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Show . . l . esident Roosevelt Suspicious of Pacific Paci-fic flssurciiccs Prom Peking Government; Govern-ment; Philippine Natives Anxious to Enlist for Fioht With Chinese. ' IJTASIHNaTON, Feb. 28. Consul-General Rodgers at Shanghai cabled 0 State department tinder today's date that the American mission sta-tni sta-tni at Nanchang, in Xlenre province, have been destroyed. 'The probable cuse in local. '. " , " , y' , The telegrams received from thos points state that fourteen American missionaries atthose places escaped, but the Kingham family, ( English, j two adults and two children, are rep orted to have been killed. ... ;' ' - ' The. American gunboat El Cano, a t Nanking, has been, ordered to pro-' pro-' ceed immediately to Kiukiang, wher e she will probably arrive by Wednes- , - i day. The scene of the trouble is abou t 400 miles up the Yangtse river. ' A later dispatch from from Sir. B. odgers received today at the State department de-partment says that the Island British missions are' reported to be safe. ' A cablegram from Commander Fletcher, the senior officer of the' Ba- leigh at Shanghai, received at the N avy department today, confirms sub- t stan tlaily Oonsul-Oeneral Bodgers' report. . . . ' PEKING, Feb; 26. The American Methodist mission has a station at Nanchang. No news of the missionaries has been received at Peking. It Is supposed that they escaped to Xiuklang. " MANILA, Feb. 26.-MaJor-Qeneral Xeonad Wood has sailed for the is- . land of Mindanao' on a two ' weeks' "tour of inspection. - The Filipinos are ' anxloui to organize, a volunteer regi- tnent to assist America in China. . . - ' ' CHICAGO, Feb. 26. A dispatch to the Tribune'from Washington says: "President Roosevelt has grown suspicious sus-picious of the good faith of the Chinese government as a result of the policy or 'duplicity which it seems to be pursuing. pursu-ing. He has been given , assurance through Minister Rockhlll which are not ' In keeping wlrh the act of. the Peking authorities. Policy of .Duplicity. . ' J " "Apparently, there" has been kdopted at the Chinese capital tactics such as were "observed In 1900, prior to the Boxer outbreak; " The diplomatic corps was told then in the most positive manner man-ner that the reports of a general upVls-ing upVls-ing were. without foundation and that the Government had taken ample measures meas-ures to suppress local disturbances anO to prevent Injury to life and property. The result of this representation was the failure of foreign powers to . take action for the protection of their subjects sub-jects and interests until it was too late. Unrest All Over Empire. "The Administration sees in the present pres-ent situation a parallel which existed prior to the outbreak with this single arid important difference; that the present pres-ent unrest Is not confined to two provinces prov-inces in the North, but prevails all over the empire. , . ; Missionaries Named. "The State department Is advising mission boards to bring in all missionaries mission-aries stationed in outlying districts Inaccessible In-accessible to warships or troops, and place them at points where they can bt protected. Rear-Admiral Train, commander-in-chief of -the Asiatic fleet, is giving similar advice to the missionaries mission-aries themselves. ' " Warned by Consuls. "United States Consuls are also warning warn-ing missionaries and other Americans that the situation is of such a character as to warrant them in taking precautions precau-tions to fly to points of safety the moment mo-ment the disorders break out. "Neither the Army nor the Navy department de-partment is abating Its efforts to be ready to act the moment the President gives the word." |