The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 13, 1900, Page 1

Tall., \'\')]l\lL L\\\YIII NO. 13. : SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JAPANESE DIPLOMAT IN PEKING MURDERED BY THE BOXERS This Deed W/Iill Furnish a Spark Which Is Likely to Cause the Spread of Internal Conflagration in China to the Powers. EKING, 1e 12.—Boxers have murdered one of the secretaries of the Japanese Legation here. The remainder of the foreign residents are besieged in Legation | street. Nothing has been heard of the relief force which we are advised left Tientsin three days since. Wires running south from Peking have been cut, but the | Russian line 8. LONDON, 20 a. m.—The Times, in an extra edition, publishes the following dispatch from Peking, dated June 12, 2 p. m.: “The Chancellor of | Akira, while proceeding alone and unprotected on official duty, was brutally murdered by soldiers of Tung Fuh Siang, tke favorite npress Dowager, at Manigate railroad station yesterday. Reinforcements are daily expected. The present isolated position at Peking, the destruc- in the country and the insecurity of life are directly attributable to treachery of the Chinese Government.” | U \I‘TV}\'Q WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, June 12.—Fears are expressed in diplomatic circles here to-night that the mur- he legation and the besieging of foreign residents in Legation street, Peking, will furnish a spark which will cause the spread of the the powers. Secretary Hay told me that he had not been advised of the death of the Japanese diplomat and of the imminent danger be. Mr. Nabeshima, secretary of the Japanese Legation, also stated that he was without advices, but expressed confidence that Z: Government would take prompt measures for the protection of its subjects and their interests in the celestial kingdom. se secretary of the legation, in the opinion of administration circles, increases the danger of murder of American missionaries. The ssionaries are placed was considered during a meeting of the Cabinet to-day and a serious discussion took place, with a view of de- urnish them efficient protection. A member of the Cabinet, after leaving the White House, said that the truth of the matter is that hend the sitnation because of a lack of information; that messages so far received are very indefinite, and that before a final pol- .r advices are necessary. There is no doubt that during the Cabinet session there was talk of using troops, but this same official de- ioes not care to dispatch soldiers into China, preferring, Jut the murder of a Japanese diplomat and the dangerous situation of foreign residents of Peking, added to the conceded proba- 1 troops to China, may cause a rapid change of view with respect to the use of American soldiers. Japan is in no mood’to permit her ced in a movement encouraged by the ruler of the Chinese empire. The Empress Dow- sese troops into China or else send herself a large. force into the territory in- B e R R R . S S CSNSPUD SIS P SPA .00069000 +04+0+@ . solong as other powers make no such move, to leave operations to detachments | o be murdered, especi ily by persons eng: ag 1s of Japan, and Russia will probably either object to the dispatch of Jap: f infl ce and perhaps to Peking it \c't. The result is difficuit to foresee unless an agreement of some kind should be reached beforehand. erative vu" of vigorous action is shown by the dispatches received by the State Department from several points in China, which was not been answered, but it is believed it will be, and Consul Martin is expected to continue to wire developiments to Secre- foo has reported a very dangerous situation there, and it was rumored to-day that he stated that the Boxers were attacking, rt could not be confirmed. ot only one of repc o message which was received here to-day came to Mr. Nabeshima, Japanese Charge d’Affaires, who was informed by his Government powers at Peking were acting harmoniously for the protection of foreign life and property and for the reopening. of communication be- 1 view of the danger besetting the forelgn diplomats in Pekmg it is expected that foreign marines will see to it that communication be- is kept open so as to insure a safe v compel the adoption ‘of such a L e R niioan an s e e e o S Sl o o ot o e i e o o o ] 2 s . ® > Minister, declined to-day to discuss from Weng Tung No, formerly ror, for the deposition of the Empress Kwang Hsu to the throne. Dip- | irs would not be surprised if the g No, after his dismissal by the etired to his home at Soo Chow, sev- and as the appeal is dated * be responsible for it. That it hardly believed. in | g Hsu is closely guarded in the imperial with him is extremely difficult. It is Weng Tung No is familiar with the Em- acted as he did knowing that the appeal would not be surprising if the powers were nt of removing the Empress Dowager and restor- ially in view of the fact that she is encour- | s she is power will With the Emperor on the liplomatic time would be movement, and it is believed here no’ | ippressing the rebellious Chi- | at they can look for no