Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-26
CHINESE PREPARING
FOR A GREAT WAR
Hurying Troops to Resist Foreigners
Mystery of Pekin-Charges OF
Chinese DupliCity.

80 r4rsmItted 90 the United States
s..,..arv Of the navy through Capt
r..oa. of the United states cruiser
9...eIyr has Increased the belief In
I.,s.r thlt there is no hope for the
,-.en legations IN Pekin, and that
o.. elaborate fabric Of the dispatches
uus..t Oh. chinese are building 90 per-
.N..,.5. tf. civilized world that the mln-
,. 80 .r. tul alive is only Intended
y. 'ref.. them TO gain time TO COM
.sts rr.1lruu1ns for warfare.
FOREIGNERS ALL DEAD.
Tho shanghai correspondent OF the
n'ry Mail asserts that a Chlnaman
,.f- was employed az the British ieBa-
...r .s writer and Interpreter mas
..r.I nom Pekln 10 Nlu Chwang
,-5 trlf ha declares that at the time
.t.lsst p.kIu most OF the members OF
... locations were dead and the cOndi-
,..r NJ the others was hopeless. He
...s ,fat Sir Robert Hart director of
Chinese Imperial maritime customs,
died 0H july -nd. 1900.
Tfa correspondent goes on 90 say
40 other dates are given IN the mes
sage from Nlu Chwang.
I'M. Chinese newspaper here pup
usfaB Yesterday q dispatch declaring
hal Il was aIl over with the members
TIN. president Of a minor board al
u.g.r wrote tU "a relative ln Shang-
tsi hinder date OF July 9th, saying
1.-THE foreign legations are sull UNI
,,rt-r.4 but owing 60 the daily fight
Inc II .g rum0rei that only about SUI
rs,sans are left alive IN the legations.
and Il there Is any delay iu the arrival
~ tha relief force ! fear That none VIII
be laft Co receive IT,
fTf.s letter rs regarded n Shanghai
Al. authoritative Strange enough, u
saws nothing " any assistance 20 the
LEGATIONS by Prince Ching or Gen, Lung
GREAT WAR AHEAD.
While these brief side lights as 20
tha fate Of the Europeans leave little
ground Tor hope. Shanghai sends
batch ~ reports indicative OF prepara-
tons f0r h0st.litIes on the part OF the
Chinese. 10 is alleged that the Yang
U.s. v.eer0ys have sent deputies 90
Shanghai % inquire as 20 the prospect
O.. raising @ foreign loan, ostlnsibly TO
pursue military operations against the
Boxers whose movement is extending
rarIiv southwark with constantly
growing strength and had reached "a
y.|rt where the provinces Of Shang
Turs Ho Nan and Shan 81 meet. leav-
Inc behind IL trail Of burned missions
end murdered Christians.
simultaneously there Is a movement
uU.hvarl o. southern Chinese troops
90 jd.u tht main army gathered 90 OPP
Yoss the foreign advance on Pekin.
The strength Of this principal force Is
uUw estimated at 300 900 men.
r. is believed that about three weeks
must eapse before the Chinese prepar-
atoms one completed II is rumored
that 10000 Chinese troops and more are
being sent 90 reinforce the garrison OF
the Khan YIN forts. commanding the
en'rapCa % the Yang-tse-Kiang, nine
" miles east OF Nanking
SIGNS ARE BAD.
Chan chi nng yiceroy Of Wa
Chang on the Yang-tse-kiang, tele-
graphs thai, De Is apprshensIye that he
VII. not De able To- restrain his troops
Tor more than another ten days. lie
says that Doe has thrown the breach
blocks Of The guns commanding San
kgN into ihe river
These signs Uf unrest In the southern
provinces are cuiugdent with ii Hung |
Chang presence \ Shanghai. They
are supposed TO Doe the beginning OF a
general declaration against foreigners,
DO h.s connection. the Canton CORE
sI.aient o, The Telegraph, wiring Tues
gay sends Che following Important !
news.
MEANS WAR.
liosf'y TAX Su today published the
.."3"ns mandate. An important I'M
f-.la' decree was issued on the 23rd |
gay % ihe sixth month. IL says. We
nave I9s, I.en Tsin and great precau-
u.as are taken ln pekin. No peace
l1| ye obtained without going through |
. '-L ln Che time OF Chung an agree
.-.1. was made that no murder can be |
,AN','el un ministers from abroad. II |
% d month since the minister Of Ger
..'-"s was assass.nated boy Boxers and |
arrest of ths mur5erers W. aro t,,,ing
OUT utmost ta urssar,e IN. nc ~ re |
ether ministers ana tbsv ave stiu in |
FakD We fear that a.. ,icar,,s |
and governors NAV n1is,,5lrstan5 tio
Intention uf the decree. relying ON the |
safety OF these mInistsrs as n eronn5
Tor making rasr. and tslir,, ~, ~
Whatever 10 rrapars far attacp and A.
Tense The ugglarf IN fortify tbs ais
endless calamity 49,, ''s'' W., ~ 'i , ot'''s
a0r are To- paw am attention to ana %
urge 900 Organizations f1r coast sttacl.
adi dat.ls. and fbav nm. =. tol,a tbo
Consequences In case ~ ow,. '1 ,'r,i,' ','s
being I0st anfIrsI,. thra,a 1'' ,,',l'Si'
4y ana n.sral.a g.r' W., us" 'ne'' ue-
s,-,....... ''''
SITUATION CRITICAL NOW
Europeans b.r. ,,.,.....,
olgh.y tha Iast rar, ~ ~ ' ~. ltlur-
Means thar fh. ,,'.,., ~, wy vu.y', WhlCh
aye Commanded l.,. onu bo'eIhoIs
agar 90 rr.rgrs ~ 'H.pi'ss uo"-
against Nh. 5I.,.5 - "a Nutllese war
sa is bitterly anti gor.,a ,r' ~, 10y l LAX
,,-y 5 and q. naval He has made an OBJ, OBJ.
Sl'1 TO four small Funboet a. NT t9a
~, ''".n 9n. American and one British |
~. an here t0 safeguard the lives ~