Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
JOINED THE BOXERS
Action of Imperial Troops After Ii
Hung Left Canton.
CHINESE CONTINUE ACTIVE MEASURES
Ministers Again Decline to Leave
Pekin Under Escort.


ST. PETERSBURG, August A dis
patch from Shanghai. dated Thursday, Au-
gust 2 received here today, says that after
Ii Hung Chang left Canton the imperial
troops Joined the Boxers. The dispatch
adds that the provincial troops along the
Yang-tse river remain quiet. owing to the
promise of the viceroy of Nankin to the
foreign consuls. Boxers, It Is further stated
in this dispatch. numbering mssiena-
ries in south China. but not disturbing
treaty ports. Troops being secretly
brought to treaty ports. Old batteries of
the Yang-tse river. the dispatch says. are
being repaired and new ones are being ereot-
ed at Wu-sung. despite the declaration
British Indifference Charged.
The dispatch accuses the British OF
secret understanding with the vtceroy In
accounting for the Indifference of the Brit
ish fleet to the Strengthening of the Chi
nese fortifcatfons at Wu-sung.
Fortffyins Yangtse River.
SHANGHAI Friday, August 3-Accord-
ing to trustworthy reports received here
today the Chinese are fortifying Yangtse
river At a fort near Nankin two six-inch
quck-fre guns were disabled at the first
trial Chinese officials affirm that the guns
were mounted as precaution against Box
ers advancing southwark
LONDON. August 4, 3:55 a-m.-According
to a special dispatch from Shanghai, dated
August 3. the advancing column of the
allies was reported there yesterday to
have reached a point thirty-fve miles be-
yond Tien Tsin- Nothing from any other
point corroborates this statement. In fact.
the Standard goes SO far as TO say that
1t fears the real advance. apart from pre-
Erninary measures has not yet begun.
Tien Tsin dispatches, dated July 30, tell
Of yh iS ed 81 .recOn-
noissance between the japanese and Chi
nese,' two miles beyond the Hsiku arsenal,
in which the Japanese withdrew, after suf-
fering thirty casualties
The Tien Tsin correspondent of the Stand
ard. under date Of July %. declares that
the Americans and Germans have been or
dered to move forward without waiting for
the British.
A Cheefoo special. dated August /, an
nounces the safety of all the Americans
in Pekin, and the reception Of letter from
DIR. Cheltman, dated Pekin, July 90. saying
that on the previous day Sir Claude Mac
donald. the British minister, had agreed to
truce, provided the Chinese came no
closer, and adding: We hope this means
relief. but, having defeated the Chinese,
We are fearful now of treachery. All are
exhausted with constant watching. fight
ing and digging trenches. The greatest
credit is due to Mr. Squiers, secretary of
the United States legation, whose military
experience and energy are invaluable"
Secret Agent of Reformers.
The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily
News says the consuls there regret the in
dependent action taken by the American
association and the China association.
the ground thattt is tnjudicious. He says:
THE settlements being International petty
jeaIousies must disappear. The China as
sociation Is of little local influence" Pre-
sumably he refers 10 the American Asiatic
Association
The Hong Kong correspondent of the
a he
from San Francisco of Homer Lea. for
some time secret agent in the United States
of the Society for the Reformation of the
Chinese Empire. with 100000. which will
presumably be utilized In connection with
the revolutionary movement against the
empress dowager. a movement quiescent
since 1N!'> until within the last few weeks
Nearly all the correspondents confirm the
reports Of a wholesale massacre of Chris
tians outside PekIn. correspondent of the
Daily News giving the number of killed
between 1U,0tI and 15,o0o, all defenseless
converts Imperial troops-so II is stated
did the ghastly work
According 10 the Shanghai correspondent
of the Times. one of the members of the
tsung Il yarnen. mentioned by United States
Consul GOodnow having been beheaded
Tor pro-foreign tendencies. Hsu Ching
Cheng. former minister to Russia. The cor
respondent says the empress dowager or
dered his execution on the advice of Lii
Ping Heng-
Ii Hung Chang has been informed from
Pekin that Prince Ching's only prominent
supporters IN MS peace policy General
Iung l-u and Wang Wen Shao president
of the board of revenue. whose influence Is
small
Battle Expected Tomorrow.
LONDON. August 4--Nothing direct from
the allies operating beyond Tien Ts,n is to
hand but a news agency dispatch from
Shanghai today says a battle Is expected
Sunday with General Mas 10,oOD Chinese at
Iang-tsun. The Russian and French con-
n
guarding the communications of the Ameri-
cans British and Japanese. who form the
advancing column.
Supplies Growing Short.
dispatch. dated Tien Tsin. Friday, July
q. says another dispatch from the British
minister Sir Claude Macdonald, has been
received duplicating in part one sent
by a different route. but adding the
military Information that the British Amer
lean, Russian and German legations held
July p. provisions barely sufficient for
fourteen days. and that ammunition was
short The ministers had again rejected
the proposal Of the Chinese government
that they leave Pek!n under escort of Chi
nese troops.
Another courier from the japanese lega-
tion brings dispatch. dated July %, say
ING that but 1--WE days provisions were left
and twenty-five rounds for each man
The British consul. Mr.. Fraser. and the
foreign community are leaving Chung King.
an official warning from Shanghai There
is no trouble in Chung-king now or in any
part Of Sze-chueu. but disturbances are ex-
pected when the allies reach Pekin
Russians and Chinese Fighting.
ST PETERSBURG. August 4-General
Grodekof has sent the following dispatch
10 the office:
kHABAROVISk. August 3.-Two col
umns from Blagovestchersk were ferried
over the Amur river at am. under Col
onels Sckwerin and Serkianoff. attacked the
Chinese troops and took the town of SAX
halin. gun and a quantity of Mauser
cartridges. The steamer Silenga suffered
severely from rifle fire. The Transseisk
detachment, under Colonel Pfoteahauer
bombarded Aigun with twelve rnortars ard
the Chinese replied. One officer and five
men were killed and fifteen men were
wounded. Four armored steamers are pa
trolling the Arnur.''
telegram received here today from En-
g1neer Gutenberg. dated Kawg-kunschi
Gasimur. IN the Transbaikal province