The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-07-04
SITUATION IN CHINA.
Large Army Will be Necessary to
Suppress the Riots.

a London dispatch to the Now York
Tribune, dated June %, says
The British admiralty being en-
meshed with red tape docs not give
out dispatches rs promptly as the navy
department at Washington but it has
confirmed the previous accounts OF the
repulse OF the relief column which
attempted to enter Tien Tsin on Fri.
day.
The bulletin is short and depress-
ing. The foreign settlement at lien
Tsin was almost entirely destroyed and
the Europeans were lighting hard.
There is nothing about "a relief column
OF Russians and Americans being cut to
pieces, but the rcpulsc was attended
| with sOmo loss. Only one runner had
entered Taku from Ticn Tsin in five
days and not u word had been received
| from the relief columns which started
| for Pekin two weeks ago nor from tho
Legations themselves.
" The relief force may be described
as u chain consisting mainly OF missing
links. Thcro 10 mixed force Of be-
tween 1000 and 3, 900 men at Taku in
cluding a portion OF the Chinese rogi-
ment from Wei Hal Wei. This column,
with the Russian and American con.
| tiDgent OF over 800 men, must cut it's
way through IA superior Chinese force
|
this seems Incredible. The foreigners
at Tien Tsin are clearly in desperate
state with the garrison 81 grounded by
Chinese horde and with ammunition
| ana supplies running short.
Somewhere beyond Tien Tsin,
| either on the way to Pckin or at the
city, is u mixed force Of =. 800 men, with
made quatc supplies, ammunition and
food AT the Legations are probably
| from 15G TO 200 Europeans, Japanese
and Americans, refugees being added
to the working force and the military
and naval guards number about 450
men. Every link in this chain Of relief
Is weak and detached and there is no
accurate information Men who have
lived in China assert that the number
OF foreigners at Tien Tsin is large since
the city has q Chinese population Of
over 200, ,00U and commerce OF over
$40 coo, 900. Tien Tsin is the chief dis.
tributlng center. There arc four for
eign banks, "a large number Of English,
German, Russian Japanese and Amer
lean merchants and several groups Of
missionary stations.
1.-The situation OF the foreigners st
Tien Tsin is regarded by former Brit
ish officials in China as dcplorablc, and
doubts are expressed respecting the ad
ad, quacy Of theic relief force which is
available at Taku unless Russia takes
decisive measures, as indicated last
night in official communications from
the foreign Ollice at ST. Peters burg for
the invasion Of the Chinese territory
by q really formidable army. The
European and American fleets may be
working harmoniously under the lead.
crship of the rear admiral AZ TYku
but the suppression Of anarchy in China
now requires the presence OF u larger
army tnan any great power except
Russia can put into the field without
delay"
The British cruiser Terrible has ar
rived at Chcfoo from Taku with the
latest news which is as follows:
Eight hundred Sikhs and 200 Welsh
Fusiiiels have effected u junction with
the American, German and Russian
forces which had been cut OFF by the
Chinese about nine miles from Tien
Tsin. 1t was proposed to deliver an
assault upon the Chinese forces at Tien
Tsin last night Sunday nighO."
1t is not clear what forces united 4,
1t would seem that one relieving force,
cut OFF, had been relieved by another.
AT any rate, it is apparently certain
that the allies arrived in sufficient
f)rce at Ticn Tesin Sunday to attack
the bcsieging Chinese.
a dispatch from Shanghai to the Lon
don Express. "inclines to believe that
the worst has happened to the lcga-
tiOns at Pekin and to Admiral Seymour
as we'll. Even if the Legations were |
safe on June 10, there is no guarantee |
that they are safe now. The situation,
in fact, grows more and more gloomy.
The entire absence of reliable news |
from the capital seems to Justify the |
worse construction which can be put
upon it.
Bad news comes from Nan King, |
where the unrest is said to be growing !
hourly. Viceroy Liu Kin Yih has telc-
graphe1 the BRUSH authorities that
he las ordered the five Chinese cruis- |
ers which have been lying of the har
Dor here 80 proceed to Nan King"
Gen. Mas army says CORES
pondent at Shan Hal Kwan, Consist
ing of 1000 men, left a week ago for
Pekin and Gen. Sung Ching's forces,
numbering $500, left for the same
place on June Is.
"a careful estimate OF the number
and armament Of the Chinese troops
and it is calculated that these troops
possess 227 ccutimetres Creusot guns,
Is Krupp guns and $50 Maxims.
Their supply OF ammunition fs
practically inexhanstible. 1t h main
ly been supplied by a German firm at
CarloWitZ. Fully three-fourths Of the
Chinese forces are badly drilled, Who'll
ly undlscipilned and quite unfamiliar
with modern weapons"
A bulletin from Chefoo, Tuesday
June 2G, says:
"Itear Admiral Kempn (American)
reports, ry 8 Japanese torpedo boat,
IN at tha com binel fprppa pntnrnl 'ripp
Tsin on Saturday, June %, sustaining
small loss.
They started on Sunday to the re-
lief Of the force which left Ten Tsin
on June 10, and which is believed to
be surrounded near Pekin.
"According to Japanese reports, Ad.
miral Seymour (English) has been cap
turcd aud the ministers have left
pekin, left guarded by Chinese sol
diers. Their whereabouts is un-
known"