The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-07
HORRORS ARE INCREASED.
Frightful Conditions Reported to
Prevail in China. Where Bloody
Anarchy IL Rife.

Copyrighted. 1900, by the Associated Press.
TIENTSIN June g. via Chefoo. July
!, and Shanghai. July 5-Those best in
formed in Tientsin consider the position
of foreigners in Peking as almost help
less. II is hopeless to attempt to force
the way with the force available. Com
manders are willing to resort TO desper-
ate means, but to attempt forced march
from Tientsin with the forces at hand
means certain destruction to the army.
besides slaughter of the civilians left at
Tientsin Enough soldiers are necessary
to defeat the Chinese army, maintain
communication with the base Of supplies
and guard the hospitals en- route.
The water supply Is an important prob
lem In n country furnishing none except
river wells. which are being poisoned. The
Chinese are committing terrible atrocities
upon the wounded. They are mutilating
all the dead which fall into their hands
Gen. Tung F>uh Slang. with 1900 of the
best disciplined troops In the Chinese
army, Is marching from the southwest to-
ward Peking The army thereabouts
numbers 5000. The empress fed To her
summer palace. The Mohommedan Box
erssare fighting in Picking. Ten regiments
of Gsn. Nieh's command north OF Tien-
tsin. are reported to have deserted and
gone to pillaging the country Residents
declare that the Chinese commune was
inaRurated by peaceahle Chinese who have
been the greatest sufferers from the for
eign soldiers. who are burning the out
skirts of Tientsin to deprive the enemy
of shelter. The Boxers are destroying
outlying villages for loot, The smoke Of
a hundred fires can be seen I'm every di-
rection. Tientsin was not hombsrded for
the first time today for fortnight. Fam
flies are returning to their homes for their
possessions. The women and children will
be sent TO Taku as soon as travel Is safe
Auy nf hA yfTh of "a.
are huddled In the outhouses for protec-
tton. badly frightened. The Chinese about
Tientsin number thousands. Most OF those
who have been killed lie unburied In the
fields. The river OF Taku Is full Of hoat-
ing bodies. and many have been washed
up by the tide Dogs are feeding upon
the bodies along the banks
The small American contingents every
where distinguished themselves. Capt
McCana and Maj. Waller are at Tientsin.
Their men are placed In the lead Of every
movement. BY common consent the Britt
ish are close beside them. The foreigners
In Tientsin declare, however. that they
owe their lives to the Russians, without
whom the other small detachments must
have been overwhelmed on that darkest
Wednesday, when the Chinese were press
ing on every side and the braVest men
were abandoning hope. The Russian COM
mander. Col Woxak. arranged the main
body with the civilians 20 make n soFtie
in tho direction OF Taku. He left 4o Rus
slams TO defend The city, and engaged the
attention Of the Chinese. the Intention be-
ing for them to ultimately sacrifice them
selves. The arrival Of the Americans saw
ed the day Their arrival proved com
plete surprise.
Among the military evidences ~ immense
Chinese preparation FOR war may be mcn-
ttaned that arsenais and stores hitherto
unknown have been discovered. with tia.-
0ooodo worth of arms and ammunition or
the most modern tyne These arms and
ammunition have been destroyed and In
three arsenals outside OF Tisntsin several
thousand troops are holding the native city
nvo miles north