The evening times., 1900-07-19


LONDON. July IA despatch from St.
Petersburg says:
Certain portions of the Amur terrific
ry, comprising the first division Of the
Khabaroysk district, the towns of Blagoy-
estchensk, Khablroysk. Nikolsk UssuTi
and Vladivostock have been declared in
state OF war from July l."
This declaration that state Of war ex-
lists in Russian provinces indicates that the
Chinese invasion Of the Cars domain is
becoming serious. News that the armies
Of Russia and Prince Tuan have met is
looked for at any time.
1t IS believed that Russia has for some
time been aware OF the proposed Chinese
invasion. and that an enormous force &
ready to crush the Celestials at the fl 6,
opportunity The aggressiveuess Of Prince
Tuan has given the Gar ample excuse for
hurting into the Chinese Empire from the
north all the soldiers he may choose ard
will give Russia a decided military adyan-
tage in the territory bordering on her
domain
Alleged secret Alliance.
in connection with the warlike action Of
the Gar, q story telegraphed today to the
Globe" by its Shanghai correspondent IS
interesting. He declares that Russia his
been secretly negotiating with Prince
Tuan, the leader Of the auti-foreign e.e-
ment, with the coaniyance Of Ii Hung
Chang. He adds that Viceroy Lui Kun Yih
OF Nankin. received the details OF the
scheme from Prince Tuan, but failed 10 cp-
prise the powers Of what was going on.
It is also said that certain high authogi-
ties Of the Yaugtse provinces favor a Sc
cret alliance with Russia, but Viceroy
Chang Chi Tung Will not agree to any
such proposition.
Although the story is regarded in con-
servative quarters here as highly seusa-
.ional, there are many who are willing 10
credit it and to believe that the negotia-
tions between Russia and the Chinese
usurper have miscarried because Of the
intense general feeling in China against all
foreigners. They express the opinion that.
If Tuan was really conniv,ng with Russia
for an underhanded alliance. he has been
compelled to abandon the proposed ar
rangement because Of the overwhelming
sentiment of his Troops. the Boxers. against
everything not strictly Chinese.
There are others here who pretend to see
in the Chinese invasion of Russian pro-
vinces the signs OF a deep-laid plot to de-
ceive other powers into believing that Rus
sia and China are irrevocably hostile.
Developments in the territory where a
state Of war has been declared to exist are
awaited with as keen an interest as is
news from Tientsin and Pekin.
Ministers said TO BE Safe.
The assertion that the foreigners in the
Chinese capital are safe has appeared in
slightly altered form today. via Brussels.
despatch from that city states that the
Foreign Office announced this morning that
i; had strong reasons for reviving hope in
the safety of the ministers at Pekin. This
Eopefulness is based upon a telegram re-
ceived from NJ. CATER. the Belgian dipIo-
matte agent at Shanghai. who declares that
his advices now confirm the report that all
the Europeans are safe in Prince Ching,s
palace. NJ. CATER adds: THE report Of the
massacre IS contradicted."
While this despatch may have aroused
hope in Brussels it has not altered the
opinion in London. and is regarded as mere
ly repetition of the many reports that
have come out of China during the past
few days asserting that the foreigners
were safe and that several of the legation
buildings were standing on various dates.
TientSin Remains silent
Tientsin continues silent. There is great
concern regarding the lack of news from
there. It is probable that rowing bands OF
Chinese have again severed the telegram
lines, isolating the city from wire COM
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