The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-06-15
A Foreign Legation Reported
Destroyed.
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF ObSrRucfrD'

British, Americans and Japanese
Favor Emperor Kwans Hsu's
Il. Rcstoration-FOyr Thousand
~. Russians Have Landed. :.
LONDON, June ia special dis1
patch from Shanghai says an uncon6rmi
cd report has reached there from TEN
tsin to the effect that foreign legation
has been burned and that a minister has
been killed. The names, 1t Is added, are
withheld pending confirmation Of the
report.
1t is further rumored here that the In
ternatiOnal relief parties are experience
ing great difficulties in regard to pr0vi|
sions and water.
Tuesday night the London Times publ
lished n dispatch from Picking, dated
June IL, 2 p. M, saying the chanceilos
of the japanese legation was murdered
by soldiers belonging to the bodyguart
of the dowager empress. 1t was also
announced the same day that the sum.
mer residence of the British minister Al
Picking, Sir Claude M. Macdonald, had
been burned 1t is possible that these
facts have given rise to the sensations.
reports in circulation ut Tien-tsin and
Shanghai.
A special dispatch from Shanghai, dat
ed yesterday, says: rr,
"A report has reached here, that tho
British, American and japanese minis
tiers in Picking favor the restoration Of
Emperor Kwane Hsu, but that the Frencl.
and Russian ministers insist upon tn
poweS taking charge Of China. 1t il
further reported that the respective divi
sions of the country have already been as
signed. The belief is that the withdraw:
al of the British ships from tile Yang
tse-kians is an indication of Great Brit.
aims disclaimer Of the sphere theory"
Later reports from Tien-tsin confirm
the news Of the burning Of the japanese
legation, but the rumor that a ministeS
has been murdered is not confirmed. :,
Fifteen hundred Russians, with fous
guns, have arrived outside Of Picking:
This makes 1000 Russians who have
landed.
1t il regarded as certain that the Japa-
reese government will take active steps
concerning the murder Of the chancellor
of the Japanese legation.
In consequence Of disturbances at Che
FL the German flagship and the British
cruiser Phunix have returned there. A
Russian warship with 800 troops has
gone TO Hankow.
Chinese dosperadoes at Quin-san, 40
miles from Shanghai. have seized threa
launches and treated the passengers
practically. f.
The Times publishes the following dis
patch from Tien-tsin, via Shanghai, June
IA:
"A serious engagement has occurred
between the internationl II column and
the Mohammednn troops Of General
Tung Fuh Chang near P"king.'
Mr.. Byron Brennan, British consul at
Shanghai, who is now in London says
that these Mohamnlelan troops are arm
ed with machine guns and repeating RI, (
hes.
A Shanghai dispatch says:
"a Chinese steamer laden with arms
and ammunition has cleared from Shangy
hal bound for Tien-tsn.
"A notorious murderer who was deliyl
cred by the municipality of Shanghai to-
the Chinese authorities is being slowly
stoned to death in a cnge, Thousands of
spectators watch hissaGonies daily"
Observers at Shanghai and Tien-tsin
think there is great deal more trouble,
ahead for the concert of powers than
merely reaching Picking with 2.O44 men,
Serious disturbances are taking place al
lun-nan-fu and Meng-tze, as well as e.
other points at considerable distance,
from the capital The whole Chinese
empire seems to be in a ferment.