The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-03

Admiral Ren1ey is sending abundan
supplies to Admiral Kempff.
All the unprotected foreign buildings
in Picking have been destroyed.
Chinese control the wires from Pc
king and the advices are unreliable.
The Boxers of Shantung originally
organized to drive out the Germans.
Bluejackets have been landed at Woo
Sung to protect the telegraph station.
The British Government may send
10000 troops to China from South AT
RIGA.
News of the safety of Father EN-
deavor" Clark and family in China is
received.
Russia has demanded 50,000,00O tae's
indemnity for damage done Manchurian
railroads.
The bombarding fleet at Taku was
under command of Vice Admiral Alex
Jeff of Russia.
Eighteen war ships and fifteen trans
ports represent Japanese naval activity
at Yokohama.
The u. S. transport Sumner was di-
verted at Nagasak and arrived at
Taku with ZOO men.
The report that the German Minister
was murdered at Peking has been trac-
ed to the Taotai Sheng.
! Germany is aroused by the news from
China, and public opinion is for the
partition of the empire.
| The State Department denies the
storv from Rome that America is back
ing the Chinese Emperor.
The old American side wheel gunboat
Monocacy was shot through the bows
during the Taku engagement.
| Gen. Miles says enough troops will
| be sent to China to protect Americans
| there, and American interests.
| 1t is denied in the latest kilograms
that the captain of the German gun
boat Hits was wounded at Taku.
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the admiral's flag has been detained
outside Taku by the allied admirals.
The forts at Canton are said to have
received orders to fire on any foreign
war ship attempting to enter the port.
The Ninth regiment, u. 5. a, has
| been ordered from Manila to China.
Relief will be hurried to exposed Ameri
cans.
Three thousand Russian troops com
manded by a Major General We're at
Taku on June 20. The Russians are the
only ones that refuse to Join the COM
mand of ADMIRAL Seymour.
THE responsibility of the Chinese
| Government for recent events" said
high official of the Foreign Office, sis
now clearly proved. 1t has been ascer-
tanned that 10000 Chinese troops who
deserted to the Boxers did so under
direct orders from the Chinese Govern
| ment. Promotion to the highest po-
sitions of notorious European Of
ficials also points in the same direction.
This is a war of China against all for
eigners, including Germany, and the
point now is to go ahead vigorou SLY,
quickly and resolutely, no matter what
the final outcome may be-"
Speaking of the murder of Christians
in China. Lord Salisbury says: al
though the persons slaughtered were
Christians, 1t must not be imagined
they were murdered simply because the
Chinese disliked their religion. 1t was
because the idea prevailed there and
elsewhere that missionary work was
merely an instrument by which a secu-
lar government achieved its objects
While this was unjust, and though the
missionaries could not renounce their
work, the utmost caution ought to
mark their actions, as overzealousness
led TO martyrdom and caused the death
of sailors and soldiers sent to avenge the
outrages.
Women and children from Tientsin
are pouring into Shanghai The chief
danger there is the fact that the native
town, behind the European settlement,
is full of bad characters, whose attitude
is becoming every day more insolent
and menacing. The latest news to
hand is that 1000 Russians, with twelve
machine guns and twelve field guns,
are marching from Tientsin to Picking.
Last week the foreign Ministers warn
ed the Tsung Ii Yamen that in the
event of an attack upon the legations,
or of injury to any of the Ministers
or members of the staffs of the lega-
IONS the powers in common would de-
clare war upon China. To this ulti-
matum the Tsung Ii Yamen, as usual,
returned no direct reply. The answer
to the Empress LVwager is, no doubt,
the attack upon the legations by the
Boxers and the troops under General
Tung Fab Slang.
Taku is situated at the mouth of the
Peiho river. on the southern bank of |
the stream, about siXty-seven miles
from Tientsin, with which ii is connect |
ed by a railroad. 1t is noted by the |
three engagements that have taken |
place there between the British and the |
Chinese. Part of the Tientsin army
corps has modern organization, drill |
and arms and is stationed at the Taku
forts. Between Taku and Tientsin, the |
center of the defenses and chief ar
senal of Northern China, are perma- |
nent camps, where there are usually |
10000 troops, infantry, cavalry and ar
tillery armed with Mauser rifles and |
Krupp guns. The cavalry also carry |
Mauser carbines. These troops have |
been well instructed for ten or twelve |
years by foreign officers. The arma- !
ment of the Taku forts-a large one on
heavy Krupp guns, and the approaches
to the forts from the Gulf of Pechili are |
extremely difficult. The Notifications
consist = three forts-a large one on
the right bank and two smaller ones
on the left All of the forts are armed |
with numerous guns of the most varied
systems and calibres. In the construc-
ton of the forts of the second zone the |
muddy clay soil of the coast was used |
7hich Caring the dry season becomes
cracked and crumbles very easily. and |
the garrison is continually making re-
Eaata MI H.. als.la.
closing up the mouth of the Peiho. All
the coast Notifications have mines.
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The British have expelled 400 en-