The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-20
UNITED STATES TROOPS FOR CH|NA
NINTH REGIMENT
Is Under 0rders-Will Sail From Manila
When Diretted-Concord Is on
With More Marines.

A special dispatch from Shanghai,
dated Thursday, says: An unconiirmcd
report has reached there from Tien-Tsin
to the effect that foreign legation has
been burned and that minister has
been killed. The names, it is added, are
withheld, pending a confirmation OF the
report.
Later reports from Tien-Tsin confirm
the news OF the burning of the Japanese
legation, but the rumor that a minister
has been murdered is not confirmed.
II is regarded as certain that the
Japanese government will take active
steps concerning the murder OF the
chancellor of the Japanese legation.
A special from Shanghai says the
positions OF the legations at Peking are
most critical. According to this dis
patch 10000 Chinese troops are drawn
up outside the gates OF the city to OPP
pose the relief force, and guns are train
ed on the American, British and Japan
csc legations. The American, Russian
and Japanese ministers have sent cour-
iers to Tien-Tsiu asking for 1000 troops
OF each nationality
This is the situation in China as II APP
pears to a Shanghai correspondent, ca
bling Thursday evening:
1T is really a state of veiled war. The
members OF the foreign legation in
Pekin are virtually prisoners, and the
Chinese troops are only restrained from
attacking them by fear of the legation
guards, The gates are guarded by roo,
COO imperial troops The gates are
heavily defended with modern guns.
Gen. Tung, acting under orders from
the empress dowagcr, says that no for
eign troops shall enter the sacred city.
The streets OF Pekin are reported 20
be seething with ant-forcign mobs,
clamoring for the destruction of the lc-
cations and the deaths of the foreign
ministers. Even we're the Tsung Ii
Namen disposed to restrain the violence
OF the re-actionarics, il is considered
highly improbable that they will be able
TO hold them in check For the foreign
ministers the crisis will arise when the
relief column comes in sight OF Pckin
1t is still felt that the foreign force is
wholly inadequate to battle with the
hordcs OF Chinese troops masscd out
side the gates, which now include the
imperial troops from Shan Hal Kwan"
From Ticn Tsin it is reported that
the foreign forces in the harbor will at
tack the Taku forts. and il necessary
lombard them. Gen. Neh is moving
2,5oo troops from lu-Tai to Chun Lai
Cheng. Gen. lungs Shanghai troops
are moving TO Pckin.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
that the ships of the Russian Pacific
tquadron on the active list, as well as
those at Nladivostock. have been order
ed to proceed, with all haste, to Chi
ncse waters.
Orders have been issued to the con-
tingent OF British troops assembled at
Hong Kong for service in the north
to sail for Tien Tsin June ID. Mai. Nor
ris, OF the artillery, will be in command.
kilograms from Manila, dated Mon
day, 10 a. m, say: The Ninth regi-
ment has been ordered to Manila,
whence it will proceed to China The
gunboat Concord, with marines aboard,
has sailed under sealed orders, suppos-
edly for China.
The British cruiser Bonaventura has
sailed for Kongkong with troops and
stores for Hongkong and Tien-Tsin.
kilograms from Hongkong, dated
Monday. say: All the unprotected for
SiSh puiiulllSS III L ShlilR nave Dcc1 uc-
stroyed. Hundreds OF natives have been
murdered
The Boxers" have cut the railway
behind the column of British, Ameri-
can and other foreign marines sent by
British Admiral Seymour to the re.
lief OF Peking. This has shut off the
columns supplies. The column is re-
ported to have had an engagement with
. the Chinese, but with what result is
not stated. All wires to Tien-Tsin are
cut.
The cruiser Terrible and transport
with 700 troops have sailed for North
China. The armored cruiser Undaunt-
ed left suddenly for the North Satur-
day under sealed orders. The cruiser
Bonaventura is expected from Manila
to-day to coal and rush north. The
sloop Rosario and two torpedo boat
destroyers will leave soon. The suth-
ern provinces of China are still quiet.
The United States battlcship Oregon
is taking on coal and provisions here
preparatory to leaving. Great activity is
displayed by the British naval authori-
ties in Hongkong.