The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-07-05
SITUATION IN CHINA.
A Large Army will be Necessary to
Suppress tho Riots

a London dispatch to the Now York
| Tribune, dated June %, SAYS :
! me British admiralty being en-
mcshcd with red tapr does not give
out dispatches as promptly as the navy
department at Washingt0n but it has
confirmed the previous accounts Of the
repulse OF the relief column which
attempted To enter Ticn Tsin on Fri.
| day.
The bulletin is short and dcpress-
my. The foreign settlement at Zion
Isin was almost entirely destroyed and
| the Europeans were fighting hard
There Is nothing about IL relief column
OF ltussians and Americans being cut TO
| pieces, but the rcpulsC Was attended
with some loss. Only one runner had
entered Taku from Ticn Tsin i'm five
days and not word had been received
| from the relief columns which started
| for l'ckin two weeks ago nor from the
legations themselves.
"Thc relief force may he described
rs chain consisting mainly Of missing
| links. There IS mixed force Of be.
tween 1000 and 5000 men at Ta<u in
| cluding a portion Of the Chinese regi-
ment from Wei Hal Wei. This column,
with the Russian and American con
| tinRcnt OF over 800 men, must cut it's
way through superior Chinese force
| which is said to have 60 guns, although
this seems Incredible. The foreigners
at Tien Tsin are clearly in " desperate
state with the garrison surrounded nv
IL Chinese horde and with ammunition
and supplies running short.
| S0mcw here bcyOud Ticn Tsin,
either ON the way to l'ckin or AT the
city, is a mixed force OF , 800 men, with
inadt uuatc supplies, ammunition and
| hn II
| from 1876 TO 200 Europeans, Japanese
and Americans, refugees being added
| to the working force 8nd the military
and naval guards number HbOut I50
men. Every link in this chain OF relief
Is weak and detached and there is no
accurate Information. Men who have
lived in China assert that the number
OF foreigners at Ticn Tsin is large since
the city has a Chinese population Of
over 900, ,OOu and Is Omncrcc Of over
$I5, 600, 900. Tien Tsin is the chief dis,
tributing center. There arc four for
cign banks, large number OF English
German, Russian, Japanese and Amer
lean merchants and several groups Of
missionary stations.
1.-The situation OF the foreigners at
Tien Tsin Is regarded by former Brit
ish officials in China as deplorable, and
doubts are expressed respecting the ad
adequacy OF their relief force which is
available AZ Taku unless ltlssia takes
decisive measures, as Indicated last
night in official communications from
the foreign oIlicc at ST. Petersbu for
the invasion OF the Chinese territory
by q really formidable army. The
European and American ilccts may be
working harmoniously under the lead
crship OF the rear admiral at Taku,
h,,t ; inp # in { Wi
now requires the presence OF ~ larger
army than any great power except
Russia can put into the field without
delay
The British cruiser Terrible mas ar
rived at ChefOo from Taku with the
latest news which is as follows:
"Eight hundred Sikhs and POO Welsh
Fusiliels have elected ~ junction with
the American, German and Russian
forces which had been cut on by the
Chinese about nine miles from Tien
Tsin. 1t was proposed to deliver an
assault upon the Chinese forces at TicD
Tsin last light (Sunday nighl)."
1t is not clear what forces united.
1t would seem that one relieving force,
cut or, had been relieved by another
At any rate, it is apparently certain
that the allies arrived in sufficient
force at Ticn Tesla Sunday to attack
the bcsicging Chinese.
"Foreign official opinion here" says
Il dispatch from Shanghai TO the Lon
don Express. "inclinus to believe that
the worst has happened to the lrga.
tions at in and to Admiral Seymour
rs well. Even If the Legations were
sale on June 10, there is no guarantee
that thcy are safe now. The situation,
in fact, grows more and more gloomy.
Nt>n Mt ir,, II },,.nt nf sol in1
from the capital scoms to Justify tho
worse construction which can be put
upon it.
"Bad news comes from Nan King
where the unrest is said to- be growing
hourly. NiccrOy l.iu Kin YIN has tclc
eraphul the HrlL.sn authorities that
he las ordered the tive Chinese cruis-
crs which have been lying OF the h;ir-
Dor here 30 proctcd to Nan King"
"Gen. Mas army" says CORES
DondenL at Shan Iini kwan, "consist-
ing Of / 900 men, left Il week ago for
pekin and Gen. Sung Ching's forces,
numbering @oCO, LETT Tor the same
place on June Is.
"A careful estimate OF the number
and armament OF the Chinese troops
around 'ckin puts the total at 3GO, 600
and IL is calculated that these troops
p0sscss :,21 centimctrcs CrousOt gums,
IS Krupp guns and $50 Maxims.
"Thcir supply Of ammunition Is
practically incXhaustiblc. 1t h IS main
ly been supplied by "a German iirln at
Cnrlowitz. Fully three-i ionrths Of the
Chinese forces arc badly drilled whol-
ly undisciplined and quite unfamiliar
with modern weapons
a bulletin from ChcfOo, Tuesday
June 26, says:
"itear Admiral kcmpM (Amcrican)
reports, by IL Japanese torpedo boat,
that the combined forces entered Ticn
Tsin on Saturday, June 23, sustaining
smnll loss.
"They started on Sunday to the re-
lief OF the force which left Tien Tsin
on June 10, and which is believed TO
DC surrounded near l'ckin.
"Acc0rding to Japanese reports, Nd.
mira Seymour (English) has been cap
turcd and the ministers havc left
pckin, left guarded by Chinese sol
diers. Thrir whereabouts Is un.
known"
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