Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-28
GLOOMY SITUATION
UNREST SAID TO BE GROWING
HOURLY AT NANkING.
SCANT NEWS FROM PEKiN
Chinese Troops Number 100000 With
Supply of Ammunition That's In
e1haustible-Forces Are, However,
Badly Drilled and Undisciplinet-
Ferment of Rebellion Spreads.

LONDON, June Z6.-1ne British
cruiser Terrible arrived at Chefoo from
Taku with the latest news as follows:
Eight hundred Sikhs and 200 Welsh
fusiliers affected a junction with tle
American, German and Russian forces
which had been cut off by the Chinese
about nine miles from Tien Tsin, and
it was proposed to deliver an assault
upon the Chinese forts al Ten Ism
Sunday night. 1t is not clear what
forces were united. It would seem
that one relieving force had been cut
off and relieved by another. At any
rate, it is apparently certain the allies
arrived in sufficient force at Tien Tsin
Sunday to attack the besieging Chi
neSe.
Foreign official opinions here" says
dispatch from Shanghai to the Daily
Express, dated Sunday, incline to the
belief that the worst has happened to
the legations at Pekin and Admiral
Seymour as well. Even if the Iega-
tons were safe June 19, there is no
guarantee they are safe now. The
situation, in fact, grows more and
more gloomy. The entire absence of
reliable news from the capital seems
to justify the worst construction which
can be put upon it. Bad news comes
from Marking, where unrest is said to
be growing hourly. Viceroy Liu Kin
Yih has telegraphed the British au-
thorities that he has ordered five
Chinese cruisers which have been lying
off harbOr here to proceed to Nan
king"
Allies Massing Forces.
London, June 26.-"General Ma s
army" says a correspondent, Shan Hal
| Twan, consisting of 1000 men left g
week ago for Pekin. Gen. Sung
| Ching's forces, numbering $500, left fOI
| the same place June 10. A careful asti-
mate Of the number and armament Oi
the Chinese troops around Pekin puts
the total at 100000, and it is calculated
these troops possess 227 Creusot guns
Is Krupps and 80 maxims. Their sup.
| ply of ammunition is practically mex
| haustible. 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 wea-
pons." Another Shanghai dispatch
says: Iii Ping Heng, former govern
or Shan Tung, who is intensely ami
| foreign, has gone to the Kiang Yin
! forts, Oh the Yang Use. He has de-
| clared his intention of resisting tnG
landing of the British forces in that
region"
According to Hong Kong dispatch
dated Sunday strong reinforcements OF
| Indian police, with three maxims, have
been sent to KOw Loon. on the Main
land. a Chefoo message Of Monday s
date says: -Four cannon have
! been added to west fort here,
where there are now 1000 soldiers
permanently encamped, a further force
having arrived from Ming Hal Chou.
There is an uneasy feeling prevailing
here, and an attack is generally an
| ticipated. Chinese merchants are
closing their offices and preparing to
leave the port. All business is at a
standstill.' Expensive preparations
by the allies are going forward. The
first regiment of British midas 10000
men embarked at Calcutta Sunday and
S33 more marines received orders to go
out from English posts. The British
war office, in anticipation of a pro-
longed campaign is contracting for
winter clothing and fur caps The
Amur army corps ordered out by Rus
STA numbers 52,100 men and 81 guns
Japan purposes to land $4,000 men on
Chinese territory within a fortnight
A Shanghai correspondent of the
Times sends the following under Sun
days date: The military correspon-
dent at Taku says the operations of the
allies are suffering from want of a rec
ognized head, defective organization
and lack Of transport