The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-06-28

cecded in getting a message into Tien-tsin
Monday, according to which he was then
eight miles westward terribly harassed.
could only hold ont another two days
and had G3 killed and over 200 wounded.
He did not mention the ministers or
others from Peking.
1t is thought at Shanghai that now
that Tien-tsin is relieved the combined
international forces will have no great
difficulty in reaching Peking. though it is
expected il will be found that all the for
eigners have left already.
Ii is claimed that the reports as to the
damage done at 1ien-tsin and the casual.
ties among the foreign residents have
been highly colored.
The exodus of Chinese from Shanghai
Is unabated. Every steamer is throngcd,
and the authorities have been obliged to
resort to the use of the fire hose to pre-
vent the fugitives from ovcrcrowding the
vessels.
The commander of the British first
class cruiser Undaunted. however. has
landed large supplies Of rifles and ammu-
milton, and guns have been placed in po.
sition at commanding points, with the
result chat the foreigners are confident
they can overcome any attack on the
settlement. into which the foreigners
from the out stations are rapidly congrc-
eating.
According to dispatches from New
chwang. the Russians there are barely
able to cope with the situation. The
Chinese, it appears, are burning all the
railroad material, killing isolated Rus
slams at every opportunity and destroy
ing the coal mines.
The st. James Gazette expresses the
opinion that China is teaching America
the impossibility of n great trading ma
tion avoiding Imperialism" adding:
Americas experience will teach her
it is not the desire to grab distant lands,
but unavoidable destiny. that drives
Great Britain ever forward. Washington
has no choice but to protect the i'm
periled American citizens. and, having
once interfered in China to protect her
interests. she will never be able to
shake from her shoes the dust Of the
Celestial empire"
A special dispatch from Chefu says:
''rhe fight of the allied forces against
the combined Boxers and Chinese sol
diery barring the road to Ticn-tSin open
ed at daybreak. One hundred and fifty
Americans were among the 1000 inter
national troops. The Chinese soon broke
under heavy shelling, and the arsenal
was attacked, and the guns were gradual
ly silenced. The fight was practically
over at noon.
1.-The keen friendly rivalry for the hon
or Of first entering the city resulted in the
Americans and British going in neck and
neck. with the others close up"
The Canton correspondent of The
n n
Hongkong:
ut is feared that we are on the eve of a
scene of bloodshed and anarchy in the
two Quangs only paralleled during the
TAPPING rebellion. The signs of mur-
wealthy Chinese are hurrying from Can
ton and the vicinity, taking their wives,
families and valuables.
Iii Hung Chang has been again per
emptorily ordered to Peking. His enc
mics declare that they will murder him
before he can reach there. His presence
alone restrains the revolutionary ele.
ments here. His departure will let loose
the Black Flags and Red Girdlcs. Know.
ing this, Lis trusted officers are sending
their families to Hongkong.
''The viceroy himself trusts the Ameri
cans in this crisis. He says that they
| alone want no territory, and he places
himself largely, almost unreservedly, in
their hands. At an important confer
ence today he reiterated this statement.
"All the missionaries have been notified
| of the imminent peril through confden
| tial runners. They are leaving Canton
| hurriedly, and only few are now here.
| Commander Mclean of the United
| States steamer Don Juan de Austria is
the first here to protect foreign interests
He is capable and energetic and is re-en
forced by her majesty's steamer Redpole
Two hundred foreign residents at Sha
| meen are armed.
"The Canton population reaches 1000,
600, in addition to 100000 living OF
| junks and sampans (flat bottomed rivel
boats. Most of these people are disaf
fected, and incendiary proclamations ar,
increasing the number of the virulent."