The sun., 1900-07-12
ALLIES HARD PRESSED.
So Remey Hears-Wu Gets Chinese
OhiciaI Account of Troubles.


Washington, July 1.-THE following
" cablegram has been received at the navy
department from Admiral Rcmey, dated
Chefu. July TO-:
arrived yesterday: Two battalions
Ninth infantry and one battalion ma
rines, Colonel Meade. Landed today to
proceed to Tien-tsin. Allied forces at
Iien-tsin engaged i'll maintaining their
defenses. Ordered Solace here to take
sick and wounded to Yokohama hospital.
Oregon proceed soon to dock at Kure;
towed by chartered steamer and conveyed
by Nashville. Just learned from Admiral
Seymour at Tien-tsin, foreigners there
are hard pressed"
An imperial decree dated Sd day Of 9Th
moon dune 30 has been received by tole-
graph hy Minister Wu from the taotai
of Shanghai, transmitted on July / from
the treasurer Of the Chilli province, who
n received it by special courier on June 80
& from the board ot war, who iii turn rr-
3 ceivGd i; from the pliyy council III Peking.
4 FhC decree Is is follows:
VI The circumstances which led 10 the
"a commencement Of lighting between
aA Chinese aud Foreigners were Of such a
son plcN, confusing and unfortunate char-
actor ~ ~ he entirely unexpected. Our
diplomatic representatives, abroad, owing
70 their distance from the scene of action,
have had no means ii Knowing the true
state Uf things, and accordingly cannot
laS The views Of the government before
X the ministers for foreign affairs OF the
@ respective powers to which they are ae-
i credited. Now we take this opportunity
n Of going fully into the matter for the
y information Of our representatives ufofe-
said
In the first place there arose in the
provinces of Chill and Shangtung a
kind Of rebcllious subjects who had been
i'll the habit of practicing boxing and
fencing in their respective villages and
at the same time clothing their doings
with spiritualistic and strange rites. The
local authorities failed to take due no.
tice of them at the time. Accordingly
the infection spread with astonishing
TapiditX, Within the space of month
ht seemed to make its appearance every
where and finally even reached the cap
ital city itself. Every one looked upon
the movement as supernatural and
Y strange, and many joined it.
'Then there We're lawleSs and treach-
n erons persons who sounded the cry of
"A Down with Christianityn About the
K middle Of the fifth moon these persons
3 began to create disturbances without
~ hNiilillSs NlluItHtN were blI1eu, ana
Z converts We're killed. The whole city was
n in a ferment. A situation was created
which could not be brought under con-
troll. At first the foreign powers re-
questcd that foreign troops be allowed
X to enter the capital for the protection Of
the legations. The imperial government
81 having iii view the comparative urgency
Y. of the occasion, granted the request as an
"A extraordinary mark Of courtesy beyond
dhe requirements Of International inter
course.
M over 900 foreign troops were sent to
Ieking. This shows clearly how much
II care China exercised in the maintenance
Of friendly relations with other countries
4 The legations at the capital never had
Z much to do with tho people. Hut from
u The time foreign troops entered the city
the guards did not devote themselves eN-
( cluSively 10 the protection If their To-
Z speetiSp legations. They sometimes fired
their guns ON top Of the city walls and
sometimes patroiled the streets every
where There We're repeated reports Of
persons heiqeg hit by stray bullets More
over, they stroled about the city without
restraint and even attempted to enter the
Iuug Ilna gate tthe eastern gate of the
palace groundsl. They only desstpd
when admittance was positively forbid
den.
'tOn this account both The soldiers and
the people were provoked to resentment
and voiced their Indignation with one ac-
cord. Lawless persons then took advan-
tage Of the situation to do mischief and
became bolder than ever in burning and
killing Christian converts.
slhe powers thereupon attempted to
rn-pnforcc the foreign troops in Peling,
Ant i4,t fpr
sistance and defeat at the hands of the
Insurgents on the way and have not yet
been able to proceed. The insurgents of
the two provinces Of Chill and shang-
n