The evening times., 1900-07-14

The United states Government 10
Make n Demand for S2OO.OOO.OOO.
The on:y message received from China
today was a brief despatch from Consul
! General Gocdnow. ar Shanghai. in which he
! informed Secretary Hay that the troubles
were rapidly spreading and that the entire
empire was in great danger. II was stated
in the message that the Viceroys Of the
| Provinces Of Honan and Shan-si had is
sued pToelamatioRs faycring the Boxers
and urging the people 10 rise against the
foreign devils and exterminate them.
1t was further stated that the southern
provinces may be affected at any moment
and that the largest force OF troops oo-
tainable should be sent on at once. The
message is regarded as extremely serious
| by the department officials.
The provinces OF Honan and shan-si are
located northwest OF Shanghai and west OF
Pekin and are very thjekly populated. The
! despatch from Mr.. GOodnow is regarded as
showing the rapid spread OF the uprising
and fears are entertained that tSc.e are
other sympathetic provinces reaty 10 fan
| into line and cause chaos in the Empire.
The Charge dAffaires OF the German
| Embassy called on Secretary Hay
this morning and held long
| conference 1t was stated that
Germany intended to take the initiative in
punishiuG the Chinese ard wo I'D rush
| large army to Taku. The Emperor viii
not consent to the partition OF China but
demands vengeance and indemnity.
Secretary Hay held a conference with
Secretary Long over the message received
| from ,'onsul General Goodnow, and Adju-
tant General Corbin was called in TO give
a list OF available forces. Il is TOW evident
that the officials realize the extreme dan
ger in China, and see that large army
! will be necessary TO conduct operations
| there.
II is not intended 10 draw on the Phil
! ippines for many more regiments. as Ad-
jutant General Corbin showed today that
there are now less than G.. coo officers AID
men there. The troops ordered from CJt 4
and the United States viii be rushed 10
! Taku as soon as possible. and the = gu ar
army will be strengthened by iuduse-
ments to enlist.
No word was received by the GoyernE-Ht
| officials from Pekin today and the situs-
tion is Official unchanged. Within a very
| few days the State Department Will pre-
pare and issue an official statement OF
China's indemnity 10 he United States and
this Will be regarded as the last diplomatic
action until the Chinese troubles shan
have been finally Q2eIIed. The Navy De
parJment is without any word from either
Admiral Remey or Admiral Kempff-
II was denied at the state Dspa1tneat
that the United States would agree with
the powers that China should cease 10 -
an independent empire, and that any ia X
Of Europesn-American protectorate
would not be listened to by this rai 4
1t is acknowledged that the indemnity to
be demanded from China by the State De-
partment for violation Of the treaty. TIE
murder of American citizens, and de-
struction OF property, and the expense Of
the suppression of the uprising will reach
high fgure-something over S20O, OO0. OCO.
The belief that every foreigner in Pekin
has been massaered is strong among the
| Government officials, and only 4 cOnhrma-
ton of the dreaded news is awaited II
some message is not received from Mr..
Conger on or before Tuesday next, China
will be officially charged with the mu. teI
of the American Ambassador at Pekin. and
proceedings will at once be Instituted.
Mr.. Wu did not call on Secretary Hay
this morning. but it is understood that
he forwarded brief message TO the State
| De eHartment placing all the blame FOR the
massacres on Prince Tuan whom he de-
scribes as AN enemy to civilization"
NJ Thebaut. the Charge d'Anaires OF the
French Embassy, called at the State De
| partment during the afternoon and held
a conference with Secretary Hay. He re-
| fused to say anything except that the
French Government was determined 10
learn the fate OF its representative at
| Pekin.
The Government is somewhat concerned
Over the safety OF Chinese subjects in this
country. bat has not deemed it necessary to
| take any steps 70 afford them protection.
| The fear is that when the story of what
has happened at Pekin is received the de-
tails will be so horrible that hot-headed
! Americans in some city cannot be re-
strained from taking vengeance on Chi
| nese residents OF that city.
The Government hopes that American
citizens will so compOrt themselevs that
there can be no ground for criticism by any
Of the other nations concerned ia adjusting
| the Chinese question. 1t desires the peo-
pie to let Chinese subjects pursue their
avocations without molestation, leaving to
/ the Government the arrangement of what
ever measures may be necessary to pun
ish those who are directly responsible for
outrages on American citizens in China.