The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-10
CHINA WAR NEWS.

A rather startling proposition was
advanced July 81 which, if adopted,
might put at once TO the test the
Chinese profession that the Boxers"
and not the Chinese government, are
responsible for what has happened in
Pekin. This was To the effect that the
Chinese government should be in
formed that the international force
was prepared TO take that government
at its word and to join forces with il
in crushing out the instruction. The
kernel of just such proposition is to
be found in the last condition laid
down by the President in his reply to
the appeal OF the emperor, Kwang Hsu,
and there may be a development in
that direction speedily.
The U. S. ambassador, JOS II. Choate,
saw Lord Salisbury on July 81, and as
certained his views with regard to the
changes in the Chinese situation
brought about by the direct dispatches
from Pekin. Lord Salisbury assured
Mr.. Choate that Great Britain had no
intention of delaying the advance on
Pekin, nor, so far as he knew, had any
other power. Lord Salisbury cntire,y
acquicsced in Secretary Hays desire
that the advance be undertaken as
speedily as possible. He. had no inten-
ton of bargaining with China in any
way, shape or form, until the ministers
were safe under their own military
escort.
A dispatch received at the war office
in st. Petersburg from Gen. Grodekoff,
dated Khabarovsk, Aug. 4, says two
squadrons accommodating near Teche
engaged / 900 Chinese with two guns
and $50 cavalry. After a stubborn
fight the Russians were reinforced by
another squadron with two guns and
defeated the Chinese, killing 200. The
Russian loss was eight men killed and
eight wounded.
A Shanghai special. dated Aug. G,
says: Ii Hung Chang has officially in
formed the consuls that the ministers
left Peliin for Tien Tsin on Aug. 3,
with Gen. Yung La in command of the
escort. The consuis are by no means
disposed to credit Earl Lis statement.
All other reports that have reached
London indicate that the ministers
have not left Pelin.
a heartrending letter has been re-
ceived from the japanese legation at
Peliin dated July %, stating that the
casualties number 60 per cent, that
only % cartridges per man are left,
with rations sufficient for five days,
and that it is feared the legation will
succumb within a week.
There was a special cabinet meeting
at Washington on the I'd which lasted
about two and half hours. The dis
cussion was confined almost exclusively
to the Chinese situation, and no
change in the present policy of the
government resulted from the meeting.
In heavy engagement eight miles
northwest of Tien Tsin on the 9Th it
is reported that the allies fierce fight
ers killed nearly 5000 celestials. The
losses of the international forces are
placed at 1000 casualties, chiefly
among the Russians and Japanese.
The gunboat Princeton has sailed
from Annoy for Shanghai. This move
may have been made owing to the dis
turbed condition of affairs near Shang-
hal.
The total strength of the allies at
Tien Tsin on the LIST was 1900 men,
and reinforcements have been arriving
daily ever since.
Both Germany and Russia have a
common cause for declaring war
against China and acting jointly.
u S. troops boarded the transport
Meade at San Francisco, bound for
China, on the 1st.
1t is said that the march to the re.
lief of Pellin will be anything but
wallover.
The allied forces started forward
movement on PelIin on the LIST.
The L. S. gunboat Bancroft has been
ordered to China.