Embassy Officials Say They Have Nothing New On Situation
Newspaper men and officials at the Embassy report they have received no new information to clarify the situation. They are puzzled by newspaper claims such as four million Boxers, and officials decline to deny them. Germany’s Baron von Holleben says Germany will join any joint action by powers to protect foreigners in the Far East but will not go beyond other nations.
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New York
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New-York Tribune
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ThrervNxs
London
South Africa
England
Peking
Russia
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Philippines
Rution
Manchuria
Japan
Corea
Europe
Lord Salisbury
Lord Rosebery
France
Ike
Lydenberg
Empire
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Scotland
James Bryce
Aberdeen
Foreign intervention urged as China crisis worsens
Washington reports from Minister Conger that Chinese forces fail to restore order, railways burn, and foreign troops may be needed to protect lives and property. Navy reinforcements sail to Taku and Shanghai vessels ready for action, while the United States vows no large army deployment.
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State Department
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China
Tien-Tsin
Peking
United States
Tien- Tsin
Taku
Philippines
General Nieh censured for Boxer killings and dispatch
Dispatches from Tien Tsin report General Nieh Si Chong censured for killing Boxers and burning villages while dispersing them. He returns to Lupai with troops. foreign powers weigh railroad control and protective action as Boxers spread toward Peking and Tong Shai.
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Neih Si Chong
Lupai
Tung Fug Siang
Kan-Su
Sung Chin
Neth Si Chong
Neid
Peking
Yalu
Tung-Chow
Shan-Si
Peking Syndicate
Hertha
Taku
Tong-Sham
China
Tang-Bun
Nieh
Yang-Tsun
Piet-Sang
Nieb
Boer surrender talks stall after conditional offer
London dispatch reports General Buller offered terms for Christian Botha surrender, but the Boer commander declined at the deadline. Chinese crisis deepens as Tsung-li Yamen protests foreign forces and Boxers’ actions prompt new royal decrees while Empress Dowager's influence looms. Observer criticizes lack of Foreign Office detail amid growing power alignment.
Bold Boer Raiders Cut Roberts Communications
London reports describe General Buller’s operations around Laing’s Nek as brilliant but lack details. The Telegraph notes a suspected break in Roberts’s communications, with Free State raiders cutting Wate rvaal line and De Wet gaining a railway edge.
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Rundell
Transvaal
British Accept Unconditional Surrender Demand in Natal Clash
Dispatches report that after action at Laing's Nek on Thursday June 7, British General Buller insisted on unconditional Boer surrender. Separate notes reveal Buller and General Botha discussed terms on June 2, with Botha seeking proposals, and Buller urging Boers to return to farms and abandon large guns.
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Umsuela
China Turmoil Deepens as Foreign Forces Enter
London reports a graver China scene with Russia using Tung-Tingan chapel destruction as pretext to land troops Boxers spread across the region French agents retreating amid rising ferment Tsung-li-Yamen protests foreign presence and potential garrison in Beijing American mission at Pei-Targ-Choo destroyed missionaries safe Viceroy Li Liang resigns and Li Hung Chang may be recalled Pao-Ting-Fu burns and the Tien-Tsin Railway halts English missionaries gathered at the Legation.
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St. Petersburg
China
Shanghai
Tien-Tsin
Fung-Chow
Tung-Chow
Conger
Peking
Tsung-Li- Yamen
Chi-Li
Feng-Tai
Huang-Tsun
London
Tung-Tingan
Russia
Mong-Tse
Yun-Nan-Fu
France
Tsung-li-Yamen
Pei-Targ-Choo
Li Hung Chang
Kang Yi
Li Ping Heng
Shan-Tung
Legation
Mayor Van Wyck in Ice Trust Scandal Hearing
Mayor Van Wyck admitted owning 4200 Ice Trust shares and borrowed 200000 from Garfield National Bank with stock as collateral. John F. Carroll C W Morse and Gelshenen denied giving investment advice while Morse praised the ice price drop to 40 cents per hundred amid the Ice Trust scrutiny.
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Gelshenen
Garfield National Bank
Devery
Ice Trust
Mr. Carroll
Morse
Trust
Maine
J. Sergeant Cram
Dock Board
Murphy
City Bank
Garfield Bank
Mayor's testimony opens with Ice Trust inquiry in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Supreme Court hearing into the Ice Trust began with Mayor and aides among witnesses. Charles Morse and De Lancey Nicoll attended while Charles A. Winch avoided immediate appearance as subpoenas hovered. The Mayor admitted owning thousands of shares in related companies and described a Maine trip with Morse and Carroll while denying detailed knowledge of the Ice Company’s management and city dock privileges.
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Ice Trust
Augustus van Wyck
Charlies W. Morse
American Ice Company
de Lancey Nicoll
Samuel Untermayer
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Gaynor
Charles A. Winch
J. Noble Hayes
Winch
Nicoll
Hayes
Mr. Nicoll
Wheeler H. Peckham
William McClure
New-York Stock Exchange
McClure
Morse
Peckham
China crisis and English diplomacy in perilous times
The article analyzes the Far East crisis with China at the center. It critiques Lord Salisbury and British diplomacy, weighs possible actions by Russia or the United States, and notes Parliament’s reconvening and potential election timing amid global tension and religious persecution risks.
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