The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-19
THE POWERS
NOT WORKING
.lN'. !. liza HARMONY. ri {.
Russians Refuse Admiral seymour's
Request.to Hand Over Restored
Tien Tsin-Taku Railroad. ls975
GERMANY'SINDEPENDEN7ST STEP
To Patrol the Yang Use Kiang River
Alonois Resented by England.
China Declares War.

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LONDON. July 10, 4 a. m.-whlle EVIL
dence acsumalates daily that China has
long been preparing q formidable milf
tary organization in anticipation OF the
present conflict and that the area OF the
rebellion Is continually extending, har-
.mony among the allies, which Is neces-
sary to meet such grave situation is
still deblorably lacking. The Russians
have refused Admiral seymour's. re-
quest to hand over the restored Taku-
Ticn Tsin railway to the English COM
pany ard It is rtttnored that Germany
purposes taking serious independent
step, namely to patrol the Yang Use
Kinns with German men Of war. Such
d step would be greatly resented by
England.
Sill more alarming news has been
conveyed to the Daily Express from To-
kio, 10 the effect that the apparent re-
luctance of Germany and Russia to
consent to a, Japanese commander for
the army corps has led the japanese
government to delay the forwarding OF
the division already mobllized.
Should Treat China as a Belligerent.
The Standard in an alarmist editorial,
says:
TT is useless any longer to hide from
ourselves the fact that China has de-
4 clared war ION civilization and has
plungedsinto, the conflict withsrabld
frenzy tbs equally futile to- discuss
whether hostilities are being %aged by
I the Chinese government inasmuch as 1t
is evident that an administration of
some kind exists and, Is directing the
ant!-forcign movement. Unless unmls-
takable evidence exculpating the, Pekln
. government is promptly Forthcoming,
s the powers should treat China as a bel
: Ee-rent state and act accordingly"
4 Aislmi,ar liheief comment Is, taken by
1 the other rmorning papers. All applaud
the course of Count Ven Buclow, the
German foreign secretary In stopping
cipher kilograms from the ChircSe5lega-
t!on in Berlin, and nll urge the other
powers to follow Germany's example ;
The Russian general staff denies the
report that the Chinese haye captured
Z Blagvotchensk, capital OF the province
Sof Amur ana 1t is reported from Irkutsk
that the Russians have taken Aigun.
The Number of Killed.
A special dispatch from Tien Tsln
distributes the number OF those killed
at the capture of the native, city as fol.
lows:
Russians. 100,
Japanese 81.
British 10.
Americans, 81.
The correspondent who sends this. as
serts that thousands of Chinese we're
killed and that fighting was still going
on. when his dispatch was sent. In vari-
Gus parts OF TieR TEln.
Forced to- Work the Guns.
With reference to the runors that
Europeans were seen working the Chi
nese guns at Tien Tsln, the Standard
learns that eight Russian military In.
struetors forclbly detained by the
Chinese. were compelled to work the
guns. One escaped and reached the
Russian lines with his hands bound.
A special correspondent Of the Daily
Express at Tien Tsin contrasts the
splendid work and perfect equipment"
of the Japanese with the Inadequate
supplies OF the British, German and
American contingents, which are terri
bly, lacking in the most obvious neces-
saries." ~ trt +
The first boxer proclamation has
made Its appearance In Shanghai. 1t
declares that Kwan the war God de-
slres the blood OF foreigners and threat
ems ten plaques II the boxer tenets are
not followed and spread.
The governors OF the provinces OF
Hu Nan, Hu Pl and Ho Nan have now
openly Joined Prince Tuan and are
marching overland with their armies to
PekIn.
A German relief column sent Into the
interior OF the province Of Shan Tung
to endenvor to rescue n party of thirty
missionaries, German, American and
English, has returned without having
obtained any tIdlngs OF their where
abouts and It Is feared Tat all have
been slain. 81. -st.,s