Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-29
That is This Mornings Estimate Of
the Situation.
BRITAIN is IN A MIDDLE.
Her Plan in China Failed Russia
win Now Lead Americans knew
Their own Wind,

New York, June PA dispatch TO
the Tribune from London says:
The missing links in the chain Of re-
lief IN China are recovered one by one.
The only remaining missing link Is
the body Of foreign ministers and ref
ugees in Pelkin, and there seems little
reason to doubt that they are safe
whether IN the capital or on the way
TO the coast.
The British admiralty is behind time
but has contrived TO report that Tien
Tsin was shelled for five days with lit
tie loss and that Admiral Seymour
seized an arsenal during his retreat and
was hard pressed when achievements
were sent to him, To these meagre
explanations was added in parliament
an additional detail that the vlceroy at
Marking had telegraphed to the British
consul general at Shanghai that the
foreign legations IN Pekin continue TO
receive every protection from the i'm
perlal government.
Details are still lacking. but II IL
evident that Admiral Seymours relief
column was cut on from supplies and
unable 20 either reach Pekin or 10 re-
turn 10 Tien Tsin when the Russians,
Americans and other allied forces re-
inforced 1t Monday II had not ac-
complshed any useful purpose, and had
been under fire for a fortnight, and on
short rations.
The situation has cleared sufficiently
TO admit a perspective view of the Brit
ish and American policy. What the
British policy in China Is nobody out
side the foreign office processes 70 un-
derstand. Lord Salisbury has not dis
closed any objective points beyond the
protection OF the British legation, and
commercial interests He has not start
ed out well, for the relief force COM
manded by Seymour has returned To
Tien Tsin after being thwarted and
baflled in the attempt to reach Pekin,
and the Russian column with other for
eign contingents has rescued Il. Eng
land has taken a subordinate part In the
bombardment of the Taku forts and
the European forces have rescued the
relief expedition. which was badly
planned By the British admiral. Lord
Salisbury will now fall back, without
doubt. upon the European concert, and
the initiative will be taken by Rus
STA
The American government, unlike the
European powers. seems TO know its
own mind, and this Is a great advant'
age. II provided a small contingent
for Seymours column, and another one
was under fire with the Russians be-
fore Tien Tsln was relieved, but each
was sent into China under definite in
structlons. and there was no engage
ment 10 do anything more than cn-
operate with other forces IN the pro-
lection Of life and the property OF the
foreigners.
The American activity will end when
its legation is safe and the lives and
PROPERTY OF Americans in China are pro-
tected. There will be no intervention
In Chinese political affairs, nor any par
tlcipation in the partition Of the en-
pire. The European concert VIII be
left TO settle the question relating 70
the deposition OF the empress ana
safeguards against the dissolution OF
the empire.
The Japanese may be said to have
saved the situation. and also to nave
clOuded Il with uncertainty. They nave
saved II by dispatching a large force
OF soldiers to China, and by preparing
10 mobilize 10000 troops, They have
imperilled It by a military occupation
which is likely TO be permanent or 10
last until Russia is ready 20 agree TO
scheme Of participation by which Japan
will profit largely
There are many rumOrs OF massacres
OF Christian converts and foreign mer-
chants. but these simply prove that
there is a state OF childish panic In the
seaboard towns and that every Wild sto-
~ Of outrage Is believed by Itching
ears. The dispatches received by mer-
camille houses here from Shanghai are
reassuring. The gravity Of the situa-
ton has evidently been exaggerated IN
the last fortnight.