The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
Chinese COWED.
Presence of International
Guards at the Capital
Causes Natives to Treat For
eigners With Respect.
FOREIGN WAR SHIPS.
TWenty-three of Them Have
Assembled at Taku.
Of This Number Nine Fly Rus
sian Flag
And Have Eleven Thousand
Troops on Board.
WAR SHIPS.

Pekin, Friday, June American and
other foreign guards numbering $40 ar
rived here in the midst of the Dragon
festival. The streets We're unusually
crowded, and though the people were
greatly interested in the unusual spec
tacle, no manifestation of hostility was
made.
The presence of the guards has already
had a marked effect upon the bearing
of the Chinese towards foreigners. The
excitement in the adjacent country has
been much allayed, but many Christian
refugees are still fiocking into the city.
The boxers are evidently moving
afield. Unfortunately no leaders of the
boxers have been arrested, though
| their capture would have been easy. All
! the government has done has been to
occupy the scenes of the disturbances,
and no real repressive measures have
been taken.
ATTACKED BY BOXERS"
Tien Tsin, June 2.-The French con-
sulate here received information from
priests at Pao Ting Flu that thirty for
| eigners, including six ladies, and a
| child, who We're attempting to escape
| from Pao Ting Flu to Tien Tsin in
| boats, We're attacked by over zoo box
ers' armed with rifles and spears.
!
/ four were killed outright, but the fate
| of the remainder of the party is un-
| known. Having little ammunition, how
| ever, it is considered impossible that
I they could hold out against their assail-
/ ants.
% WARSHIPS AT TAKU.
Shanghai, June 2.-Twenty-three war
| ships are now at Taku; nine Russian
! three British, three German three
| French, two American, two Japanese
nd to7 In 70 l,afT-
crews the Russians have one board their
| warsI1ips H. 900 troops from Port Ar
thur. with field equipment. Fourteen
| thousand Russian troops are held in
! readiness at Port Arthur.
RELIEF EXPEDITION.
Tien Tsin, June 2.-The foreigners who
escaped from Pas Ting Flu are ten miles
| from here. Four Of the party have been
killed and four are wounded. An expe-
dition is proceeding to their relief.
NOTES ARE FLYING.
London, June 2.-The Vienna CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph says:
AN active exchange of dispatches is
going forward among the great powers
relative to China. The colossal supe-
/ riority of RusSia's representation at
Taku is regarded as significant. The
triple alliance advocates united action
by Europe to protect common inter
ests.''
The Standard publishes the following
from Tien Tsin, dated April %:
LAS a sample of the Chinese govern
ment's treatment of the "bOxers' give
the text of a secret order sent to Gov
ernor Yum in Shan Tung:
In reply to the governor of Shan
Tung, who reports that he has found
it necessary to repress the boxer" so
ciety with a strong and heavy hand
we remark that it cannot be expected
that such simple people can know thai
they have done anything amiss. If {
strong hand is manifested, there win bt
permanent judgment against the gov
ernor. We assure the governor that i
future trouble arises, he himself mus
bear the consequences Let the goot
people be dealt with in a merciful anC
generous way, to the benefit Of ALL 4"
r DANGEROUS CHARACTERS
Shanghai, June 2.-The Empress
Dowager has ordered the governor o
Shan 81 to arrest Lin, the Chimes
manager of the Pekin syndicate, Kia
chief of the Shan ST comm nnercial bureau
: and Fan, q leading banker, on tn
e ground that they are dangerous charac
I ! ters but in reality because they ar
$ connected with British enterprises.