The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-28
MINISTER'S MAY
BE AT SIAN FL

London. June Is. s a. m.-The cable
messages from the far east are so far
conflicting in their tenor that almost
any desired view of the situation is
deducible therefrom On the whole
however. the news is encouraging, and
it is safe to assume that Vice Admiral
Seymour and the legations whether to-
gether or separately, will ultimately
reach a place of safety. Various reports
locate the legatiOners at divers places,
but it seems agreed that they are safe
" away from Pekin.
The latest Shanghai report says
Prince Tuan (the head of the Chinese
/ foreign Office and father of the heir ap-
parent has sent the IegatiOners to Sian
Flu under escort, and adds that Sian
Flu will be the new capital in the event
of Peldn being occupied by the interna-
tiOnal forces.
Chinese Quit Shanghai.
The exodus of Chinese from Shanghai
is undated. Every steamer is thronged
and the authorities have been obliged
to resort to the use of the fire hose to
prevent the fugitives from overcrowd-
ing the vessels. The commander Of the
British firSt-class cruiser Undaunted
however, has landed large supplies of
rifles and ammunition, and guns have
been placed in position at commanding
points, with the result that the for
eigners are confident that they can
overcome any attack on the settlement,
into which the foreigners from the out
stations are rapidly cOngregating.
According 10 a dis9atch from New
Chwang, the Russians there are barely
able to cope with the situation The
Chinese, it appears, are burning all
the railroad material, killing isolated
Russians at every opportunity and de-
stroying the coal mines.
Allies Have 10000 Troops.
Several thousand japanese have left
Taku for Tien Tsin, and altogether 13,-
GOO japanese have landed The inter-
national troops now aggregate nearly
10000, and Japan is preparing to send
10000 more With British, American
and other troops ordered to go, prob
ably $4,000 men will be available in a
month
The Ton Shan refugees and the for
elgn engineers at Che Foo estimate the
Chinese troops now in the field as 25,-
600 drilled troops at Lu Tai, $4,000 ut
Shan Hal Wah, 1900 driven off from
Tien Tsin, and 100000 at Pekin.
The dispatch received by the foreign
office stating that the foreign lega-
tons were requested TO leave Pekin
within a specified time is interpreted
in some unofficial quarters as tanta-
mount to giving the ministers their
passports. and to a declaration of war;
but as China does nothing like other
countries. the official opinion IS that
there is nothing to 90 but await the
course of events and to see what the
ministers themselves say when thew
are rescued.
All the students at the foreign hos
pitais in Canton are leaving. Women
missionaries are returning from the
West River PORTS. There was a slight
disturbance at Wo-Chou Tuesday
while the women were embarking. The
crowd shouted: xiii the foreign dew
lis"
Ultimatum From Viceroys.
According to advices from. Shanghai.
the Chinese officials. by direction of the
southern vicer0ys, are asking the con-
suls to agree to conditions .ensuriug.
as the Chinese say. the neutrality of
Shanghai and other coast c.eIes.'
Ihey are also asking that foreign
warships shall not sail or anchor near
the forts nor go tie ports where there
are no Warships now, that their crews
shall not go ashore and that the pro-
lection OF foreigners be left to the Chi
nese authorities. These conditions are
considered at Shanghai to be virtually
an uitimatum from Viceroys Liu Kung
yin and Chang Chih Tung. The con-
Su}s desire a SUFFICIENT naval and mill
tary force to back up their refusal TO
comply with these demands. The total
national force there now consists of