Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-06
AMERICANS IN LEAD
McCalla and Walters Men Placed
Always to the Front.
LATE ADVICES FROM TIEN TSIN
Chinese Torturing Wounded and
MutiIating Dead.
WAR SUPPLIES DESTROYED
Copyright, 1900 the Associated rress.)

TEN TSIN, June %, via Chefoo. July 1.
and Shanghai July 5.-Those best informed
In Tfen Tsin consider the position of for
eigners in Pekin as almost hopeless. 1t is
hopeless to attempt to force the way with
the force available. Commanders are will
ing to resort to desperate means, but to at
tempt forced march from Tien Tsin with
the forces at hand means certain destruc-
ton to the army, besides slaughter of the
civilians left at Tien Tsn. Enough soldiers
are necessary to defeat the Chinese army
maintain communication with the base of
supplies and guard the hospitals en- route
Inc water supply is important problem
the country furnishing none except the
river wells which are being poisoned.
Terrible Atrocities Of the Chinese.
Inc chinese are committing terrible atroc-
tiles upon the wounded They are mutilat-
ing all the dead which fall into their hands
General Tung Fun Slang with 10000 of the
best disciplined troops in the Chinese army
Mahomadans, is marching from the south
west toward Pekin. The army Whereabouts
numbers 5000 The empress fled to her
summer palace. The Mahomadans and Box
ers are hghting in Pekin. Ten regiments of
General Nieh'S comma nd north of Tien TSin
are reported to have deserted and gone to
pillasinS the country. Residents declare
Chinese commune has been inaugurated
and that the peaceable Chinese are the
greatest sufferers. The foreign soldiers
are burning the outskirts of Tien Tsin
10 deprive the enemy of shelter. The Box
ers are destroying outlying villages for loot
Inc smoke of hundred fires can be seen
in every direction
FriShtful Conditions in Tien Tsin.
lien Tsin was not bombarded today, for
the first time in a fortnight. Families are
returning to their homes within the con-
sent to Taku as soon as the travel is safe
No unfriendly Cinnamon are visible in the
streets few of the richest, with their
families, are huddled in the outhouses for
protection, badly frightened. Others con-
Gealed in various houses, shoot at the
Europeans on the street. The Chinese
dead about Tien Tsin number thousands
Most of those who have been killed lie
unburied i'll the fields. The river to Taku
is full of floating bodies and many have
been washed up by the tide Dogs are
feeding on these bodies along the banks
Americans Lead Every Movement.
The small American contingents every
where distinguished themselves Captain
McCalla and Major Waller are most popu-
lar at Tien Tsin and their men are placed
by common consent in the lead of every
movement, with the British c'ose beside
them. The foreigners in Tien Tsin declare
That they owe their lives to the Russians
without whom the other small detachments
must nave been overwhelmed on the darkest
day, Wednesday week. when the Chinese
were pressing on every side and the brav-
est men were abandoning hope, the Russian
commander. Colonel WoZack arranged thai
the main body of the troops make a sortie
with the civilians in the direction of Taku
Leaving 400 Russians to defend the city
ne engaged the attention of the Chinese
me intention beng for them to ultima tely
sacrifice themselves. The arrival of the
Americans saved the day and proved a com