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Foo. The losses of the Russians have


Tien Tsin. Two thousand three hundred
Chinese bodies are alleged to hive beer
cremated at Taku, and more than 1000 CHI.
nese are said to have been killed at Tier
Tsln. Chinese runners who have arrived
at Taku report that a foreign force was
engaged several days ago with an over
whelming body of Chinese forty~ mile.
west of Tien Tsin. At Shang Hal it il
assumed that this force was Admiral Sey
mour's.
The Shang Hal correspondent of the
Daily Express says:
IT learn from mandarin who STEALTH
ly left Pekin on June 16, and who succeed
ed at great hazard in getting clear, that
the Boxers are massed around Pekin an(
more than half of the northern and west
ern portions Of the city, including the for
elgn settlements, were af1ame when tn.
mandarin left. He could tell nothing as t.
the fate of the foreigners, nor much as t.
the general situation, but he had hear(
that the empress dowager was preparing
to go to the province of Shan-Si.''
BIG FORCE OF CHINESE.
A Che Foo dispatch to the Daily Mail
dated yesterday, says:
The attack on the Tien Tsin relic
rorce was made by 10000 Chinese, usins
machine guns and modern field pieces. Th,
allies were wise in retreating. Forward
ing detachments in this manner is sui
cldaI, and the defeats of the foreigners
even though in small force, greatly aiC
the movement Of the Boxers, which /!
gaming enormously through the inability
of the foreigners to make headwaJ
against it.
*Pract cally the whole of northern Chin
IS ablaze. Hostilities are now conducted
on an extended scale, due to direct order;
from Pekin. Gen. Yam Shi Kaf. gov
ernor OF Shang- -Tung, commands Il. .OO
forelgn-d1lled troops, organized to a higl
pitch of excellence and equipped witt
Mausers 1t was in the plans that these
troops should go to Taku, but the seizurt
el the lorts was effected before they coulf
get there
some of the special dispatches from
shanghai describe the great southerr
provinces Of China as still quiet bu
others assert that the news from thf
North is exciting the Sou therners To q dan
serous height of feeling, and that millions
may rise any day.
FEARS IN SHANGHAI.
Shanghai is quiet. but there arc foors
ol rising. The action of the consIle
IN asking for the departure of the siy
Cflnese cruisers was objected to by the
senior naval officer, who Informed thero
that ne had at his disposal force suff.
Gent to compel them to leave ip tT,ev
ooJected to the presence of the feet
Inc chinese cruisers are heavier armed
tnan the vessels of the allies, among
whose six vessels is the United States
gunboat Castine
The powers are said to have fatally
underesti1nated the numbers, desperation
and armament of the Chinese, who. for
three years, have been accommodating rifles
at the rate of 10000 month
Inc question here Is what are the pow-
ers going to do? Japan is prepartne
to trans-ship this week 10000 additional
troops. Russia is sending down from
VladfVostOCk all her available forces. es-
t1mated at from 5000 to 5000 men. al
though recent events have shown that
the numbers of Russians on the Pacific
coast have been overestimated The In
dian council held a special meeting at
S1mla yesterday and considered the feas-
1billty of sending more troops
Russia, according to q Che Foo CORE
spondent, has landed a force of Cossacks
at Pei Tai Ho and another at Shan Hal
KWan to intercept the Chinese troops
marching from Manchuria A correspon-
dent at Ii Khung Tt, on Wei Hal Wei
pay, says that the Russians are sending
10000 troops all told.
burg published comminique yesterday
reviewing the course of events in China
and concluding as follows:
AS SEEN IN RUSSIA.
''It will thus be seen that the Russian
troops are pursuing no object hostile to
China. On the contrary, in view of the
present exciting events, the presence of
the Russian troops in that friendly state
can only render an essential service to
the Pel1in government in its struggle
with the rebels
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch dated
Saturday, sends a long statement en-
bodying the views of the Russian for
eign office, prepared by permission of
the late Count Muravieff and embodying
not only his views, but those of his
successor, Count Tamsdorff. This state
ment holds that state of war does not
exist under international law and hence
it is possible to assume that the order
for active military operations at Taku
originated with the provincial authorities
and not with the imperial government.
Like other nations" says the state
ment, Russia is pursuing humanitarian
aims and it can be categorically stated
that Japan is following the same correct
and pacific aims as the other powers.
Past experience SHOWS that the CnlneSe
do not persist in fighting. Probably
they will. soon change their attitude to
one of complete submission
INFLAMMAToRY PLACARDS.
At Canton the Boxers are posting in
dammatory placards, of which the follow
ing is a sample:
XIII all the Germans French, Ameri-
cans and English. To have peace pre-
vail in the hearts of the people all for
eigners should be driven out. This end
can be attained in a few days if we unite
our strength.
The British admiralty office has ordered
five more cruisers to go to China. This
represents an addition of $4,000 tons, the
crews aggregating 1900.
United States Ambassador Choate, In
his long conference with Lord Salisbury
Saturday, is understood to have found
that the governments of the United States
and Great Britain are generally in an
agreement as to their views regarding the
Chinese situation, and the two govern
ments will probably be found following
the same broad lines of policy in the
far East. Mr.. Choate communicated with
Washington after the interview
WILL GO TO PORT ARTHUR.
LONDON, June 25-A st. Petersburg
dispatch says the new Russian cruiser,
Varig, will go direct from the Neva 70
Port Arthur.