Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-28
B0ER BRUSH NEAR NYNBERG FAGE CHINESE At PENN.
Allies Take Tien-Tsin With But
Q Little Loss.
NATIVE FORCE OF 100000 MEN
Japanese Reports say That Admiral
seymour l. Captured-Powers Are Pre-
pairing to Send Additional Troops tc
the Scene

the Scene.
Washington,Ju June 26.-The president
has assigned Gen. Adna r. Chaffee to
! the command of the military forces
| operating in China. Gen. Chaffee was
at the war department today receiving
| instructions, and will leave for San
Francisco in time to sail July l with
| the Sixth Cavalry. This detachment
sails on the Grant which has been or
dered TO touch at Nagasaki for further
orders. 1t is probable that the ship
Will then sail direct for Chefoo, with
| General Chaffee and the Sixth Cav.
airy
London. June ga dispatch from
Che-Foo says:
Rear Admiral Kempff reports, by
torpedo boat, that the combined
forces entered Tien-Tsin on Saturday,
June %, sustaining small loss They
started on Sunday to relieve the force
which left Tien-Tsin on June 10, and
which is believed to be surrounded
near Pekin.
mirdl Seymour has been captured and
the ministers have left Pekin, guarded
by Chinese soldiers. Their Whereabouts
is unknown"
Gen Mas army" says a CORE
spondent at Shan Hai-Kwan, con
sisting of 1000 men, left a week ago
for Pekin, and Gen. Sung Ching's
forces, numbering $500, left for the
same place on June Is. A careful es-
innate of the number and armament OF
the Chinese troops around Pekin puts
the total at 100000, and it is calculated
that these troops possess 22O 7-centl-
meter Creusot guns, Is Krupps and
$50 Maxims Their supply of ammu-
milton is practically inexhaustible. 1t
has been mainly supplied by Ger
man firm at Carlowitz Fully three
fourths Of the Chinese forces are badly
drilled. wholly undisciplined and quite
unfamiliar with modern weapons"
Brings News from Taku.
The British cruiser Terrible has ar
rived at Che-Foo from Taku with the
following news:
|
fusilers have effected a junction with
the American German and Russian
| forces, which had been cut off by the
i Chinese about nine miles from Tien-
Tsin. 1t was proposed to deliver an
assault upon the Chinese forces at
Tien-Tsin Sunday night"
It is not clear what forces united.
GOV
a dispatch from Shanghai to the Daily
Express. dated yesterday, incline to
the belief that the worst has happened
to the legations at Pekin and to Adj
miral Seymour as well. Even If the
legations were safe on June 49, there is
no guaranty that they are safe now.
The situation, in fact, grows more and
more gloomy The entire absence Of
reliable news from the capital seems to
justify the worst construction which
can be put upon it.
Bad news comes from Marking,
where the unrest Is said to be growing
hourly"
Eight Thousand Allied Troops
Eight thousand allied troops have
landed at Taku including 1900 Ger
mans A French officer who las sue
ceeded in getting through from Tien-
Tsin to Taku, says that the Russians
alone have lost $50 killed and 300
wounded. The German gunboat lltis
reports that masses of Chinese are
nearing Tong-Ku and that an i'm
mediate attack is expected
Denies Request of China.
Washington, June 26.-The chief
development in the Chinese situation
was the effort of the Chinese minister,
WI Ting Fang, to secure an armistice
in the operation of American troops
until Ii Hang Chang could reach Pc
kin and bring about a cessation OF the
disorder The proposition is rather a
novel one, and is based upon the rep
reservations of the vicerOyS of the i'm
portant provinces OF the Yangtse-
Kiang valley that they can maintain
order without the aid of foreign troops,
and that the presence of the foreigners
would act merely as an incentive to
disorder
Minister WI brought these repre-
sentatioEs to the attention of Secretary
Hay. who consulted with the president
The latter's decision, as subsequently
conveyed to the minister, was that
while the assurances of the yiceroys foI
continued quiet We're fully appreciated
the United States could not bind them
selves not to send their forces to points
where disorder actually existed and
where the safety of United States Of
fcials and citizens was endangered.