New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
SITUATION AT TEN TSLN.
THE FOREIGNERS HARD PRESSED -
ATTACK OF CHINESE REGULARS
UNDER TUAN.
UNDER TUAN.
ICopyright: 1900: By The New-YorIs TribuneI
TBy CARIE TO THE TR1BUNE.I

London, June "a, 1 a. m.-Peking and Tien-
Tsin remain Isolated from Taku, and such in
formation is drawn from Shanghai and Che
Foo Is q tissue of surnises and rumors.
The most onninous report from Shanghai is a
statement that Prince Tuan has attacked the
foreign quarter az Tien-Tsin with Chinese troops
and Krupp quickf1rers. and the best dispatch
contains a vague runor that the legations were
stin holding out IN Thursday. The Chinese
Embassy at Berlin has also received a dispatch
from the VicerOy Of one Of the provinces stat
ing that the German Minister had not been
murdered, but was alive and well.
Che-Foo has a fresh batch Of rumors to the
effect that hordes Of Boxers were massed be-
tween Tien-Tsin and Taku, that fighting was
in progress and that much of the foreign prop
eTty had been destroyed.
RELIEF COLUMN NOT HEARD FROM
Not word has come either from the relief
column headed by Admiral Seymour or from
the legations. All the foreign consulates at
Tien-Tsin are believed TO have been destroyed,
and the foreigners are reported 10 be huddled
together in a single quarter, where the military
force is inadequate for their protection.
There is an intricate web of rumors from the
various provinces showing that there is a wide
spread panic among the foreigners; that mis-
sionaries and traders are scuttling from the in
terror to the Yang-tse ports. and that The
excitement between Peking, TIen-Tsin and
Taku. Large allowance must be made for the
feeling of panic which pervades the seaboard
towns where rumors are caught from mouth
70 mouth. and where there is no trustworthy in
formation
There can be nc doubt that the Foreign Of
fee and the Admiralty here are alarmed over
the silence Of the legations and Admiral Sey-
mour and are utterly at loss to account for it.
IN
cOursing about missionaries with political bees
in their bonnets. and Mr.. Brodrick may have
smoothtongued optimism for Parliament, but
oGcial anxieties cannot be concealed by byplay
Of this kind
CONsULATEs IN NEED OF TROOPS.
Information respecting the attack Of the Box
ers upon the force Of American marines and the
Russian troops near Tien-Tsn and the destruc-
ton Of the American Consulate : drawn from
the Washington dispatches. No additional de-
tails We're known here at midnight. The Brit
lsh Consulate was reported 10 be- hard pressed
and in need Of reinforcements and the Russian
forces al the station were also stated TO be
closely engaged with the Chinese rioters
The railway is reported to be open half way
from Taku to Tien-Tsin, and the allied forces
numbering from 1900 10 1000, were said to be
on their way to the relief of the foreign quar-
ters
The situation in China Is so bewidering that
the officials here content themselves with say
Ag that 1t could hardly be more serious, and
hey make attempt TO explain it. The only
feassurng fact IS the heartiness with which all
me CIVILIZED Powers are standing together.
I. n. T.
ALARMING NEWS FROM SHANGHAI
EMPRESS DowAGER SAID TO HAVE OR
DERED FOREIGNERS DIFFERENTIATION.
Shanghai, June 23.-It is officially said that
the Empress Dowager has issued emphatic in
structons for the determination Of all foreigners
in China
Large numbers Of refugees are arriving here
from the north
All is quiet here and in the Yang-tse-FZ -FZiang
Valley.
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