Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-16

VI luG eCTOpS, rs hTsf
ranging for the mobilization of another
battalion Of marines for the far east.
They will leave San Francisco about
Aug. /.
A3BREAen IN 1nE WALL.
Hordes Rush Thru TO slay and Tor
ture the Unprotected Foreigners.
Shanghai, July l6.-An official tele-
gram WAS received last night from the |
governor Of Shantung stating that
breach was made in the wall OF the
British legation at Pekin, after gall
liant defense, and when all the ammu-
milton had given out. All foreigners
were killed.
July Z Probably the End.
Washington, July 16.-The Shanghai
dispatch stating that the governor of
Shan Tung had officially confirmed the
murder of the legationers and other
foreigners in Pekin Is regarded here as
the logical sequel to Sheng's dispatch
to Minister WI, received Saturday, and
saying that on July the Chinese
troops under Gen. Tung Fuh Slang
were about to attack the legation with
artillers.
1t is believed that the artillery beat
down the walls of the legation allow
ing the horde OF maddene6 Cinnamon
to pour into the last stronghold OF the
white defenders, and that the ministers.
their guards and other male refugees
sold their lives dearly.
| OF what fate was reserved for the
women who shared the long desperate
ldefense of the legation no one here ven
lures to speak al! hoping that in the
end the white men We're able to slay
lwith their own hands those whom they
| were no longer able to protect.
IInrt's Last VI cssngc.
London, July 49, $3.50 a. NIT seems
1 Impossible to entertain any longer the
.Ileast doubt as to the fate Of the Eu-
4 ropeans in Pekin. The Associated Press
Ilearns that Lady Hart, wife of Sir Rob
1 ert Hart, director of the Chinese impe-
/ rial customs, on July 5, received the
following telegram from her husband:
"Our people. including the women,
are in the legations. Prepare for the
worst
The European governments have re-
ceived from their representatives at
Il Shanghai a dispatch from the governor
4 of Shan sTung. dat ted July q. reporting
,jthat the European troops made sortie
4 from Pekin and killed 200 of Gen. Tuns
Fuh Slang ssforces. and that the Box
ers were mounting guns to make q
breach in the defenses.
Under date of July l2 the governor OF
Shan Tung wires as follows:
Native soldiers aud Boxers have
been attacking the legations for some
hours, but have not yet effected an en-
4 trance. They are nowgaH bombarding
with large cannon to make a breach fol
a heavy onslaught.
, a"I fear that all the ministers and the
government as we'll are in great dan.
i ger. The movement is intensel,
anxious
Finally came the news from shang-
hal that breach had been made and
], foreigners killed.
ii All the dates probably refer to {
much earlier period. but the presump
ton is that the successive dispatches
i give an outline Of what has happened.
The Europeans. having reached th'
end of their resources. made IA desper
i ate sortie and then bravely met thei
a fate.
. The details Of the horrible story vii
. probably never be known.
! japanese elrrcsistiblc.
III After five days bon,bardment tn
n Japanese troops turned the Chinese po
ri ssition. drove out the enemy and cap
L tured four guns. while the remaininl
S allied forces destroyed the westerl
e arsenal and took two guns.
e The Chinese attacked the railwa
s station early on the morning Of July
/ and were repulsed after desperat
{ fight. The Casualties of the allies Il
g the first engagement were light, but Is
I Iwere killed and wounded In the secon
battle.8
The official record ends on July I:
!. when 1.5O0 fresh troops arrived a
> Tien Tsn.
Dispatches in Fleet street last nigh
s Indicated that the allies were hollin
), their ground, but We're in need Of larg
- reinforcements. The Japanese onse
upon the Chinese positions was IRE
. sistible, but the enemy had quickly ra
!, lied and delivered well planned nigl
"a attack.
,fl Grent War 10 Opened.
MI A great war has opened In Chin
wi with the japanese in the front ran
d and with the heaviest reserves immed
1. atelys aydlIdUle. lnTeS american Da
e talions and about 10000 Japanese trooy
ct have reached Tien Tsin since these tM
ID battles were fought. SO that the allie
D forces now exceed q, 900 men, with col
.e tingents slowly dribbling into Taku.
In War has not been formally declare
but II Is in progress. with every indie,
NJ tion that 1t will continue indefinite
IL until the government now in power
q loverthrown and the entire empi
i. broken up into u series OF Europes
and Japanese provinces and protect
n rates.
IN The retreat of the allied forces fro
he Tien Tein would be followed by ou
te breaks against the foreigners in all Il
he provinces.
a. Hound 90 Carve China.
to They are compelled to halt whe
he they are and to hold their ground
~ hard lighting. and a campaign beg,
N. with no other motive than that OF 8
u Touring vengeance and reparation I
the massacre OF the legations Will 4
Ill lvolve sacrifces and expenditures I
ee which Territorial cesslons are indispe
II sable. .sss
IL. This may not be the American vie
asl but the Russians. Japanese. German
toI Italians and French alread dy have u,
- syes axed upon The future PROVING