The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-14
Rumor from Shanghai Which Says
Minister Conger Has Asked for
1000 United States Soldiers.
RUSSIAN TROOPS LANDED
1000 CAVALRY. INFANTRY AND AR
TILLERY ASHORE AT TAkU.
DOwager Empress Wcakcning-Ma-
rines Sent from Manila-Dr. Ed
na G.. Terry Killed.

| LONDON, June IA. 5 a m.-Peking ap-
pears to be completely isolated. None OF
| the morning papers or news agencies has
| word from there direct to-day. The lat
| est message received in London is one an
nouncing that the Chinese are ;ntrenching
outside the capital, with the intention of
opposing the international army
A dispatch from Tien-Tsin. dated Tues
day. says: 'I learn that the Chinese have
guns trained on the American mission and
| the British legation. Two thousand Rus
sian cavalry and infantry, with artillery,
| have landed at Taku."
The Shanghai correspondents report that
United States Minister Conger. by courier.
asks for two thousand United States
| troops. The question of provisioning the
relief force Is already difficult and 1t is
predicted. at Shanghai. that 1t will become
| acute.
The leading members of the Reform
party, representing fifteen out of eighteen
provinces, are at Shanghai A dispatch to
| the Daily Mail. dated yesterday. says they
| are sending a petition to the United States,
| Great Britain and Japan, praying those
| powers to take Joint action against any at
| tempt on the part of the other powers to
partition the empire, and they implore the
powers thus addressed to rescue the En-
peror.
| dispatch from st. Petersburg says that
! the ships of the Russian Pacific squadron
| on the active list. as we'll as those at
| vladivostock. have been ordered to pro-
ceed. with all haste, to Chinese waters.
| The Foreign Office confirms the report of
an engagement between troops of the in
| ternational column and the Boxers on
| Monday. 1t says that "about thirty-five
| Chinese were killed."
| Rumors are current at Shanghai to the
effect that the powers have settled the
| Chinese question by agreeing to forgive
| the dowager Empress and her Manchu adj
visers. provided they promise to amend
their future conduct.
| In regard to the reports that Japan Is
| about to declare China, it was
| learned at the Japanese embassy that the
| attitude of Japan in the Chinese crisis
| is to cooperate Loyalty with the European
powers. In the existing situation Japan
| would not be willing to see any single
power take the lead. The murder of the
/ chancellor of the Japanese legation at
| Peking is regarded likely to lead to
serious complications, but no decision has
| been reached by Japan as to what politi-
cal measures will be necessary to meet the
| situation. Relative TO the reports that the
Japanese minister at Peking is pressing for
| the recognition Of Japanese sphere OF
| influence to include the provinces of Che
| Kiang, Fo-Kian and Kiang-Si 1t is pointed
| out that Japan has already obtained q
| promise that the province of Fo-Kian
| should not be alienated, while Kiang-Si,
| situated at the mouth of the Yang-Tse
| river, is in the British sphere. Japan is
! not likely to take a step which might be
| distasteful to Great Britain. whose inter-
| ests in China are similar to those of Japan.
The steamer Halcon has been chartered
| at Hong-Kong to convey 600 troops to Tien-
| Tsin. She is being fitted by the artifcers
| of the Terrible. The troops have drawn
! their field equipment. They will leave
| Hong-Kong to-day. Major Morris, of the
artillery, will be In command.