The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-06-28
POWERS HURVYINd TROOPS TO CHINA.
Inc international Force Now There is
inadequate to Overcome the
Perils of the Situation.
iherc In Alarm for the Snfefv of
h""' seymour md His Party
""d His Bnsc of supply
ut Ticn Tsin.

=. SoIdicrs rs the boat will accomm,
Il uatc. This means the transfcrcnc
OF the headquarters Of the Asiati
squadron from Manila TO Taku an,
ne dISpIacing IN command Of Adm
hemph by his superior officer. Ma
y w department assigns as its rcaso,
LOT the order, the facilitating of bust
ness by communication direct will
Taku.
- London, June 2G.-Although IN,
/ powers ut last seem conscious of IN,
magnitude of the Chinese peril ant
, are conccrtcdly hurrying forces tc
I'Ku' the international troops avail.
'p'e TO overcome the immediate pcrils
OF the situation are apparently total
~ inadequate. The alarm not only
'or the safety Of Vice Adm. Seymour
ana ms party, who are not mentioned
IN any OF the dispatches purportinr
To come from Pekin. but for his base
AT lien Tsin, remains unrclicved. Al
most the only ray of light is the re-
port OF Chcng. the director of rail
roads and tclcgraphs, forwarded bv
the French consul general at Shang-
hal' TO the effect that the lcgationcrs
were safe June ~, and preparing 10
leave the capital with the consent of
'hc Chinese government. But the mo-
'lvcS OF the Chinese officials in keep
ing the powers appcascd by rcassur-
ing messages is too Obvious TO allow
the unrcScrved acceptance of the
statement.
lien ISin is so hard pressed that
it must be relieved before assistance
can be sent TO Scymour's force. The
absence OF the exact dates of the last
dispatches from Taku and other mes
sages makes il difficult TO connect
the various stories, but some of the
dispatches might be read as indicat- |
ing that even the large force men |
toned by Ir. Adm. Kcmpfr as about |
to start towards Ticn Tsin has met |
the same fate as the combined Amer
lean and Russian column, which was
repulsed June II.
India is sending eight battalions of
infantry, cavalry regiment. artillery
and engineers as Il fighting force. be-
sides two battalions to guard com
The Official Gazette, Of st. Peters
burg, Monday, contains an order of
he ear, as follows:
"As we consider it necessary TO
'aise the troops in the Amur military
district to war footing. we direct
he war minister to take the reuuisitc I
measures. At the same time, we di-
ect that the necessary number Of
cscrvists belonging to the Siberian '
mur military district shall he called c
ut for active service" J
The admiralty has received the fol- l
owing dispatch from Rr. Adm. Bruce,
ated Tal;u, via Che Foo. June "a: o
"The total force which left Ticn y
sin with the comander-in-chicf for II
elin was about 1000, composed of q
from the allied ships. No Il
'tiOn could possibly he taken TO re-
Eve the commander-in-chicf because CT
was only known that he was cut o
I by Ticn Tsin being invested. III
"Tien Tsin has been fighting for its i
e ever since. 1t was on receipt of u
is information that the Chinese
my had ordered trains for attack
g Tien Tsin, that they were ravag- III
e Tong Ku and reinforcing Taku,
well as mining the mouth of the
lilo river; that it was promptly
termined to seize Talu. Since then
Try effort has been made 10 relieve de
IN Tsin. have commanded small no
lsting steamer for taking troops in;
/ sick and wounded across tho bay ke
Wei-IIai-Wei, where l intend max II
: a temporary base hospital and 10,
'lm for refugees" mC
Washington, June 26.-Up to IL So,
lock Monday forenoon no word had ed
n received at either the war or en-
" departments as to the condition the
affairs in China. Nor has Adm. for
ney been heard from, and it is not
,wn whether he sailed on the vii
,oklyn for Taku, or is still at Ca 20,
). The anXiousIy awaited list OF kn,
Ialties from Adm Kempff has not blu
cared, nor has n word come as to
result of the second engagement Sta
rien Tsin. Gib
he state department also is with tha
anything to shed light on the sit is I
on except dispatch from United VIII
cs Consul GoOdnow at Shanghai, nit
ng that nothing reliable has been can
ived there as to the condition of bel,
rs at Pekin and elsewhere. This Arm
er detracts from the reassuring
hcial press dispatches published ~,
day morning. ..o
nshington, June 26.-The Chinese Co. Co.,
ster has asked an armistice In a.
sending of American troops to - -
a. based on the assurance of Chi ..a.'
viceroys that they can main n,ao
order. President Mckinley, r.
, acknowledging his qualification o ss.',
e assurances. has made IL known ~
c Chinese minister that the Uni ".
;tates can not relax its efforts TO ou''
troops TO points where tbs OH IN,
ara considered in danger. s@iD'