The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-12

LONDON, June u g a. m.).-The last
message out of Pel1in to reach London
left there yesterday morning at II
o'clock going by way of the Russian tel
egraph through Siberia, the Tien Tsin
line being cut 1t was as follows:
~ Gen. Tung, Mohammedan extremely
hostile to foreigners, arrived here this
morning and had a long audience with
Prince Tuan, father of the heir appar-
ent, who is seemingly friendly to the
Boxers. Prince Tuan has been appointed
chief Of the foreign office over Prince
Ching, who is more friendly toward the
foreigners.
The dispatch of more marines was in
response TO a telegram from the minis
ters to the consuls at Tien Tsin for ad-
ditional troops. Conveyances have left
Pekin to meet the troops coming by the
FIRST train.
The arrival of the empress dowager
has rendered the city somewhat more
quiet than it has been recently. The
p Protestants have erected a barricade be-
fore the building In which they have
taken refuge, and they have a small
guard The Catholics are concentrated
north Of the cathedral. under the pro-
lection of d French guard of twenty-five
men, who will hold out to the end. I
am convinced that Pekin, especially the
p Tartar city, is safe"
At Ten Tsin the vlceroy finally con-
sented to furnish transport for a relief
force of 400 under an American command
ST. The partial restoration of the rail-
way is expected to be effected by to-
morrow More massacres of Christians
are reported.
FIGHTING IN PEKIN.
Shanghai, under yesterdays date, re-
ports that there had been street fighting
in Pekin early Sunday evening. The
Russians are making large purchases of
canned provisions at Shanghai, and
every thing points to an outbreak of hos
tliues. All British missionaries VIII
probably be ordered to return quickly
to treaty ports. The Shanghai CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph, in a
dispatch dated yesterday at 11:4O p. M,
says.
Reports from the Un-Nan-Fu district
say that the French minister has tele-
graphed that a crisis Is imminent, and
that he is advising all foreigners to evac-
uate Tn Nan"
All kilograms indicate that the situa-
ton has not in the least improved On
the contrary, the disaster has spread
from the neighborhood of Pekin to the
capital itself, which is growing turbulent
I'm anti-foreign demonstrations In addi-
tion to being attacked in returning from
the foreign club, the Belgian minister has
- been roughly handled in the streets. Hos
tile crowds continue to demonstrate
against the legation. Two thousand
troops are nearing the city, and the ad-
vanced guard is due to arrive today
CTuesday).
Dispatches from Copenhagen say that
Russia has given adhesion to the
scheme for a demonstration The Rus
sian minister in Pekin, who also acts
as the envoy for Denmark, is credited
with having sent a dispatch to the Dam
ish foreign office to the effect that a dem
onstration has been planned under the
leadership of England and Russia, in
which all the great powers and several
of the smaller viii take part The lat
F ter are not to be called upon to send
troops, as there are enough on the spot.
but they are asked to delegate the right
to hoist their flags 70 the great powers
In order that a demonstration NAV be
made or a battle fought under the flags
of all Europe. Japan and the United
States have been informed and agree to
The arrangement.
TO RESTORE THE EMPEROR.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Express, telegraphing yesterday
says:
'Weng Tung Ho, Emperor Kwong
Hsus tutor and confidant, who was dis
missed by the dowager empress after the
coup d'etat in 1898, sends with the spe-
cial sanction of the emperor and his
r. party, including three viceroys, a mes
sage to the people of the West. In part
it is as follows:
His majesty is convinced, THROUGH
trustworthy sources, that the loyal SUP
port of many scores Of millions of the
Chinese will be accorded to his PROPOSAL Is
cor putting an end to the state of an
archy brought about by the action Of the
- empress, Hsi Tsi
The government of China being vir
tually n-eXistant, the emperor pro-
poses that the foreign powers. whose
troops dominate the capital, Snail remove
Aii9 l'HPSiIal person from the palace in
which his majesty is confined prisoner
shall declare Empress Hsi Tsi and her
present ministers to be usurpers. and
shall bring Emperor Kwang Hsu to Nan
- kin New Chwang or Shanghai wherever
the said foreign powers deem to be the
most suitable situation for the new can
ital of the Chinese empire, under the new
conditions. ="
1T is proposed by his majesty and his
advisers that the foreign powers should
declare a joint protectorate and under-
take the task of governing the countrv
through his majesty"
The message suggests that the protec-
torate should abolish certain boards IN
Pel1in appoint new minister's abolish tba
existing so-called army and establisb
a gendarmerie under foreign officers. take
control Of customs, posts and telegrap5s
and work them through Chinese of1ciaIs
and establish a uniform currency, read