New-York tribune., 1900-07-07
FEARS OF OTHER RISINGS.
GOODNOW'S DISPATCH AMPLIFIED-
vICEROYS TREACHEROUS.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrprxE.I

Washington. July 6-The ominous dispatch
received by the State Department yesterday
from Consul-General Goodnow is all the infor
nation upon the ChiRese crisis that has come
to the Government for two days. The brief
summary that permitted TO reach the public
yesterday was ampliied by the State Depart
ment to-day in the following official announce
ment:
A dispatch has been received at the Depart
ment of State from Mr. Goodnow, the Consul
General at Shanghai. dated the 9th of july
1:40 p. (time Of its receipt in Nasmnston)'
in which he says that the situation is serious,
and that the insurrectionarE moNeInenI Il H5 eH,
tending. II the allied forces in the North shoulu
meet with reverses. Mr. Goodnow says the a uls,
turbance will certainly extend TO Central ana
South China, with the result Of the expulsion
and murder Of foreigners in the interior anu
the ruin of trade. Strong force he says IS nee,
essarv 10 check the t-iCeroys in the north, and
10 support the Viceroys in the south II is un-
derstood that the consuls Of all the Powers III
China have sent an Identical dlspalch 10 lleh
respective Governments.
This warning may accomplish something In
Europe although if it turns out to be true
that Russia is the bar to quick action ana 10
greater japanese force in Pe-Chi-LL there ap-
pears to be no reason for the Car changing
his course on account Of any sentimental con-
Germ for the safety Of foreigners in the SOUTH
where his people never go. and where his IN
terests are altogether insignificant The United
states
ing the way to Peking than to land the 9th In
fantry to support the four hundred American
marines already ashore. BY the first of Au-
gust General Chaffee and his cavalry, with
perhaps another regiment from Luzon. can go
ashore at Tien-Tstn, unless by that time there
shall be greater demand for strong forces in
the South.
The departments OF this Government are sat
isfied, however. that more force is not needed
so much At Tien-Tsin and beyond as good
commander who can organize the heterogeneous
forces already assembled and go forward with
them.
Among all the authorities consulted not one
has any doubt that a force Of 10000 men under
an earnest and capable American or Japanese
leader could march from Tien-Tsin and capt
Peking within ten days This belief has
been confirmed from high Chinese sources.
who have furnished explicit information in
the last week about the supplies and ammuni-
tion stored in the Peking district and
the route army would have take. II is
known in the War Department that with the
destruction Of the great Tien-Tsin arsenal and
the smaller storehouses near it the Chinese
troops after few more rounds are fired will
be wholly dependent upon the Shanghai ar
senal, which is over fifteen days journey away
by the most expeditions means of transporta-
lion through the canals A dispatch published
to-day TO the effect that Ii Hung Chang had
sent 5000 men 10 occupy the Bogue forts at
the mouth of the Canton River was regarded
by Naval officers as significantly corroborative
of Consul General Goodnow's information If
IL is true that these forts are being heavily gar
risoned, it is certainly not for the benefcent
purpose Of keeping the Boxer hordes from the
foreigners at Canton, but to keep foreign war
ships from reaching Canton to guard foreign
persons and interests
There somewhat similar dispatch last
week stating that the garrisons of the Woo
Sung forts had been augmented and mines laid
in the river. The only possible object of this
was to be prepared to keep warships away from
Shanghai should the Viceroy decide TO let the
Boxers destroy the city.
A naval officer who has spent nearly twenty
years on the China Station and who is familiar
with Chinese officials in all the ports declared
to-day that the Wceroys would prevent any
anti-foreign rising in the southern provinces as
long as it to their interest to do So In his
experience a Chinese official could see further
ahead 10 his own benefit than any other living
being. II the Viceroys became convinced that
the foreigners would win at Picking, they would
take care that no cause for complaint against
their watchful guardianship of foreign in
terests should exist but it would be found they
would leave nothing undone TO be with the win
event Of Prince Tuan being victorious over the
allied forces the Viceroys would quickly demon
strate how thoroughly they had arranged TO
support him.
THE GRANTS TROOPS FOR CHINA
Washington, July 6-ColoneI Miller. quarter
master at Manila, acting under instructions
from Quartermaster-General Ludington, has ar
ranged TO dispatch the transport Westminster
from Manila 10 Taku with a full cargo of for
age and other supplies for United States mill
tary forces in China The transport will dis
charge her cargo at Taku, and will then proceed
10 Nagasak for the purpose of getting the sup
plies on the transport Grant from San Francisco
intended for the troops in the Philippines in
case that the Grant is compelled to proceed
from Nagasaki TO Faku with the two sGuadrons
Of the 9th Cavalry and the marine detachment
under Major Biddle, who are passengers on that
vessel
This action Of the Department is accepted as
a practical admission that the troops on the
Grant are expected to go to China instead Of the
Philippines
Inasmuch as il VIII not be possible for the
transport Sumner which is scheduled to sail
from San Francisco on July II TO take more
than squadron Of the 18th Infantry across the
Pacific. IL has been arranged that another bat
talon Of that regiment shall be forwarded on
the transport Hancock, which will sail from
San Francisco on August J. These troops will
follow the course prescribed in the case Of the
9Th Infantry. While ostensibly bound for the
Philippines, they will be kept in readiness for
service in China. and Will be diverted 10 that
country upon the arrival Of the transport at
Nagasak If it be found necessary to increase
the military strength in China