The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-07-04
IN CHINA.

LONDON, June 27.-Vice Admiral
Seymour has been heard from accord
ing to a dispatch from Che Foo re-
ceived here this morning. He is ten
miles from Tien Tsin hampered with
300 sick and wounded. Few of his
N, have been killed. Seymour did
not save the legations in Pekin. The
ambassadors and ministers are not
with him.
CHE Foo, June 27.--Messages from
Taku reports that courier from Vice
Admiral Seymour arrived in Tien Tsin
on Monday evening when messenger
left Seymours force eight miles west of
Tien Tsin terribly harrassed by the
Chinese and believed he could only
hold out about two days more. Sey-
mour's casualties, according to the
courier are SO killed, 200 wounded.
BERLIN, June 27.-The German con-
sui at Che Foo cables positively that
Seymour is seven miles from Tien Tsin
and is surrounded by Chinese troops.
He has asked s-istance and two thou
sand left Ten Tsin on Monday to re-
lieve him.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The State
Department has received assurance
that Minister Conger was safe June 10.
Minister WI called on Secretary Hay
this morning with despatch from Tv
Sung Ii Yamen, dated Pekin, June 10,
stating that permission has been
granted for the legations guards TO en-
ter the city.
Later they were denied reinforce
ments. The consul general at Tien
Tsin, probably the French consul, had
telegraphed the viceroy Chin Ii that
foreign admirals had demanded the
surrender of the Taku forts. There
upon the foreign ministers prepared to
leave Pekin with their guards for Tien
Tsin.
CHE Foo, June 2S.-Admiral Sey-
mour has been relieved and is return
ing to Tien Tsin. Seymour was re-
lieved by detachment from companies
of Russians under Col. Schrisinski on
the night of June 25th. Two hundred
wounded soldiers were brought to
Ten Tsin. The Russian Colonel
Schtelle, commanding the combined
force OF one thousand is supposed to be
proceeding to Pekin.
"Che Foo June %: The missions at
Tien Tsin have been destroyed by fire,
and about 100 persons killed. l think
there is serious risk for families. | will
return to Tien Tsin in few days.
Shall we return home, will you permit?
(Signed) Frederick Brown"
DIR. Leonard, commenting on the
cablegram, said: 81 understand from
this despatch that our mission property
at Tien Tsin has been destroyed but
but that our missionaries have not been
Hil1oA .o
Brown would sent names. imagine
the 100 killed were native Christians
who were attached to the missions.
BERLIN, June 29.-The St. Peters
burg newspapers this morning say:
"From absolutely reliable sources we
hear the Russian war ministry has sent
to all military and civil authorities in
Russian Geographic, secret orders to
prepare everything for mobilization.
The orders bear the date of June Is
and 49,.
A dispatch from Moscow says: "The
Boxer troubles and death of Count
Muravieff have greatly accumulated the
difficulties of the financial situation in
Russia, which ia in such a critical state
as to arouse the gravest anxiety. The
black list Of good firms who are failing
lengthens and sense of insecurity and
fear that something worse is to come
has caused vast sums to be temporarily
withdrawn from the market. In Mos
cow alone within two months it is stat
ed on good authority 820,00O,000
roubles, most of which were previously
in currency, had been lodged in the i'm
perial bank without interest for safety"
BERLIN, June 29.-The commander
of the German squadron at Taku tele-
graphs under date of June 26, as fol-
lows: "The foreign ministers are with
the landing force" According to re-
ports, it is added: "The fighting con-
tinued at Tien Tsin June %. The for
titled arsenal outside the town being in
possession of the Chinese" The Ger
man commander at Taku reports that
in the relief of Tien Tsin the Germans
lost Lieut.. Friedrich and ten men killed
and twenty men wounded.
WASHINGTON, June 29.-A mess age
from Admiral Kempff was received
this morning just before the cabinet
meeting, at which it formed the basis