The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-14
ENTRENCHED
BEFORE CITY OF PEKIN
Prepared to Resist the Advance of the Joint Forces
Of the Powers.
Japan is Seriously Offended at Murder Of Representative
Attacks Made on Other Legations.

London, June "A, 400 a. m.-The Chi
nese are entrenched outside Of Pekin
to oppose the advance Of the interna-
tional column. A dispatch from Tien
Tsin, dated Tuesday. June y. SAYS:
1 learn that the Chinese have Guns
trained on the American mission and
the British legation.
Two thousand Russian cavalry and
infantry with artillery have landed at
Taku."
The Shanghai correspondent rono~ts
that United States Minister CONFER by
courier asks for 1000 United States
troops.
The question Of provisioning the re-
lief force is already difficult and it is
predicted at Shanghai that it viii be
come acute.
The leading members of the reform
party, representing fifteen out of eigh-
/ teen provinces. are at Shanghai A dis
patch to the Daily Mail dated yester-
day, says they are sending a petition
TO the United States, Great Britain
ana Japan, praying those powers to
take Joint action against any attempt
on the part Of other powers to partition
the empire, and they implore the pow
ers thus addressed 10 rescue the en-
peror.
that the ships Of the Russian Pacific
squadron On the active list, as well as
those at VladivostCck, have been or
dered to proceed with all haste TO Chi
nese waters
The foreign Office confirms the report
OF an engagement between troops of
the international column and the Box
ers on Monday. 1t says that about
thirty-five Chinese were killed"
70, he Ae.1-
lated. None of the morning papers OF
news agencies has a word from there
direct today The latest message re-
ceived in London is the one Announcing
that the Chinese are entrenching out
side the capital.
Japan Not to Declare War.
In regard to the reports that japan
IS about TO declare war on China, it was
learned by a representative of the
Associated Press at the japanese en-
bassy today that the attitude of the
japanese in the Chinese crisis is to
cooperate Loyalty with the European
powers. In the existing situation Japan
would not be willing 10 see any single
power take the lead.
The murder of the chancellor Of the
japanese legation at Pelin is regarded
as likely to lead to serious complica-
tons, but no decision has been reached
by Japan as to what political measures
VIII be necessary to meet the situation.
Relative TO the reports that the Jap
anese minister at Pekin is pressing for
the recognition of a Japanese sphere
of influence to include the provinces
Of the Kiang Fo KEN and Kiang 81.
it is pointed out that Japan has al
ready obtained a promise that the
! province of FO KEN should not be
alienated while Kiang ST. situated at
the mouth of the Yang Use river is in
the British sphere. Ja1an is not likely
to take step which might be distaste-
full to Great Britain, whose interests in
China are similar to those of Japan.
Dowager Withdraws Opposition.
Washington, June 13.-Defnite Off
cial information was received here
this afternoon from the foreign office
of one of the most important CONT
mental powers stating that the Tsung
Ii Yamen had notified the minister of
that power at Pekin that the dOwager
empress would not object to the pres
ence of foreign troops in China's ter
ritOry. Vague unofficial TumOrs to this
effect had been current but the infOr-
nation received here today was from
such a high official source as. to leave
no doubt that the empress dOwager,
) who practically constitutes the gov
Z ] u
! this determination not to object to the
presence Of the foreign troops.
This change Of front came as a dis
tinct surprise to the officials and dip
lOmats, as all the reports up to this
time had pictured the empress dow
ager as intensely hostile to the for
eigners and as the real power behind
the Boxers anti-foreign uprising.
This supposed attitude of the en-
thorities here and at other capitals. as
it was feared it would eventuate in an
open declaration by the government Of
China against the presence of foreign
troops. This would have raised a new
complication, placing the foreign
forces now advancing on Pekin in the
attitude of resisting the sovereign au-
thority of China over her own terri
tory, instead of assisting China in a
suppression Of disorder.
It was stated in Diplomatic quarters
tonight that the Belgian secretary Of
2 legation at Pekin, who was attacked
: by a mob Monday. was probably Mr.
| Philip Nay. formerly with the Belgian
legation in Washington and quite
prominent in social and official circles
= here. as his post Of late has been at
Pekin,
Japan is Seriously Offended.
The Japanse charge d'affaires in
Washington, Keiziro Nabeshima, said
TO-DAY:
We have no official confirmation of
the killing of our chancellor at PelGn.
but there appears to be no doubt of
the fact and it presents a most serious
: condition. The chief Offense is against
: Japan, but aside from that 1t is against
the entire diplomatic body at Pekin.
r for if anyone of them is subject to
z such assault, they all shared in the
I same danger. I was personally
acquainted with Mr. Akira- He served
under me at the foreign office while
was chief of protocols. He was a
= bright man, had a wife and four chill
dren and was about IS years old. He
was one of the most expert chfrOgraph-
ers in Japan and this gained him the
post of chancellor at PelIin, where he
went about three years ago"
Mr. Nabeshima says the japanese
government had pursued the utmost
reserve up to this time, notwithstand-
ing to be open to any suspicious, but
he felt that if this tragedy had oc-
CURED. there would be energetic action
, taken One of the most significant
features of the affair, in his judgment,
5 was that the killing was reported 70
have been done by the troous OF the
empress dowager and not by any law
| less mob. While there might be some
excuse for mob depredations. Mr..
: Nabeshinna Sid It would be difficult to
: take any favorable view OF an attack
by Chinese soldiers on the officials OF
: foreign governments.
The burning Of the British summer