The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-07-18
ALLIES NARROWLY ESCAPE
DEFEAT.

oimulJeneOuelY FROM InreeSluee,
and Sustain Heavy Losses.
LONDON, July IL, 4:50 a. Mo
authentic news from Pekiug is still
the burden OF the dispatches from
the East, and although the disposi-
tion is to believe the optimistic re-
ports from Chinese sourceF. no real
confidence is possible until the lega-
tons are permitted to communicate
with their Governments. II, as al
legged, the Boxer movement is losing
ground in Peking, it might have
been supposed that the Boxers
would have endeavored to send up
achievements from Ten Tsin, but
instead OF that they are still in great
force in the neighborhood OF the
latter place and are assisted by the
Chinese imperial troops, with ample,
efficient artillery.
According to a Cheiu dispatch
the fighting around Tien. Tsin on
the Sd aud 4;h was the severest yet
experienced The British casualties
we're thirty or forty killed or wound
ed. The Chinese had $4,000 men
attacking simultaneously from the
north, east and west and made ex-
cellent practice with oyer 100 guns,
The defenders numbered $4,000,
with scant supplies, aud it was only
the presence OF the newly arrived
Japanese and Russian guns that
prevented a disaster. Oae Russian
company OF infantry, numbering 120
men, had 115 killed or wounded.
The German contingent also suffer
ed heavily, BY the evening of the
4th the situation was very critical
The allies narrowly escaped total
defeat.
Providentiall y, when things were
at their worst, torrential rainfall
compelled the Chinese to retire,
On July 6, the rain having abated,
the Chinese renewed the attack,
opening fire on ITEM Using with two
batteries OF 4 inch guns, but the
allies, aided by a. B. S. Terrible's
guns, succeeded in silencing the
artillery after eight hours fighting
At Shanghai it seems to be the
general belief that the date OF the
dispatch OF July 2, asserting that
two legations were still standing
out, was an error, either accidental
or Intentional. The couriers must
have left Peking at least five days
earlier, making the real date OF the
message June %, while the alleged
massacres are said to have occurred
on June 30. Until this point can
be cleared up the greatest anxiety
will be felt as TO the fate OF the
Europeans.
Prince Tuan and the Empress at War
LONDON, July IL, a. m.-Accord-
ing to the Shanghai correspondent
of the Express, it is war to the knife
between the Dowager Empress and
Prince Tuan. In recent edict the
latter boldly disoards his mask and
signs himself as Emperor. He
warmly commends the prowess Of
"his faithful Boxers" and in fowery
language appeals to their cupiditJ
aud fanaticism. In the same decree
Prince Tsuan, the "Ironcapped'
Prince Tsaishan, his imperial clans
man, and Kan vi to command thu
three chief wings OF the Boxe1
army.
Japan Cannon Get any Extra Ter
ritory.
BERLIN, July l0.-The Foreign
Office to-day informed the AS
ISOLATED Press that all the power
y had consented to Japan landing
r large force in China, but the sti
. pulation was made beforehand tina
| no power could derive any advantag
q territorially from the fact of it
I having more troops in China thai
r the others. The Japanese Govern
ment has expressed perfect will
0 ingness to send troops undor thes
q terms.