Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-14
chinese GUNS
TRAINED ON AMERICAN MISSION
AND BRITISH LEGATION.
MORE TROOPS ARE NEEDED.
Conger Asks for 1000 United States
Soldiers-Chinese Will Oppose
International Measures.

London, June IA. 4:20 a. m.-The Chi
nese are entrenched outside of Pekin to
oppose the advance of the international
column. A dispatch from Tien Tsin
dated Tuesday, June II says! L
Il learn that the Chinese have guns
raine on the American mission and the
British legation. Two Thousand Rus
sian cavalry and infantry with artillery
landed at Taku.' L.
The Shanghai correspondent reports
that United States Minister Conger. by
courier, asks for 1000 United States
troops.
The question of provisioning the relief
force is already difficult. and it is pre-
dicted at Shanghai that it will become
acute. The leading members of the re-
form party, representing Is out of IS
provinces. are at Shanghai. A dispatch
to the Daily Mail, dated yesterday, says
they are sending a petition to the United
States. Great Britain and Japan, pray
ing those powers to take joint action
against any attempt or the part of the
other powers to partition the empire, ard
they implore the powers thus addressed
to rescue the emperor.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
that the ships Of the Russian Pacific
| squadron IN the active list as well as
those at V~ladivostock have been ordered
to proceed with all haste to Chinese wa
tiers.
The foreign Office confirms the report
OF an engagement between troo3s 80 the
international column and the Boxers on
Monday. 1t says that about s. chinese
were killed. .-a
4~Io~ Y~oo . YH o~I ~ Aho ro
ports that Japan is about to declare war
on China, it was learned by a represent
tative of the associated press at the Jap
anese embassy to-day that the attitude
of the Japanese in the Chinese crisis is
to cooperate Loyalty with the European
powers. In the existing situation Japan
would not be willing to see ;ony single
power lake the lead.
Washington, June 13.-The navy de-
partment already had taken steps tc
send more marines to Manila before the
appeal of admiral Remey came. It is
figured at the department that there are
now 1000 marines in the Philippines an6
at Guam, the larger part of the force moi
afloat being stationed at the Cavite ma.
val station This is the largest nava
reservation under the control of the navy
I department, with a water 'front.' of about
IA miles and the withdrawal of the sol
dlerS has made 1T necessary to MAINTAIN
a large force of marines to garrison thu
reservation and keep dow the fnsur
gents, who are numerous in Cavite prov
ince The other points mentioned in AID
miral Remey's cablegram also are nava
coaling stations. and as they have beef
turned over to the navy the army nat
urally does not care to be charged will
their maintenance, especially when Their
is so much work elsewhere.
The state departemnt has heard moth
ing officially about the reported KILN,
of the American missionary and tn
Japanese secretary Of legation at Pekin
In fact, nothing has been heard from
Minister Conger since his cablegram o
last night up to the close of Office hour
here to-day. The news of the killing o
the American missionary caused a shocl
at the department, as it is realized tina
, this adds greatly to the gravity of tn
problem awaiting settlement by the de
partment.