Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-15

In less than week even II the order
for their employment should go for
ward today That the crisis Is by no
means past. but on the contrary. Is
rather more acute. is evidenced by the
cablegram received by the state depart
ment this morning from the United
States consul az Tien Tsin. lie says that
the mobs are in control of The native
city OF Tien Tsin and that the author
files do not seem 20 be able 90 do any
thing with them He adds hat the for.
erigners in Tien Tsin are still safe.
BOXERS IN TEN TsIN
The surprising feature OF this tele-
gram IS the announcement that the
Boxers are operating freely ludcr the
very guns Of the men OF war; for it is
understood that several gunbOats are
lying on Tien Tsin. which Is also the
depot Of the relief column. Fortunately
the Nashville and The Monocacy are
just about due az Tallu. and one or both
OF these vessels will soon be able 10
command the situation at Tien Tsin.
The records Of the war department
show that there are now iu the city ~
Manila and vicinity tine l4th and goth
infantry and one battery OF the 3rd
ith. 9Th and 9th artillery. less than 5000
soldiers altogether. There are, however.
no less than o. 900 soldiers distributed
among the various commands outside
OF Manila and some OF them would cer-
tainly be called upon TO furnish garri-
sons Of rthe city In case the above men-
toned troops should be sent to China.
SITUATION NOT IMPROVED.
London, June i5-The news from
China Is distinctly confused, but the
indications are that the gravity OF the
situation has IN no way diminished.
Shanghai provides the usual crop OF
alarmist rumors as 90 the conditions at
Pekin and the preparations 20 oppose
the international forces. but there Is a
disposition I'm London TO regard the
safety Of the legations or the Euro
peans there as not seriously threatened
at the present moment. IL Is realized,
however. that the slightest sign or a
check TO the international forces VIII
put an entirely different face on the
matter and viii probably lead 70 an out
break OF the rabble which viii not be
easily controlled. Besides. the news Of
the burning Of the French and British
missions at Yunnan Flu is regarded as
extremely grave as II points 90 the eN-
tension OF the rebellion TO remote por-
tons OF the empire.
II the reports Of Chinese opposition
20 the entry into Pekin OF the inter-
national forces are true, y may pe
necessary for Admiral Seymour 70
await reinforCements.
The latest accounts say Gems. Tunl
and Ma are reported TO he concenrat-
ing forces at Feng-Tai. while Gen. Mich,
who killed a number Of Boxers, has
been degraded.
The Pail Mall Gazette continues TO
support the view that the initiative In
the present crisis can best come from
Washington. saying that as the disrup-
ton Of China has been stayed IN the
past by the Intervention OF the United
States a similar Intervention viii have
the same effect now and so save the
mercantile world irreparable losses.
ANOTHER FRENCH wARsHIP.
Paris. June Is. 1890 p. NAT cabi-
net council today the minister of
foreign affairs. NJ DelCasse announced
that the telegraph line TO Pekin had
again been cut. The latest dispatch
from the French minister there, he
added, was dated the evening of June
IL. and said the Chinese government
had informed him 1t would not oppose
the foreign detachments entering Pc
kin.
The French consul at Tien Tsin NJ.
Delcasse announced had said that all
was quiet within the French concession
there. which was guarded by French
and Russian troops
Finally, NJ. De,casse said, swift
first class cruiser had been ordered 70
proceed to Taku 10 reinforce the French
naval division az that place.
FOREIGN TROOPS HAVE A HARD
TIME.
Washington, June l5-Ofcial dis
patches received in diplomatic quarters
today are far from reassuring as re-
CARDS the progress Of the expeditionary
force toward Pokin
one Of the official dispatches said that
great difficulty was experienced IN SEE
curing sufficient water for the pressing
needs Of the international party. There
are no running streams near the pres
cnt locality of the troops and IL Is sup
posed thai the native wells cannot Doe
relied upon In the existing drought and
In the present intensity Of anti-foreigu
sentiment
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