Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29
PEKIN WELLGUARDED
Chinese to thu Number Of $50. 600
Invest the City.
HEAVILY EQUIPPED WIZ ARTILLERY
KruPps and Maxirns Galore and Ara
munitlon- IL On HAad Ia Xnez-
h61stISJs Q1sntItSes.

General Mas army" says . cor
respondent Of . London paper at
Shan Hal Kvan, 'eonsisting ct four
thousand men, Left . week ago
for Pekin, and General Sung Ching's
forces, numbering $500, left for the
same place on June 18th.
ga careful estimate Of the number
and armament Of the Chinese troops
around Pekin puts the total Of $50, 600,
and il is calculated that these troops
POSSESS go seven-centimetw Gfeusos
gins, eighteen Krupps and $50 Max
IFS. 80 C..s tsFe
Their supply Of ammunition 10
prs ideally inexhaustible. It has been
maialy supplied by . German firm at
CsrlowitE. Fully three-fourths Of the
Chinese forces are badly drilled, who'll
~ unlisciplined and quite unfamiliar
with modern Weapons"
Another Shanghai dispatch says:
'Li Ping Heng. former governor OF
Shan I ag, who 10 intensely anti-tor-
eign, ha2 gone 10 the. Kiang Yin forts
on the Y.rg Use. he has declared his
intention Of resisting the landing Of
British fc-cas in thatsregion."
AccordiD: to Hong Kong dispatch.
dated Saa"ay, strong achievements
of Indian ,, zee, with three Maxims,
have be-. sent to KoW Loon, on the
main!a1d A. Che Foo message Of
Monday late says: So. .
"FCr. cannon hare bean added to
the west ort here, where there are
now 1.G--v :a:diers permanently en-
campej. esther force having arrived
from NI,l 4si Chon. There is an
uneasy :se.-h9 -evailing here and an
attack : :c1srally anticipated. Chi
nese mer-lents are closing their Offices
and pre2a-tng ! leave the port All
business alta standstill. u 800
ExteESi Z Preparations By The allies
are sOlc~ cora ard. The First regi-
ment Of jIitiss -Indias, 10, 600 men,
embarked at Calcutta Sunday. and
S33 more l.Sr mes received orders to
go out from s4-glish ports. ~;
The BIi.is3 war Office, In antieipa-
ton of a nTe;onged campaign, is con-
tracing fer winter clothing and fur
caps.
The AmHr army corps, ordered out
by Russia. lumber 81. 100 men, with
eighty-tour guns japan proposes 10
land Is, 9@ men on Chinese territory
within q for might
Among tie minor military prepare
tions the portuguese government at
Macao, island of Macao, at the south
west entrance of Canton river, lie sand
ing arms TO the Portuguese in Can
ton. The Germans in Hong Hong
have cabled Emperor William to ask
il they may serve in the local forces in
defense Of E0ng Kong. A million
rounds left Hong Kong Monday for
Taku by the British steamer Hal
Loong.
The Shanghai correspondent Of The
London Times ~e:, is the following I'M
der Sundays dsit.
"a military 80 =spondeat at Taku
says that The = atoms Of the allies
are suffering tILc IS want OF q recog-
nized head, def4,:i~a organization and
i the lack Of TRANSPORT"
Mr.. Kinder, 80 sd engineer, has
, arrived at Cb2 Foo
The Brit;ch -, Terrible has ar
rived at C.aS Cd, -. Toku with the
latest news. = follows.
Eight Skhs and 200
Welsh Flu ; effected . june
ton with III ---I-:;'an. German and
Russian for; >i,I had been cut OF
by the ~ -, .Dc3t niue miles from
Tien t. 1t war proposed to deliS-
er an a. :upo,. the Chinese forces
at Tier III last night Sunday"
1t is nGt clear what forces united Il
would Seem that one relieving force.
cut of, had been relieved by another.
At any ra.e, it is apparently certain