Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-06-21
ASKS FOREIGN AID.
China's Emperor Appeals to the
Christian Powers.
He Wishes Them 10 Depose the Em-
press DowaSer and Establish Him
In Real Authority, Under
Their Protection Massa-
cres of Christians
Continue.

train that went to examine the line
and reconnoiter returned Saturday
night. The railway was found clear
two miles beyond Yang Tsuh.
The first repair train, with Admiral
Seymour and his staff, $50 British,
Capt. McCalla's 100 Americans, 40
Italians and 25 Austrians, left Sun
day morning. A hotchkiss and other
guns were mounted on car in front
of the engine. The rest of the guns
were mounted in the center of the
train. A second train left with 600
British, japanese, Russian and French
troops.
London, June 12.-Thc last message
out of Pellin to reach London left
there yesterday at ii a. m, going by
way of Russian telegraph through
Manchuria, the Tien Asin line being
cut. 1t is as follows:
Shanghai, under yesterdays date,
cables that there has been street
fighting in Pelin since early Sunday
afternoon.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Express, telegraPhing yester-
day, says:
'Weng TUng Ho, Emperor Kwang
ITsu's tutor and confidant, who was
dismissed by the dowager empress
after the coup d'etat in 1898, sends
with the special sanction of the en-
peror and his party, including the
three viceroys, a message to the peo-
pie OF the west. In part it is as fol-
lows:
- His aiesty is convinced that the
loyal support of many scores of mil
lions OF the Chinese will be accorded
to his proposals for putting an end to
the state of anarchy brought about
by the action of the Empress Hsi Isl.
1.-The government of China being
virtually non-eXistent, the emperor
proposes that the foreign powers
whose troops dominate the capital
shall remove his imperial person from
the palace in which his ma iesty is
confined Il prisoner, shall declare En-
press Hsi Isl and her ministers to be
usurpers and shall bring Emperor
Kwang Hsu to Nanking, Wuchang or
Shanghai. whichever the foreign
powers deem to be the most suitable
situation for the new capital of the
Chinese empire, under the new condi-
ton.
"'It is proposed by his majesty and
his ADVISORS that the foreign powers
should declare a joint protectorate
and undertake the task of governing
the country through his majesty"
London, June 13.-SiXteen British
marines, reconnoitering in advance of
the international column marching to
PeIlin. fought and chased 1000 Box
ers on Monday, killing 20 or 80.
The Times in an extra edition pub
fishes the following dispatch i:om
Pekin. dated June IL:
The chancellor of the japanese
legation. Sugiyama Akira, while pro-
cecding alone and unprotected on Off
cial duty. was brutality murdered by
soldiers of the fayorite bodyguard of
the empress, at Navigate railroad
station yesterday"
London. june IA dispatch from
Shanghai says:
~ report has reached here that
the British, American and japanese
ministers in pui.in favor the restora-
tion Of Emperor KWang Su, but that
the French and Russian ministers in
sist upon the powers taking charge
of China. II is further reported that
the respective divisions of the couu-
try have already been assigned. The
belief is that the withdrawal of the
British ships from the Yargtse-Kiang
is an indication of Great Britain's dis
cIaimcr Of the sphere theory"
Later reports from Tien Tsin con-
firm the news of the burning of the
japanese legation. but the rumor
that a minister has been murdered is
not confirmed.
Fifteen hundred Russians, with four
guns. have arrived outside of Pelin.
This makes 1000 Russians who have
landed.
Brussels. June 15.-Confrmation
has been received of the report Of
thr massacre Of one Swiss and two
Italian engineers employed on the
Belgian railroad in North China. The
sister of tho Swiss engineer was also
killed ana two other persons are miss
ing.
The whole Chinese empire seems to
be in fermcnt. The intentions of
the empress dowager are still equivO-
cal, with a balance Of testimony on
the side of u determination to eNpel
the appropriations of a part of her
country or to lose her throne in the
attempt. 1t is related of her that on
Monday. following the murder of the
| chancellor of the Japanese legation,
she was reused to a sense of danger
| and went to the lung-Ting gate of
| Pelin. where she advised the rioters
to dispersc. But she took no steps to
apply force and the appearance of
things is more threatening than be-
| fore.
The Times publishes the following
dispatch from Tien Tsin, via Shang-
hal, June IA:
"a serious engagement has occur
red between the international column
and the Mohammedan troops of Gen.
Tung Fuh Slang, near Pckin."
FrcnchVman Won the Race.
Paris. June 15.-The international