assistance SLAUGHTER BOXERS marines reconnoitering in ad- to Peking fought and chased A correspondent accom- correspondent accom Qe 00000-6-00-00sb40e Umpanied v s pauni of x| SUMMER RESIDENCE OF ai o oxers | BRITISH MINISTER BURNED tered small parties of Boxers LONDON, from the advancing ma- ing the rafls moved and at Tientsin, Shanghal and other treaty ports throw side lights upon the situation. According to one dispatch from Tientsin it 1s understood there that the foreign andied awkwardly. The marines | Ministers will insist. as soon as fresh lle, and killed between twenty and | bayonets arrive at Peking, upon the re- { moval of the anti-forelgn advisers of the Dowager Empress and upon the substitu- tion for them of councilors friendly to Western civilization, The English at Shanghal are afratd that Great Britain has been decetved and that the whole business wiil have to be gone through again. Russia's aims, they argue. n of o';cszo&o-!zonoszflxoaflow03‘.’0%082032‘38038030&-‘0- n of the Emperor is S e e o e e o e o ot , and so long in ss1on. corps. no June 13.—The correspondents the first train, near Langfang, ge on the left. It was estimated and they were trying to . Seeing more ma- 's sixteen halted them across the front xers severely with Maxims. cleared out two ed and wounded. The European's who p o ,- f the Be nded were attende B a ish surgeons. thing. . ¥ {are not understood, and Russia and | =e heart the International eolumn | France are apparently not working in the is so much dam- |same spirit as the other powers. Five | v and Monday, and | thousand Russfans are ready to land at damaged. Taku | s were found in headless bodies. The A telegram from Yokohama. dated | llages having day evening, says that the Japanese vernment has ordered four more war- ships to proceed to Taku and 400 men of all arms are under orders to be in imme- diate readiness for embarkation. The dispatch says the Japanese Govern- ment “trusts the powers will not miscon- strue this action.” tan, @+0+04 04040+ 0404040404 040+ 0+ 04040+ O+ 040+ 0404040+ | SIX THOUSAND BOXERS ARE H 404 ! : : ! : : : : t & 1 ] 1 i ¢ ¢ é 1 ° | The Japanese press is urging vigorous $ ATTACKING CATHOLIC CONVENT g s < The Shanghal correspondent of the ° Times, telegraphing Tuesday, says: + + | Japanese Minister is p.veqln- for recog- o The latest news from Pao Ting Fu is that the Box- nition of a Japanese sphere of influence, + attacking the Catholic convent there. The situation g | to Include the provinces of Chekiang, Fo- bl the offici are evidently, inactive. | kien and Kiangsi.” * hree British landed Jast evening. An addi- The Hongkong correspondent of the 9 tional tw Pritish have been sent to Fong Shan. This morning a Times, wirlng yesterday says: “The ad- O special train left Tientsin for Yangtsun to bring General Nieh to consult § miralty have engaged a transport to take 3+ with the Vicerey. graphic communication with Peking is still inter- 50 troops to Tangku. The salling date 0 ed 2 has not been fixed.” - The Russian warships Petropaulovski and Komiloff are at Taku Bar and The only bit of information which the b4 Russian torpedo boats “13” and “107" are in the river Taku. Want of British War Office has made public re- - - prevents Russians from ianding troops. The Russians are garding the situation since it became im- 3 very sective here to-day % portant was the admlnl‘onhyu:erday that 0 1t i reported that General Fung Fah Siang. with many thousand troops, the summer residence of the Eritish Min- PRINCIPAL GATEWAY LEADING INTO THE PURPLE OR'FOR. & (‘xr(—-:gfl_z;‘u The United States warships Nashville and Monocacy are re- § E;::rbi:nl}:&::a,s" Claude Macdonald, SERTHN £ D R T s W Tr i e T TRRTAT, OB YE P po e CITY, WHERE THE EMPEROR LIVES. @ Insurance rates for Tientsin have been @ + O+0+0+040 + 04040 + 04040404 0+ 0404040404 0+0+040 + 4@ | ralsed to s per 10 pounds. B I S ‘»WWWM—&WH+MWH*4@+@ D R R S S S T R R R R R is officially BRIBES OFFERED BUER LEADERS T0 LAY DOWN ARMS ‘Those Near Kruger Say Generals Botha and Delarey Have Been Promised Ten Thousand Pounds a Year to Quit Fighting. BRITISH CASUALTIES. LONDON, June 13.—The War Office casualty returns up to June 9 aggregate 23,664, besides 792 officers 12,355 men sent home as invalids, but not including the sick in South African hos- pitals. mwwmwmomo bbb Somsdacincd o osst 320320&"8803’80?39880eaoN0&0!&0&03.‘0%0&‘03305‘.‘0.000@000@0@-'@000000060006-0»0s'vfigooov'uowo‘o}t. O+04+0¢ 040+ SIR ALFRED MILNER, GOVERNOR OF CAPE COLONY, AND HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR SOUTH AFRICA. CROWN COLONY GOVERNMENT PLANNED FOR SOUTH AFRICA ONDON, June 12.