Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-06-16
ENGLAND FIRST.
Vice Admiral Seymour 10 Com.
mand Troops In China.

us sHt"IpI nthH=tOsittve Nssur'
ances trom ~. Petersburg That
. Russia IL Not play ing False The
: killing ~ the First American
VI Missionary ry-tnd ofthe Colombian u
Notwithstanding Foreign Notes
. London, June ii,-lt has been arranged
hat the British vice admiral, sir Edward
seymour, II u have command NJ the for
ism troops IN china, with the ranking
Russian general as his chief ~ stan, II
further understood that i.ord Falls
Jury has received the most positive u.s.
'uancos FROM ~, rcteIsburg that Rus
ala Intends tu act IN the interest ~ All
The powrH In her Operations IN china
md that u similar assurance has been
Given by The i,usHidn embassy ~ Wanh'
ngiOn,
The Chinese are en,rrnchins outside of
| trkin IL oppose the advance " The IN
iur0atiGnal column,
| \ dispatch from Ticn Tsin dated June
| t., riys; II learn that the Chinese guns
irc traint on the American mission and
| he British legation, Two thousand
| Rus ian cavalry and infantry. with
| nitil'c, y. have landed ~ Taku"
I'ckin appears Ia be- completely ian'
iaird, None of the morning papers ~
news agencies has a word from there To-
lay, The latest message received In
london is the one announcing that tn
'hlnesc alc cntienching outside the cap
ilul.
The Shanghai correspondents report
that United States Minister Conger, by
Ter. asks for 200 United states
troops,
The qul stion of provisioning the relief
force Ia already difficult. and II ls pre-
dictcd at Shanghai that It viii be acute.
The leading members Of the reform
rariy. representing u out of Is prov
l. ccS are at Shanghai. \ Dispatch to
The Daily Mail, dated yesterday, says
they are sending II petition To the United
states. Great Britain and Japan, pray
Ing those powers tn take joint acton
against any attempt on the part Of the
other powers to partition the empire:
and they implore the powers thus ad-
dicssed Ia rescue the emperor.
\ dispatch from ST. Petersburg says
hat the ships of the Russian Pacific |
squadron on the active list. as well as |
those at Viad.vostok. have been ordered |
20 proceed, with all ha te. to Chinese
waters.
The foreign Office confirms the report
Of an engagement between troops of the
International column and the Boxers ON
Monday. II says that about 30 Chinese
were killed."
a telegram from Yokohama says that
the japanese government has ordered
four more warships to proceed to Taku,
and 1000 men Of all aims are under or
d"rs to be in immediate readiness for
embarkation. The dispatch says the
Japanese government trusts the pow
ers will not misconstrue this action"
Washington, June 1.-THE murder OF
an American mis- sionary in China, the
first in the pre- sent uprising in that coun-
try. aggravates to serious degree the
grievance of the United States against
the Chinese government for It's lack OF
protection to Anne erican citizens.
While the American marines, acting In
concert with the marines of other ma
lions, may be able to protect the Ameri-
can legation at Pekin and all the fugf-
lives who have gathered there, 1t Is i'm
possible to extend aid to mission posts
far from the capital, and stern demand
will be made upon the Chinese govern
ment for the apprehension and the pun
ishment of the murde rel al Tsun Hua, as
we'll as the safeguarding Of the surviving
missional les, Messls s. Hopkins and Hay
nor and Miss Croucher, the Boston wo-
man. Especial fear is entertained for
the safety Of the latter, as she Is moi
mentioned in the Tien Tsin dispatch.
New York, June 14.-Ohicial advices |
were received in this city yesterday CIV |
ing the details regarding the revolution |
in Colombia. The complete overthrow |
of the rebels in Santander has been con- |
firmed in which place, after hard bat
tie lasting q days, the government
forces remained complete masters of the
field. The casualties We're 1900 dead. be-
longing to the enemy: 1000 wounded, and
1900 prisoners of war The rebellion L.
virtually at an end.
Paris, June IA small fire broke out
yesterday in the machinery section of
the Vincennes annex of the exposition,
burning the floor between the German
and Austrian exhibits of locomotives and
ears. The discovery of a bundle of " Ood
soaked with OIL points to incendiarism.
Berlin, June I4--'rhe bundcsrath yes
terday approved the navy bill and the
measures providing means to carry out
the projected plans as passed by the
r.ichstag, by a vote Of 1893 to 1OI.
London, June 1A.-Five river gunboats
have been ordered to so to the West
African coast, to assist the operations
of the Ashanti relief expedition.