The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-28
AMERICAN
And British Troops Were the
First in 7 ca TsiD.


eight miles from Tien Tsin with sixty
two killed and two hundred wounded.
LONDON, JUNE PA special from
Shanghai dated last evening, says that
communication with Admiral Seymour
was opened by the Tien Tsin relief
force Sundey. Admiral Seymour was
at that time said to be ten miles from
Tien Tsin. Three hundrd members of
his party reportey sick and wounded.
only a few having ben killed. They
were short of provisions, and were re-
turning without having rescued the le-
cations.
LONDON, JUNE GA dispatch
from Tien Tsin dated yesterday says
that the Protestant mission at We .hsen
was bu>ned down by rebels last Mon
day night.
SEYMOUR PROBABLY SAVED.
LONDON, JUNE 2S, (3:2O a. m.)-The
composite brigade of 5000 men who
raised the investment of Tien Tsin and
pushed on to help Admiral Seymour
has probably saved him, but the news
has not yet reached Che Foo he near
est wire point. The last steamer arriv-
ing at Che Foo from Taku brought this
message dated Tien Tin, Monday, June
25th:
"The Russian geenral in command Of
theh relief force, had decided, in view
OF Saturdays heavy fighting and
marching, that one days rest for the
troops was essential and that the ad-
vance should not be resumed until to-
day. Meanwhile came Admiral Sey-
mour's heliograph that his position
was desperate and that he could only
hold out two days. The relief started
at dawn today (Monday)"
Saturdays fighting commenced at
davbreak. The allied forces opened
with several Of the Terrible's A. naval
guns. six field guns and numerous ma
chine guns, the firing being at long
range. They continued to advance
steadily, the Chinese artillery reply
ing. The guns of the allies weer more
skillfully handled and put the guns OF
the Chinese out one by one, the Chm
ese retreating about noon.
There was keen rivalry among the
ren,,esentatives of the various nations
as TO which would enter Tien Tsin first
and he Americans and British went IN
neck and neck. The Russians storm
ed the arsenal, thereby sustaining the
!
Several thousand japanese have left
Taku for Tien Tsin and altogether 80
600 japanese have landed. The inter
national troops now aggregate nearly
90 600 and Japan is preparing to send
O.OOO more. With British, American
and other troops ordered to go, prob
ably 10000 men will be available in
! month.
The Tong Shain refugees and the
foreign engineers at Che Foo estimate
the Chinese troops now in the held as
$4,000 drilled troops at Lutai, 2S'Ooo al
Shanghai Wan. $4,000 driven OIL al
Tien Tsin and 10000 at Pekin.
The dispatch received at the foreign
office stating that the foreign lega-
tions wer requested to leave PeKlr
within a specified time is interpreted II
some official quarters as tantamouh'
TO giving the ministers their passpor'
and to a declaration of war but as
China does nothing like other countries
the official opinion is that there is
nothing to do but to await the course
of eevnts and to see what the minis erS
themselves say when they are rescued
All the students atthe foreign nos
nitals are leaving. Women miss1onar'
les are returning from the west river
norts There was slight sturbanc'
at Wo-Chou Tuesday while the womer
weer embarking. The crowd shouted
"Kin the foreign devils"
According to advices from Shanghai
the Chinese officias, by direction of the
southern viceroys, are asking the coun
sells to agree to conditions, "ensur ng,
as the Chinese say, "the neutrality o'
Shanghai and other coast cities.
They are also asking that foreign war
ships shall nottsail or anchor near the
/ forts nor go to ports where there arr
no warships now; that their crews
shall not go ashore and that the pro
lection Of foreigners be left to th'
Chinese authorities. These conditions
are considered at Shanghai to be vit
tually an ultimatum.
The consuls desire a sufficient nava
and military force to back up their re
fusal to comply with these demands
The total naval force there now con
sists of 969 men, with 32 guns Ih'
Chinese have 5000 men with six gun
in the forts and 10000 men outsid'
Shanghai with modern rifles and ma
chine guns.
The magnitude of the arrangement
Japan is making suggests provision
against contingencies other than th'
present disturbances In China. Sh
has chartered nineteen add tional tran
sports and now has thirty-hve IN all
SITUATION IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, JUNE 27.-Th
developments of the day respecting
China wer important and interesting