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cuted against a common enemy.
One Of the chief dangers apprehehde'
has been that the foreigners "oui'
separate into factions, not only feduc
| ing their powers against the 'hlilese
but opening up the more serious posi-
! hlity of an international breacn De
| tween the forces of the foreign powers
| Besides this it is felt here that thf
| Russian authorities, always scnsatiN"
| will quickly resent the imputation ol
| barbarism and cruelty.
| The officials here accept these charg-
| es Witn great allowance and they par
| ticuIarlv express their diSpleaSure al
+ havin.. the Americans brought into an
| aDnarcnt disruption with the forces OF
| another power. Thus far the United
| States has acted concurrently with al
the powers with no one more than any
other. and the authorities here will use
every effort To prevent chickering's and
back bitings.
London June o7-3.45 a. MA fresh
phase Of the ebullition in China is the
probability Of immediate outbreaks in
The great southern provincial centres.
The pupu!ace there is daily assuming
I
cigners: and the latter perceive symp-
toms of Il general rising. especially at
Nanking, where. according to a dis
patch to the Daily Express. dated yes
terday. Kang Wa. one uf the most
truculent enemies of the foreigners,
have arrived by way of the Grand ca
nal armed with full powers to deal
with the southern provinces. The
Yih toward foreigners has brought him
into disgrace with Prince Tuan, presi-
dent Of the Tsung Ii Yamen.
The unrest at Canton is described by
dispatch from that city To the Daily
Telegraph. dated NJ 3nday. via Hong
Kong, yesterday.
1t is feared that we are on the eve
Of Il scene uf bloudshed ana anarchy
in the TWO quangS only parallelled dur
IN the TAPPING rebellion. The signs of
4 murder"us uprising are 80 manifest
that wealthy Chinese are hurrying
from Canton and the vicinity, taking
their wives. families and valuables.
Iii Hang Chang has been again
peremptorily ordered To Pekin. His
enemies declare that they will murder
him before he can reach there. His
presence alone restraints the rcVolu-
tipnary elements here. His departure
will let loose the Black flags and Red
Girdlrs. knowing this. Lis trusted
officers are sending their families To
Hong Kong.
The vireroy himself trusts tine
Americans in this crisis. He says that
they alone want no territory. and he
places himself largely-almost unrc-
servedly-in their hands. At an i'm
portant conference. today ne reiteru-
tea this statement.
"All the missionaries have been no
titled II the imminent peril through
confidential runners. They are leaving
Canton hurriedly and only a few are
now here"
The Hong Kong correspondent Of the
Times wiring. Monday. says: Iii
Hung Chang officially announces that
the presence Of foreign troops at The
capital is due to the Boxers and 4"
urges all sections Of the community in
canton to be ready when the occasion
arises to eNterminatc the enemies ~
the country. Numerous rufiians Are
entering British territory"
The Shanghai CORRESPONDENT IF the
Times in dispatch. dated yesterday.
says; A telegram from Niu Chwang
ANNOUNCES that the residents there fear
an attack by the Chinese troops The
engineers ana missionaries in the aut-
lying districts have taken refuge in the
foreign settlement. which is protected
by Russian gunboat. The railway is
much damaged"
\ Shanghai special dated Tuesday.
says: "Niceroy Liu Kun Iih and
Chan 81 Tung ana the governors al
kians 81, kiang Su. Anhui Human and
Hupeh sent a joint memorial to the
Empress and to her advisers. June Il,
pointing out the fatal error of going
to war with the world and of imperil-
| ing the dynasty Nevertheless. they re-
ported they had altogether 100 600 men
and only awaited Her Majesty's per
mission to 80 north. NJ reply has beer
| received.
| Washington. June 26.-Tho navy de-
! partment has received the following
cablegram from Admiral kcmpff:
"Taku. June 25.-Srcretary Of the
! Navy. Washington: Relief force reach
cd Tien Tsin. 23rd. loss very small:
! Pekin relief force which left Tien Tsin
June 20. reported 10 miles from Tien
| Tsin.
| lSigneD KFMPFF."
The navy department announces that