THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
DESPATCH OP AN AMERICAN CRUISER. NEW RUSSIAN STEAMERS. SPREAD OF ANTI-FOREIGN FEELING. ATTEMPTED FLIGHT OF THE EMPEROR. HIS ARREST AND REPORTED SUICIDE. United Press Association—By Electric T el egraph—Copyright. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. In consequence of the outlook in China, the cruiser Baltimore has been hurriedly despatched to Tientsin. ST PETERSBURG, Oct. 3. Russia is building a number of fast steamers for Eastern ports, vessels capable of making the passage from London to Shanghai in twenty days. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. The American gunboat Petrel will accompany the Baltimore to China. SHANGHAI, Oct. 4. Anti-foreign feeling is spreading in Pekin. The fleets of the various Powers are assembling at Tientsin, The servants of the Dowager Empress arrested the Emperor when he was trying to escape from his Palace. He was ill and helpless at the time. It is reported that he has since committed suicide.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume C, Issue 11702, 5 October 1898, Page 5
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