The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-12

forces are near Langfong, forty miles
from Picking. but It is doubtful IL they
reach the capital before Tuesday.
Under the British Admiral.
A special dispatch from Shanghai dated
today says:
"All the naval forces except the Rus
slams. are acting under the orders OF the
British admiral. II Is reported that the
head OF a foreigner has been seen ex-
posed on a pole northwest OF Tientsin.
The Chinese are fleeing from Peking and
Tientsin to Shanghai
There are ominous indications OF out
breaks in the Yangtse district. All class
es OF natives in the north display intense
hostility to foreigners. and the Chinese
soldiers point their guns at foreigners
as they pass
Empress Ffees to Russian Legation.
LONDON, June IA special dispatch
from Tientsin says II is reported that the
dowager empress has fed to the Russian
legation at Picking.
Repairing the Railroad.
TlENTSIN. June 1l.-An American Off
Ger who has Just arrived from the front
for provisions reports that the forces
are repairing the track between Lofa
and Iangfong He caught Boxer last
evening who was attempting TO set fire
to bridge, and he saw several corpses
evidently the bodies of men killed by
the troops Of Gen. Nieh. The fifth train
left at 5 p. m. today with provisions.
Great anxiety is felt here respecting the
fate OF the foreigners In Peking
views of n Russian.
LONDON. June I2-The Daily Express
publishes the following from ST. Peters
Prince oochtomsky. editor OF the Vie
domisti and who Is great Chinese au-
thority. says that the Boxers are one OF
the old secret societies with which the
modern society OF China Is honeycombed.
They have been working against foreign
ers for several generations. The Boxers
will probably be put down, but IL is
feared that a great number OF men. wo-
men and children will be murdered be-
fore this can be effected.
The prince says the present difficulty
is Of a temporary nature and cannot be
compared with the great upheavai that
IL stnl to come. European attempts 10
divide and to coerce CHINA VIII only re-
suit, he predicts, in the Chinese becoming
more united in their hatred against for
eigners He considers that the Europeans
are TO blame for exploiting and taking
advantage OF the Chinese Formerly they
were an exceedingly peaceful and inos-
fensive people; Europeans with their mil
itarism are changing all this.
Predicts Great Trouble.
The prince goes on to say:
1.-THE awakening Of the Chinese win be
terrible. All those Warllke instruments
Of destruction, the use OF which they are
being taught, will probably be turned
against the Europeans themselves Tho
Chinese have no fear OF death and they
MAKE excellent soldiers under European
instructors.
Europe should Police China.
1.-The prospect for Europeans is not
pleasant one plan. perhaps the best plan,
would be to disarm the yellow races ana
to police China with European troops.
hui fnn lao ing - nTn "a n
other that even this plan IL difficult to
carry out. In case of n general revolt
Russia has not too many troops at her
disposal considering that she has not
only to guard a long stretch of railway.
but to protect her subjects in Manchl-
ria from being murdered. She will, there
fore not be able TO send any to Peking."
The prince sincerely trusts that Russia
will never have to fight the Chinese. lie
regards the present disturbance as the
worst thing that could have happened.
Anglophobes say that England IL at the
bottom of the whole trouble In China,
and Is endeavoring 10 divert European at
teution from South Africa by causing a
disturbance in the Far East.
Empress Throws on the Mask.
LONDON, June 1.-THE Peking corre-
spondent OF the Times. telegraphing yes
terday. says:
Changes have been made In the tsung
II yamen. One Chinese has been retired
have been appointed. Prince Ching, the
only member with a knowledge of for
eign affairs. has been superseded by
Prince Tuan. powerful supporter OF the
Boxer brotherhood"
The Times, commenting upon the renr-
ganization Of the tsung II yamen. consid-
ers Its Significance unmistakable, and
says:
1T means that the empress dowager
has finally thrown on the mask and has
resolved to stake everything on her anti
foreign policy. Prince Tuan is a creature
OF the empress who ia known 10 be one
of the chief patrons OF the Boxers and
a representative of the most reactionary
party In China. That she Is a determined
and headstrong woman Is not to be dis
puted. She has SO far enjoyed immunity
which has encouraged those qualities
and. combined with her Ignorance OF the
forces she ia defying and with the ma
liKn influence OF her encourage Of eunuehs
aud parasites. as well "a place hunters.
her willfulness has induced her to offer
DIRECT challenge TO the foreign powers
The challenge ia one which they cannot
decline TO take up. They must act, and
they must act together, as indeed they
are doing
IF the empress Is to have her way,
the position OF no foreign power I'm China
Will be worth months purchase, and
Western civilization will disappear from
the country altogether"