The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-05
Everything in Readiness to Give Them Warm
Reception, and the Government Seems
Confident of Success
Russian Cossacks Engage Boxers in Battle and
Kill Sixteen of Their Number-Numer-
Gus Outrages Reported

TIEN TsIN, June 4-The Boxers are
reported four miles off and an attack is
expected. Everything is ready and the
government appears confident. The Ger
man and French naval guards have ar
rived
Huan Tsung, the next sta TO Feng
Tai, was burned this morning, and
bridge was damaged. Traffic between
Tien Tsin and Pekin has been suspended.
1t is reported that Pao Ting Flu was
attacked last night Mr. Roberts, of the
North China mission mot Mr.. Stevenson,
of the Church of England mission at
Ycm Ching, as cabled last nighD, is miss
ing and five native Christians have been
murdered at Zang Chi The foreman of
the same mission has been captured at
WI CHA Ying, two miles from Yang
Ching, and is in great danger.
The British cruiser Endymion and the
torpedo boat Hart have arrived at Taku
ALARMING REPORTS.
PEKIN, Sunday, June S-The most
alarming reports are constantly arriving
from the country, especially from Fao
Ting Flu. The telegraph wires from
Pekin to Pao Ting Flu are cut and ali
news comes via Tlen Tsin
serious crisis exists at the palace
The ultra conservative party advocates
not taking repressive measures, urging
the dcwager empress to allow the Box.
ers to finish the work of driving the for
eigners out of the country The mod
crate party, led by Prince Ching, repre-
sents the serious danger of provoking
a conflict with the powers
1t Is impossible to confirm or deny the
report, but significant indications of the
feeling of the government towards for
eigners are contained in the attempt to
arrt st Lin, Chinese manager of the Pekin
syndicate; Kia chief of the Shan ST
commercial bureau, and Fan, leading
banker Of Shan 81, on the ground thai
t they were Dangerous characters" and
in reality because they are connected
with new British enterprises. Fortunate-
Iy ali of them were absent, and they
have not yet been arrested. The British
minister, Sir Claude Macdonald, has ad-
dressed note to the Tsung Ii Yamen,
! demanding why arrests were ordered.
To RESCUE EELGIANs.
LONDON, June According to a spe-
cial dispatch from Shanghai, the Cos
sacks were dispatched to the rescue of
the Belgians, after stormy interview
between the Belgian minister, Baron de
Vinck de Deux Dorp, and the members
Of the tsung Ii yamen. The dispatch says
also:
over forty miles Of bridges and sta
tions On the Lu Han railway have been
destroyed and it will take months to re-
pair the damage.
The German and Australian legations
guards have arrived at Pekin. 1t is as
serted that the government is delaying
the transition of kilograms in order to
conceal the movements Of the Boxers.
Apparently the Chinese officials Will DO
nothing to prevent massacres or outrages
unless the powers take vigorous and en-
ergetic action"
The Daily Mail has the following dis
patch dated Monday, from Shanghai:
Later reports from Tien Tsin show
that no British or American missionaries
were among the refugees who escaped
from Pao Ting Flu district. The safety
of the seven foreign missionaries is still
the subject Of mlsgivings. Several Bel
CLANS and French arrived wounded, at
Tien Tsin after terrible suffering"
BOXERS APPLY TORCH.
The Pekin correspondent of the Times
telegr2phing June 3, says:
THE Boxers have burned Huang Sun
station on the Tien Tsir railway. The
railway service is dislocated and the for
tign guards are necessary to police tho
line.
The services of a party of Cossacks
ere accepted on Sunday TO accompany
the relief party from Tien Tsin to rescue