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Show ENGLAND AND CHINA. London, Aug. 30, 1 a. m. William St. John Broderick. under secretary of state for foreign affairs, epeaking last evening at Thorncombe. said the situation sit-uation in China was considerably involved in-volved because there was no Chinese government, "with whom to negotiate." "Great Britain," continued the under secretary, "while prepared to support the loyal viceroys of south China ho have stood aloof from this insurrection, and while prepared also to preserve British trade with China, will claim some penalty or indemnity for the j damage wrought. "Nevertheless we cannot undertake to govern China ourselves or with 'the assistance as-sistance of other powers." Amid the growing difficulties of the Chinese imbroglio, Mr. Broderick's emphatic em-phatic declaration at Thorr.combe last evening proves that the British government govern-ment does not see any cause to depart de-part from the line of policy originally decided upon, namely, to take no responsibility re-sponsibility for the administration of China. I Mr. Broderick said he hoped it would not be supposed that the government was pusilanimous in this respect. Its object was to maintain British interests. inter-ests. It was quite ready to take its share of the white man's burden, but could not admit that the nature of the burden should be dictated to It by the yellow man. "Here," the Morning Post observes, "is where the difficulty of observing a policy comes in. We could not decamp and leave the powers to settle themlL, Sir Chih Chen Lo Feng, the Chinese minister in London, asserts he is in constant communication with Li Hung Chang, who is still in Shanghai. A Shanghai telegram says Li Hung Chang has sent a memorial begging; the empress dowager to appoint Prince Ching, general Yung Lu and the Yang Tse viceroys as joint peace makers with himself. "There are conflicting rumors of a great battle in which 1.500 Boxers and Prince Tuan were killed." The reform party, under Kang Yu Wei, is said to be actively preparing for rebellion. General Creagh. in the presence of Vice Admiral Seymour, reviewed 3.000 troops of all nationalities at Shanghai Wednesday. It is rumored from Hankow that twenty-five reformers have been executed, exe-cuted, their heads being exposed. The Taku correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, wiring Aug. 26, says the country around Taku and Pekin Is devastated, with the result that the Boxers are most unpopular and are being be-ing attacked by the peasantry. The Boxers who were moving north from Shan Tung, are now returning hastily to their homes. Belated dispatches and the stories of the refugees arriving at Che Foo, continue con-tinue to describe the terrible conditions In Pekin. One of the worst incidents is the shocking desecration of the foreign for-eign cemetery outside the west wall. The details are too revolting to be described. Hundreds of bodies of Chinese are found in the streets of Pekin, supposed to be those of traitors to the cause of the Boxers. The Shanghai correspondent of the Times says a native official telegram from Pao Ting Fu, announces the arrival ar-rival of the court last Sunday at Tai Yuen Fu. Communication between Pekin and Tien Tsin is Interrupted, probably because be-cause bands of Boxers make the road unsafe for couriers. The country north of Yang Tsun is said to be flooded. A German firm is negotiating with Chang Chi Tung, the Wu Chang vice- , roy, to lend him 1.000,000 taels on the security of viceroyal industrial undertakings. under-takings. A correspondent at New Chwang says the Russians at Hai Cneris are awaiting await-ing re-tnforcemerris. whose advance is delaved by the impassable conditions of the roads to Leao Yam,' and Mukden. Meanwhile the native population of j the district is being treated with the 'utmost severity. Eye witnesses report an indiscriminate slaughter- of non-combatants non-combatants and the reduction of the country in the vicinity of Port Arthur to a state of utter desolation. Berlin, Aug. 29. Her Von Brandt, l'fr- j mer minister to China, who was inter- I viewed today regarding the situation, ! made the following statement: "It is an error to assume that the Chi-r.oaa Chi-r.oaa trouble is at an end with the relief of the foreign legations. As a matter of fact, it has but just begun because now the divergent interests of the powers are asserting themselves. No doubt, the United States would conclude peace im- mediately and act as a mediator if, unfor-j unfor-j tunately Chinese duplicity were not so apparent. 1 "Russia wants the empress dowager retained. Great Britain wants Emperor Kwf.ns Ssu at the head of affairs. Ger-; Ger-; many runs the risk of being isolated or of being compelled to con trout a coalition of several powers if. after the arrival of Count Von Waldersee. she should wish to continue action, perhaps single-handed, or if in her demands tor redress .-hif should, go further than the powers Drlrj-cipally Drlrj-cipally interested in China." Regarding the causes that led to. the Chinese troubles. .Herr Von Brandt quoted quot-ed verbatim the text of a remarkable report re-port made by the chief of the Russo-Asi-atic bank of Pekin on June 15 last, but not heretofore nuhlished. The passage ot not neretotore punnsnen. j ne passasr ui the greatest interest is as follows: "A majority of the Pekin legations have decided to demand the creation of foreign settlements in Pekin, like those at the treaty harbors, immediately after the arrival ar-rival in Pekin of strong detachments. M. DeOiers. Russian minister, will endeavor to reduce this demand to the appointment of foreien police commissioners under command of the legations. "Several of the legations desire a special spec-ial regencv over the emperor and the removal re-moval of the empress dowager from power, pow-er, but M. de Giers insists upon retaining the powers of the empress dowager, since the above arrangement would induce sev eral powers demand the appointment of their candidates as members of the regency." This renort did not reach St. Petersburg Peters-burg until July 30. Commenting upon it. Hen Brandt remarked: "This shows how far the Pekin ministers minis-ters wished to go even before serious difficulties dif-ficulties began." Paris, Aug. 29. Admiral Courrejolles cables that he is sending a gunboat from Shanghai to ascend the Yang Tse Kiang river. The officials of the ministry of marine ma-rine here were shown today the dispatch dis-patch from Washington, in which it is declared that the opinion prevails there that the disnateh from Admiral Courrejolles, Cour-rejolles, announcing the intention of the admirals to detain Li Hung Chajig until the diplomats have consented to open negotiations with the Chinese, referred re-ferred to a situation which existed some time aro when Li Hung Chang first announced his intention of starting north. The French officials declare the news Is not old, and that there is no question as to the correctness of the wording of the dispatch, but they add that they themselves are unable to say from the dispatch what is the present ' position of Li Hung Chang, whether he is detained on board ship or whether the admirals intend to detain him when he arrives at Taku. London, Aug. 29. A spec'al dispatch from St. Petersburg contains the assertion as-sertion that Russia, almost immediately, immediate-ly, will notify the powers that she considers the relief of the Pekin legations lega-tions as the final accomplishment of the military task of the allied forces. Berlin, Aug. 29. According to a dispatch dis-patch received here from Tien Tsin, ! Japanse forces are now on their way from Taku to Pao Ting Fu, capital of the province of Chi Li, with the direct di-rect object of . occupying the latter place. . The German vice admiral at Taku reports re-ports the arrival at Pekin Aug. 22 ot a German convoy with provisions. The railroad from Tien Tsin to Yang Tsun is working, but from the latter place to Pekin the road is in bad shape. Che Foo, Aug. 29. Yu, the governor of the province of Shen Si, is reported report-ed to have invited the foreigners in the province to come to his protection. About Aug. 21 fifty accepted the invitation, in-vitation, and all were massacred. Hongkong, Aug. 29. Two hundred bandits ban-dits raided the Tartar city of Canton on Monday night. Several houses were looted. loot-ed. It is believed that the motive of the raid was the Cantonese hatred of the northerners. It is rumored at Amoy that 12.000 Japanese Japan-ese troous are coming there from For-mora. |