The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-22
AMERICAES lED BRITISH LED
OLD GLORY PLANTED ON THE
WALLS OF PEKIN AT IL
O'CLOCK, AUG. II
THEY WERE NONE TOO SOON
Company e, Fourteenth Infantry
Had the Post of HOnor-Troopn
Displayed Great GAL
1antry.
Copyright. 1900, the Associated Press.

| NOpyrlSHl, 15UU, Lne Associated Press.
| PEKIN, Aug. H. via Che Foo, Aug. 21.
The American and Russian flags were
planted on the east wall Of Pekin at II
| o'clock this morning. The Indian troops
entered the British legation at /, and
the Americans at 8. There was a joyful
reception from the wall.
| The emaciated tenants could have last
ed but little longer. They had only
three days rations. The Chinese had
been attacking furiously for two days.
Four thousand shells fell in the legation
during the siege. Sixty-fve were killed
and 100 wounded
Phe japanese began the battle before
daylight and they are still fighting about
the north wall. where a part Of the Chi
nese are defending the imperial city. The
japanese casualties have not yet been as
| crtained. Tn Russians had five killed
and twelve wounded. The Americans
and British had a few wounded.
The plan was to make general attack
tomorrow, and the troops were arriving
at camp, five miles east, all night They
were completely exhausted and slept in
the corn fields in the rain
The generals. however, alarmed at the
sounds Of a heavy attack on the lega-
tions, pushed forward Independently, the
British, Americans and French on the
left of the river and the Russians and
Japanese on the right, beginning at 2
o clock this morning the japanese di-
Verted the blunt of the resistance to the
northern city, their artillery engaging
the Chinese heavily there. The Ameri-
cans and British met with but little re-
sistance until they entered the city,
where there was street fighting. Reilly S
battery attempted to reach the inner
wall. The troops finally entered the for
eign settlement through the canal
Company E, Fourteenth United States
infantry planted it's flag on the outer
wall, Musician Titus scaling the wall
with rope, by means Of which the others
climbed to the top.
The Chinese had continually violated
the armistice.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug A.-The trans
port Sherman sailed at noon for Naga-
saki with troops and supplies destined
for China. On board the vessel are bat
talions Of the Second, Fifth and Eighth
regiments, together with general officers,
surgeons, hospital corps and signal corps
men. There are over 1000 officers and
men on the transport.
TO TAKE NO PRISONERS.
BERLIN, Aug. 21-Referring to Lii
Hung Chan's latest request to Washing
ton for mediation, a high official Of the
German foreign Office said to the CORE
spondent of the Associated Press:
Germany is waiting to see what an
sWer the United States will make. If
Washington is convinced that Earl Ii
represents any responsible Chinese gov
ernment, it could of course undertake a
| mediatory role for the establishment of
| peace; but Germany is confident that in
| any case, the United States will not sepa-
| rate themselves from the concert of
powers.
Asked if China now offered a satisfac-
tory indemnity for the murder of Baron
Won Ketteler, the German minister
whether Germany would be willing to
make terms of peace, the official replied:
| Matters have not yet advanced far
enough to go into that, but there is no
| question of territorial conquest or of in
! f1icting heavy blows, but merely of the
re-es tablishment of orderly conditions In
| China
The German papers are discussing what
! is to be done next. The Vossische Zei-
| tung asserts that Germany will not GO
beyond other powers in demanding expi-
alton for wrongs done, but will go as far
| as the rest. 1t says that the demand for
satisfaction must not degenerate into a
brutal cry for vengeance.
| The Vorwaerts, the Socialist organ
sharply blames the government for re-
fusing all information concerning its fu-
| ture policy in China.
| The Berliner Post maintains that 1t IS
! premature to think that diplomatic nego-
tiations alone are sufficient to obtain sat
| isfaction for the murders and guarantees
| for the future.
| General attention has been attracted by
an interview published in the FrankfurteI
| Zeitung between that papers correspond
/ ent at Toxic and Lieut.. Won Krohn, who
was wounded in Admiral Seymour's ex-
| pedition.
Lieut. Won Krohn says: "At the begin.
ming wounded Boxers were sent to the
hospitals at Tien Tsin, but it was seer
later that this was a mistake. Hence ar
order was given to kill all Cinnamon able
to stand, not even to spare the wounded
| but particularly to make absolutely nc
I prisoners whatever"
Ii HUNG CHANG TURNED DOWN.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-The cabinet
| session today practically opened the con.