The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-06-26
OFFICIALS FEAR THE WORST
Bslieve Embassies 1T Picking Are Lost and
Seymour As Well.

S0yiuV0C - w OLE
LONDON, June 28.-The British
cruiser Terrible has arrived at Che Foo
from Taku with the latest news, which
Is as follows: Eight hundred sikhs and
200 Welsh Fusileers. have effected
junction with the American, German
and Russian forces, which had been
cut of by the Chinese about 80 miles
from Tien Fsin. It was proposed to de-
liver an assault upon the Chinese forces
at Tien Tsin Sunday night.
It is not clear what forces united. It
would seem that one relieving force,
cut of, had been relieved by another.
At any rate, it is apparently certain
that the allies arrived in sufficient force
at Tien Tsin Sunday to attack the be-
sieging Chinese.
Foreign official opinions here" says
. dispatch from Shanghai. "incline to
believe that the worst has happened to
the legations at Peking and to Admiral
Seymour as well. Evenif the legations
were safe on June 10 there is no guar
antee that they are safe now. In fact
the situation grows more and more
gloomy. The entire absence of reliable
news from the capital seems to justify
the worst construction which can be
put upon it,"
Bad news comes from Nankin whore
the unrest is said to be growing hourly.
Viceroy Liu Kin Yih has telegraphed
the British authorities that he has or.
dersd the Chinese cruisers which have
been lying off the harbor here, to pro.
ceed to Nankin.
General Mas army" says a CORE
spondent at Shan Hal Kwan, ,H'consist-
ing OF 4,00G men, left week ago for
Peking and General Sing Ching forces
numbering 1850, left for the same
place on June 15. A careful estimate
OF the number and armament of the
Chinese troops around Peking puts the
total at $50, 600 and it is calculated that
these troops possess 800 seven -centimeter
Creusot guns, l6 Krupps and 100 Max
Inns. Their supply Of ammunition is
practically inexhaustible. 1t has been
mainly Supplied by German firm at
Carlowits. Fully three.fourths Of the
Chinese forces are badly drilled, wholly
undisciplined and quite unfamiliar with
modern weapons.
Another Shanghai dispatch says: eli
Ping Hang, former governor of Shan
lung, who is intensely anti foreign,
has gone to Kiang Yin forts on the
Yang-tse. He has declared his inten.
ton of resisting the landing of British
forces in that region"
A Che Foo message of Mondays date
says: -Four cannon have been added
to the west fort here, where there are
now 1,0o0 soldiers permanently en-
camped, q further force having arrived
from Ming Hal Chou. There is an un-
easy feeling, prevailing here and an at.
tack is generally anticipated. Chinese
merchants are closing their offices and
preparing to leave the port. All busi.
ness is at q Standstill." :"
Extensive preparations by the allies
are going fo ward. The first regiment
OF British India's 10000 men, embarked
at Calcutta yesterday, and S33 more
marines received orders to go out from
English ports. The British war office,
in anticipation OF "a prolonged cam paign,
is contracting for winter clothing and
fur caps.
The Amur army corps ordered out by
Russia numbers 3d. 100 men, with 50
guns. Japan proposes to land $4,000
men on Chinese territory within fort.
night.
Desperate Situation at Tien Tsin.