The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-30
Their Numbers are Constantly In
creasing.
RUSSIA TO LAND TROOPS.
The Chinese Reported to be Sending
Large Forces Overland, But the
Gencralissisno I;cfuscs to Take
Command american Ma
rines to Land ut Ticn
TsiD-Ships at Tahu.

LONDON, May 3O.-The Daily Express
has the following from Shanghai. dated
Thursday:
1.-The rebellion continues 10 grow in in
tensity, and the graVest fears are enter
tained of its ultimate extent. The foreign
envoys at Pekin, fearing massacre With
in the capital, have decided TO bring up
the guards of the Legions
THE rebels are now maSSins outside OF
Pekin, and their numbers are said to be
constantly increasing. Contingents of maj
contents are coming up almost hourly
A special dispatch from Shanghai says:
1T is believed that Russia is about to
land troops at Iaku, from Port Arthur,
where 20, coo are in .readiness- The Chinese
are reported to bs7 sending large masses
of troops overland from Hu Nan and
Kiang, but the Generalissiulo refused TO
assume command on the plea of sickness.
The Boxers assert that they are con-
fident or receiving support from the Dowa-
ger Empress, Prince kang Vi and Ching
Tuan and the entire Manchuria army.
Throughout the north the Boxers are
eniisting hordes of desperadoes. They are
intent upon killing everything foreign.
The Imperial troops who were sent to
disperSe the rebels found themselves
hopelessly outnumbered. Several hun
rifles were captured, after which the
most of the remaining troops went over
to the rebels. They are now marching
side by side.
It is believed that the Boxers" have
the sympathy OF the entire Manchu array
in the anti-fcreign crusade, and there is
no doubt that they have the countenance
of the Empress Dowager and of Prince
Ching.
The Belgian Minister, escorted by a
strong bodyguard has gone to obtain
an audience of TIA. Tsun Lamar. a num-
Der Of his countrymen having been cut
off by the rebels at SEhang-Hsin-Tien
The position OF the missionaries is one
Of extreme peril, unless aid is speedily
forthcoming.
1t is feared that they will meet with the
same fate as their unfortunate converts
whom the Boxers are ruthlessly mur-
dering.
LONDON, May 3o.-Tne Pesin CORE
spondent of the Times, telegraphing Tues
day, says:
1.-THE foreign guards have been sum
moned by the legations"
MARINES TO LAND.
TEN TSIN, May. pa hundred Ameri
can marines from the United States
Cruiser Newark are expected here at IL
O'Clock Tonight.
An aTIIleu rescue panty oi L ISHcilileii
and Germans started this afternoon to-try
to relieve the besiesed Belgians at Chang
Tsin Tien, near F'eng Tai. The Niceroy,
under the pressure of the French consul,
has permitted the reseuers TO travel by
railroad to Feng Tai, where Chinese pro-
lection ends.
WASHINGTON. May 29.-Such advices
as have reached here Indicate that the ST
uation in China has assumed a very critl-
cal phase, and one calculated to test the
entire resources of the Chinese govern
ment. The State Department has been in
close communication with Mr.. Conger, our
minister at Peilin. and the Navy Depart
ment is doing its share, having placed the
flagship Newark far up the Pie Ho River
at the Taku forts, which is the nearest
point to Peizin that the ship can reach.
The operations of the Boxers are in
creasing in magnitude Their denonstra-
tions are no longer local, and they appear
to he governed in their movements by
some well settled design. They have mur-
dered nine Methodist missionaries in one
province at the town of Fachow, and have
closed in on Peklu.
Meanwhile the Chinese army is s,lsDeut-
ed of disloyalty, this belief being strength
aned by wholesale desertions OF the SOL
diers.
SHANGHAI, May 29-Tne Russian
minister at Pekin has telegraphed asking
that ali the available gunboats be sent to
Taku.
PEKIN, May 29.-The relief party has
returned from Chang Hsin-Tien, bringing
twenty-five persons, including several wo-
men and children.