Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-30

TientSin under escort. Earl LII eX-
pressed his intention to wait for news Of
the movement of the foreign legations
before proceeding northward. On re-
ceiving this he will be escorted by TO-
900 troops who are now mastering In
this province Regarding negotiations
he said he believed China's finances
would debar her from paying indemn-
ity and that the people would not SUBJ
nit to further annexation of territory.
He thinks the powers ought to accept
the assurances of the reformed admin
istration and the removal of the Off
ials responsible for the crisis. Obvious
ly he has not changed his views or
methods, while the puerility of his
arguments is increasing with age. The
impression gaining ground here that
the Manchus are temporinzing while
preparing to retreat to Hsian Flu.
Confidential members of his staff say
Earl Lii will not go noryn until he is
convinced the empress dowager has
seen the folly Of her present policy.
Suspect Chinese Duplicity.
London, July 25.-Sir Claude Mac
Donald's message, dated July 4, APP
pealing for relief. is regarded in Lon
don as only the prelude to the absolute
confirmation of massacre. This is also
the opinion of the Japanese minister
here. The newspapers suggest that the
British message was held back and re-
leased abut the same time as Conger's
undated message Although the Amer
lean and British forces are working
tremendously, the question Of means
of communication between Faku and
Pekin gives evidence of the jealousness
between the powers. Other dispatches
from Tientsin show that the language
difficulty has been hampering military
operations. The admirals have decid-
ed it would be useless to move toward
Pekin without at least $4,000 men. The
Daily Mail comments upon the Ameri-
can proposal to advance with 1000
men 1t says: eve have learned in
Africa how dangerous it is to despise
our enemies, and in the interests Of
civilization, we do not wish to see such
lessons read to the United States by
the Heather Chinee. A whole batch
of Tientsin dispatches Were published
yesterday. All praise the gallantry of
the American and Japanese. The Stan
dard's correspondent says the Ameri-
cans at first made the mistake in un-
derestimating the fighting capacity OF
the Chinese, whose fire was really ter
rife. It appears large hauls Of silver
were made by the allies, the metal be
ing carried away in buckets, the Chinese
calmly assisting. The quests for medi-
alton addressed to the foreign powers
is interpreted here to be the prepare
ton for the acceptance of foreign aid
to repress the rebellion and LII Hung
Chang's statement that he could re-
store order with 10000 white troops is
looked upon as subtle argument in
favor of appointing him to command
the allied forces, to the exclusion of I
Japanese.
Details of Tientsin Fight.
copyrighted by Associated Press.)
Tientsin, July 25.-Details of the
Tientsin fight are coming in. After
fighting all day force of 1000 Jap
anese, supported by British and Rus
SLAMS, captured Chinese fortified ar
senal two miles east of the city, max
ing night attack. The foreigners
charged under a very heavy fire from
the arsenal, following the Cinnamon
and killing 400 of them. The foreign
loss was heavy, but was not reported
The Chinese bombarded the foreign
city of Tientsin for three days, and
killed some British sailors on tug
besides several F'renchmen. The for
eigners are mounting heavy guns from
the feet, among them being four IL
Founders, four 4-inch guns, and will
attempt to locate and silence the Chi
nese guns. An explosion of dynamite
killed twenty Russians Two battal-
ions Of the 9Th United States infantry
and 800 marines from the cruiser
Brooklyn disembarked and started for
Tientsin yesterday In lighters. AS
they went up the river the foreign
ships cheered them heartily. Refu-
gees of all nationalities will be taken
to Japan by the transport Logan.
Appeals to Germany Too
Berlin, July 25.-Count Won Buelow,
minister of foreign affairs, made reply
yesterday to the appeal of the emperor
of China for German mediation pc
tween the powers and the Chinese gov
eminent In substance Count Won
Buelow said he would not submit the
telegram from Pekin SO long as the fate
of the legation and other foreigners in
Pekin was not ascertained and as long
as the Chinese had not atoned for the
murder Of the German Minister, Baron
Won Ketteler, and given guarantees
that in the future it's conduct would be
in harmony with international law and
the usages of civilization.
Ii Hung Chang to Aid.
Paris, July 25.-M. Delcasse, minis
ter Of foreign affairs, has received a
telegram from the French consul at
Shanghai which says: eli Hung
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