The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-11
|SEVEN HOURS Fighting.
Bloody Battle with Chinese Re-
ported to Have Occurred
Sunday Morning.
ALLIES LOST over TWELVE HUNDRED.
The Allies Were Mostly
Among the Russian and Japanrse
Contin=ents-EattIe Ground was
Mt Pcit Sang, Some Distance From
Tien Tsin.

nhe IN
Tien Tsin.
Washington, Aug. 6.-The following
dispatches have been received to-day:
Che Foo, Aug. 6.-Bureau Naviga-
ton, Washington: British gunboat
Fame reports, unofficial, an engage
ment at Peit Sang. Sunday morning,
from 3 to O:3O. Allied loss. killed and
wounded, 1000; chiefly Russians and
Japanese. Chinese retIeating.
[Signed.l "TAUSSIG."
"Che Foo, Aug. 6.--Bureau Naviga-
ton, Washington: Official report be-
lieved reliable, about 5000 allies heav-
lily engaged Chinese at Peit Sang day
light of the 5th.
TSigned.j "REMEY,"
Taussig, who signed the first dis
patch, is in command of the York
town, which is at Che Foo.
Washington, Aug. 6.-The announce
ments received through Admiral
Remcy and Commander Taussig, of re-
l:orted heavy fighting on the road be-
yond Tien Tsin, was the news of i'll
teIeSt in the Chinese situation to-day.
Little doubt was expressed at the navy
department hat the news WIS SUBJ
stantially correct. 1t is probable q
later report may reduce the list of
casualties among the international
forces. but it is evident that the move
on Pekin is at last fairly under way,
n-l ,hat c%ronn .,prNosi0, hnc >onr
encountered. The war department Of
| fcials who have been exceedingly re-
t:cent for several days as TO news from
the seat of war, admitted to-day, when
the naval dispatches were received that
the announcement of the battle was
not unexpected.
Optimists' View of Situation.
Opinion among the various officials
| now in Washington is somewhat diviG-
ed as to just what is presaged by to-
days events. The more optimistic are
inclined to think hat Sdch a severe
blow as the Chinese must have received
at l'eitsang will result in the speedy
disintegration of the forces now oppos-
ing the march of the international col
umn In line with this prediction, 1t
was prophesied that the Chinese gov
eminent would find means TO send the
| mir listers from Pekin under escort,
ard thus stave of the advance upon
the capital.
Only a R~epinrinE.
On the other hand there was a uIn
her of officers. in 4 position to judge
equally well, who held that the fight at
l'citsang was only The beginning of "A
strenuous resistance that would be
yond. 1t was urged in support of this
view that the Chinese had a hundred
men to lose against n Of the allies;
that they were wcll-armcd with mod
ern guns and had, apparently, all
/ abundance of ammunition.
Tie Tuan-Li Regime.
1t is stated that considerable apprc-
hension exists among those converSant
with oriental affairs at the reappear-
nrce in Pekin politics cf that rabid
G~nti-foreign fanatic, Lii Ping lung. 1t
is said hat his appearance in Fekin
affairs may have had something to do
with the Shanghai rumors of Ii Hung
| Changes suicide. 1t is certain that
with ii Ping Hung and Prince Tuan
in control of the de facto government
i'll China. a religious Wal of deryfsh-
like fanaiicism would probably be
waged against all foreigners, and
| friends of the more liberal Chinese
statesmen are exceedingly anxious as
to their fate under the Tu;n-Li regime.
Artillery Supplies for Chnffce.
The war department is in receipt OF
a dispatch from Gen. Macarthur, an
nouncing that he has shipped adui-
tional artillery supplies to Taku for
Use in the Chinese campaign. These
supplies include several gatling guns
eBd the remainder of the rife and
howiizer siege train now in Manila,
which, up to date. has remained use
less in that country on account of the
had roads. How much better Gen.
! Chaftee may be able to handle these
n,o1ster guns through the almost inn
IasSable rice swamps Of China, no n
at the war department was willing to
guess, but his recent dispatch rom
tanned an urgent appeal for more ar
tillery. and he is getting it.
Effective H%attcrinE Weapons.
The ordnance experts ut the war de-
partment say that if it comes to q
bombardment of Pekin these five-inch
| rifles and seven-inch howitZers, with
their enormous bursting charges of
high explosives will he the most eff
fective battering weapons in the inter-
national column.
Minister WI sat Cape Mny.
Minister WI left Washington on
Saturday for Cape May, and remained
away from Washington yesterday, al
though he had been expected to re-
4, turn on Sunday night.
! Arretted and Bound over.
ga A. - Q GA