The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-04
WAR In CHINA.
Alarming Reports from Can
ton and Vicinity.
Reports Of Friction Between
Russian and English
Forces.

Losdos. Jsss q, S:45 Q. "a
isssh phsss Of shs sbslisios 10 Chios 10
shs probability Of inusdisss ousbsssks
70 sbs great soasbsss provincial centres
The popalsss there u daily assuming .
more hostile attitude toWssds forsieu.
ere. and The latter perceive symptoms
oes eessssl rising. aud especially as
Nss Kins. whsre. according TO . die.
patch 70 The Daily Express. datei yes
ssrdsy, ksug Wu. one Of the mos: truo.
slses enemies Of foreigners. has srriv-
cd By vsy Of the Grand csosl, armed
9th foil powsrs iron the empress to
deal With the southsro provinces. The
friendly attitude OF Vicsroy Lii Kun
Yih towards foreigners hes brought
hin ioss disgrsos With Prince Tuau,
president Of che tsi suog ysmsn.
The uarsss as Csutoo is described by
Dispatch fsoo that city to The Daily
Telegraph. dated Monday. vie Hong
Kosg yesterday: ut 10 feared that we
ere 90 the eve OF scene Of bloodsbed
ssd anarchy 10 che Two Qasogs only
parslislsd during The Tai Ping rebel
iios. The sieos Of . murderous up
rising ere % manifest shst wealthy Chi.
ssss are husrying from Canton aud
vicinity. taking their wives, families
and valusblss.
''Li Hung Chang hes again been
.psrsmptorily ordered to Pekin. His
enemies declare that they will murder
hin before be can reach there. His
presence alono restrsins the revolution
asy elements bere His departure will
10, loose tho black HaRs' and red
girdles Knowing this. Lis trusted
ofhesrs arc SEEDING their families to
Hooe Kong.
z The viesroy himself trusts the
Ansriosos in THE crisis. He says that
they sloos want 20 territory, aud be
places hiasslf lssssly-sluoss uure-
sssvsdly--io their hands Al 40
iopesssst sooisrsoes today hs rei,ers.sd
shis sssssosss.
''All she oissionsriss have beeo
aesiosd of the iomiesos peril through
eosodsstisl rssssss. They are lsavioe
Cssses hsssisdly. and only . few are
sov here
"Commaodsr MoLeso Of The Usi,sd
6sssss steamship Doc juan de Aus,ris
10 the 6rst there to protse, foreign
Interests. He 10 ospsbls aod energetic
and 10 resoiorcsd BY II. NJ. s. Red pole.
Tso bundred foreign residents a,
Shameen ere armed.
Tho Canton population reaches
100000 10 addition TO 25O, 900 livin O
on junks aud Hat bottomed river boats
Most Of these peorls are disaffec,ed and
iocendisry proclsm atoms are increasiog q
In number Of the viruleut."
Shanghai cables that the Fres cL con .
sul there has received a Telegram from
Shan Tung asserting tha, IL 900 Chi
nese troops are uskiog q forced march
from Shan Tuog to Pekio
Two Jesuit fstbers aud one hundred
native Christians have been murdered d
10 the southsrp part Of the province OF
Chi 1T. The Chimes. military su,bori
siss have been discovered recruiting at
Sbsoshsi inside tho foreign set,lsm ent
and some agents have been arrested 10
the scs OF constructing eu,rene b me nts
around the European concessions.
A Cbiosmso connected With war pur
chsses OF the Chinese governmen 10
Earope Who has bean interviewed by
the Daily Express says that China has
in mneose quantities Of arms ADD ammu.
pi,iop and will "s,agger humauity" il
driven 10 defend herself.
Cbefoo. June 20 The Americans
and British entered Tien Tsip, Grs;
silsncing the gus Of the arsenal aud
breaking through the Chinese lines.
The foreigners were close behind
The Russians lost four killed aud 30
wounded. The losses Of the other
nstiou,iitiss wero ANAL.
Admiral Seymour's force is about 10
miles from Tieu Tsio. II is surround
cd by Chinese troops and Boxers and
hsmpered BY the prssenoo of sick end
wounded.
IL 10 reported that ell foreigners were
ssss from Pskin With q weak Chinese