The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-13

of the situation that has thus far oc- !
Cured
1000 MARINES FROM MANILA.
Manila, June 13.-The United States /
hospital ship Solace sailed at midnight |
last night, having on board 1000 ma |
rines and five officers, Major Wal |
Ter commanding, in response to the tel |
egraphic sentence sent from Taku June |
II. by Rear Admiral Kempff. Thirty |
other marines left last week on the |
United States gunbOat Nashville, bound /
for Tien Tsin. The marines on the |
Solace have been destined for Guam.
there later on. supply ship will
| leave this week and possibly the cruiser |
New Orleans VIII sail later.
BRITISH SAIL TOMORROW.
Hong Kong, June 13.-Orders have
been issued to the contingent of Brit
| ish troops assembled here for service
in the north to sail fer Tien Tsin June
II. Major Morris of the artillery win
/ be in command.
RUSSIA'S OPPORTUNITY.
! New York, June IA dispatch to
/ the Tribune from London SAYS: There
/ is a general feeling in diplomatic circles
( that the European powers have been
/ united by the dismissal of Prince Ching
and that in the purging of the Tsung
/ Iii Xamen of all its moderate men the
| empress doWag ger has gone over to the
/ boxers, bag and baggage, and that the
! powers have been forced to cooperate
| III the restoration of order at Pekin,
even if the services of Russian troops
are required.
Talleyrand's Good Europeans have
reappeared upon the scene and have
dropped their jealousies and suspicious.
] mixed force of 2 600 marines will be
| Inadequate if Pekin should be in the
possession of the boxers and if the in
SurrectiOn spreads from province to
province. The Russians will go in with
I a European mandate and probably will
! p { ga
the English have found useful and nee
essary in Egypt.
JAPAN WILL BE HEARD FROM.
Washington, June 13.-The Japanese
charge d'affairs in Washington, Mr.
! Keiziro Nabeshlma, said today: we
/ have no official confirmation of the
killing of our chancellor at Pekin, but
there appears to be no doubt of the
fact, and it presents a most serious
condition. The chief offense is against
Japan but aside from that it is against
the great diplomatic body at Pekin, for
if any one of them is subject to such
assault they will share in the danger
was personally acquainted with Mr..
Al1ira, as he served under me in the
foreign Office at Toxic, while 1 was
chief of the division Of protocols. He
was a bright young man about 80 years
/, | of age, and had a wife and four chill
dren. He was one of the most expert
chirOgra piers in Japan, and this gained
for him the post of chancellor"
Mr. Nabeshima said the Japanese
government had pursued the utmost
reserve up to this time, not wishing
to be open to any suspicious but he
felt that now this tragedy had occurred
there would be energetic action taken.
/ One of the most significant features,
in his Judgment, was that the killing
was reported to have done by the
troops of the empress dOWager, and not
by any IawIess mob While there might
be some excuse for mob depredations,
Mr.. Nabeshima said it would be diff
! cult to take any favorable view of an
attack by Chinese soldiers on the Off
: cials of foreign governments. The
burning of the British summer quarters
/ is considered an attack upon an OIL
cial institution, which is quite different
from an attack upon private citizen
or private property.
l For some time there has been diff
, | Guilty in securing the necessary permit
to put up summer quarters in the nils
! outside of Pekin, but this finally was
} granted, and the quarters were made
; | large enough to accommodate the en-
| tire British establishment in China
! These included the minister and his
| staff Of secretaries and attaches also
! seven student Interpreters. who had
gone out from England to learn Chi
I, nese and fit themselves for the post OF
interpreter, besides servants. The
! buildings would have been occupied
s ! within the next few days and during
! the summer wO=ld have constituted
! the British legation.
! NEW MEN IN CHINESE CABINET
Washington. June 13-A cablegran
has been received at the state depart
= ment from Minister COnger at Fekin
stating that Tuan, the father of the
- heir apparent, has been appointed pres
ident of the Tsung Lii Yamen; also
that three other new ministers have
a been appointed all affiliated with the
= party opposed to the foreigners. OF
E the whole Mr.. Conger reports the stu
alton is not materially improved
Guards are repairing the railroad
and as soon as they have arrived a.
!, Pekin it is Mr.. CongeT's belief that the
= safety of the foreigners at that capita
- will be assured.
JAPAN STANDS WITH ENGLAND
London, June 13.-In regard to th'
reports that Japan is about to declar'
z war in China it was learned by rep
> resentative of the Associated Press a
l. 2 the Japanese embassy today, that thi
= attitude of Japan in the Chinese crisis
u u is to cooperate loyalty with the Euro
> pean powers. In the existing situation
II Japan would not be willing to see an.
( single power take the lead.
The murderer of the chancellor of tn
- japanese legation is regarded as hkel.
e to lead to serious complications but n
j. decision has been reached by Japan a
- to what political measures would b.
necessary to meet the situation.
Relative to the reports that the Jap
anese minister at Pekin is pressing 70
}; recognition of Japanese sphere of IN
= huence to include the provinces of Oh
Kiang, Fo Kien and Kfang 81, 1t l
pointed out that Japan has already oh
$ tained a promise that the province o
Fo Kien should not be alienated, Will
n Kiang 81. situated at the mouth of tn
n Wang Use river, is in The British sphere
Is Japan is not likely to take a step whicl
l. might be distasteful to Great Britain
IS whose Interests in China are similar I
l. those of Japan.
IS SETTLEMENT REPORTED.
lg Shanghai June 3-Extraordinar
lie rumOrs are current here to the effec
a that the powers have settled the Chimes
s, / question by agreeing to forgive tn
Of | dowager empress and her Manchu ad
Id visers, provided they promise to. amen
ut | their future conduct.
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