Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-28
THE CHINESE WAR.

Last Thursday Acting Secretary OF
the Navy Hackett received a cable mes
sag from Admiral Kempff. saying that
Tieu-Isln is being Bombarded and that
much OF the American consulate as well
as foreign concessions are being destroy
Ell i relief party i en route to Tlen-
Tsil. including 80 American marines
under Major Waller
The Navy department on sunday re
ceIved the following dispatch from Rear
Admiral Rempff dated at CheiFoo.
I'm aubuscale L5ar Tien Isin on the
2lst four Of Walters command killed
and seven wounded Names viii be fur
nis1gl as soon as received. Force ot
+ :, 900 going . IgIcge Lieu Tsll to-day.
= previous dispatch from hemplf said
that the American marines. under com
maud OF La5 Waller. and 400 Russians,
I had had al engagement with the Ch.-
{ ness army near lien Isll. Inc marines
referred - are 1870 men taken By the so
( lace from Manila 4 significant point
! in this dispatch was Kemph 5 statement
Z that il was the Chinese army and not
/ the Boxers with whom the marines were
! fighting.
Admiral Remay at Manila with the
I Brooklyn was ordered 10 proceed 10
Taku distance 9. 900 miles Immediately
and take what troops he could. The
/ Cregan left Hong Kong for Taku dis
| tauce 600 Saturday.
Rear admiral Kemptf sent the follow
ing from Che Foo OF Saturday
Proclamation issued Goth. The al
liraIs and senior naval officers Of the
allied powers IL China desire, in the
name Of their governments. to let It be
known to all the vicerOys and the au-
! thOrities OF coast and river provinces
and cities IN China, that they intend 70
! use armed force only against the Box
ers, and those people who oppose them
in the march 10 PekIn, for the rescue oI
I their fellow cOuntTymen.
On Monday Rear Admiral kempH
reported by japanese torpedo boat
I that the combined forces entered Ten
Tsin Oh Saturday June %. sustaining
small loss They started on Sunday Z,
! relieve the force which lef5 lien Isin
Z Oh June 10. and which Is believed 10 b,
surrounded near Pekiu.
According % q japanese reports, Ad-
miral Seymour had been captured and
| the ministers have left Pekin, where
/ abouts was unknown.
Eight thousand allied troops landed at
Taku. including 1900 Germans. =
/ French officer who succeeded IN getting
I through from Tien Tsin TO Taku says
that the Russians alone have lost loL
| killed and 800 wounded The German
guUboat Tits. mp the Pei H0 or lien
Tsiu river. reports that masses Of Chi
/ nsse are nearing Tong Au and tnat IN
immediate attack was expected.
The chief development Monday IL the
Chinese situation was the effort OF the
| Chinese minister. Wu Ting Fang, 70 Sc
cure an aI1nistice IN the operation Of
American troops until Ii Hung Chang
could reach Pekin and bring about a
cessation Of the disorder The propose.
ton is rather a novel one, and 1t - based
upon the representations Of the yiceroi :
Of the important provinces and Hankste
Kiang that they can maintain order
without the aid Of foreign troope, md
that the presence Of the foreigners
would act merely as an incentive 70 d's-
order
Minister Wa brought these represent
atiOus 10 the attention OF Secretary Hay
who consulted the President The lat
ters declaration as subsequently con
veyed 10 the minister, was that while
tn assurances Of the viceroys for con
tinued quiet was fully appreciated, the
United States could not bind itself not
10 send its forces 10 points where hs9rc-
er actually existed and were the safety
Of our officials aud citizens was 5ndaLg-
cred.
Technically speaking, in the aD5enrc
u state of war, this was not Il proposl-
ton Of armistice. but nigh government
officials said it amounted practically 70
an offer Of armistice and a refusal on
the part II the United States W make
the arrangement.
On TUESDAY the foreign troops wcre
reported 10 have entered Tien Tsin, the
streets Of which were strewn with bod
ies; and Admiral Seymours force was
reported surrounded by Chinese ten
miles away Foreign nissionarlfs al
over the country were seeking safety.