—Tt is learned by the Associated Press that the Gov- ernment has at last decided upon a plan for the civil settlement of South Africa. The details are kept most secret, but it can safely be sald that the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal will become crown colonies. Sir Alfred Milner, it is declared, is to be High Com- missioner of South Africa, in spite of the opposition he has incurred. The ¥n colony form of gcvernment can be best understood by reference to the ystem in vogue in the West Indies, Sierra Leone and Ceylon. Endeavors will ade to put this in force as soor. as possible in the Transvaal and Or- River colonies, though it ‘s scarcely expected that the details will the work be begun for a few months. While the civil scttlement will be Wn up so as to be cventuaily independent of military en DT C ement, it is realized that the initial work must be done with f the troops. Sir Alfred Milner appears to belleve that civil military pacification can proceed simultaneously. and that a as aa ange be announced or some parts rising will not serfously retard the progress of reorgan- 1z1uv~n once it is begun. The Colonial Office is sald to be of the opinion, ver, that the maintenance of good-sized garrisons at such centers as sntein, Kroonstad. Johannesburg and Pretoria w long time after the crown colo reason and others put forward by autonomous ferm of government though it cannot be verified, tioned off to Natal. The whole arrangement may be roughly described as coinciding with the views advanced by the progressives, as opposed to those held by bundites. The final steps in this direction have been taken during the last few days. Mr. Chamberlain sent for J. P. Fitzpatrick, author of “The Transvaal From Within,” who Is well known in connection with South African affairs, and spent a whole day In consultation with him. Mr. Fitzpatrick will safl for Cape Town June 1§ to join the advisory committee which Sir Alfred Milner is forming. ill be necessary stem gets In working order. For t r Alfred Milner, the idea of granting an has been abanddned. It is believed, that a portion of the Transvaal will be parti- ONDON, June 13.—3:20 A. M.—According to a dispatch to the Daily Express from Machadodorp dated June 10, via Lourenzo Marques, those around President Kruger say that Generals Louts Botha and Delarey have been offered indirectly £10000 a year to lay down their arms, and President Kruger expects the same offer to be made to himself, President Steyn and De Wet. President Kruger believes that the British make these efforts to close the war on the principle that it would cost less than to fight It out. Two pleces of news encouraging to the British in the official dispatches are that the broken communications of Lord Roberts are in a fair way to be mended by the forees moving northward and southward and driving off the roving com- mandos, and that Sir Redvers Buller is at last master of Laings Nek. Tele- graphic communication with Lord Roberts Is expected to be restored to-day, as a dispatch from Bloemfontein, dated yesterday, says that the railway is in Brit- ish possession again and that the work of repairing the line is going on rapidly with abundant material warehoused a: Bloemfontein. From the subjoined telegram it would appear that General Hunter was In command of the troops referred to by General Kelly-Kenney In his dispatch from Bloemfontein June 12: “General Hunter is coming up rapidly from the north- west. having severely defeated a large command of Boers who had destroyed two miles of raflway north of Kroonstad.” The Boer government is aiso Issulng news cheering to its sympathizers. The following builetin, the Boer version of the disaster to the Derbyshires, was posted by President Kruger at Machadodorp: “On June 7 four divisions of burghers, commanded by Steenkammp. Frine- man, Dupioy, Fourfe and Hel. attacked the British at Roodeval, killed 200, took 709 prisoners and captured immense stores of food and ammunition—a Maxim gun and 1009 lyddite shells. Some food was taken by the Boer farmers and the fest was burned. The English mall was taken. The burghers attacked from the open veldt and gave evidence of unprecedented bravery." General de Wet was also fighting on June 2, whether at Roodeval or elsewhers is not clear, but the Boer War Office gives it out that he captured 3000 suits of clothf; blankets, gloves, boots, etc. Being unable to take them with him in his rapid advance through the country. according to the Transvaal War Office. he burned the whole mass. General de Wet has also reported that he put 1000 Brit- ish out of action and destroyed property valued at £100,00. As Lord Methuen described as fighting on June 7 it is possible that he was engaged by General de Wet. A dispatch from Lourenzo Marqnes says that 1500 Boers are reported to be retiring on Middleburg from varfous quarters and that, after weeding out the faint-hearted, 20,000 men are still left. cavalry as well as water. General Buller was unable on Monday to follow up the Boers from lack of The dispatches describe him as fighting a spirited ad- vance over a rugged field under prolonged rifie fire. The Boers had two guns, which they got away. Few dead or wounded Boers were found. ¥t seems probable that the major portlon of the Boers had withdrawn before the ad- vance began. Lord Methuen. General Rundle and General Brabant are reported to have 30,000 men and fifty guns engaged in inclosing the Boers in the eastern part of Orange River Colony. $T4CHTIQ+ DHOHOHOH0 40404040 +040+0404 THOH0404 0404340 o R R e R .