Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-23
WAR IN NEARNDSTNOW
Prince Tuan Threatens to Sweep the
Foreigners Out Of China and
Attacks Tien Tsin.
GARRISON IN SORE STRAITS
Many White Residents, Marines and Sai!orl
Are Killed Or Wounded Foreign Quar-
ters lat Tien Tsin Destroyed-Ohinese
Have 45 Krupp Guns.

Have 45 Krupp Guns.
Shanghai, June 23.-Prince Tuan has
taken charge as general in chief, after
dismissing young La, nephew of the
:. emperor, former commander in chief.
march to Tien-Tsin and sweep out the
handful Of foreigners there. At daylight
on the morning of June 21 he attacked
the settlements at Tien-Tsin with artil-
lery and his best drilled troops. The
Chinese army had about forty-five
Krupp guns. They managed to burn the
United States consulate. The ware
houses and the Standard Oil Companys
premises are believed to have escaped
Though the situation is grave, the Chi
nese have not yet occupied Tien-Tsin.
LEGATIONS HOLD OUT.
The latest news from Pekin Is that the
legations still hold out. The Chinese
surrounded them, apparently hoping to
starve out those who have taken refuge
there.
RESIDENTS AND MARINES KILLED
New York. June 23.-The Journal-Ad
vertiser prints copyrighted dispatch
from Rev. Frederick Brown, presiding
elder of the Tien-Tsin district of the
Methodist Episcopal church, dated Che
Foo, June %, as follows: II just got
away from Tien-Tsin on German gun
boat. The city has been bombarded
do hv ba Chiraca cf ho
foreign part of Tien-Tsin has been de-
stroyed. Lieutenant Wright, of our
navy, and $50 others of the white resi-
dents, marines and sailors sent up to
our assistance, have been killed or
wounded. The American consulate
almost gone. The garrison is suffering
terribly, and is in need of instant help"
HARD TIME FOR FOREIGNERS.
London, June 23.-Dispatches from
Shanghai, dated 7:2O p. m. yesterday,
say that Tien-Tsin has been incessantly
bombarded the last three days. The en-
tire British and French settlements
have been destroyed. Heavy casualties
are reported. The Chinese number at
least $4,000. Inside the city their ennis
saries crowd the foreign quarters. set
ting fire to buildings. The Chinese guns
are being worked steadily from the
walls of the native city. The consul
lates are all being destroyed. The for
eigners fiocked to the town hall. The
assistance of re-enforcements is i'm
plored. The Russians intrenched in the
depot are resisting the advance of the
enemy in overwhelming numbers. No
word has been received from Admiral
Seymour. 1t is feared that the relief
column Jared badly. There Is an exodus
of foreigners from the Yang Use Kiang
forts to Shanghai and Japan. Many
consider Shanghai unsafe, owing to the
absence of foreign troops.
AMERICAN MARINES TAKE PART.
Washington, June 23.-The navy de-
partment received dispatch from Ad-
miral Kempff dated Che Foo, June 49,
to the effect that our marines under Ma
jor Waller, together with 400 Russians,
had an engagement with the Chinese
army near Tien Tsin. They could not
break through the line. The force, num-
bering 1000, the admiral reports is now
ready to make another attempt The
main Importance of this dispatch Is
Admiral Kempff's disclosure that it Is
the Chinese army and not the Boxers
who are fighting the foreign troops.
REPORTED o. X.
Washington, June 23-The state de-
partment received letter from the
Chinese minister. saying that the vice.
roy Of Nankin cables him that the le-
cations at Pekin are safe.
CABLED FOR OFFICERS.
Washington, June 23-Admiral Re-
my, at Cavite, cabled the navy depart
ment an urgent request for three COM
manders, four lieutenant commanders,
ten lieutenants, twenty cadets and a
fleet paymaster.
TO RESTORE ORDER.
Washington, June 23.-The state de-
partment received number of impor-
tant communications concerning Chi
ma. One is from Ii Hung Chang, ask
Ing permission to proceed to Pekin to
restore order. The United States. and,
1t Is believed. the other powers, have
given the desired permission. Other
communications give the promise of
Chinese officials to maintain order in
their provinces.
A GERMAN RUMOR.
Kicl, June 23.-A rumor Is current In
naval circles here that German cruis-
er forced one Chinese ship ashore and
captured another, and that fifty Chi
nese were killed and seventy wounded.
FOREIGN LEGATIONS BURNED.
Shanghai, June ga wealthy China
man, who fled from Pekin on the 14th,
says that all the legations except the
British, Austrian and Belgian have
been burned, the foreigners taking ref
uge within those three.
Won KETTELER SAFE.
Berlin, June 23.-The Chinese minis
ter, Lu Hal Houan, to-day informed the
foreign office that the German minis
ter at Pekin, Baron Won Ketteler, who.
1t was reported, had been killed by the
Boxers, was safe and well.
MISSIONARIES ORDERED TO PORT
New York, June 23.-In response to a
cabled inquiry whether their mission
aries at Pekin and Shan Tung are safe,
the Presbyterian board Of foreign mis-
slons to-day received the following re-
ply from Presbyterian Mission Treasur-
er Elterichs:
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