Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-27
RELIEF FORCE FAILS
Three Hundred Members of the Par
ty Reported Sick and Wounded
Near Tien Tsin.
A MISSION BUILDING BURNED
Admiral Saymour's Forces Short Of Provis.
ions and Will Return to Tien Tsin
Without Relieving the Foreign
Legations At Pekin.

Paris, June 27.-The French :onsu
general at Shanghai, telegraphing yes
terday, announces that the allied troop:
entered Tien Tsin. He states also thai
the foreign ministers departed from Pc.
kin, accompanied by Chinese escort
supposedly headed for Shanghai Kouan
following the great wall
MERELY A RUMOR.
Shanghai, June PA German paper
has credited the statement to the effect
that Admiral Seymour is eight miles
from Tien Tsin, with sixty-two killed
and 200 wounded
RELIEF A FAILURE.
London, June PA special from
Shanghai says that communication
with Admiral Seymour was opened by
the Tien Tsin relief force on Sunday.
Seymour was then ten miles from Tien
Tsin. Three hundred members Of the
party are reported sick and wounded,
and only few killed. They were short
of provisions, and were returning with
out having rescued the legations.
MISSION BURNED DOWN.
A dispatch from Tien Tsin dated yes
terday says that the Protestant mission
at Weih Sen was burned down by the
rebels on Monday night.
LEGATIONS ALL o. X.
Washington, June 27.-The~ Chinese
minister received a telegram from Pc
kin via Ching Flu, dated June 10, saying
that the ministers and foreigners in Pc
kin are safe there and well, and ar
rangements are being made to provide
them with an escort out of the city.
ANGLO-SAXONS AHEAD.
London, June PA dispatch from
Che Foo says: "The fight of the allied
forces against the combined Boxers
and Chinese soldiery barring the road
to Tien Tsn opened at daybreak One
hundred and fifty Americans were
among the 1000 international troops.
The Chinese soon broke under the
heavy shelling, then the arsenal was
fenced. The fight was practically over
at noon. Keen, friendly rivalry for the
honor of first entering the city resulted
in the Americans and British going in
neck and neck, with the others close
up"
CONFLICTING REPORTS.
London, June 27.-Cable messages
from the far east are SO conflicting that
almost any desired view of the situa-
tion Is deducible. On the whole, how
ever, it is safe to assume that Vice Ad-
miral Seymour and the legations,
whether together or separately, will ul-
timately reach a place of safety. Va
rious reports locate the legations at
diverse places. but it seems that they
are safely away from Pekin.
A CHINESE VERSION.
Washington, June 27.-The Chinese
minister called this morning on the Sec
retary of state and communicated to
him the contents of dispatch received
from the Tsung Ii Yamen at Pekin,
dated 18th inst. The dispatch states
that the foreign ministers had before
this date asked permission for the le-
cation guards to enter the city, which
permission had been granted; that they
subsequently asked that these guards
be REINFORCED, which the Chinese gov
ernment was not disposed to permit.
The dispatch then goes on to state that
the consul general at Tien Tsin-sup-
posed to be the French consul general
telegraphed the viceroy of Chi Ii that
the foreign admiral had demanded the
surrender of the Taku forts, and that
the foreign ministers were shortly to
leave Pekin for Tien Tsin with their
guards.
THE EUROPEANS SAFE
London, June 27.-The British consul
at Annoy telegraphs that the Europeans
at Pekin are reported safe.
ON HIS WAY TO CHINA.
Washington, June 27.-General Chat
fee, ordered to command the American
troops in China, left Washington to-day
for San Francisco, whence he sails on
Sunday.
TERRIBLY HARAssED.
Berlin, June 27.-The German consul
at Che Foo confirms the message from
Vice Admiral Seymour, which reached
Tlen Tsin Monday, saying that he was
then eight miles westward Of that city,
terribly harassed; could only hold out
another two days; had sixty-three men
killed and over 200 wounded, and adds
! that the admiral asked for the dispatch
of relief column Of 1000 men. This
column left Tien Tsin on the morning
of June Is under Russian command.
THE WAR SPREADING.
London June q, 3:45 a. ma fresh
phase Of the ebullition in China is the
probability of immediate outbreaks in
the great southern provincial centers.
The populace there are daily assuming
a more hostile attitude toward the for
eigners, and the latter perceive symp-
toms Of general rising, especially at
Nankin. where one of the most trucu-
lent enemies of the foreigners has ar
rived by the way of Grand canal, armed
with full powers from the empress to
deal with the southern provinces. The
friendly attitude Of Viceroy Liu Kun
Yih toward foreigners has brought him
into disgrace with Prince Tuan, presi-
dent of the tsung II yamen. The unrest
at Canton Is described by dispatch
from that city, via Hongkong, yester-
day:
ut is feared we are on the eve Of q
scene Of bloodshed and anarchy in the
two quangs only paralleled during the
Tai Ping rebellion. Signs Of murderous
uprisings are so manifest that wealthy