The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-06-25
| Che Foo. The losses Of the Russians have


Tien Tsin. Two thousand three hundred
Chinese bodies are alleged to hive beer
cremated at Taku, and more than 1000 CHI.
nese are said to have been killed at Tier
Tsin. Chinese runners who have arrived
at Taku report that a foreign force was
engaged several days ago with an over
whelming body of Chinese forty~ miles
west of Tien Tsin. At Shang Hal it is
assumed that this force was Admiral Sey.
mour's.
The Shang Hal correspondent of the
Daily Express says:
l learn from a mandarin who STEALTH
~ left Pekin on June 16, and who succeed
ed at great hazard in getting clear. that
the Boxers are massed around Pekin anC
more than half of the northern and west
ern portions of the city, including the for
elgn settlements, were af1ame when The
mandarin left. He could tell nothing as t.
the tate Of the foreigners, nor much as t.
the general situation, but he had hearf
that the empress dowager was preparing
TO go 10 the province Of Shan-Si.''
BIG FORCE OF CHINESE
Che Foo dispatch to the Daily Mail
dated yesterday, says:
The attack on the Tien Tsin relief
force was made by 10000 Chinese, usine
machine guns and modern field pieces. The
alhes were wise in retreatin Forward
ing attachments in this manner is sui.
| coal, and the defeats of the foreigners
even though in small force. greatly aiC
the movement of the Boxers, which is
gaining enormously through the inability
OF the foreigners to make headway
against it.
tract cally the whole of northern Chin
IS ablaze. HOstlities are now conducted
on an extended scale, due to direct orders
from Pekin. Gen. Yam Shi Kai. gov.
ernor of Shang- Tung, commands II .OOC
Iorelgn-dr1lled troops, organized to q high
PItch OF excellence and equipped with
Nausers. 1t was in the plans that these
troops should 60 to Taku but the seizure
eI the 1orts was effected before they could
get there N'"iO
Some of the special dispatches from
shanghai describe the great southerr
provinces of China as still quiet h,It
others assert that the news from the
North IS exciting the Sou herners to. a. dan.
gerous height of feeling, and that millions
may rise any day.
FEARS IN SHANGHAI.
Shanghai is quiet, but there are faare
Oh rising. The action of the consuIs
IN asking for the departure of the siv
Nliilese cruisers was objected to bv the
senior naval officer, who Informed tbapo
mat he had at his disposal a force suffi-
cent to compel them to leave if thev
objected to the presence of the feet
Inc chinese cruisers are heavier armed
llIah lhe vessels of the allies, among
whose SIX vessels Is the United States
gunboat Castine.
The powers are said to have fatally
underesti1nated the numbers. desperation
ana armament of the Chinese, who. for
three years, have been accommodating rifles
at the rate of 10000 a month.
The question here is what are the pow
ers going to do? Japan is prepar+no.
to trans-ship this week 10000 additional
troops. Russia is sending down from
NIad1VostOCk all her available forces. es-
timated at from 5000 to 5000 men. al
though recent events have shown that
the numbers Of Russians on the Pacific
coast have been overestimated. The In
dian council held a special meeting at
Slnla yesterday and considered the feas-
Utility of sending more troops.
Russia, according to a Che Foo CORE
spondent, has landed a force of Cossacks
at Pei Tai HO and another at Shan Hal
KWan to intercept the Chinese troops
marching from Manchuria. A correspon-
dent at Ii Khung I'll, on Wei Hal Wei
bay, says that the Russians are sending
10000 troops all told.
The Official Messenger of St Peters
burg published a comminique yesterday
reviewing the course of events in China
and concluding as follows:
AS SEEN IN RUSSIA.
''It will thus be seen that the Russian
troops are pursuing no object hostile to
China. On the contrary, in view of the
present exciting events, the presence of
the Russian troops in that friendly state
OnlV oil 70
the PeEin government in its struggle
with the rebels"
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph, in dispatch dated
Saturday, sends a long statement en-
bodying the views of the Russian for
eign office, prepared by permission of
the late Count Muravieff and embodying
not only his views, but those Of his
successor, Count Transform. This state
ment holds that a state of war does not
exist under international law and hence
it is possible to assume that the order
for active military operations at Taku
originated with the provincial authorities
and not with the imperial government.
Like other nations" says the state
ment, Russia is pursuing humanitarian
aims and it can be categorfcally stated
that Japan is following the same correct
and pacific aims as the other powers.
GdSC experience SLOWS IlIdI lIe CtIiuCoC
do not persist in fighting. Probably
they will. soon change their attitude to
one of complete submission"
EXPLANATORY PLACARDS.
At Canton the Boxers are posting in
flammatory pIacards, of which the follow
ing is sample:
XIII all the Germans, French, Ameri-
cans and English. To have peace pre-
vail in the hearts of the people all for
eigners should be driven out. This end
can be attained in few days if we unite
our strength
The British admiralty office has ordered
five more cruisers to go to China. This
represents an addition of $4,000 tons, the
crews aggregating 1900.
United States Ambassador Choate, In
his long conference with Lord Salisbury
Saturday, is understood to have found
that the governments of the United States
and Great Britain are generally in an
agreement as to their views regarding the
Chinese situation, and the two govern
ments will probably be found following
the same broad lines Of policy in the
far East. Mr.. ChOate communicated with
Washington after the interview.
WILL GO TO PORT ARTHUR.
LONDON, June PA ST. Petersburg
dispatch says the new Russian cruiser,
Varig, will go direct from the Neva to
Port Arthur.