Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-11
SHIFTING THE BLAME
The Empress Dowager Intimates
That Foreigners Are to Blame
for Disturbances,
AHEAYYPIGHl AT TIEN TSIN
London Feels Pessimistic About the Hitua.
ton at Pekin-Li Hung Chang Keeps
Excellent Order at Oanton-Amer-
ican Reinforcements,

Aooiiout VIuol ht tOduEOu~Am0r.
ican Reinforcements.
London, July 11.-Although Shaneh
to-day repeats the statement that bo
the emperor and the dowager empire
are alive, and kilograms from Chine
officialdom again testify to the safe
of the legations. those assertions
longer stimulate hope here, and pess
mism will prevail as long as the autho
tiles. who, on their own showing, al
able to get messages to the coast ia
to send confirmation of the safety {
the foreigners from some member of tn
'ogation at Pektn. London sees in tn
"pearance and temperance {
~ people at Pekin, and effor,
y to shift the blame from on
cher, and in attempts to repre-
iemselves as victims instead q
pals in the recent occurrences
preparations for alibis and de
.ses, in view of the approach Of tn
troops of the powers and the TRACED
they may discover on reaching the Chi
nese capital.
A BIG BATTLE.
According to dispatch from Shang
hal, fighting at Tien Tsin on July wa
the heaviest which has yet occurred
the Russians alone burying 200 men
The allies are becoming exhausted.
OLD CHANG AT WORK.
A dispatch from Canton says that L
Hung Chang is keeping excellent order
there. Robbers and pirates are execut-
ed frequently, and the people are cowed
and afraid to disturb the peace.
BLAMES THE FOREIGNERS.
Shanghai, July 1.-THE edict of the
empress doWager, promulgated on June
30, has just been published at Shang-
hal. She expresses sorrow for the death
OF Baron Won Ketteler, the German
minister, who, she says, went to the
Tsung Ii Yamen on the day of his death
against her wishes She expresses re-
gret that the capture of the Taku forts
should have complicated matters, but
orders that the Boxers be suppressed
tected. The whole tone of the edict is
to hold the foreigners blamable for the
gravity of the crisis
PUTTING IT OFF.
London, July 1.-THE British govern
ment Is making arrangements to send
100000 troops from India to China in the
autumn.
DISCLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY.
Washington, July 11.-Wu Ting Fang,
the Chinese minister, delivered to Sec
retary Hay this morning the copy of a
cablegram received by him, purporting
to be from the Chinese imperial gov
ernment, and believed to have origi-
mated In the Chinese war department,
disclalming responsibility on the part
of the imperial government for the
Boxer" troubles, asserting that the
engagement at Tien Tsin was the direct |
result of the bombardment Of the Taku
forts by the foreigners.
MINISTER'S OUT OF DANGER.
Berlin, July 1.-THE German consul
at Che Foo telegraphs that the gov
ernor of Shan Tung announces that. ac-
cording to reports on July 4, the foreign
ministers at Pekin were out Of danger
and the revolt decreasing.
Washington, July 1.-THE following
cablegram was received by the navy
department from Admiral Remey:
AMERICANS LAND AT CHE Foo.
"Che Foo, July 1O-Arrived yester-
day. Two battalions of the 9th infantry
and one battalion Of marines, Colonel
Meade. landed to-day to proceed to Tien
Tsin. The allied forces at Tien Tsin are
engaged In maintaining their defenses.
l ordered the Solace here to take the
sick and the wounded to the Yokohama ,
hospital. The Oregon will proceed soon
to dock at Kure, towed by a chartered
steamer conveyed by the Nashville. I
Just learned from Admiral Seymour at
Tien Tsin that the foreigners there are
hard pressed"
ITEM TSIN BOMBARDED.
Berlin, July 1.-THE German consul
1t Tien Tsin cables that the foreign set ,
Elements were continually bombarded 3
oy the Chinese from July to July 8, =
On July 6, 1000 Boxers attacked the r
French settlement and were routed by :
he Russians. The British and Japanese 9
'orces on July bombarded the Chinese /,
batteries. Toward evening the Chinese :
'hells penetrated the roof of the Ger
nan consulate and caused an outbreak :,
II fire, which was extinguished after
light damage. The river communica- .
ion between Tien Tsin and Taku has !,
'een safe since the Chinese fort, mid
way between the two towns, was cap
ured. The railroad from Tong Ku has
'een repaired to within three miles of
rien Tsin. Nearly all the families Of T
oreigners left Tien Tsin for Taku on
uly 4.
TO SUCCEED Won KETTELER. r
Berlin. July 11.-Dr. Mumm Won r
'chwarzenstein, envoy extraordinary of n
Germany to the grand duchy of Lux b
mburg. has been appointed German +
minister to China. In succession Of, the Il
ate Baron Won Ketteler. I
THE REBELS DIsPERsE. 9
Paris, July 1.-THE Chinese minister e
ere informed M. Delcasse that Ii N
lung Chang cabled him from Canton, Q,
nder yesterdays date, saying that he CT
ad just received telegram from Pc
In asserting that the soldiers and reb-
Is who surrounded the legations had
dispersed. \,
BRITISH REINFORCEMENT oi
London, July lit was strongly ru- RI
1ored in the service and the perlia- IA
lentary clubs that the government was ~