The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-07
The REBELLION IN CHINA
SITUdTION CONTINUES TO GROV
STEADILY WORSE.
Foreign Ministers Holding Frcquent
Meetings--Br Minister Wires for
More Htarimes-No Trains Left or
Entered Pentn Tuesday--Furiher For
eign ReinfoTcemcnts Arrive at Tein
observation-disclosures Rivalry.

Pekin, June 6.-The situation is grow
such rapidity and affairs, owing to the
excitement of the natives, are so critical
that the foreign ministers hold frequent
meetings They feel the need of a free
hand for energetic action without q
perpetual reference to the home gov
ernments. Sir Claude Mcdonald, the
British minister, is wiring for seventy
five more marines. Native employees,
who have returned from Feng Tai say
they left the Boxers openly drilling in
the adjacent villages. a strong imper-
ial edict issued this evening censures
the ''cowardliness of the imperial
troops and orders tn eviceroy of Pc
Chilli and General Jung Lu Immediate
ly to suppress the Boxers The foreign
ministers at to-day's meeting discussed
the question of a special audience of
the empress dowager, but no decision
was reached.
London, June affairs in China are
gradually working up a crisis of the
first magnitude. The morning papers
think that the British squadron is rec
ognized as inferior in strength to the
Russian, as well as to the japanese. 1t
is generally considered that Intervention
in some form is necessary
The Pekin correspondent of the Times
telegraphing yesterday says: mo train
either left or arrived at Pekin yester-
day (Tuesday). Further damage to
railways Is reported. The Boxer move
ment is spreading unchecked through
cut the province. Not one Boxer has
yet been arrested or punished Anxiety
is increasing regarding the fate of the
at the various stations. At
the meeting of the Tsung Lii Yanen
yesterday (Tuesday) the Japanese min
lister discussed the offer Of M. De Giers,
Russian minister, to give the assistance
of the Russian troops in quelling dis
turbances. The Tsung Lily Yamen denied
that the offer had been made, but Rus
sia did not make it, and the Chinese
is quite capable of accept
ing such assistance"
The Morning Post has the following
from Pekin Report SAYS that
the court party is collecting inside the
city. Consequently there is increased
The Pekin correspondent of the Times
in long mail article, dated April 25, |
which deals with Russo-Japanese rival |
ry in the far east, expresses the opinion |
that war between the two powers is in |
and that it cannot be long de-
ayed because of Russia's immense Chi |
lese designs and of the hatred the Jap |
anese feel for Russia when they see her |
the fruits of Japan's victori- |
1us war to the detrimeut of Japan.
Tien- -Tsin, June 6-The Chinese SER |
want of Belgian engineer, who left |
Flu two days after the Bel
yians, saw five foreign and two Chinese |
lead bodies In the Grand canal, one
being the body of a. foreign woman. A |
3oxer placard threatens the extermina-
ion Of the foreigners here on June 1G |
{ is rumored that the Boxers and the |
Catholic Christians fought at Tung-Hu
Tuesday, three Christians being kill II,
4. NJ. S. Bartleur has arrived and tie
Terrible is expected. One hundred and
hirty-one British, thirty-one German,
fifty French and forty-five italian ma