Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-26
ALLIES IN D|SCORD
Russians Show Bad Faith
in China.
FORCE UNDER SEYMOURSULKEO
Evident Desire to Break the
European Concert.
WANT TO act INDEPENDENTLY
Their Barbarity Incited the Chinese
to HostiIties.
WANT TO ACT INDEPENDENTLY
Their Barbarity Incited the Chinese
BIG Army NEEDED

CHEFOO. June 26.-Thc officers of the
British first-class cruiser Terrible assert
THAT discord exists between the Russians
and Anglo-Americans, and say they believe
the Russians are planning to break the
concert and take possession of Pckin inde-
pendently. They assert that Vice Admiral
Seymour's command lacked unison, the for
eigners sulking because they were under
British leadership. They bitterly denounce
the general conduct of the Russians as
uncivlized and barbarous, and charge thai
the slaughter Of peaceful Cinnamon at Ia
ku has aroused the otherwise passive ma
tives against the foreigners. The foreign
ers everywhere are urging the immediate
concentration of an army Of 100000 men, or
at least $1,000 men, for an advance on
Pekin.
Seymour May BE n Hostage.
Many persons familiar with the Chinese
character think the foreign ministers and
Vice Admiral Seymour are held as hos
tages for good terms of settlement. They
also believe the whole Chinese army Is join
ing in the movement. under the leadership
of Tung-fu-hsiang, who crushed the Mo-
hammedan rebellion. Recently he WAS
nominally degraded for tho purpose of or
ganizing an anti-foreign uprising quietly.
1t is estimated that 6OOOO soldiers, well
armed but poorly disciplined. are south of
Pekin and Tien Tsin. The Chinese officers
beast that they have 100000 soldiers.
Admiral Seymour's force carried q weeks
rations, and the men had an average of $50
rounds of ammunition. The Russians con-
duct at Taku, according to ot' er officers,
infl;.med the natives The Russians are re-
ported to have been shooting the Chinese
r1in afalv bn
peaceful Chinese who would have procured
transportation and provisions, and of loot
ing the town.
4 great naval demonstration at all the
treaty ports is also said to be desirable in
order to influence the wavering Chinese
merchants who are friendly to foreigners.
The masses are becoming excited at the
reports Of their countrymen's successes
against the powers. Merchantmen arriving
here report that the Boxers are drilling in
the streets of New-chwang, and that when
the officials inspected the soldiers with the
view of suppressing the Boxers, they found
the soldiers had sold their rifles and equip
ments to the Boxers.
The Military School at Moukden is re-
ported to have been destroyed.
Warships Wanted ut FoO-ChOw.
The British consul at Foo Chow is asking
for warships. The arrival of the British
frst-class cruiser Terrible and two Japan
ese cruisers at Chefoo today relieved the
strained situation. Two Chinese forts,
equipped with Krupp guns, command the
foreign city. The only protection was the
United States gunboat Yorktown, with 80
sailors AS an outbreak was reported last
night the sailors slept on their arms and
the foreigners prepared to take refuge on
the ships.
Commander E. D. Taussig Of the York.
town requested the commander of the forts
to cease his dsquieting maneuvers with
cannon and notified him that if Chinese
troops were sent to the city, ostensibly to
repress the Boxers, Americans would be
landed.
There are about $50 American and Brit
ish missionaries at Chefoo. They are short
of money and clothes, having left their
stations hastily.
United States Consul John Fowlers ship
is expected to bring fifty missionaries and
French priests from the mouth of the Yei-
low river, whittier they are fiockfng from
the interior.
The commander of the Chinese cruiser
Hei-hai at Chen Chow offered Mr.. Fowler
to go to the relief of the missionaries at
Yang-chie-k -kiang, If assured Of protection.
1t is reported that the Russians are NOV
ing 10000 men toward New-chwang