Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-06-16
THE UPRISING IN CHM
RUSSIA WILL LAND TRoo,.
The Boxer Movement IL
France Will Take Active 81,
Foreigners Are Seeking So,
American Mission DESTROYED

London, June 1.-THE situaBor
CHINA appears distinctly grayer n u
destruction Of Russian chapel At IT, l''
llngan has provided Russia with ina
sired preteNt to land more troops. N.Y.
dispatch from st. Petersburg this ot
noon that the government Is resolved !.
the dangerous situation in China continni
to take military action to repress tho an,
foreign movement, at the same time
clarng that it has no intention Of d,a'
sociaung itself from the joint action of II,
powers, may be regarded as seml.otn@sI
utterance, meaning that if there is anv ~
itancy on the part of the powers kus,a
will not act alone.
All reports agree that the Boxer" nova
ment is spreading. The report is cam.
tirmed that the French agents at AIonc n.
and Yum Nan Flu have been compeled !.
retire, and this shows that the foment h.,
reached southwestern China and has no
volled France into taking active steps,
Sir Claude Macdonald, the British min.
lister at Picking, has wired the British con.
sui at Shanghai confirming the reporte
Outrages and the fact that the throne and
government have been actuated by se,a
sympathy with the Boxer" movement
which the government has ample povg
to suppress if it SO desired. His dispatcb
however, is i'll no way of an alarms,
nature.
The latest Tentsin dispatch, saying that
the dowager empress has appointed anti
foreign generals with the pretended mis-.
sion to suppress the Boxers" makes it
impossible to doubt that the time has ar.
rived for energetic action.
1t is expected that the British govern.
ment will utilize the Chinese regiment
which has been in training at We-Ha-
Wei, as it would be dangerous to remove
the garrison from Hong Kong at the pres
ent moment.
A special dispatch from Shanghai says:
The tsung Ii yamen has protested to
the ministers against the presence of such
large number of foreign forces, assert.
ing that it can not be only for the pro-
lection of the legations, but for the es.
Enlistment of garrison in the capital Of
an independent friendly state. The an.
swer which the foreign ministers return.
ed to this protest is unknown.
The American mission at Pei Tang
Chow was destroyed, but the missionaries
fled to "a place of safety.
1T is reported that the viceroy of Che
Ii has resigned.
1T is proposed to bring Ii Hung Chang
back from the south, but Prince Hang Ii
proposes to give the post to the infamou;
Ii Ping Hen, the former governor OF Shan
Tung.
''Pao Tung Flu is burned. The TientsiT
railway has finally ceased to be operated
All the English missionaries are encampet
inside the legation"
Diligence Not Desired.
Tientsin, June lit is said here thai
General Nieh-Si-Chung has been officially
ordered to protect the railroad and dis
perse the Boxers" without violence, and
that he has been severely censured for kill
ing over 500 of them and burning three VII
lagos. About 1900 of his troops have re
turned to Iupai, and more of them are re
turning there.
1t is announced on creditable author
ity that unless a foreign guard is sent To