The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-21
ALLIES CAPTURE FORTS.
Pei Tang and Lu Tai Taken
After Heavy Losses.
MASSACRE OF M0NGoLIANs.

Five Thousand Chinese Tossed Into the
Amur River by Russians, Who Killed
Any That Attempted to Land and All
Drown or are Shot.
Taku, Sept. 2O.--The allies attacked
the Pei Tang forts at daybreak.
Heavy cannonading is going on.
Berlin, Sept. 21.-The Lokal An.
zeiger's Shanghai correspondent cables
that the allies today captured the
Pei Tang and Lu Tai forts with great
losses.
London, Sept. 21.-Such Peking dis.
patches as appear this morning tend
to confirm the suspicious regarding
the attitude Of Russia already ex.
pressed by Mr.. Morrison, the CORE.
spondent of the Times at the Chinese
capital The Daily News prints tel.
egram almost identical with the dis.
patches to the Daily Express from
Peking, but adding that in the opin-
lon of the correspondent the Russians
only desire to induce the other pow
ers to withdraw.
The Morning Posts representative,
wiring Sept. 13, expresses the same
opinion. He declares that NJ. Dc
Giers will not go unless the other min.
listers go also. The Russian legation,
he asserts, had prepared to go, but re.
versed it's intention, pending further
instructions. This delay, he thinks,
ID
is due in all probability to the non
departure of the other legations.
General Chaffee,'' continues this cor.
respondent, has directed distribu.
ton of rice to the poor. This plan is
a good one, but its application is some.
what premature. What chiefly is
needed is security of trade, so that
necessities may be secured The
American commander has expressed
his disapproval of further expeditions
against the Boxers. No settlement is
possible until the Boxers and their of.
fetal accomplices are defeated. Nu.
merous schemes are on foot for catch
ing the Boxer leaders, but the task
is difficult, they always keeping out
of the way"
s Authentic accounts have been re-
ceived here,'' says the Moscow CORE
spoldent of the Standard, sof a hor.
rible massacre at Blagovestenchesk
Which was undoubtedly carried out
under direct orders from the Russian
authorities, which then let loose the
tide of slaughter throughout Amur.
"The entire Chinese population Of
5000 souls was escorted out Of town
to a spot five miles up the Amur, and
then being led in patches of a few
hundred to the river bank, was ordered
to cross over to the Chinese side. No
boats were provided and the river is
a mile wide. The Chinese were flung
alive into the stream and were stabbed
or shot at the least resistance, while
Russian volunteers. who lined the
bank, dubbed or shot any who at
tempted to land. Not one escaped
alive. The river bank for miles was
strewn with corpses."
DIR. Morrison, wiring to the Times
under date of Sept. II, confirms the
report that NJ. De Giers has indefinite.
ly postponed his departure and an
nouces that column of Americans
started that day to rescue Christians
at Shun Hsien, % miles northeast of
Peking.
The Tien Tsin correspondent of the
Daily Mail, referring to the attack on
the Pei Tang and Lu Tai forts, al
ready captured by the allies after
heavy losses, according to advices re-
ceived at Berlin, says: "The surren-
der of the forts was demanded at .
o'clock on Tuesday. with the threat of
Immediate attack by the Germans and
Russians in the event of refusal"
POLICY AS TO CHINA.
nited States Will Make Reply to All
Notes of Powers.
Washington, Sept. 21.-The status of
the Chinese situation at the close of
the day, according to high authority,
IL as follows:
"There are now before the depart
ment of state number of notes await
ing results. These include the Ger
man note concerning the surrender of
Chinese ringleaders; the original Rus
Siau DrOpoSitiOn for the withdrawal Of