The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-07
THE NEWS FROM TIEN TsIN.
story of the Situation in That City
1t Was on June 20.

as 1t Was on June 20.
Copyright 1900, by the Associated Press)
Tien Tsin, June g. via Che Foo. July /.
and Shanghai, July 5-Those best inform
ed in Tien Tsin consider the position of
foreigners in Pekin as almost hopeless.
II is hopeless to attempt to force the
way with the force available. Command
ers are willing to resort to desperate
means, but to attempt a forced march
from Tien Tsin with the forces at hand
means certain destruction to the army,
besides slaughter of the civilians left at
Ten Tsin.
Enough soldiers are necessary to defeat
the Chinese army, maintain communlca-
ton with the base of supplies and guard
the hospitals en- route. Water supply is
an important problem, the country fur
nishing none except the river, the wells
having been poisoned.
The Chinese are committing terrible
atrocities upon the wounded. They are
mutllating all the dead which fall into
their hands.
Gen. Tung Fuh Slang. with 1000 of the
best disciplined troops in the Chinese
army, Mohammedans. is marching from
The southwest towards Pekin. The army
whereabouts numbers 5000. The Empress
fed to her summer palace. The Mon lmme-
dams and Boxers are fighting in PeKlh'
f. Ten regiments of Gen. Nieh's command
north of Tien Tsin are reported to nave
deserted and gone 10 pllaging the couh-
trv. Residents declare that Chinese
commune has been inaugurated ana .llal
the Deaceable Chinese are the greatest
sufferers. ,,,
Tho foreign soldiers are burning the OUT
skirts of Tlen Tsin to deprive the enemy
of shelter, and the Boxers are destroylng
outlying villages for loot The smoke oil
a hundred fires can be seen In every Oh
rection. A.. -
Tien Tsin was not bombarded to-day Tor
the first time in a fortnight. Famlhes arr
returning to their homes within the con
sessions. Women and children VIII pc
sent 70 Taku as soon as travel is safe NO
,nfriendlv cinnamon are visible in the
streets. A few of the richest. with theli
families. are huddled in the outhouses ioi
protection, badly frightened DINERS con-
realed in various houses, shoot at the Eu-
ropeans on the street
The Chinese dead about T1en ism num-
Der thousands Most of those VINO heNe
been killed lie unburied in the heiue. ne
river To Taku is full of floating bodies, aho
many have been washed up by the ude.
Dogs are feeding on these bodies along
the banks. .- .,.or,-
The small American contingents every
where distinguished themselves. capt
McCalla and Maj. Waller are most popu
lar AT Tien Tsin, and their men are pIaceu
In the lead in every movement by com
mon consent, with the British close oehlNo
them. 49,.
owe their lives TO the Russians, without
whom the other small detachments must
have been overwhelmed. On the darkest
day Wednesday a week. when the en-
nese were pressing on every sloe' ana nv
bravest men were abandoning hope, the
Russian commander. Col. Wozack' ar
ranged that the main body OF the Troops
should make sortie with the civilians IN
the direction of Taku, leaving 4uo fNu9-
sians 10 defend the city, engage the at
rortion of the Chinese, and ultimately sac
tee themselves The arrival OF the
Americans saved the day and proved
surprise. ~ i'm
r,arse chinese preparation for war IL
NAV be mentioned that arsenals ana stores
hitherto unknown, have been dscoVereo'
About ten million dollars worth OF arms
and ammunition, mostly modern mas
been DESTROYED in three arsenals OUTSIDE
Of Tien Tsin. - ~,,...
Several thousand troops under Gen. Nieh
are holding the native city five miles
1orth Of Tien Tsin 1t was rumored that
40 OO0 Chinese would make an attack at
moon to-day. The troops were unuer
arms. but the Chinese failed to material,
ize Admiral Seymour was ~ounded
slightly by a spent bah which struck him
IN the shoulder while in the house win
commander McCalla and Commander
Taussig. 49,
The hero OF Tien Tsin is James watts
= ,,o,,pe E,pelishman who with three
Cossacky. ran the gauntlet to Taku with
messages for reinforcements charging
through villages under fire repeatedly.
several foreign commanders have recon-
r,AndAd that the quartette be decorated.