Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-07-21
THE ALLIES VICTORIOUS.
They Have Taken Possession of the
Walled City of Tien Tsin.
MINISTERS NOW REPORTED SAFE

In kilograms to Chinese Ministers mt
Washington and London-Col. Lis
cum Among the KILLED mt Tien
Tsin.
London, July 1S.-The foreign Office
informs the press that a telegram fden-
ucaI with the one handed to Secretary
Hay at Washington by Minister WI
Ting Fang has been delivered to it by
the Chinese minister here, which was
sent by Sheng, the administrators of
telegraphs at Shanghai. The foreign
office points out, however, that the date
(July 81 mentioned in the telegram
probably applies to the Chinese calen-
dar, and is equivalent to July 5, accord
ing to the Gregorian reckoning.
There is little further news from
China this morning. The attack upon
the native city of Tien Tsin was fol-
lowed up so swiftly by the allies on the
morning of July IA that the Chinese
never had time to reorganize, and,
once their lines were broken, their re-
treat rapidly became a rout. The al
lies took possession of the native city
and its defenses. The total losses Of
the allies in the engagements of Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday were about
500 killed or wounded. The casualties
were greatest among the Russians and
Japanese.
In the fighting at Tien Tsin last Fri
day the aHies were repulsed with heavy
loss. Col Emerson II. Liscum, Of the
Ninth United States infantry, was kill
ed while leading his men. A Russian
colonel was also among the dead.
The Daily Mail publishes a sensa-
tonal dispatch from st. Petersburg.
dated Monday, which asserts that there
is no doubt that China has declared
war against Russia.
The Russian press" says the cor
respondent, lis restricted to the pub
LEGATION Of Official details, and the pub
LEGATION of many dispatches from the
front has been prohibited. 1 hear
however, from a reliable source that
the Chinese troops and the Boxers seiz-
ed a Russian transport vessel laden
with munitions near Aigun (on the
Amur river, about 1S miles from the
Russian frontier), killing almost the
entire Russian escort. They next sud-
denly attacked and bombarded the
town OF Blagovechensk Capital of the
Amur government, on the Amur river)
The garrison held out bravely, but was
nnaiIy overwhelmed. Nearly all per-
ished, and the town was burned"
The Daily Telegraph has the fol-
lowing from Canton, dated July f6.
shortly before his departure for Pekin:
In an interview with the foreign
consuls today Ii Hung Chang said
that his mission to Pekin was two
fold--to save the lives of the foreign
ministers and to arrange the best pos
sible terms of peace with the allied
powers. The American and French
consuls, while CONTEMPLATING him upon
these commendable purposes. remind
ed him Of his pledges to protect for
eigners and to preserve peace in south
ern and central China.
Earl Ii replied that he must obey
the summons to Pekin, but that he had
taken all necessary precautions. He
added that he had received important
cables from Lord Salisbury and M
Delcasse, demanding protection for the
foreign ministers in Pekin and threat
ening to take life for life of the high
onicials responsible If the mission
aries We're murdered. He told the
consuls he was the only man in China
who dared to transmit such messages
TO the empress, but that he had sent
them verbatim, and he did not doubt
that they had exerted a powerful in
nuence in saving the ministers lives