Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-08-02
A CRISIS AT HAND.
The General Situation in China Be-
coming Darker and Darker.
A THREAT BY A CHINESE GENERAL.


"a the ministers are safe, but, with tn
=. exception of an alleged message from
y the Japanese legation in pekin, date,
d Jus ~, brought by runner, sayln!
/ thai the legation was still defendin,
!. Itself, nothing has yet been published
q giving anything in the nature o
q proof. On the other hand, the dali,
8 incoming reports Of the massacre Of
missionaries and foreigners leaves
q only ne most slender thread upon
: which to hang a hope. The general
! situation is steadily becoming darker
and crisis is said to be fast ap-
: preaching. It is rumored in Shanghai
, that 10000 Chinese troops have been
secretly moved into that vicinity,
and that the commander of the Kiang
Yu forts has been ordered to fire If
any further addition is made to the
number of foreign ships ascending the
river. Rioting has already occurred
at Kin Kiang, the mobs threatening
death to foreigners.
| With the arrival Of the second jap
nnese division the allied forces at
Taku and Tien Tsin will number TO-
600. The river floods near Tien Tsin
are diminishing.
| II is reported that Russians from
Hardin have arrived at point 1850
miles north of Pekin after severe
fighting.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times, wiring yesterday, says: 81
learn that Ii Ping Hong and Lu
Chuan Lin, governor Of Kiang Su,
both rabidly anti-foreign, are advanc-
ing toward Pekin with large bodies
of troops. Their advent must seri.
ously affect the situation there. To-
day the consular body decided that
the situation demands the presence
of military force in Shanghai, and
the consuls have notified their gov.
ernments accordingly"
The Canton correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph, in dispatch dated
Saturday, says: "rhe triads have be-
come numerous and threatening in
Hal Man, The taotai and the local
m0ndarins are terror-stricken and de-
cline to protect foreigners. All the
missionaries except three have left |
with their wives and families. The
natives of, the Nodea district of the
island were so frightened that they
all joined the ranks of the triads. Sc
rious disturbances are expected be-
tween August and August Is, dur.
ing the festival to be held to ap-
pease the shades of the dead.
The Chinese authorities have lust
disclosed boxer plot devised by Soon
Nun to blow up the Mansato temple
and to destroy the Cantonese officials
while performing ceremonies in honor
of the empress birthday. If the plot
had succeeded, the boxers would
have attacked Canton, looting the city
and numbering foreigners and all per-
sons friendly to foreigners. Chinese
newspapers assert that Prince Tuan
offered rewards for all heads of for
eigners brought to his yamen in Pc
kin. The boxers, finding it difficult
to get enough of these, decapitated
all Chinese having high noses and
deep eyes, and, in this way, they pre-
sented so many pretended foreign.
ers head that Prince Tuan's ex-
chequer suffered painful strain.
Threat by n Chinese General. /,
Berlin, July 3o.-The Chinese lega-
bon in Berlin has received message $
from Sheng, director general of rail
ways and telegraphs, saying that he 3,
has received dispatch from Pekin \
announcing that Gen. Tung Fuh Slang b
threatens to kill all the members of u
he legations II the international +
'orces advance upon pekin. Evidently r
he legation is embarrassed by the re- a
'eipt of this dispatch as the Chinese =
has not communicated It TO i,
he German government. The legs. y
ion has cabled the viceroy of Nan. D
lin requesting him to try to get in. n
ormation as to whether the widow Il
II Baron Won ketteer, the murdered Ii
ierman minister, is still alive. "
saughterne IN. Chr,stian.. II
Toxic, July 3O,-It is reported
rom Shanghai that the boxers at ~
ocked the missionaries and native n,
hristians at Pao Ting Flu on July s. Il
foreign physician and 1000 converts u
'ere massacred. The Chinese gen. y.
raj, Ii Ho keh, is now marching on
ekin. He has ordered his troops in
0 exterminate all Christians. Al. d,
eady one French priest and from 3. d
20 to 5000 natives have been slaugh. j
,red. .
English Missionaries Murdered.
London, July .3o.-A special from h,
hanghai, dated yesterday, says that ~ ~
lie English mission station north of =.
ing-Po has been destroyed and i2 r,
issionaries have been murdered. =,