The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20

LONDON. July 20.-The situation a.
Canton is becoming serious and a general
outbreak is likely to occur at any time.
+ despatch to the Central News from
Hongkong dated July 10. 7:S5 p. m, says:
The riotous spirit which it was predict
ed would show itself in Canton on Viceroy
Ii Hung Chang's departure, sss already
started. Pirates are infesting tle river,
and yesterday they seized a Hongkong pas
senger launch and forced the passengers.
who were mostly Chinese girls, to 90
aboard the pirate junk. Then they stripped
the launch and proceeded to Canton.
Pirates al Kamchuk robbed the passen-
gers Of another launch Of Sl3Go0.
Two French gunboats have landed 300
Annamese soldiers 20 protect Chamien. a
suburb Of Canton
Quarrel over Leadership.
There is no prospect OF an immediate
advance on Pekin for the rescue. Of for
eigners from the besieging Chinese The
question of who shall be in supreme COM
rnand Of the allied expedition continues 10
agitate the powers aad is likely at any
time TO lead TO differences that will Sc
riously hinder the international move
ment
According 10 a despatch from Vienna. the
brought up the question Of the leadership
Of the fore of the allies that viii march
or the Chinese capital 1t is sad that
England objects q the leadership Of eth
er the Russian or French. and the powers
viii not accept Japan. Under these cir
cums,ances it is believed hat a German
will be selected to command the allied
forces.
Russia'S Awkward Position.
4 despatch from Berlin indicates thai The
trouble with the Chinese in Manchuria tas
placed Russia in an embarrassing position
The Cologne Gazette" has received al
vices from ST. Petersburg which declare
that Russia's predicaEsent arises from tie
impossibnity Of concentrating a sufi,ie-t
number Of troops 20 guard the 5,O00 miles
Of territory which constitutes the RUs=o-
Chinese frontier. The dispatches a d that.
in consequence Of this embarrassment. po-
litieaI circles will be compelled to aban-
dor the position that Russia is not going
to war with China and that the Czzr
army must at once prepare for the con
fict. Nobody in St Petersburg. the cor
respondent says, thought a few weeks ago
that all parties would unite in demanding
that the attack on Blagoyestchenzk Should
be punished by the destruction OF all the
frontier villages in the Amur district.
TIentsIn's Alarming silence.
The continued silence Of TIentsin alarms
England and is the cause Of a great deal Of
pessimistic speculation affecting the mat
ter Of the safety OF the foreigners in that
city. There are we'll grounded fears that
the Chinese forces. increased by thousands
u AoAaAANS AAbAA AAt A4St IN nave swept
in al a critical period and penned the al
lied troops in the native fortifcations.
Which they captured after such a costly
battle
The utter impossibiIity Of relieving Pc
kin, II tIc--- is anyone Ief5 there 20 be
rescued, before aid is sent to Tientsin. is
, readily apparent The allies at Taku seem
to be doing practically nothing in the way
of organizing a relief expedition. and TIE
impression here is growing that serious
differences have arisen between the Off
GERS Of various nations. causing a grievous
delay in the forward movement watch
ought to have been made scme time ago
The China Inland Mission in Lcrdoa has
received reassuring cable dispatches in re-
gard to the Chungkung and Kiukiang mis-
sions. Everything was quiet at these
places yesterday-the 18th.
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