The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-06-22
JAPAN TAKES
TIE INITIATIVE
Will Send $4,000 Troops To
the Relief of the
Legations.
ENGLAND GIVES CONSENT

Germany Also Favors This Plan.
Three Thousand Men Have Already
Been Landcd-British Commanders
Report of Sundays Engagement.
Fears Entertained For Legations.
LONDON. June 20.-Judging from the
German official dispatches the American
ships took 10 part in the bombardment
OF the Talu forts Sunday morning. No
news ha; yet been received here Of the
relief OF the legations at PelSing, and
EIropc's attention is conferred far less OH
tho overwhelming display of naval forces
ut Tal,I than on the fato of the diplo.
matte StuIS and coo cosmopolitan resi-
dents guarded by n handful of interna-
tional n.arinoS within the legation com
pounds. There has been no news from
tGVnc2 since June | I.
Rumors that Japan will, rs the man
datory OF the powers, restore order in
China, is predicted i'll Il dispatch from
Yokohama. Berlin dispatches indicate
that Germany will not object to Japan
sending 5000 troops, while Great Brit
ain will irdorsc tho plan with avidity
though perhaps only secretly.
The Japanese legation III London has
official information Of the dispatch Of
5000 troops. In the meanwhile the
British arc displtching six native regi-
mentS, besides artillery from India.
The revolt is spreading i'll western
China. The representative of Pritchard
Morgan, NJ. p, at Tching Tau and his
parry have been detained there owing to
ncwS that the rcvolution has broken out
III SEcchuai, which adjoins the province
OF Human.
News comes that the missions at
T<ao-Shih, central Chine, west, north
west of Han l<ow, have been destroyed.
The rising seems 20 be spreading with
rap!dlty, and shows unexpected organi-
zatlon among the anti foreign clements.
The missionaries at Tsao Shih escaped
and reached Han kow III safety.
Foreign Settlements Mcnaced.
Cable dispatches from Shanghai re-
| port that q number of Chinese cruisers
are anchored in sight of the foreign set
Elements, which are only guarded by u
small japanese gunboat. One thousand
! Chinese troops, with two 40-ton guns,
| still hold the forts outside the town.
The vic2roy l. reported to have assured
the conSuls that the foreign settlements
at Shanghai will not be attacked
The admiralty Office has received the
| following message from tho officer com.
manding the British tirstclass cruiser
, Eudymon:
"Thc Taku forts opened fire at
O'Clock on the morning OF June / I on the
ships of the allied sluadrous. After a
| SIX hours engagement the forts were 81
lenc2d and occupied b. the allied forces.
| NdIltl0n1l IN ~ fNr D.,
were sent ashore from the ships, the
previous afternoon. The British ships up
the river engaged were the Algcrinc
| (gunboaD, Fame (torpedo boat de.
stroycr) and Whiting torpedo boat de.
stroycr). Tho two latter captured four
Chinese torpedo boat dcstroycrs. The
casualties of tho Algerine were slight
Those OF the storming party is unknown.
Chinese Flagship Detained.
"The Chinese cruiser flying the admi.
rails flag is detained outside by the allied
fleet. No information of Commander.
ln-Chlef Seymour's return to Tien Tsir
has been received by the rear admiral
| up to o'clock il the afternoon Of June
II. l am sailing forthwith to Taku."
| The admiralty draws attention to the
fact that the Endymon' s report, which is
| of later date, does not confirm the ia
panese report of Admiral Seymours re-
| turn TO Tien Tsir.
An agency dispatch from Shanghai
June 10 says tho latest news from Pekine
is that the dowaSer empress is greatly
| concerned with the capture of the Taku
forts, and that wholesale degradations
of the Chinese army, including Generals
Tsung and Fung Flu Slang, the governor
of Peking and other high officials who
promised i'll the tsung Ii yamen to ac
complish the expulsion Of the foreigners
have taken place.
Three of tho Taku forts. it is added
Were completely destroyed and the most
of the Garrisons were killed or wounded
by charge of tho allied fleets.