The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-21
NOT YET THROUGH WITH THEIR
TROUBLES IN THE FORBID
DEN CITY
CHINESE ARE STILL FIGHTING
TROUBLE Is NOW THREATENED IN
THE NEIGHBORHooD OF CAN
TON AND sWATOW
GERMANS AFTER SHANGHAI
British and japanese Are Becoming
Suspicious of the Possible Ac-
tion of the Continental
Powers.

LONDON. Aug. q, 1855 a, m.-Ow1ne
probably to the Pekin wire being cut
little news of consequence from the Chi
hese capital has come through this morn
Ing. What little has reatl ed London In.
dicates that the allies are in need OF
| reinforcclnents.
The commander Of the italian second
| class crI,iser Fie;amosca telegraphs from
Taku, according to the home correspon-
dent of the Daily Mail that very urgent
requests were coming from Pekin on
! Saturday for the immediate dispatch of
further troops and that in answer to
these 100 Italian marines were sent off
post haste.
The Japanese minister in London Is
said to have received a telegram last
evening announcing that subsequent to
the entry into Pekin Japanese detach-
ment went to the imperial palace to af>
ford whatever protection was necessary.
The enemy were in strength and fighting
was still proceeding when the message
was sent to Toxic. The main body of
the japanese were then at An Ting Men,
gate, the Tartar city, with headquarters
at the Japanese legation. Reports of the
presence OF the empress dowager are still
contradictory, but Gen. Lung Yu, on the
authority of the Shanghai correspondent
of the Standard, is definitely announced
to be a prisoner by orders of the empress
in the imperial palace.
This, perhaps" says the correspon-
dent, is good plan as detention in the
capital will allow him TO negotiate with
the allies, which he would do as Prince
Tuar's enemy"
The Chinese io
asked as to the whereabouts of the en-
press dowager and emperor, replied:
They have gone westward to the old
capital, Hsian Flu, and I think they are
quite safe there"
Serious trouble is now threatened in
the neighborhood Of Canton. The Ameri-
cans at SwatOw, according to the Daily
Chronicles Shanghai correspondent, have
applied for warship in consequence OF
serious rioting and the Hong Kong cor
respondent Of the Daily Mail SAYS that
warship is on the way there now.
queen Victoria has sent the following
message to the commandant of marines
at Pelkin:
II thank God that you and those under
your command have been rescued from
your perilous situation WithNmy people
| have waited with the deepest anxiety
for goods news Of your safety and the
happy termination of your heroic and
pGolony II defense. l grove for the loss
and sufferings experienced by the be-
sieged.''
A japanese warship has left Yokohama
for Shanghai, according to the Daily
Mail, to land troops and to protect jap
anese subjects.
The Daily Mail also announces that
Germany will land a detachment at
Shanghai
Further Yokohama advces to the same
paper declare that Germany and Russia
are objects of distrust to the Japanese
press, which urges that Japan having
borne the chief burden of the operations
must see tc it that The future of China
is not determined merely by the pleas
ure Of the western powers
1T is felt" says the correspondent.
that determined action On the part of
Great Britain, the United States and
Japan will avert any danger arising from
the ambition of continental Europe"
The seD1i-otIicial Japanese organs saw
that II occasion arises Japan can send
$4,000 troops on short notice and that. if
the powers are inclined to play a sefsh
plan special measures vii! be necessary
The Chinese ambassador here, inter
viewed by the Daily Chronicle Is quoted
as saying:
''The disturbances are only tenn
porary outbreak. We do not despair of
the outlook. Everything depends uron
the conduct of the allies in Pekili 81!
questions rest on them for solution You
may be certain that oppos ition to West
eyn ideas arc not at the root Of the pres
ent evils, but the matter Of dealing. with
an ancient people,