The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-07
RUSSIA At LAST AGREES
TO GIVE JAPAN FREE hand
Twenty Thousand mv.t Troops Will Now Be Rushed
Into the Breach in China.
Russian Force of 5000 Believed TO Be Annhilaed-Tien
TSin in Dangerous Position

London. July Z. 2:4O a. m.-The Rus
sian government announces that it viii
give Japan a free hand to apply mill
tary force in China.
The terms of this consent are sum-
married. in the subjoined dispatch from
St Petersburg. under date of July s.
In response 20 inquiry from the
japanese cabinet regarding the dis
patch Of japanese troops TO China 20
render aid to the foreigners in Pekin,
the Russian government declared June
e.. that it left the japanese govern
mcnt full liberty of action in this con-
u,ction. as the Toxic cabinet expressed
its readiness 10 act in full agreement
with the other powers"
10 is in consequence of this. no doubt,
that japan is preparing TO embark 20
Oon more troops Political cOnsidc.a-
tipns that were thought 10 nave be-.
Influencing the action Of the DOWcra
are thus laid as le for a moment. at
least. by the governments supposed 10
have the clearest purpose respecting
China's future.
Jtpan's sending Of troops can have
little bearing on the fate Of the foreign
els i'm Pekn.
Japan Insists on Conditions.
Baron Havash the new Japanese
minister who arrived IN London on
Friday. said that ten days would prob
ably be required Tor the carrying of
troops To China. His dictated state
mrnts contained these sentences:
If ali the conditions Japan has ask
ed were conceded, | see no reason why
Japan should not undertake the task
Of supDressing the trouble. The pow
oil in, fcbf
down the rebellion. but il does not seem
that they are agreed on the means"
From this authoritative utterance ii
is inferred that Japan does name con-
ditioue and that the concert of the
powers is a little tangled.
Pekin's Streets Run Blood.
Details Of further horrors in Pekin
gre gathered by correspondents at
shanghai from Chinese sources. espec-
tally of the slaughter in the Chinese
and Tartar city of thousands of native
Christians including 5000 Roman Cath
ollie converts. SO that the capital reeks
with carnage. The ruthless thirst for /
blood is spreading in all the northern |
provinces: and wherever there are ma |
tive Christians the scenes enacted i'm |
the capital are reproduced in minia- !
I tUre.
comes regarding the legation forces, |
except a repetition that they are all /
dead. The correspondents aver that /
if the Chinese officials in Shanghai /
wished TO throw light on the real state /
of affairs i'm the capital they could do /
50, and, therefore the worst reports /
are accepted as true.
Ii Takes Strong Measures.
Prince TuanS coup d'etat is described /
by the Shanghai correspondent Of the /
Daily Mail AS sequence to the grind I
council of ministers. at which Yung Lua /
advocated the suppression Of the Box /
ers promptly. The dowager empress |
gave her whole support To Yung Lua,
and scene of diSOrda ensued. (
Prince Tuan pasSionately interviewed. /
backed by Kand Yih. They rushed /
from the council, and their Dartisans |
raised the cry: Down with the for !
eignerS."
The effect was electrical.
The eunuChs palace officials Df all
sorts and most of the populace took up
the cause of Prince Tuan. and his
agents immediately put the emperor
and the dowager empress under re-
SJraint.