Connecticut western news., 1900-06-21
IS SEYMOUR IN PEKING?
British Flag Said to Be Flying
 From South Gate.
RUSSIANS ATTACK THE CITY.
According to Another Report Re
 lfeving Force Arrives In Nick oi r Time-AII the Power. Rushing so1-
 diers to Save ImperIIed Foreigners

According to Another Report Re
 Ifeving Force Arrives I'm Nick of
 Time-AIl the Power. Rushing Sol
 dIers to Save ImperIIed Foreigners
 Washington, June 20.-For the first time during the development of the Chi. nese crisis this mornings budget does not contain q single dispatch suggestive of anything but the most complete agree ment among the powers.
 Two reports come from Shanghai oi the arrival of a relief force at Pekin. In one case the story is that Admiral Sey. mour has hoisted the British flag over the south gate of the Chinese capital, while in the other instance a Russian force, as to which there have been various hazy references in recent dispatches. is stated to have arrived outside the walls yester. day morning and to have immediately at. tackled the city on two sides, employing artillery.
 According to this second dispatch relief arrived in the nick of time, for renewed attack had been made upon the legations. Apart from this, it is now five days sine. any word has been received of the diplo. matic corps and the GOO other foreign res. idents and refugees and the 400 odd lega. tion guards in the Chinese capital.
 As far as Admiral Seymour's action is concerned, 1t was pointed out by the Brit. ish admiralty that the Japanese report of his return to Tien-tsin was not con. frmed in dispatches transmitted by her majesty's steamer Endymion, while Com mander Taussig's reference to the pres. ence of British admiral at the town admitted of the interpretation that it was Admiral Bruce who had arrived there, and not the admiral in command of the relief expedition.
 Transports and warships are being hur. ried to the gulf of Pe-chili, whence an international force, which it is computed will aggregate 15,000 men, will march upon Picking.
 The United States will have a force nearly as strong as any of the great pow. CTS at the mouth of the Pei-ho. In it's special effectiveness in river work the American naval force will make up for any deficiency in our military representa-. ton.
 More Ships to Join Kempn.
 In addition to the battleship Oregon, ordered yesterday from Hongkong to Taku, these orders were issued yesterday for strengthening the hand of Admiral Kempff in dealing with the situation:
 The gunboats Princeton and Marietta, now at Cavite, to proceed to Taku.
 The transport Zafiro, now at Cayite, tt take supplies for the naval contingent al Taku.
 The cruiser Buffalo, now at South. hampton, to proceed to Manila, where her men will be used to take the place of the marines who will embark from Cayite for service in China.
 With these vessels added to the New. ark, the Yorktown, the Nashville and the Monocacy, now at Taku, and the Oregon ordered there, the United States will have a force nearly as strong as any of the great powers at that point Ad miral Kempff will have five gunboats adapted to service on the Pei-ho river a; far up as Tien-tsin, and in this respect the 0aval force will be more effective perhaps than that of any other power thus making up for >any deficiency IT our military representation. A dispatch from Shanghai announce, that the United States transport Thom as, with troops for Manila, was divert ed at Nagasah and has arrived st Takr with 1,200 men.