New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28
THINK THE CRISIS PASSED.
LONDON BELIEVES THE CHINESE STU
ALTON Is RAPIDLY CLEARING.
Copyright. 1900: BY The New-Yorl Tr1bune.I
[BY CABLE TO TIE TEBUNE.l

[BY TIE TEIBUNEl
London, June 2S, l a. m.-The situation in
China is clearing slowly but surely The losses
and dangers Of the foreigners in Tien-Tsin are
now known to have been grossly exaggerated
by the rumor nongers. There has been no mas
sacre of foreigners. The casualties have been
few and the damages to property have been
slight Dispatches received from Shanghai and
Che-Foo agree in minimizing the perils TO which
the foreign quarter had been exposed and a
European who has reached the coast from Tien-
Tsin reports that there has been anxiety there,
but no approach to panic.
The relief column which entered Tien-Tsin
Saturday night met with little resistance. The
Russian losses are reported four killed and
twenty wounded, and the casualties Of the other
detachments were light.
Admiral Seymour's mixed force which was
retreating toward Tien-Tsin, does not appear TO
have been in so desperate a plight the earliest
and most sensational dispatches made out, and
on Sunday it was only three hours march from
the city. The details Of the rescue of this force
by a relief column two thousand strong are still
lacking. but the of the entire body to
Tien-Tsin IS a foreGone conclusion.
The safety OF the foreign legations is assured.
The foreigners, with their own guards, were
conducted out Of the capital and placed under
the protection OF Seynour's force which retired
slowly toward Tien-Tsin with its sick and
wounded. The column was harassed by Chinese
raobs and compelled to move slowly, but apart
from the difficulty Of securing supplies it does
not appear TO have been in serious danger, much
less in great extremity. 1t now seems probable
that with the ten thousand troops, including the
japanese, between Tallu apd Tien-Tsin, Pelling
can be approached with little difficulty within
Few days, and members OF the legations rein
stated in their quarters. This may be an op-
f5rsr- mas fVnO
rapidly during the last forty-eight hours that
The collapse Of the entire Boxer movement with
IN a week is now forecast by well Informed men,
The optmists are probably oVersanguine, just
as the croakers have been unduly alarmed, but
the Improvement in the situation IS unnls-
taxable
Dispatches received yesterday, while reassur-
ing in character did not bear out all these hope
iul conclusions. There were persistent reports
from Shanghai that Seymour was in great
Straits Sunday, and unable to hold out more
tHan forty-eight hours, and that the casualties
OF his column amounted 10 263 or more From
Che-Foo there was a more hopeful account.
stating that few allied troops had been killed.
Ihere were several versions Of the fight Of
saturday, with the work done by each national
contingent, but il was evident that the passage
" ne column was not seriously impeded.
@aI- Brodrick's explanations in the House Of
Oo'Hfhons amount TO little. since the two Ad-
N'iralty reports cited by him were belated and
ooHtalned nothing that was not already known.
1'-iofInauon was not definite at midnight, but
mere was general feeling among those watch
-Ns events In the Far East that there had been
10 80 catastrophe ard that the crisis had passed.
'"eh SeymouT's force is rescued diplomacy will
'iAe lh Russia and Japan viii have troops on
me ground and it viii not be easy to bring
No'ut Their exit; but there win be diplomatic
ia Mo sofav ffafr
with China at war with Christendom / NF