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Show FEAR OUTBREAK 1 CliiilllT Conditions That Exist Much Similar to Those Preceding the Boxer Tronble. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. China is declared to bo on the verge of another upheaval similnr to tlio Boxer uprising and the Jives of foreigners arc in jeopardy, jeop-ardy, liccent advices from government officials in China express the belief that an outbroak at. any time would not .surprise .sur-prise them. The "state department has instructed officials to maintain a closo wntch on the internal conditions. All through the summer months there have bqon nmt.tcrings of discontent in some of tho Chinese provinces duo to tho rice famine, d3'nastic difficulties and dissatisfaction over acts of tho Pepin Pe-pin government us to foreign investments invest-ments in China. Good harvests mitigated to some extent ex-tent tho gravity of the situation, but there is sit 11 a gonoral feeling of unrest, un-rest, according to personal JettorH received re-ceived hero from men on dutj in that quarter. The army and the navy arc prepared for any emergency, but their readiness is soleo' a precautionary measure, it is said, and should not bo taken as an indication in-dication of immediate danger. Natives Only Lack Loader. Authentic advices from thoso charged with keeping in touch with conditions indicate that, tho only tliinp: lacTcing to parallel the present situation with that precodinc tho Boxer troubles, which drew iuto China the Ainorican forces as well as those of other nations, is tho matter of organization and that it only needs a leader to effect that. Every vessol in tho Asiatic fleet, as well as the mililnry force at Manila, is prepared for almost instant action in the event trouble breaks out. United States Minister Calhoun at Pekin. who laBt May reported to tho state department tho generally disquieting disquiet-ing anti-foreign and anti-dynastic rumors, ru-mors, is kcoping in close touch with the situation there and tho foroign consular body at Nanking early in tlio sumnior emphasized to the vicerov tho importance import-ance of immediate profecHvo measures. |