The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-07
FREE HAND FOR JAPAN
Russia Gives Her Full Lib
erty to Act in the Chi
nese Trouble.
TO LAND A GREAT FORCE
ALREADY YPKEPIRING TO EMB4RK
10000 TROOPS.
Gathered from Chinese Quarters-The
Worst Reports Accepted ms Truc-How
Prince Tuam's Coup d'etnt Was
Brought About.

London, July THE Russian govern,
ment announces that it will give Japan
free hand to apply military force in
China The terms of this consent are
summarized in the subjoined despatch
from st. Petersburg, under date of
July 6. In reply to an inquiry from the
Japanese cabinet regarding the deg
patch of Japanese troops to China to
render aid to the foreigners In Pekin the
Russian government declared on May
., that it left the Japanese government
full liberty of action in this connection
and the Toxic cabinet expressed its
readiness to act in full agreement with
the other powers.
1t is in consequence Of this, no doubt,
that Japan is preparing to embark 20,-
900 more troops. Political considera-
tions that were thought to have been
numbing the action of the powers are
thus laid aside, for a moment at least,
by the government supposed to have the
clearest purposes respecting Chlna's fu-
ture. Great Britain and the United
States have already announced their
willingness to allow Japan to take the
matter in hand. Japan's sending Of
troops now, however, may have little
bearing on the fate of the foreigners.
Baron Hayashi, the new Japanese
minister, who arrived In London on FRI
day, said that ten days would probably
be required for the carrying Of troops
to China. His dictated statements con-
tanned these sentences:
IF all the conditions Japan asked
We're conceded / see no reason why
Japan should not undertake the task
of suppressing the trouble. The powers
are all agreed in wishing to put down
the rebels. but it does not seem that
they are agreed on the means
From these authoritive utterances 1t
is inferred that Japan does nominate
conditions and that the concert of the
powers is little tangled
Recitals of further horrors in Pekin
are gathered by correspondents at
Shanghai, from Chinese sources, espe-
cially of the slaughter In the Chinese
quarter and Tartar city Of thousands of
native Christians, so that the capital
reeks with carnage. The ruthless thirst
for blood Is spreading In all the north
ern provinces; and wherever there are
ma tive Christians the scenes enacted in
the capital are reproduced in miniature,
From these stories nothing further
comes regarding the legations forces ex-
cept a repetition that they are al dead.
The correspondents aver that If the
Chinese officials in Shanghai wished to
throw light on the real estate of af-
fairs in the capital, they could do 50,
and therefore, the worse reports are ac-
cepted as true.
Prince Tuan's coup d'etat Is described
)y the Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Mall as a sequence to the grand
council of ministers at which Yung Lu
advocated the suppression of the Box
ers promptly. The dowager empress
gave her whole support OF Yung-Lu and
scene of disorder ensued Prince
ruan passionately intervened backed
" KangYi They rushed from the
council and their partisans raised the
ry Down with the Foreigners" The
fleet was electrical The eunlchs, pal
zee officials of all sorts and most of
ne populace took up the cause of Prince
'uan and his agents Immediately put
he emperor and the dowager en-
,ress under restraint.