if 80
missionaries will probably be ordereo "
return quickly to treaty ports ~.
The shanghai correspondent OF the
Daily Telegraph. in a dispatcn oaleu
Yesterday at 1:40 p. M. says: Fepules
from the Tun Nan Flu district say ma,
the French misister has telegtap a ;s
advising. all foreigners "
Yung Nan +ha s;+-
A Il the kilograms indicate that the SIT
nation has not in the least improved
ON the contrary; the disorders nave
spread from the neighborhood OF FeAln
to the capital ITSELF Nh,cn IS 80 ;ons
turbulent in anti-foreign DEMONSTRATIONS
In addition to the burning of the Pekln
club. the secretary of the Belgian lega-
tion has been roughly handed IN the
streets. Hostile crowds continue to DEM
onstrate against the legations. Two
thousand international troops are APP
preaching the city, and the advance
guard is due to arrive today (Tues-
day..
The United States. according to dis
patches from Copenhagen, have giver
hearty adhesion to the scheme for a Eu
ropean demonstration. The RUSSIAN
minister at Pekin. who also acts as thu
envoy of Denmark. is credited with hav'
ing sent a dispatch to the Danish foreign
office to the effect that a demonstration
has been planned under the leadership o.
England and Russia, in which all thu
great powers and several of the smaller
will take part. The latter are not called
uron to send troops, as there are enough
on the spot. but they are asked to dele
gate the right to hoist their flags will
the great powers in order that a demon
s~tration may be made or a battle Tough
under the flags of all Europe. Japan an
the United States have been informe
and agree to the arrangement.
London. June 9.-The Shanghai CORE
%spondent of the Daily Express, tele
graphing yesterday. says:
"Weng Tung Ho, Emperor Kwan
Hsu, tutor and ~confidante, who was dis
missed by the doWager empress afte
the coup d'etat in 1898, sends with tn
special sanction of the emperor and h
party, including three viceroys, a mes
sage to the people of the west. 1t is
part as follows:
Hi majesty is convinced throug
ample trustworthy sources, that tt
loyal support of many scores of million
VI the Chinese VIII ne dccDIueu 10 II
proposals for putting an end to the sta
of anarchy brought about by the actio
of the Empress Hsi Isl.
1.-The government Of China, being vi
tually nonresident, the emperor PR
poses that the foreign powers who!
troops dominate the capital shall reno,
his imperial person from the palace
which his majesty is confined a prisone
shall declare Empress Hsi Tsi and h
present ministers to be usurpers, al
shall bring Emperor kwang Hsu
Marking, WI Chang or Shanghai, whic
ever the said foreign powers deem to
the most suitable situation for the ne
capital Of the Chinese empire, under Il
new conditions.
cit is proposed by his majesty al
his advisers that the foreign powe
should declare a joint protectorate a.
undertake the task of governing t
country through his majesty
n message suggests that the prote
torate should abolish certain boards
Pekin, appoint new ministers, aboli
the existing so-called armies, establi
sendarl1trle under foreign office
take control of the customs, posts a
teiegraphs and work them through CT
nese officials, establish uniform CT
rency, readjust taxation and insure t
freedom of religion.
'Weng Iung Ho predicts a peace1
acceptance of such a regime, and &c
on to say:
"China is ripe for the change of ii
which the reactionaries vainly seek
stem. If it should be, on the otl
hand, that the foreign power seriou
contemplate the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
Chinese empire. they have before tn
the huge task of facing millions. w
althor51 lacking in training and "
make tut contemplate soldiers, D
sess Dc~indless powers of passive
sistanett and would be able to wear
the patience of any Euronean rul
seking to govern them without reg;
to the ~prejudices of the old civil
ton"