The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-05

force Of British, one company of Ger
man and thirty Americans then en-
gagged the enemy. who. with four guns,
made a determined resistance until the
lerv.
Fifty Chinese were killed and the
/ remainder retired.
Lack of cavalry prevented the cap
ture of the whole force
As soon as the allies had occupied
the arsenal, 1,500 imperial troops made
a flank attack from the city. The Brit
ish and Russians soon drove them
back
The British casualties number five
killed and twenty-one wounded.
The Americans had only one wound
ed. the Germans two killed and five
wounded. while the Russians lost sew
euteen killed and wounded.
This cabegram has been received:
Shanghai, July 4. l1:10 a. m, via
Che FoO.-Tien Tsin City fell between
I and o'clock on the morning Of June
1t is understood Shanghai undoubt-
eddy referred to the native city of Tien
Tsin, from which the Chinese have
been bombarding the foreign quarters.
and the dispatch is taken TO mean that
the allies are more than holding their
own.
Other adyices received by way OF
Shanghai aver that the Chinese losses
around Tien Tsin are between 1000 and
5000, according to official estimates
The correspondent of the Express at
Che Foo. telegraphing Wednesday
says Admiral Seymour was wounded
: while sitting in a house at Tien Tsin,
by Chinese sharpshoOters.
Cruelty is Terrible.
Official news received at Che Foo
shows that the Chinese have been
guilty of horrible cruelty towards the
wounded and captured. subjecting them
10 what is known as Ling Che. or the
/ Slicing process. Under this hideous
rite. the bodies Of the fallen have been
mutilated. The Russians a retaliat-
ing by the wholesale shooting Of ma
tives. Tien Tsin. according to the Elk
press correspondent shows no signs Of
drifting into barbarism and savagery.
ReVoiting stories are told of bar
barities practiCed upon Japanse and
European prisoners captured on the
way TO Pekin, though it was not known
before that Admiral Seymour had lost
any prisoners.
The Chinese troops marc toward
Ifen Tsin. the Chinese say, ehind
I 81.
Native women We're ravished and chill
dren were cut in two.
Direct tidinES from Pekin end with
the dispatch sent by Sir Robert Hart
on June %.
Prince Tuan Gives Presents.
According to roundabout reports. it
Is asserted by the Chinese that Prince
Tuan is personally directing the assault
upon the legation. He conferred honors
and save large sums of money and
/ other presents to the leaders of the
Boxers and the commanders of the
troops who drove back Admiral Sey-
mour. and also gave money to every
soldier taking part in the operation.
An edict Of Prince Tuan's has reach
ed Shanghai. ordering the southern
viceroys to assemble the Chinese fleet
and to attack the Warships at
Shanghai
Japan is reported to be landing an
army at Petaughs, 10 the northward of
Taku. The japanese generals are be
lieved to be about TO move toward
Pekin, following the plan previously
formulated.
Army Of Half Million Needed.
European and American residents in
: Shanghai are quite in a panic over
what Is viewed as the inadequate mill
tary preparations of the powers A dis
patch to the Express from Shanghai
says that according to the best military
] estimates 100000 men will be necessary
to subjugate northern China. and even
then il will take two or three years.
The forces of the Chinese empire have
gathered such motion that even
Japan's full strength, launched now,
Will be unequal 10 the task of restor-
ing order.
Tao ii Sheng of Shanghai. issued a
proclamation on Wednesday which
practically forbids foreign warships ap-
preaching the Yang-Tse- Kiang. saying
that # they do so. the Chinese authori-
ties VIII not hold themselves RESPONSE
bic for the consequences. 1t is con-
sidered the Chinese officials are evad-
ing the responsibility of an outbreak
Even Ii Hung Chang is suspected. The
+, I foreigners are simply aghast at the ex-
tent Of the Chinese ornaments which
have been systematically accumulated.
The decision of the admiTals not to at
tempt the relief OF tho beSieged forces.
has filled the entire European COM
munity. the Daily Mail correspondent
saws. with bitterness and despair Few,
however. affirm that any other course
Is possible. The weakness of the allied
forces left no other course open.
1t is pointed out that the Chinese op-
posing Admiral Seymour were only a
/ fraction Of the huge force now cutting
OF the capital from Tien Tsin and
which number 10000 to 200. 600. nearly
all well armed. The allies have no
real means Of transport, and there is no
. food in the country. it being laid
] waste The question Of ammunition is
also serious.
only Japan and possibly Russia are
able 10 push up war munitions in the
vast quantities made necessary By the
continuous fighting
though transports will soon arrive at
Iaku the present pressure is not re-
81 lieVed
The consensus Of opinion among mill
L tary and naval authorities is that il