The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-11

lO,OOD additional trOOpt soon htter tnat'
Before the rainy season Is well ad.
yanced. Japan expects to have e5.OOO
troops in China.
These formidable preparations are
viewed with great dIstrust by Ger
many. Russia and France.
NEW YORK. July io.-A dispatch 10
Ire Tribune from London says:
While there is no light there is a
sense Of departing darkness In China
The southern ylceroys, who have TAX
en- line OF action OF their own, under
stand what is going on both in PekIn
ana In Europe. and are not In sympa-
thy with Prince Tuan and the Boxers.
They have been waiting FOR a counter
movement against the military usur-
patton. and now that q reaction has set
In against massaeres and revolution.
they are asserting their authority and
sending tc the palace Information re-
spectlng the armamsnts OF the foreign
poycrs and the combined forces OF the
civilization which Prince Tuan and the
empress have dehed.
II little trustworthy news comes out
OF Pekln II does not follow that good
deal Of truth and common sense are
not going IN through the foreign con-
sulates and provincial centres For
this reason some OF the best Informed
men IN and out OF parliament are now
convinced that the legations will be
spared. and that a truce win be ordered
from the palace and the China question
adjusted by diplomatic means. Meth
er official nor press dispatches warrant
this conclusion. but there are hopeful
signs In several quarters OF the clouded
sky.
The empress dowlger Is evidently
playing on Prince Ching against Prince
ruan. ana throwing out an anchor to
windward. This Is a fact which Inn
presses the diplomatists here. They
read with compOsure the details OF des-
perate fighting az Tien rsIn and the
repulse of the Chinese attacks upon the
allied troops. They assert that skirm-
Ishes In which casualties to Europeans
aud Americans are trivial are Of no
account when there Is practical EVIL
dence that the Chinese forces are d.
vlded and that the legations are al
lowed 10 hold their ground.
Belated details OF the lighting at Tien
Tsin are conflicting and untrustworthy,
but there are many signs that the
anu-foreign movement is weakening,
that the allied forces are preparing to
make a successful advance upon the
capital and that the dIplomatists in
European capitals are not wasting their
time. but are doing useful work in
a most practical way.
NEW YORK. July lO.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Che Foo. dated Sun
day. says:
Refugees who have arrived from Tien
Tsln bring the following information:
The Chinese resumed bombardment
OF the foreign quarters last Tuesday,
and non-combatants were ordered that
day TO leave. The bombardment is de-
scribed as the worst yet experienced
but there were no civilian casualties,
though many marvellous escapes are
reported. A force OF British and Rus
SLAMS tried TO silence the Chinese guns,
but re'irsd without effectlng their OBJ
ject. Two guns from the Terrible ST.
lencei the Chinese guns OF Thursday,
but the artillery duel recommended on
Friday.
Two hundred refugees. mostly women
and children. left Thursday and Friday
in lighters towed by launches. and
reached Taku safely, Small bodies Of
Russians and Japanese We're met at
short intervals all the way down. Sew
eral burning bridges We're passed. They
are supposed to have been set on fire
by Russians, who occupy a fort midway
between Tien Tsin and Taku, where
they have torpedo boat Seven hum
dred Russians are occupying the rail-
way and station at Tong Ku. Japanese
troops were landing at Talu. The
Yorktown took 25 American refugees on
board. The Germans went aboard Ger
man warship, while the British were
transferred to the Hainchi and Hal
Loong. The former has reached Che
Foo with 50 refugees on the way to
Shanghai. The latter. with one hum
dred and fifty, is proceeding to Naga-
sakl.
The British cruiser Alaority sailed at