The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-21
GUNS ARE TRAINED
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ly unavailable for the required service
The Helena has been subjected to very
heavy service ever since her departure
from the United States just before the
outbreak of the Spanish war, and it is
! believed that her boilers are in need of
renovation.
Admiral Kempff'S dispatch this morning
makes no mention of any undue delay in
the movement of the foreign forces upon
Picking, and as he is in a position to Sc
| cure the latest and most accurate news
from the relief column, the officials here
believe that there have been no unto
ward happenings. Some surprise is ex-
pressed at the strength of the column
There is a sincere regret entertained at
| the Navy Department at the compare
| lively small representation of the United
States in this movement But 1t is said
that the Navy has done all il can to meet
the calls upon it. The intimation is very
clear that if further reinforcements are
needed in the Chinese service, recourse
must be had to the United States army
On their part, however, the army officers
repudiate any purpose to become involv-
| ed in the situation and it is officially de-
/ clared that there is still no intention of
sending any United States troops to Chi
| ma.
| Admiral Remey also has notified the
| Navy Department of the departure yes
terday from Manila, in accordance with
the Departments order, Of the Solace
She carried 100 marines to Taku, to rein
force Admiral Kempff. She will proceed
homeward. stopping at Guam.
John Ford, Secretary of the American
Asiatic Association, today received the
| following eablegram from the Shanghai
branch of the association:
SHANGHAI, June 13.-Grave danger
!
! Urgently advise immediate gunboat pro-
| lection
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION"
On the 7th instant the following ca
I blegram was received from as Shanghai
branch:
American lives and interests in North
! China are seriously imperilled Urge
Government to act promptly and vigor-
ously with adequate force
The association, using these two cable
/ grams as a basis, is circulating a petit
/ ton for signatures, addressed to the
| President, asking that this Government
! take energetic steps to protect American
! lives and interests in China also that
! the United States act in concert with
| the other powers in this emergency
A Secondary Bias
TIEN-TSIN, Wednesday, June BIT is
expected that Admiral Seymour has
mace Lang Fang a secondary base and
that he VIII advance the remaining forty
| miles as rapidly as possible 1t is report
ed that Prince Tuan 0he new head of
the Chinese Foreign Ouice) and General
Tung Fuh Slang have resigned Three
more Russian warships have arrived at
Taku.
Missionaries Report.
NEW YORK, June H.-Rey. Or. Arthur
). Brown, secretary of the PRESBYTERIAN
Board of Foreign Missions, has just re-
celVeu nine long letters from mission,
aries in the Shan Tung and Picking mis-
slons- only two make any reference TO
the Boxers. The first of these is from
kew. " f. Partich of Chinanfu dateo
April 18th, and reads as follows: 1--WE
nave mad no serious anxiety regarding
the Big Knife Society, since the present
Governor, Yuan Shihkai came. He IS
probably the best General in China and
10 managing the disaffected with a strong
hand Recently force of eighteen of
his troopers met eighty-three maIcon-
tents about fifty mAes from here and
Killed twenty-one and wounded a num-
Der more, with scarcely any injury to
themselves"
me second letter is from Rev. C n.
rem, of Picking, dated Nav Sd and
reads: The Boxers and Big Knives are
increasing in strength and holiness as
they see the Empress Dowager encour-
aging them rather than otherwise. while
the foreign powers, with all their talk.
are doing next to nothing. The fearful
drought, from which all this region il
suffering. is attributed to the Christians
ana these secret societies publicly an
hounce that they are going to drive out
every foreigner and kill every persistent
Christian.
Were 1t not that the day has been
set Tor our determination at least fiftv
tunes since l came to China it would be
difhcult to keep a restful mind AS II is
we go about as usual. though some of the
country work is now considered unwise
L have always had an absurd feeling that
nothing very startling was likely to occur
In my neighborhood, and absurd as the
notion is, it really contributes consider
ably to the quietness of spirit Moreover
L DO feel sure that no real harm can be-
fall the people of God. China would not
be the worst place in the world to ex-
change for heaven, if 1t should come to
that"
In the Commons.
i LONDON, June lin the House of
Commons today the Parliamentary Secre-
tary of the Foreign Office, William St.
John Broderick made a statement in re-
gard to the position of affairs in the Chi
nese Empire.
i Her Majesty's Minister at Peking"
said he, has been in constant communl-
cation with the Chinese Government
since the attack by Boxers on peaceable