The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-26
formal request of Minister WI yester-
day and amounted to a. declination.
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che Foo. June 26.-The officers of the
British first class cruiser Terrible as
sert that discord exists between the
Russians and Anglo-Amerleans ana say
they believe the Russians are planning
to break the concert and take posses
sion of Pekin Independently. They as
sert that Vice Admiral SeymoUT1s COM
mand lacked unison, the foreigners sulk-
ing because they were under Br1ush
leadership. They utterly denounce the
Russians general conduct as unciVlhzed
and barbarous and charge that the
slaughter of peaceful Cinnamon at
Taku has aroused the otherwise passive
natives against the foreigners.
CHAOTIC CONDITIONS.
TCopyright 1900 the Associated Press.
che Foo, Tuesday, June 26-The for
eiguers everywhere are urging the i'm
mediate concentration of an army of
100 900 men, or at least $4,000 men, for an
advance on Pelxin.
Many persons familiar with the Chi
nese character think the foreign minis
ters and Vice Admiral Seymour are held
as hostages for good terms OF settle-
ment They also believe the whole Chi
nese army is joining in the movement,
under the leadership of Tung Flu Hsiang
who crushed the Mohammedan rebel
lion. Recently he was nominally de-
graded for the purpose of organizing an
anti-fOreign uprising quietly. 1t IS eStl-
mated that 1000 soldiers, we'll armed
but poorly disciplined are about Pekin
and Tien Tsin. The Chinese officers
boast that they have 100000 soldiers
Admiral SeymOurS force carried
weeks ratiOns and the men had an aV-
erage Of $50 rounds Of ammunition The
| Russians conduct at Taku, according to
the other officers. infiamed the natives.
/ The Russians are reported to have been
| shooting the Chinese indiscriminately
| and driving away the peaceful Chinese
/ who would have procured transporta-
! tiOn and provisions, and of loot1ng the
/ town.
! A great naval demonstration at all
| the treaty ports is also said to be desir-
able in order to influence the wavering
! Chinese merchants who are friendly to
| foreigners.
The masses are becoming excited at
| the reports of their countrymen'S sue
! cesses against the powers Merchant
men arriving here report that the box
erS are drilling in the streets of New
/ Chwang and that when the officials in
| spected the soldiers with the view OF
| suppressing the boxers they found the
/ soldiers had sold their rifles and equip
ment to the boxers.
The military school at MOukden is re-
ported to have been destroyed.
The British consul at Foo Chow IS
! asking for WarShipS. The arrival of the
! British 6rSt-claSS cruiser Terrible and
! two Japanese cruisers at Che Foo today
relieved the strained situation. The Chi
nese forts, equipped with Krupp guns,
command the foreign city. The only
protection was the United States gun
boat Yorktown with $50 sailors. AS an
outbreak was reported last night the
sailors slept on their arms and the for
eigners prepared to take refuge on the
ships
Commander Taussig of the Yorktown,
requested the commander of the forts
to cease his disquieting ,manoeuvres
with cannon and notified him that if
Chinese troops were sent to the city os-
tensibly to repress the boxers, Ameri-
cans would be landed.
There are about $50 American and
British missionaries at Che Foo. They
are short of money and clothing, having
left their stations hastily.
United States Consul John Fowler S
ship is expected to bring so missionaries
and French priests from the mouth OF
the Yellow river, whittier they are flock
ing from the interior
The commander of the Chinese cruiser
Hal at Tang Chow, offered Mr.. Fowler
Yang Chic Kiang, if assured of protec-
ton
It is reported that the Russians are
moving 10000 men towards New Chang
; Wang.
| THE SITUATION TO DATE.
Washington, June 26.-After a day OF
) uncertainty and suspense official infor-
: nation came with a rush early today
concerning the forces operating at Tier
/ Tsin and the seeking to break through
to Pekin~ Admiral Kempff's dispatch
and that from Consul Fowler at Che
= Foo both confirmed the reports that the
combined forces which have been op-
Grating near Tien Tsin entered the city
on the S3rd The admiral added tht
2 welcome intelligence, loss very small
5 This is the relief column including
2 Major LittletOn Waller and 130 United
States marines. which suffered a re
pulse on their first movement Beyond
the brief statement of four killed anC
2 eleven wounded, nothing has come as
i to the casualties of this first attack
: but the result of the second mOvemen
e which has been awaited with deepes
T | concern, is now cleared up by the ad
4 miraTs report that the force has go
| ! through With small loss.
! 1t remains yet to be reported how
4 the relief column found affairs at Tiel
Tsin, where according to the unofficia
reports of last week, anarchy prevailed
n | and the foreign quarters were destroy
o ed. But the admiraPS report turned
attention in a new direction by tn
statement that the Pekin relief fore
: is reported ten miles from Tien Tsin
G surrounded"
> This IS the first word of any kin,
that has located the party of 800 un
], der Vice Admiral Seymour and includ
;, ing CAPTAIN McCalla with about 10
. U. S. marines, The last heard of then
Il was on June 12-just two weeks ago
when they were stalled at Lang Fan
about tWO-thirdS of the way from Tie
Tsin to Pekin, short Of supplies an
; water, the railroad torn up and with
menacing army of Chinese about then
4 Admiral Kempffs information dis
closes that Admiral Seymour's fore
q has cot been able to get through t
Pelxin, but has retreated a good par
Of the distance previously covered an
is now back within ten miles of Tie
! Tsin. The whole distance from Tie
l. Tsin to Pekin is about so miles, an
e Seymour's expedition when at Ian
l, Fang had covered about 55 miles {
IS this distance. It is to succor this Sey
e mour party that the latest expeditio
n left Tien Tsin on the oath inst, occord
o ing to the closing words of Admire
q Kempff's report
g There have been so many exped
tions that officials themselves al
somewhat confused as to several move
ments and it is well to locate the di1