The evening times., 1900-06-30

LONDON. June 30.-There is no aba.e-
ment Of the general concern for The for
eign diplomats, although il is now known
that they did rot leave Pekin, having e
fused to accept the warning cf the Cal
nese, who, OF the 18th Of June, gave. them
twenty-four hours TO leave the capital. 1t
is feared THAI. angered BY this, the Boxers
and their allies have destroyed the min
listers, and this VIII be believed until q
relief column reaches Pekin and reports
otherwise.
\ despatch from Tal,u repeats the report
that a rescue party. under Stoessel, the
Russian colonel. Is pressing forward to
the Chinese capital. after relieving sey-
mour's expedition.
Several interesting dispatches concerning
the relief OF Tieutsin and the situation at
Taku have been received. The following
dated Taku, June .. 4 p. N. and sent
today from Shanghai. at $50 q. m. mas been
received:
Colonel ScheniEgski arrived at Tsku this
morning. He reports that Vice Admiral
Seymour's column has been relieved. ald
is now at Ticrtsin. The column which re-
lived Seymour, under the Russian colonel
Stoessel, is believed TO be pressing or 10
Pekin- In spite OF the previous repurl s.
there were TO Pekia people with Seymour
No details have been received a. 10 S=y-
mour's icssos as Yet.
The japanese are now landing 1900
troops here. The total number Of Euro
peaus SO far landed is as follows.
British, 3,255; Germany. 1900; Russian.
4,5C5; Japanese. $500; treuch, SOC; Ital-
iaHs. 2C0; Auzcria1s. 15C. and Americans.
3S7. total, 1880 This includes approx
mately 5c0 Pekins guards and a French
battalion OF 5C0 from Saigon. which is
expected hourly All the troops are press
ins forward as rapidly as possible
Yesterday the British torpedo boat de-
stroyer Fame ascended the river beyond
TieHlsiE and examined the Hsiuchung fort.
She found il deserted and destroyed il. To-
day Lieutenant jayne. OF the Newark. took
an armed tug and is examining the river
from Taku to Tientsin.
Major Walters battalion Of American
marines played a fine part in the relief OF
I TienJsin. After the repulse OF the Russian
and American column on the twenty-frs,
they TetreaJsd TO Chung -Iiau-chung.
where they received re-erforcemeuts.w which
brought their number up TO 2.3o0. with
six guns.
"On the 223 further re-enforcemeuts Of
Russians. Germans. ard Italians increased
the strength Of the column 20 3.5C0 AT !
o'clock on The morning OF the 23d the force
advanced in two coIumn- Major Walters
| force with the British saiIcrmen and the
Welsh Fusiliers under Commander Grad
deck formed The firing line on the river
bank The Russians. Germans. and others
took the road where The column had been
repulsed on the 21st. This column met the
enemy and got into a fight Waller rush
Cd TO re-enfcrce the Russians. Germans
etc. and took the advance The American
marines vol!eyed zlagnifc5nuy. The Chi
nese exploded a mine under the marines
but inflicted little damages beyond some
bruises Then Major Waller reiofued tbc
British and attacked the military college
While crossing the river Private Hunter.
Of the marines, was killed, and Sergeant
Iayior and Corporal Pedrick wounded.
The column charged the villages near
the walled city and entered Tfenrsin in the
afternoon. They found the American force
there of 2Co marines and 2c0 bluejackets
under command OF Lieutenant Irwin and
Cadet fettingin. in good shape. Private
Nichols had been killed and one wounded
The men had plenty of ammunition left
Abr ire1 Eer-
eight miles north Of the city. He was sur
rounded and was being sheIled constantly.
The breach blocks OF the guns of the
Chinese flagship have been distributed
among the British. German. and Russian
Aagships.
-Four Chinese gunboats. which were
captured by the British. have been dis
tributed as follows: One each to the Rus
SLAMS. French. and Germans. The English
retained the other. One of the gunboats
was. offered to Admiral Kempf, but he
declined TO accept it."
The following letter has been received
from Rear Admiral Kempff by United
States Consul Fowler at Chefoo:
Since communication was interrupted
on June 10 we have received only one
Pekin despatch. dated June I3. There is
no later direct or indirect news from
United States Minister Conger -Four hun
dred and thirty foreigners. including fftv
six Americans under Captain Myers. went
to Pekin TO guard the legations On June
10 one hundred Americans Joined 2.4OO
others and started 10 relieve Pekin. with
Chinese sanction. On June u they were
at Lang-fang. Since then they have not
been reported They had a weeks sup
plies Notify the Governor of Gilman
Yamen that any news he can obtain or
that is obtainable, or any effort possible
to relieve the legations. should be done
at any hazard All our energies here are
necessary TO relieve Tientsin."
The Chefoo despatch containing the above
says that it has just been received by a
japanese warship from Taku.
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