Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-05

This telegram ilas been received:
shanghai. July A. via Che Foo, July
34.-Tien Tsin city fell between and
on the morning of June 80"
Ii is understood that the Shanghai
telegram undoubtedly referred to the
native city of Tien Tsin, from Which the
Chinese had been bombarding the for
eign quarter and the dispatch is ken
to mean that the allies are more than
holding their own.
Other adviceS received by way OF
Shanghai, aver the Chinese losses
around Tien Tsin are between 1000 and
|. 5000 according to the official estimates @
The correspondent Of the Express at
l,Chee Foo telegraphing on "Wednesday
says that Admiral Seymour waswouEd-
|ed while sitting IN his house at Tien
4 Tsin by the Chinese snarpsho ooters.
oif.ciallnewssreceived at Che Foo show;
7sthe Chinese 10 have been guilty Of
4 horrible CrueIly toward the wounded
/ and captured, sulpjecting them to what
4 is known as, Ling Che, or the slfcing
1Iprocess. ITnder this hideous rite the
.lbodiea of the fallen have been mutil-5
lated. The Russians are retaliating by
La wholesale shooting of the natives.
4 The situation. according to the EX-a
8lpress correspondent shows signs of
a drifting into barbarisin and savagers.
4 Revolving stories are told of the bar
baritiss practiced upon the japanese
and the European prisoners captured
Ton the way to Pekin, tho it was not
known before that Admiral Seymour
a lost any prisoners. The Chinese troops.
= marching toward Tien Tsin. the Chinese
Say. left behind them trails OF rapiEe,
s. fire and blood. The native women We're
8irav;shed and the children cut in two.
& Direct tidiags from Pekin end with
1.-THE dispatch sent by Sir Robert Hart,
June 25.
According 10 roundabout reports. i;
is asserted by the Chinese that Prince
! Tuan is personally directing the as
8 sault.
Japan is reported TO be landing an
e Iarn,y at Peetaugha, to the northWard
of Taku. The japanese generals arg
believed to be about TO move toward
Pesin. following the plan previously
a formulated.
European and American residents ii
Shanghai are quite in panic ovel
E Iwhat is viewed as the inadequate mill
n tary preparations of the powers.
y A dispatch to the Express from
Shanghai says that, according TO th'
Is lbsst military estimates. half million
men will be necessary to subjugat
Iicrthern China. and even then it vii
take two or three years
The forces of the Chinese e,npir
,.lhaye gathered such motion that eve
l5Japan's full strength, launched now
iwill be unequal to the task Of restorin
:. order.
5 s The TAO Tai sheng of Shanghai is
..sued a proclamation on Wednesda
..ssswhich = practically forbids foreign war
=, = ships approaching thes Yang Tee Kiant
2 SAYING that if they do So the Chimes
Y authorities will not hold themselves re
$ sponsible for the consequences. II
y considered that the Chinese officials al
preparing the way to evade the respor
tsib:lity If an outbreak occurs Even
to Hung Chang is suspected. The fol-
n eigners are simply aghast at the exte1
ed Of the Chinese armaments which haN
IN been systematically accumulated.
10 The decision of the admirals not 10 a
h q tempt the relief of the besieged fore,
- has filled the entire European con
murity. the Daily Maips corresponds
says, with bitterness and despair. Fe,
II however. affirm that any other cour
ed liz possible The weakness of the allit
in. forces, has left no other course open.
lis pointed out the Chinese opposing a
~ Il, miral Seymour We're only fraction
80 the huge force now cutting off the car
~ IStal from Tien Tsin. which numbers 2O
:, 900, nearly all well armed.