The sun., 1900-06-16
CHINA REVOLT GROWS
Thought, However, That Legations
Are Safe Just Now.
THE YORKTOWN AT CHEFU.
is Within Days Sail of Taku
and Can BE Summoned by
Admiral Kempff ut
Short Notice.

Washington, June 15.-The news from
China is distinctly confused, but the gen
eral trend indicates that the gravity of
the situation has in no way diminished.
Shanghai provides the usual crop of
aarmist rumors as to the conditions at
Peking and the preparations to oppose
the international forces, but there is a
disposition to regard the safety of the
legations or the Europeans there as not
seriously threatened at the present mo-
ment
1t is realized, however, that the slight
est sign of check to the international
forces will put an entirely different face
on the matter and will probably lead to
an outbreak Of the rabble which will not
be easily controlled. Besides, news of
the burning of the French and British
missions at Yunan-Fu is regarded as ex-
trcmely grave, as it points to the extern
sion of the rebellion to remote portions of
the empire.
The latest accounts says Generals Tung
and Ma are~reported to be concentrating
forces at Feng-Tai, while General Mich,
who killed a number of Boxers, has been
degraded.
Nothing has come to the state depart
ment from United States Minister Con-
ger at Peking since last Tuesday evening,
and the officials have settled down to be-
lief that not until the foreign relief col
umn reaches the Chinese capital will Mr..
Conger be able to resume the use of the
cable. 1t is ominous that nothing has
been heard from the United States consul
at Chin Kiang since his first appeal for
the sending of warship to that port,
and it may be that he, too, has been iso-
lated.
News From Chefu.
The consul at Chefu is in better posi-
tion, for a cablegram received at the
navy department announces the arrival
of the gunboat Yorktown at that port.
The vessel probably will lie at Chefu
awaiting orders. She is within a days
sail of Taku and can be summoned by
Admiral Kempff if he needs re-enforce-
ments at short notice. 1t is probable,
however, that the Yorktown will serve
better purpose by remaining in the
vicinity of Chefu, as the Boxers are re-
ported to be active in that section of
Shangtung.
Admiral Remey cabled the navy de-
partment as follows from Cavite:
"At Kempff's request / shall send the
Iris about the Goth with coal and stores
for 300 men for three months"
The Iris is a big collier and distilling
ship. The 900 men mentioned in the
cablegram make up the personnel of the
flagship Newark, the Monocacy, now on
the way to Taku, and the Yorktown, at
Chefu, with the marine contingent ashore
i'll China. The significant feature of
the message is the indicated opinion of
Admiral Kempff that the disturbances
in China may be expected to last several
months at least
1t is said at the war department that
nothing has been done toward the en-
ployment of United States troops in ad-
dition to the naval forces and marines in
China.
A dispatch from Paris says:
AT cabinet council the minister of
foreign affairs, NJ. Delcasse. announced
that the telegraph line to Pcking had
again been cut. The latest dispatch from
the French minister there, he added, was
dated the evening of June II and said
the Chinese government had informed
him it would not oppose the foreign de-
tachments entering PCking.
''The French consul at Tien-tsin, NJ.
Delcasse announced, had telegraphed that
all was quiet within the French conces-
sion there, which was guarded by French
and Russian troops.
/ "Finally, M. Delcasse said, swift,
first class cruiser had been ordered to
proceed to Taku to re-enforce' the French
naval division at that place"
The PaO-Ting-Fu Battle.
ID
G., by steamer of the battle which oc-
Cured on May 26 south of Pao-Ting- Flu.
After seven hours fighting the Christians
succeeded in defeating and routing the
Boxers, with loss of 10 killed, the vic
tors having one killed and six wounded.
1t seems that mob of 1000 Boxers
attacked the Roman Catholic village.
The villagers, nearly all converts of the
Roman Catholic missions, had anticipat
ed the attack and were well armed,
whereas the attacking Boxers were arm
ed only with iron shod poles, hatchets,
clubs, stones and knives.
The Boxers came right on into the
gates of the city, which were left open,
and then, as they entered, carrying their
flags, with yellow ground and red bor-
der, and their josses in big car, the
fllidSeTS poureu III IL ueafy IRE from
some of the nearby houses.
Attack after attack was made, and ev-
cry time the attacking Boxers were car
ried back. AT length, after seven hours
fighting, the rebels fled in disorder. The
villagers afterward went out and counted
no less than 20 dead Boxers, besides
many wounded.
A Yokohama dispatch says that the OPP
position press is impatient over the mac
tivity of the government. The emperor
has summoned Marquis Ito to consult
with him in reference to the situation in
China.
Japanese Naval Programme.
Victoria, B. c., June 15.-From Japan
comes news that, in view of the propos-
ed immense augmentation of the naval
forces of other powers, the Japanese