The Yale expositor., 1900-07-20
CHINA WAR NEWS.

Paris July Ii, confirms the horrible
details of the assassination of NJ. De
Giers, the Russian minister at PeIin,
which in the form of rumors had al
ready reached Russia. The dispatch
declares that the Russian envoy was
dragged through the streets by the
boxers, insulted, beaten and tortured,
and even thrown into a great kettle
and boiled to death. Then the re-
mains were thrown to the dogs. While
NJ. De Giers was being disposed of. the
mob danced around the caldron. Mime.
De Giers suffered a fate worse than
death and was beaten and tortured
with sharp sticks until life was cx-
tinct. The legation OIL cials are said
TO have been tortured fiendishly until
death ended their sufferings. NJ. De
Giers and his legation officials resisted
desperately and his brave bodyguard
killed many of the attacking mob.
According a special Che Foo dispatch
the fighting around Ticn Tsin on the
Sd and 4th was the severest yet eXper-
fenced. The British losses alone were
30 killed or wounded. The Chinese
had $4,000 men attacking simultane-
ously from the west, north and east,
and made excellent practice with over
100 guns. The defenders numbered
1000, with scant supplies, and it was
only the presence Of the newly arrived
Japanese and Russian guns that pre-
vented a disaster. One Russian com
pany of infantry, numbering 1870 men,
had 115 killed or wounded. The Ger
man contingent also suffered heavily.
The allies narrowly escaped total'de-
feat
Still another forcrunncr of the up
risings in China is contained in a COM
munication To the state department
from Consul General Goodnow at
Shanghai regarding the situation in
Kiang Su province. Mr.. Goodnow
states that the accountability for the
agitation prevailing in northern China
cannot be laid to the restitution and
poverty, as the crops in that region
are abundant, the inhabitants prosper
Gus and new machines and methods of
transportation may have not yet
thrown any of the people out of work,
thus intimating that some other and
more serious cause existed for the UNI
settled conditions in that section.
The following dispatch from Adj
miral Seymour, dated Ticn Tsin, July
0, says The cnemy's position south
west of the settlement was attacked at
o'clock this morning. The Japanese
by flank movement drove the enemy
out and captured -four guns. Cavalry
pursued and completed the rout OF the
enemy, killing large numbers of
soldiers and boxers. The allied forces
shclled and occupied the western arse
nal, capturing two guns. The arsenal
was burned, as the allies were unable
to hold it. The encmy's loss was $50
killed. The loss of the allied forces
was small.
The fate OF the legations at Peliin
continues to absorb almost undivided
interest i'm Great Britain. AS the days
of silence drag into weeks the public
tension and anxiety increase. There
is a feeling Of gratitude at London for
the strenuous efforts the United States
is making to compel China to give
Minister Conger n chance to cable a
message from Pekin and while fart
hopes are entertained that they will be
successful it is generally felt that some
such effort might well have been at
tempted by the British foreign Office.
The German consul at Tien Tsin
cables that the foreign settlements
were continually bombarded by the
Chinese from July ; to July 8. On
July o, 1000 Boxers attacked the
French settlement, but were routed by
the Russian, the latter, however, hav-
ing 200 men killed in the engagement
The British and Japanese forces, July
Z, bombardcd the Chinese batteries.
An official telegram was received
from the governor of Shan Tung, on
the 18th, stating that a breach was
made in the wall Of the British lega-
ton at Pekin, after a gallant defense
and when all the ammunition had
given out. All foreigners were killed.
Emperor William dispatched the Ger
man warship Bursard from Kiel for
China on the 10TH while the German
cruisers Geier and Sceadler have been
ordered 20 proceed to China as rapidly
as possible from the American and
Australian stations respectively.
Two couricrs arrived at Ticn Tsin on
July l from Pel<iu. One brought a let
ter from Sir Claude Macdonald, the
British minister, confirming the re.
nortS Of the death of Barou Won Il Of
teller, German minister at Pcliin.
DR.. Mrmm Won Schwar2cnstein has
been appointed German minister to
China, in succession to the late BaroD
von Ketteler.
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