The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-06-29
HAVE GREAT ARMY.
Chinese Thought to Control 600, 900
Troops Around Pekin.
Their Supply of Ammunition Inexhausttbis
Powers Realize the Magnitude OF the
Peril and Arc Hurrying Troops
to the Dangerous Places.

London June S0.--lnIenSe anxiety
for the hard-pressed foreigners in
northern China is tincttIred with
British satisfaction over the assur-
ance that America will resume the
full burden that is properly her share
in the prosecution of measures to
repress the rebellion. The shedding
Of American blood in the repulse of
the Tien Tsin relief column is ac-
cepted here as the eliminating cirum-
stance that has prompted the WASH
ington government to adopt extreme
measures. The. news that Admiral
Remey has been ordered to proceed
at once from Manila to Taku with his
flagship, the Brooklyn, and all avail
able troops, is hailed with marked
satisfaction. The ambushing of the
Tien Tsin relief column, in which the
American contingent is reported to
have suffered dozen casualties, GER
tainly reflects the superlative gravity
Of the situation, and makes clear the
fact that the Chinese are fighting
with great energy and no little crafti-
ness.
Although the powers at last seem
conscious of the magnitude of the
Chinese peril and are concerted by
hurrying forces to Taku, the interha-
tiOnal troops available to overcome
the immediate perils of the situa-
ton are. apparently, totally made
quate. The alarm not only for the
safety of Vice Admiral Seymour and
his party, who are not mentioned in
any of the dispatches purporting to
come from Pekin, but for his base at
Tien Tsin, remains unrelieved.
The French consul general at
Shanghai, telegraphing Sunday, re-
ported that the Chinese minister Of
railroads and telegraphs had in
formed him that all of the foreign
ministers and foreigners at Pekin
were safe last Tuesday and prepar-
ing to leave with the authority of
the Chinese government.
Gen. Mas army" says CORE
spondent at Shan Hal Kwan, Consist
ing of 1000 men, left a week ago for
Pekin, and Gen. Sung Ching's forces,
numbering $500, left for the same
place on June Is. A careful estimate
of the number and armament of the
Chinese troops around Pekin puts
the total at 100000, and it is calcu-
lated that these troops possess 227
centimetre Creusot guns, 1S krupps
and $50 MaNfms. Their supply of am.
munition is practically ineNhaustible.
1t has been mainly supplied by
German firm at Carlowitz. Fully
three-fourths of the Chinese forces
are badly drilled, wholly undisciplined
and quite unfamiliar with modern
weapons"
Chinese Minister's Request Refused
Washington, June 26.-The Chinese
minister asked an armistice in the
sending of American troops to China,
based on the assurances of Chinese
'viceroys that they can maintain Or
der. President Mckinley, while ac-
knowledging his qualification at these
assurances. has made it known to the
Chinese minister that the United
States cannot relax. its efforts to get
troops to points where its officials are
considered in danger.
Gen. ChaEee Ordered tn China.
Fort Riley. Kan, June 26.-Private
e dispatches announce that Brig. Gen.
Adna Chaffee, stationed here. has
been ordered to China to command
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