Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
NEW DANGER POINT
Consul Martin Asks for Help at
Chinkiang.
THE SITUATION IN CHINA
The Place Where More Blood
May Be Shed.
FROM CONSULAR OFFICERS
FROM CONSULAR OFFICERS

The following dispatch was received at
the State Department today:
CHINKIANG June l.. 1900.
Secretary of STATE:
Large number of natives. organized Sc
Cret society. halted here. People very ap-
preh. uSive. No protection. Want cruiser
tSiene,D MARTINI
The s,cncr of the above dispatch is the
United States consul at Chinkiang.
Mr. Martins telegram is the first news re-
coivcd here to indicate the spread o. the
iE"Ner agitation in that section OF emma.
Ch.nkans is one of the most important
treaty ports in China II is located on the
NarEtSc Kiaug. 4 little over l"' miles above
th,. point where the Wo-SunS enters. and. Is
about G.5 miles distant from Shanghai. At
tn, latter port the United States gunboats
Yorktown and Castinc are now lying. un-
deTroiug some repairs. Tne extent OF these
is Not known at the Navy Department., but
assuming that they are not more exten-
siVt than usual, ii is said that one or both
of the vessels might be dispatched to
ChIEkians in the course of a day or two
However. UP TO this moment no orders
have gone forward To either of the vessels
or To Admiral Remey There is an intima-
tiun al the State Department that the con-
sui at Chiukang has eXaSSera ted the dan
ger Of the situation, and that the mere
hating near the town of a number of Box
ers i npt evidence that they have nos
tile intentions against the American consul
late. So 1t is probable that in the absence
az more serious developments. no ship Will
be sent to Chinkiang. The town is nearly
::,n miles southeast Of Pekin. but fortu-
ultely i much more accessible To foreign
wirShips Vessels drawing as much as
twenty-five feet of water can work up the
river To that point.
ON" of the dispatches received at the
Staie Department this morning was from
another consular officer in China hut 1t
wa- stated that / conveyed no news Of i'm
roriInce. and its contents were not made
IuU-!,.
Pressure Increases.
The pressure upon the President and De-
Iar;ment of S;a.e from the missionary in
,s--.I. i that relief expeditions he sent out
Ly tn United States government to secure
the safety of the missions in outlying Chi
l.-~,- GOWNS and intimayIons is conveyed that
tf""Is might i,e employed for that purpose.
I'll. Sttte Department. however, has not
altered its position. and Admiral kempf
= stil confined to his instruction To pro-
tvct American lives and the American le-
CATION and consulateS Mr.. Conger like
Wis" mas been laid under the same injunc-
t-Hut hut nothing has been added to his in
s'F-til"n that would specifically direct him
10 'ndangcT the safety of the legation at
'kln 10y sending these guards way off into
tn southern country in the effort to reach
iAv scattered missions. If this task is to be
Gi!!t:tdken by MN something more than
IL" limited force of United States marines
NJ" Htd4lsL'It at iihu ithln or even Ma
Mia Will he required. and the administra-
non Is not disposed to 90 beyond that
limit;
From Consular Officers.
Just before the cabinet meeting today
secretary Hay was IN receipt of some ad-
vices from some of the consular officers
In China. These Were not made public
but were taken across by the secretary to
the hIte House for the Presidents infor-
nation The Navy Department has cabied
directly To Rear Admiral kempff. at Taku
10 inform him that marine reinforcements
have been ordered to him from Manila
Thus The admiral Will be in position to
act with greater freedom in sending relief
expeditions tu Pekin and elsewhere, know
ing jhd- he Will soon be able to replace lhe
marines diverted from Taku.