The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-05
1T WOULD BE SUICIDE.
For the Foreign Troops to Attempt
"a Reach Pe1Sin.

London, July 5, 2:30 a m.-The com
nanders of the allies in Tien Tsin inform
the correspondents that il would be sui
eide to attempt TO reach Pekin with the
troops now available. in the face of the
colossal force OF imperial troops, and
Boxers occupying the country between
Tien Tsin and Pekin. So far from taking
the offensive the II, 900 international troops
at Tien Tsin and the 5000 others at Taku
and intermediate points. can barely keep
up communications, fighting necessarily
with overwhelming numbers, using far
more numerous artillery pieces than the
allies
This telegram has been received:
Shanghai, July 4, 111O a. m, via che
Foo.-Tien Tsin city fell between and
O'Clock in the morning of June 80"
1t is understood that Shanghai undoubt-
eddy referred to the native city of Tien
Tsin. from which the Chinese have been
bombarding the foreign. quarter. and the
dispatch is taken to mean that the allies
are more than holding their own.
Other advices received by way Of
Shanghai aver that the Chinese losses
around Tien Tsin are between 1000 and
5000. according to official estimates.
The correspondent of The Express at
Che Foo. telegraphing Wednesday, says
Admiral Seymour was wounded. while
sitting I'm a house at Tien Tsin, by Chi
nese sharpshooters.
omcial news received at Che Foo shows
that the Chinese have been guilty OF hor
rible cruelty toward the wounded and
captured. subjecting them TO what is
known as the ling che, or the slicing pro-
cess. Under this hdeous rite, the bodies
of the fallen have been mutilated The
Russians are retaliating by the wholesale
shooting of natives.
The situation, according to the Express
correspondent. shows signs of drifting
into barbarism ard savagery.
Europeans and Americans resident in
Shanghai are quite in panic over what
is viewed as the Inadequate military pre-
perations of the Powers.
A dispatch to the Express from Shang-
hal says that according TO the best mill
tary estimate 500 900 men will be necessary
to subjugate Northern China, and even
then II VIII take TWO OF three years. Inc
forces OF the Chinese empire have gath
cred such motion that even Jepan's fun
strength launched now would be unequal
TO the task of restoring order.
The Tao Tai Sheng of Changhai issued
proclamation on Wednesday practically
forbidding foreign warships approaching
the Yang-tse-Kiang. saying that II they
do so the Chinese authorities will not
hold themselves responsible for the con-
sequences. 1t is considered that The Chi
nese officials are preparing way to evade
responsibility If an outbreak occurs. Even
Ii Hung Chang is suspected. The for
eigners are simply aghast at the extent
OF the Chinese ornaments which have
been Systematically accumulated.
The decision OF the admiras not 10 at
tempt the relief of the besieged legation
forces has filled the entire European COM
munity, the Daily Mails Shanghai CORE
spondent says, with bitterness and despair.
Few. however, affirm that any other
course Is possible.
The weakness OF the allied forces left
no other course open. II is pointed out
that the Chinese opposing Admiral sey-
mour were only a fraction Of the huge
force now cutting off the capital from
Ten Tsin, and which numbers 20. 900 nearly
all well armed. The allies have no real
means Of transport, and there is no food
In the country. as II is being laid waste
The question OF ammunition is also a Sc
rious one. Only Japan. and 10 a lesser
extent, Russia, are able to puen up war
material in the vast quantities made