The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-16
CHINESE
Empire ia a Ferment and Ant
FO -eign Element Wan; 80
Kill Legations.

cabling last evening:
1T is really state Of yelled war The
members of the foreign legations IN Pc
kin are virtually prisoners and the Chi
nese troops are only restrained from at
ic<ing ihcm by fear Of the legation
guards.
meanwhile the ministers are altogether
unable Il communicate with the COM
manders Of the relief coumn which is
making au enforced halt between Tien
Tsn ana Fckin The walls of the capital
are guarded by 100000 imperial troops.
The gates are heavily defended wi m d.
em guns. Cen. Tung, acting under or
ders from the empress dowager says that
no more foreign troops have ur shol en-
ter the sacl ed city.
"On Monday, ministers sent a demand
to theTsun Ii Yamen that the gates
be opened declaring that otherwise the
foreign troops would enter forcibly. To
this no reply was given. a second mes
sage went unanswered, or had not been
answered when the latest news left Pc
kin.
''Sir Claude McDonald's latest message
says that the legations are capable of
sustaining an effective defence unless at
tackled in force"
Russia, this correspondent asserts, not
withstanGing assurances to the contrary,
sides with China. Some OF the foreign
troop are already reported to be in tho
environs of PeShn, and the attitude OF the
Chinese troops is increasingly menacing.
1.-THE streets of Pek!n," continued the
correspondent of the Daily Express, are
reported TO be seething with anti-for-
egn mobs, clamoring for the destruction
of the legations and the death of the
foreign ministers Even were the Tsung
Ii Yamen disposed to RESTRAIN the vio-
lence of the re-actionaries it is consid-
cred highly improbable that they will
be able to hold them in check. For the
foreign ministers the crisis viii arise
when the relief column comes in sight OF
Pekin.
''It is still felt here that the foreign
force Is wholly inadequate to battle with
the hordes of Chinese troops massed out
side the gates, which now include the i'm.
perial troops from Shan Hal Kwan."
disquieting element in the situation
is the fact that although the Russo-Chi.
nese telegraph line from Pekin via Kiakh
ia eastern Sberia) is working the trans.
mission of messages is rigidly refused.
From Tien Tsin it is reported that the
iOiII9H AoAO III tllC ileLl Jpi Will dildCh
the Taku forces and if necessary bonn
bard them
The international column apears to be
still at Lang Fang. engaged in slowly re-
pairing the railway, which, according to
a dispatch from Tien Tsn to the Daily
Mail, dated une IA, cannot be effected
for weeks. The force is short of provI-
sions ana as it Is without field transport
il must stick to the railway.
The report that the mixed forces will
seize the TalIu forts is taken to mean
that the foreign commanders expect no
aid from the Chinese government in re-
pressing the disorders and are determined
TO make Taku secure as a base from
which to operate.
WILL SEIZE FORTS.
T1EN TSIN, JUNE l5.-The mixed
forces it is reported vii attempt to seize
the Taku forts tonight Gen Neih is
moving $500 troops from Iu-Tai to Chun-
Liza Ceng. Gen Tung's Shanghai troops
moving to Pek.n.
GERMANY ALARMED.
BERLIN, JUNE 15.-The German for
eign office has not yet received expected
dispatches from China and their non-ap-
pearance is interpreted TO mean the exist
ence of alarming conditions. Doubts are
expressed however, as to the accuracy Of
the latest alleged news from Pekin, be-
cause Of the fact that telegraphic com
munication with the Chinese capital has
not been re-established. The correspond
ent OF the Associated Press To-Day OBJ
tained from "A leading foreign official the
following reliable statement as to the for
man forces I'm China. The official said:
"Our forces include three large cruisers
the Hansa, Hertha and Ka.sin Augusta.
the small cruisers Gefon and Irene and
the gunboats Iltis and Jaguar, with Their
crews, aggrgeanng 2277 men. There are
our forces at Jiao Chou. 3oo0. These g..
472 are all our trained men, Of whom OOo
may be spared If required for act on
ashore"
The papers view the situation gloom
lily, pointing out particularly the want OF
harmony among the International troops
The Vossche Zeitung says:
The hope Of harmonious procedure IS
fast vanishing as the separate ambitions
appear on the surface. Probably II will
need a few severe reverses before the
powers are cemented for the purpose o;
Joint action
Nh Deutsche Tages Zeitung and other
papers advocate Germanys cooperation
with Russ'a and France in Oh ma The
Lokal Anzeiger prints a special d spatci
from St Petersburg saying that an i'm
portant Russian dignitary will soon leave
with Germany for a Joint solution with
France OF the present troubles.
AMERICAN INTERESTS
WASHINGTON JUNE Lowing t
ther natural reluctance 20 emn'ov troon,