Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-11
ATTACK IN FORCE
THIRTY-FIvE THOUSAND CHI
NESE IN ACTION.
BACKED BY A HUNDRED GUNS.
Beaten or by the Allied forces-Loss
of the British Won Ket-
teler's Death.

London, July Ill, 4:5O q. m.-NO 9u-
thentic news from Pekin is still the bur
den of the dispatches from the east. and
although the disposition Is to believe
the optimistic reports from Chinese
sources. no real confidence is possible
until the legations are permitted to com
municate with their governments. II. as
alleged. the Boxer movement Is losing
ground in Pekin, ut must nave been sup
posed that the Boxers would have en-
deavored to send up achievements
from Tien Tsin, but, instead of that, they
are still in great force in the neighbor-
hood of the latter place, and are assist
ed by the Chinese imperial troops with
ample, efficient artillery. g 3
According to a Che Foo dispatch the
fighting rou Tien Tsin on the Sd and
4th was the severest yet experienced.
The British casualties were 30 or 40 kill
ed or wounded. The Chinese had 1000
men attacking simultaneously from the
north, east and west and mad excellent
practice with more h 100 guns The
numbered 14,U00, with Scant
supplies, and 1T was only the presence
OF the newly arrived Japanese n Rus
sian guns that prevented a disaster.
One Russian company of infantry, num-
bering $40 men, had lis killed and wound
IA AZ HVl1 lNA1 GNANp SUI
fered heavily. BY the evening of the
4th the situation was very critical. The
allies narrowly escaped total defeat.
Providentially, when things were at their
worst, a ~torrential rainfall compelled
the Chinese to retire.
On July s, the rain having abated, the
Chinese enewed the attack, opening fire
upon Tien TSin with two batteries of
four-inch guns, but the allies. aided by
two of III. M. s. Terrible's 4.7-inch guns,
succeeded in %silencing THE artillery after
eight hours fighting.
At Shanghai it seems to be the general
belief that the date OF the dispatch of
July 2, asserting that two legations were
still standing out. was an error, either
accidental or Intentional. The couriers
earlier. making the reah dalte of the mes
sage June %, while the alleged massa-
ores are said to have occurred on June
80. Until this point can be cleared up
the greatest anxiety will be felt as to
the fate of the Europeans.
According ITO the Shanghai correspond
emit of the Express, it is war to the knife
between the dowager empress and
Prince Tuan. In a recent edict the latter
boldly discards his mask and signs HIM
self as emperor. He warmly oomrrends
the prowess of his Faithful Boxers"
and in flowery language appeals to their
cupidity and fanaticism. In the same
decree Prince Tuan appoints Prince
lSudH Lne IOlE CdppSu ITlIiCS ASdS-
han, his imperial clansmen, and Kan vi
to commend the three chief wings of
the Boxer army.
Three hundred European refugees
from Tien Tsin w arrived at Shang-
hal in a state of restitution after terri
BILE suffering.
The Chinese version of the origin OF
the outbreak as published in Shanghai
is that Baron Won Ketteler was hated
by the Pekinese, who, taking advantage
of the condition of affairs, shOt him o
of revenge, thereby causing a conflict be-
tween the Chinese troop and the Ger
mans, the latter of whom destroyed the
tsung Ii yamen.
The Infatuated soldiers under Prince
Tuan then gained complete control ovel
the. dowager empress.
The Daily News Tien Tsin correspond
ent says the allies have decided te
lombard the native city, which they
have hitherto hesitated to attack, ow-
ing to the heavy commercial interests
involved. -
The London daily papers comment ia
vorably upon Secretary of State Hays
! circular. The Times says:
; and welcome i'm Great Britain. While il
lis manifestly dictated by regard fol
American interests, it comedies in al
Important respects with England's avoW'
ed policy. The reason us simple. II
China the interests of both countries
are primarily commercial. and 1t "
through their commercial interests thaf
their political interests are derived. Sec
Rotary Hay bears this fundamental fac
steadily in mind