Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-18
CHINA DECLARES
WAR ON RUSSIA
Dispatch to the London Mail Says
There is No Doubt About It.
CAPITALIZE AMUR ATTACKED
Garrison Held out Brayely, Finally
Overwhelmingly Overpowered-
Nearly All Persisted

London. July 1S-The Daily Mail
publishes sensational dispatch from
st. Petersburg, dated Monday which
asserts that there is no doubt that
China has declared war against Russia.
"The Russian press" says the corre'
spondent. us restricted 10 the pu0lica-
ton of officials details, and the publica-
ton OF any dispatches from the front
has been prohibited i hear however
from a reliable source, that the Chinese
troops and the Boxers seized a Russian
transport vessel laden with munitions
az Ariagon on the Amur river abous
eighteen miles from the Russian IRON
tier Killing almost the entire Russian
escort,
They next suddenly attacked an
bombarded the town OF Blagoyechnek,
capital OF the Amur government on
the ARur river. The garrison held out
brayely. but was finally overwhelming
ly overpoWered. Nearly an perishy1
and the town was burned
NEWS FROM MANCHURGA.
London. July Is. a. m.-The news Of
the Manchuua disturbances Is not re-
garded as iustifylng the serious view
attributed by the Daily Nails advIces.
Amur A. boundary territory between
eastern Siberia and Manchuria The
district has been the scene OF local dis
turbances for a long time owing TO the
provocative conduct OF the Cossacks
toward the $4,000 Chinese employed In
the construction OF the Russo Manchu'
rlan railway
Several serious collisions have oc.
CURED between the Cossacks and the
Chinese troops. one happened several
weeks ago, when TWO Russian officers
and sixteen men were killed. The eN'
tension OF the Boxer movement 20 Man
churia has resulted IN great destruc'
ton Of the railway, compelling the Rus
slams 10 withdraw their officials The
Chinese tried 10 stop the Russian
steamer Michael" carrying ammuni-
ton, and the steamer Selonga, with
the Russian frontier commission on
board, from passing up the Amur at
Igun They fred on the steamers,
wounding an officer and few men. but
the steamers reached Bagoveschensk.
The local commander az Aigon seems
20 have sent the Russians a sort Of ul-
timatum TO quiet Manchura.
The Chinese. according % the Daily
AlAAI Hlt fANl NNhl p WV l'N'AANAN NANf
| have thrown up fortifcations and
| placed forty guns at point twelve
miles from AigOn. 10 dispute the pas
sage Of the Russians The official Rus.
| sian adyices leave the inference that
! BlagOVesChensk Is stiu IN Russian
| hands, the Russian losses during the
bombardment being only three killed
and five wounded
The Amur military district was
m0bilized a fortnight ago on a war
footing. and it Is believed that the
! Russian forces there are $4,000 men and
! ll2 guns The encouragement has
now ordered the troops on the frontier
20 form Gordon
The Russian papers demand retribu-
| ton for Chinese audacity In Manchu-
| ria. but they hold 10 the view that the
| Russians must persevere In their reso-
| luton TO avoid war. The Chinese min
| lister In st. Petersburg has disavowed
the events IN Manchuria, on behalf Of
| his government, and has promised to
make serious presentations 10 Pekln
regarding the consequences that will
follow IL the hostilitles there be the
case.
There is little further news from
! China this morning The attack upon
the native city of Tien Tsin was fol-
lowed Up so swiftly that the Chinese
never had time 20 reorganize and
once their lines were broken their re-
treat rapidly became rout. ii Hung
Chang has already left Canton. This
causes the utmost anxiety for the
safety OF the Europeans there. as there
are only two gunboats. one British and
one American, at Canton, pending the
arrival OF French gunboat