The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
BOXERS And REGULARS
JAPANESE OFFICER ASSERTS THAT
THEY FOUGHT TOGETHER.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 4-The Kobe
Herald, of July H. prints the full report
OF commander Mori to the Japanese
government on the attempt of Admiral
seymour to reach Pekin On June 10 the
relief expedition first became convinced
that the Boxers and Chinese imperial
troops were acting in concert. In re-
viewing the ski: mish on that date Com
mander Mori reported:
Ihe troops facing the British were
Gen. Tung S main body. They carried
nags with the telegraph "Tune' b1a-
zoned in gold on a red flag, and in the
intervals of these flags were banners
with green borders surrounding red
field. These standards showed that We
were confronted by mixed army of
regulars and Boxers. The troops on the
enemys left were Gen. Tung's rear
guard, and the whole numbered about
Z,OOO. Our force at the time mustered
LOO. In the skirmish that followed $50 of
the enemy were killed. The allies losses
were seven English and Germans killed
ana two German officers, one Russian Of
f1cer and over forty English. German
and Russian soldiers wounded. The Jap
anese had no casualties. The flags cap
tured had the ideographs Imperial Com
rnahd inscribed on the right corner.
whereas all the Boxer flags previously
taken bore merely the name Tho and a
They had also seven ideograpbs sig
flfylng The Tho save the empire and
destroy the foreigners Such legend
was now seen for the first time. 1t
showed that the Boxers and the imperial
troops Were acting in combination
"A hfe was opened on them as they
approached. As they came nearer.
young British mildly got on board two
possibly three of the craft and set fire to
them q OP ~,
ed therefore Heavy firing went on Ali
day long from the fort, and the musketrv
nre from across the river The French
concession, which was exposed on three
sides, suffered terribly, and the score
tary OF the French municipal council was
Killed. He was speaking to a French Of
flcer when a shell fell and exploded kill
ing two or three persons
y good deal of stir was caused tho
next day by the arrest of two infiuen
t1al Chinese, Chung vi Now and Tong
suspected of communication with the Chi
nese troops outside by means of car-
rier pigeons 1t was afterwards 9et,ud
that Chang and Tong were arrested with
out cause. The behavior of some Of
the civilians who were under arms and
who conducted the bluejackets when they
went to arrest Chang, was disgracefIl,
one person firing off his rifle in the man
darins house and telling him in the
most mandatory manner that he was be-
ing taken away for execution lot of
va1uables inside We're looted Chang was
the most pro-foreign of all the Chinese
about Tien Tsin, and is known 10 have
written to Pekin before communication
was cut off urging the authorities there.
whatever else they did, to be sure to
give the ministers a safe passage out
Although scarcely any civilian suffered
during the bombardment of the city by
the Chinese, scarcely night passed
without one or two of the defending
force being killed. One young Russian
officer was shot dead by Chinese of
whom he had demanded a passport The
Chinaman showed his passport with one
hand, and with the other drew a revol-
Yer and shot the officer and two men
dead, falling himself by well-directed
shot Immediately afterwards After that
no Chinese without Europeans We're al
lowed on the streets. under penalty Of
being SHOT at sight.