The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-06-12
THE CRISIS AT PEKIN.
ALI Communication Cut Off From
the Capital of China.
Ten Thousand Soldiers an& Marines
Will BE Sent to PeLin to Back
UP the Demands of the For
eign Ministers There.

London, June 1.-THE Daily Mail
has the following from Tien Tsin.
dated Friday, June s: The widest
rumors are current here to the effect
that Pekin is burning, but they lack
confirmation"
Trouble has broken out at New
! Chwang. The state of anarchy around
Pekin is likely to be initiated in many
quarters. Asiatic artillery has been
ordered from Hong Kong to Tien
! Tsin.
The admirals at Taku, acting in
concert, are forcibly reOpening the
railway from Tien Tsin to Pekin.
Gangs of laborers are repairing the
| damaged line, which is guarded by
| 1,500 men, composed of detachments
from the foreign fleet. One hundred
! Americans under Capt. McCalla are
among them. They have guns and
armored trains for use when the line
| is repaired.
Ten thousand troops of ali nation
| alities, according to a dispatch to the
Daily Express from Shanghai, will be
| sent to PelIin to back up the demands
of the ministers upon the govern
ment, or, if necessary, to suppress the
Boxers themselves.
The American mission buildings at
Tung Chan, u miles from Pekin,
which were abandoned by the mis-
siOnaries, have been looted and burn
ed bv the Chinese soldiery who were
Gent to protect them. Within three
days IS native Christians, well known
IT IN who had been trained for years
~ American missionaries, have been
massacred near Tung Chau. Many of
them were burned alive.
Shanghai, June TN consequence
of the representations of Japan the
landing of Il large Russian force at
Taku is alleged to have been stopped.
1t is believed here that should Rus
STA persist in sending a preponderat-
ing military force to the front a col
lisiOn with Japan will inevitably re-
suit.
Tien Tsin, June ct is reported
| from Chinese official sources that l.
600 Boxers surrounded 1880 Chinese
troops between Lola and Yong Tsun
Thursday, and, according to the latest
news, fighting was still going on Fri
day morning.
Washington, June 9.-The follow
ing cablegram was received at the
navy department Friday afternoon:
Tong Ku. June s, 1900. June 3rd
landed forces to protect American in
terests with consent China; ffty-six
Pekin, rest Tien Tsin. Nations sent
force both cities; no injury so far.
British, Russian, Chinese admirals
and twenty warships here. Crops
likely to fail, causing probably more
| trouble in the near future. Our
| landing force under McCalla, June ),
situation most critical. Russian force
began fighting; landed fifty more
men; have requested Helena be sent
| Immediately to protect interests, or
several vessels like her. Consider
battalion marines necessary. Need
| gunboat as base inside. June 6, Tien
| Tsin Pekin railway cut. VIII act con-
cert naval forces other powers pro-
tect interests if necessary. Meeting
foreign senior naval officers to-day
Present English, French, German,
Austrian, Italian, japanese and Amer
lean; arrange for combined action to
protect life and property if required.
Nine hundred men ashore, 25 war
ships here" KEMPFF.
Tien Tsin, June SIN view Of the
conclusive confirmation of imperial
connivance in the Boxer movement.
furnished by an edict published to-
| day denOuncing Gen. Nieh-Si-Chong
for killing some of the rioters, the
| strongest possible action of the DOW
ers, it is asserted here, can alone
remedy the situation which has as
sumed the gravest aspect. The edict
is couched in such terms that it
leaves no doubt of tn deep sympathy
of the throne with the Boxers, who
are described as good citizens" Be
sides denOuncing Gen. Mich for kill
ing the Boxers, the edict orders him
TO return with his troops to Loopai,
| so miles from the scene of the dis
| turbances. 1t is claimed here that
the first step of the powers for the
preservation of foreign life and prop
erty ought to be the assumption of
control of the railroad - Pekin.
Washington, June 1O-Adm. Remey
informs the navy department that the
! gunboat Nashville with a force of
marines aboard left Cavite for Taku.
She is a light draft gunboat of the
same type as the Helena, and it is
| presumed that she is sent in place
Of the latter. The Monocacy, at
Shanghai also has been ordered to
join Adm. Kempff at Talu.
Shanghai, June 1O.--A dispatch
from Tien Tsin, dated Friday, June s,
says 500 Russian troops are about to
land there. The dispatch adds that
Flung Chow has been burned, but that
| The missionaries are safe.
Dedicated at Inst.
West Point, y. Y, June 1.-THE