The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-27
No News From Pekin and
Situation Grows Worse
Daily.

Pekin continues unbroken Four
thousand men of the allied forces
were having sharp, defensive fight.
ing at Tien Tsin Tuesday and
Wednesday with prospect of being
reinforced Thursday. This 10 the
situation in China % set forth in the
British government dispatch
"Eight hundred Americana are
taking part in the fighting at Tien
Tsin," says the Shanghai correspond.
ent Of the Daily Express. cabling last
evening, "aud they apparently form
q part Of . supplementary force, Or.
riving with Germans and British
after the conflict started. 1t il i'm.
possible to estimate the number of
the Chinese there. but they had q
surprising number of guns."
This information appears to have
been brought by the United States
guuboat Nashville to Chefoo and
telegraphed to Shanghai. The Chi.
nese are deserving Shanghai in large
numbers and going into the interior
Reports from native sources continue
to reach Shanghai of anarchy in
Pekin. According to these tales the
streets are filled day and night with
Boxers who are wholly beyond the
control of The Chinese troops and
who are working themselves up to q
frenzy and clamoring for the death of
ell foreigners.
The English consulate at Shanghai
is said to have received from influen.
tial natives reports of q tragedy in
tho palace at Pekin. but precisely
what. 10 not defined The consulate
thinks that Admiral Seymour, com.
mander of the international relief
eoIumn, was misled by information
from Pekin and consequently under.
estimated the difficulties 10 bis wsv
and the Chinese power of resistance
with Maxim guns and Mausers
The consuls at Shanghai believe
the foreigners at Pekin still safe.
although Japanese reports received
at Shanghai allege that up 20 June
Is. one hundred foreigners had been
killed in Pekin
The Daily Express says 1--WE un.
derstand that Reginald Thomas
Tower. secretary of the British EN-.
bassy in Washington, is to succeed
Sir Claude Macdonald at Pekin and
that the reason of Sir Claude's
recall is the break down of bis
health"
A special dispatch from Vienna
ssys: Iii Hung Chang has wired
the various Chinese legations in
Europe directing them TO inform the
government to which they are &C
credited that he is called to Pekin by
the empress to act as intermedi.
ary between China and the powers
to negotiate q settlement of the
points at issue, and be instructs them
to beg the powers to facilitate his
mission by ceasing to send troops to
China "
Cheng, director general of teIe.
graphs. wires from Shanghai to the
Chinese legations in Europe that the
foreign legations in Pekin are safe
1t is reported that the British gov.
ernnent will Immediately send 200
marines to China and possibly, &C.
cording to some Of the morning
papers. 10000 Of the regulars now
with Lord Roberts.
Lord Salisbury presided this morn.
ing ct q meeting of the cabinet, spe.
cialIy summoned to consider the far
eastern crisis Prior to the meeting,
the French ambassador N Paul Cam.
bon. and the Chinese minister, Sir
Chlh Chen Lo Feng Iub, paid Q
lengthy visit to the officials of the
foreign Office and it 10 expected that
important developments will be the
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