Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-29
NEW RELIEF COLUMN
British Join Allied Forces
Near Tien Tsin.
ANOTHER ASSAULT IMMINENT
Foreign Oacials at Shanghai Believe
the Worst Has Happened to the
Legations at Pekin.

London, June 27.-The British
cruiser Terrible has arrived at Che Foo
from Taku. with the latest news,
which is as follows:
eight hundred sikh and 200 Welh
! fusiliers have effected a junction with
the American, German and Russian
forces which had been cut off by the
Chinese about nine miles from Tien
Tsin. 1t was proposed to deliver an
assault upon the Chinese forces at Tien
Tsin last night"
Foreign official opinions here"
says dispatch from Shanghai to the
Daily Express, dated yesterday. "ln-
cline to the belief that the worst has
happened to the legations at Pekin and
to Admiral Seymour. Even If the
legations were safe June ID, there is
no guarantee that they are safe now.
The situation, in fact. grows more and
more gloomy. The entire absence OF
reliable news from the capital seems to
justify the worst construction which
can be put upon it.
"Bad news comes from Yam Kung,
where the unrest is said to be growing
hourly. Viceroy Liu Kin Yih has tele-
graphed the British authorities that
he has ordered the five Chinese cruisers.
which have been lying off the harbor
there, to proceed to Nankin."
General Mas army" says CORE.
spondent at Shan Hal Kan, consist
ing of 45, 600 men, left week ago for
Pekin, and General Sung Ching's
troops. numbering $500. left for the
same place June II.
IA careful estimate of the number
and armament of the Chinese troops
around Pekin puts the total az 800, 900.
and it is calculated that these troops
possess 227 centimeter Creusot guns,
1S Krupps and $50 Maxims. Their
supply of ammunition is practically in
exhaustible. 1t has been mainly sup
piled by German firm at Carlwitz." I"
Another Shanghai dispatch says:
Lii Ping Heng, ex-governor of Shan
Tung, who is intensely anti-foreign,
has gone to the Kiang Yin forts, ON the
Yangtse. He has declared his inten-
tion of resisting the landing of British
forces in that region"
Extensive preparations by the allies
are going forward. The first regiment
of British India's 10000 men embarked
at Calcutta yesterday, and 833 more
marines received orders to 60 out from
English ports. The British war othce,
in anticipation of prolonged cam
,paign, is contracting for winter CLOTH
ing and fur caps.
The Amur army corps, ordered out
by Russia. numbers SO, 100 men, with
81 guns. Japan purposes to land 49,
600 men on Chinese territory within
fortnight. Among the minor military
preparations, the Portuguese governor
of Macao, island of Macao. at the
southwest entrance of Canton river, is
sending arms to the Portuguese con-
cession. The Germans in Hong Kong
have cabled Emperor William to ask If
they may serve in the local forces in
defense of Hong Kong. A million
rounds left Hong Kong yesterday for
Taku by the British steamer Hailong.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times sends the following under yes
terday's date:
"a military correspondent at Taku
says the operations of the allies are
suffering from want of q recognized
head, defective organization and the
lack Of transport.