The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-24


Daily Mail publishes dispatches from
the Chinese capital. dated as late as Aug.
IT, declaring that a great fire was then
raging in the imperial city. The Rus
sian commander had declined to accept
the decision of the other generals not to
violate the imperial precincts and street
fighting was going on.
Gen. Chaffee, so it Is asserted main
tained that the Chinese had been ade-
quately punished already and that 1t
would be unwise to take the imperial pal
ace. This explains the withdrawal of
the Americans after preaching three
gates, as cabled by the special CORE
spondent of the Associated Press.
The Russian general. however, main
tanned that his government had declared
war against China and that, therefore,
there was no reason to prevent him car
rying hostRities into the sacred pre-
cincts.
Judging from various, and in many
cases contradictory. dispatches that have
reached Europe this morning from Pekln
the commanders eventually adopted n
middle course, for a Reuter- telegram as
serts that sentries were placed to pre-
vent looting. Hence It is presumed that
the imperial buildings, although cap
tured, will not be destroyed.
The fires appear to be incendiary and
to be caused by the Chinese themselves.
All the dispatches point out that when
the latest message received here left
Pekin the commanders were somewhat
at sea regarding their future action.
awaiting instructions from their govern
ments.
The foreign residents appear to have
been sent to Tien Tsin, although the St.
Petersburg correspondent of the Daily
Mali says the ministers VIII not leave
Pekin until negotiations for indemnity
are under way
Neither the commanders nor the dfplo-
mats were in communication with the
chinese government on Aug. II. They
Were then searchig for Prince Tuan.
Among the puzzling reports as to the
whereabouts of the empress dOwager is
one from st. Petersburg that she is I'm
the vicinity of Pekin, but surrounded
fhe emperor seems to have disappeared
completely.
Describing the engagement west of
lien Isin, Aug. 9, special dispatch
says:
THE Sixth United States cavalry work
ed with drill-like precision In the hand
to-hand fighting. and the Chinese only
escaped through the bungling of Gen.
Dorward"
Berlin learns that there has been fur
ther hghting west of Tien Tsin.- which
creates the impression that the province
OF Pc Chi Ii must De effectively occunied
before peace negotiations will become
feasible.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-The Japanese
legation today received the following ad-
wees from the foreign office at Toxic
dated Aug. %: THE commander ~ 49,
japanese fleet at Taku transmitted 'hv hv
telegraph on the 21st the following report
from Pekin: The Japanese regiment.
which had been detailed earlier on +ha
ioth Tor the purpose of protecting the i'm
perlal palace, had hard fighting all day,
put they could not bring it to a decisive
issue as they refrained from firing on the
palace On the following day, however.
they took its principal gate; and now
the city is almost entirely cleared of the
enemy.
The imperial family and the ministers
OF state left for Sian five or six days ago.
escorted by 1900 troops under Tung Fuh
Shiang.
With the object Of restoring order. the
city has been divided into districts. japan
being assigned the northern half: and
Japan, the United States, Great Britain,
Russia and France have each deputed an
oIncer to carry on the administration.
Prince Tuan's residence has been
burned down by the Japanese. The Japan
naval detachment, which guards the jap
anese legation, lost during the siege five
killed and eight wounded.
The Japanese forces, which now oc-
cupy the imperial palace, have rescued
foreign and native Christians from their
confinement
TOXIC, Tuesday, Aug. 23.-Accordinz m
dispatches received here from FekIn the
japanese troops sent to occupy the i'm
perial palace there, Aug Is had to fight
all day because they refrained from bonn
harding the palace. Thus, a decisive ac-
ton was impossible. On the 18th, how
ever, they occupied the principal gate Of
the palace, the city being nearly cleared
of the enemy.
ST PETERSBURG, Aug. 2.-Gen.
Linevitch commander of the Russian
troops in the province Of Pe-Chi-LD tele-
graphs to the ministry of war as follows
"At 2 o'clock in the morning Of Aug
IA our troops storned the eastern gate
Of Pekin, and were the first to enter the
city. The Russian flag was the first
hoisted on the wall. The bonbardment
Of the gate lasted fourteen hours. The
Russians then scaled and occupied the
wall. The Chinese, however, still hold
the observatory and other towers, whence
they subjected our troops to a heavy, en-
f1lading fire, until our infantry forced
them to leave their positions. Our Losses
were: Killed-Col. AntinkoR and twenty
men. Wounded-Gen. Wasolowsk, Col
Modl and five other officers and 1O2 men.
''In the meanwhile the allied troops
stormed and captured another gate and
entered the city.
I'VE found the imperial government
had fed. and that the legationers were in
great straits
During the Siege the inmates Of the
Russian legation had five men killed and
twenty wounded.
WASHINGTON, Aug pa report re
ceived by one of the foreign legations
here states that Germany iss preparing 10
make San Francisco a point from which
large quantities Of military supplies will
be sent forward to China. The repors
comes from the consul station stationed
at San Francisco and gives q number OF