The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-19

The Brussels correspondent OF the
Standard, I'm a dispatch dated Wednesday
says:
Russia has massed 10000 men with sew
en- batteries of artillery at I1lachta, with
orders to proceed TO Maimatchin,
a Chinese town and thence to advance
along the telegraph route to the Mon
gol town of Urga 200 miles south of XII
achta and $50 miles north of Pekin"
The Shanghai correspondent of tho
Times, under Yesterdays date, gives the
following description, said to be from
official sources, at Tal1u.
"On the afternon Of June t6, i'm view
Of the largo bodies Of Chinese troops as
semblng at the forts and Of the facts
that torpedoes had been laid IN the river
and that all communications were inter-
The journal echoes these sentiments:
"A dispatch from Toulon announces
that orders have been received there to
ut i'm readiness two armed cruisers and
to prepare a large qnuantity of rations,
with transports for 600 men"
Dotachments OF marines At Marseilcs
have been ordered to prepare for China
as soon as possible.
WASHINGTON, JUNE Is. In view Of
the international character of the at
tack Of the forts some interest may be
felt i'm the following statement prepared
10y Major Simpson:
'Taku is situated at the mouth Of tho
Pie GIo river, on the southern bank OF
the river about siXty-seven miles from
Tien Tsin, where It is connected by a rail-
road 1t is noted for the three engage
ments that have taken llaco there be-
tween the British and Chinese. Part of
the Tien Tsn army corps has modern
arms and is stationed at the Taku forts.
Between Taku and Tien Tsir the center
OF the defenses and chief arsenal for
northern China, are permanent camps
where there is usually $4,000 troops, In
fantry cavalry and artillery, armed with
Mauser rifles and Krupp guns The caval-
ry also carry Mauser cacblnes. These
troop; have been well instructed for ten
or twelve years by foreign officers. The
armamnt of tn Takue forts consist Of
J very heavy Krupp guns, md the APP
! proaches to the forts from the gulf of
Pechile are extremely difficult.
THE fortifcations consist OF three
forts. a large one on the right bank and
two smaller ones on the left bank. All of
the forts are armed with numerous guns
of the most varied systems end calibreS.
In construction of all forts of the Sec
ond zone the muddy clay soil of the
coast was used. which, during the dry
season. becomes cracked and crumbles
very easlv and the garrison is continu-
ually making repairs. In Taku are the
materials for closing up the mouth or
the Pei Ho. All the coast Notifications
have mines"
The instructions sent Admiral Kempm
relative to hispart icipation in siezure of
Tal;ue forts were broad, consisting of
direction to protect all American inter
ests and to that end to ac; concurrent
lv with representatives OF other pow
ers. The sole condition was that, in his
Judgment. his acts should tend to pro-
tect Ameican interests 1t was learned
at the British embassy this afternoon
that there were two British admirals in
Pei TTo river, Admiral Seymour and Adj
n,iral Bruce. Therefore Tausslg's refer
ence to arrival Of British admiral at
Tien Tsin does not mean necessarily Sey~
mour had returned with his foreign col
umn. Included in detachment Of one hun
dred marines with international expedi-
ton sent 10 relief of foreig presidents at
] ekin are folloWlnS wen knoWH OiliS"t"
Of marine corps:
Major L. w T. Weller and Lieutenants
r. f. Whine, G.. G. Reid, A. E. Harding
H Leonard and N. L. jolly.
ANNAPOLIS, MD, JUNE B.-Orders
received at the naval academy today for
a detail Of seventy marines to hold them
selves in readiness for service in the far
east resulted in the necessary number or
volunteers from the 200 men stationed
here within a few minutes after 1t be-
came known that men were wanted. It
is expected tha tth men will leave for
Sna Francisco on Thursday