Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-23

Washington, June 2S.-The folloWlns
,.rst.p has been issued by the navy de-
artmeut TO- n,ts
acting Secretary Hackett has TINS
ming received a dispatch from al
~-i Kempn, dated che Foo, June @S'
!. bs eject that our marines, under
Major Waller. together with 400 kus-
~. have had an engagement with
A. chinese army near Tien Tsin, They
amid not break through the lire. A
r-,. numbering 1000, the admiral re-
,,-. Is now ready to make another
sa,mgt"
Tss main Importance Of this dispatch
ADMIRAL Kemyn's disclosure that It
(, me chinese army and not the Box
d, who are dghtng the foreign troops
CASUALTIES ARE HEAVY.
ropdon June %, 1925 a. m-special
s.ratches from Shanghai dated 7'2O
m yesterday, give additional de-
nl, Of the bombardment Of Tien Tsin.
II reported that Tien Tsln has been
lr,.vantly bombarded for the last
time days. The entire British and
French settlements have been des-
r5ysd. Heavy casualties are reported
/ CHINESE FORCE OVERWHELMING
The Chinese number at least fifteen
thousand inside the city, while their
,nlssaHes crowd the foreign quarters
sitting fire 20 the buildings.
The Chinese guns are being worked
reailly from the walls Of the native
y
The consulates all being destroyed.
o. foreigners focked to the town hail.
he assistance Of reinforcements is inn
!yed
The Russians are now intrenched In
BE- depot resisting the advance which
De enemy Is making in Overwhelming
numbers.
80 word has been received from Ad-
rlnl Seymour. and It is feared that
De relief column Jared badly.
There IS an exodus Of foreigners from
De Yang Use Kiang forts TO Shanghai
ana Japan Many consider Shanghai
Unsafe. owing.to the absence Of for
egn troops.
AMERICAN TROOPS DELAYED.
Washington, June 23.-The following
tDatCh has been received at the war
apartment
Manila. June 2S-Adjutant General
neutrality-suspicious. Ninth infantry
\ delayed until June 9th, in conse-
9lsnca Of storm. which broke railroad
i teTaph and made approach 10 trans
poH impossible.
MAC ARTHUR"
FOREIGNERS IN PEKIN.
Washington, June 23.--In answer to
4 request from the navy department as
. 2 how many Americans were In Pekln,
hsaf Admiral Kempff replied, under
alie Of June %, via che Foo that thir-
AusrIans. seventy-hye French,
L4 Germans, seventy-nine British,
\ "IV Italians, twenty-three japanese,
s'ehH-hfe Russians and flfty-eight
american troops are In Pekin. He fur
,I says No news OF the where
slllN Of the Pekln relief expedition.
"slQited by cablegram June II. Japan
Apect several thousand troops now
e-- No news from Tien Tsln or Pekin
'.sr as, report"
lan dispatch arrived al the navy
apartment prior TO the dispatch from
-' ADMIRAL announcing lighting In
t1sItss between Chinese imperial
"''.s and the International column
LEGATIONS ARE SAFE.
Washington, June 2s.-The state de-
\ c.i.hent has received letter from the
lIaese minister. saying the yiceroy
NJ. ""nNlrg cables him that the lega-
"g.s az PekIu are safe.
T. vn,l June 2S.-The Chinese minister
Ia Hal Houan. today informed
,,, .oislsn office that the German min
al Fekln, Baron Won Ketteler,who
~ reported. had been killed by the
'Ase' Was safe and well.
CONDITION OF MISSIONARIES.
NV. Isg York, June 23.-In response 10 a
4 s1....l inquiry as TO whether their mis-
w 'llss in Pekin and shan Tung were
~ ihe Presbyterian board OF for,
s',- missions, IN this city, today re.
p,., me following reply from the
4 m. !letlan mission treasurer. Elter-
"-s az Che Foo.
sA,.n we p Foo June 22.-Pekln In peril
A. lns ordered TO port"
pm tfpreted by the secretary OF the
49, terrain board Of foreign mis-
4 M Charles W. Hand. the dispatch
r,- 'hdt an missionaries In the Prov
Ng Shan Tun have been ordered
M" t United States consul 10 leave
nv. mission posts and proceed IN
nv. y some port where they can be
mi. 'ie protection Of a United states
"oI A STATE OF WAR, TECH
NICALLY.
r,,e-..hlngton June 23.--seyeral Inn
tsr.i communications have been re-
he AZ 0y me secretary OF state Justify
emu attitude assumed by this gov
~ that technically speaking, a
M, nv war does not exist between
4 r,..e uilel States and China. The
..-lols who have their seate Of gov