The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-26
Admiral Skriedelof Instructed to Begin Bonn
bardment If Legationers Are
Dead
Ii Hung Chang Seeks to Hold Foreigners in
Pekin as Hostages to Sc
cure Peace.

| received the orders which have been
| sent by cable since his departure from
| San Francisco. An idea Of their general
| character can be gathered from the gen
| erals report that he was about to push
| forward at once with his big transport
| Tor Taku. He will not even stop at Che
Foo, and 1t is even doubtful whether he
: will detain the Grant at Nagasad long
| enough to take on coal. He is also en-
| ergetically taking steps in advance to
meet the evil of which all the foreign
naval commanders have complained, but
| none have remedied-the lack Of landing
| facilities at Taku. To this end he has
| instructed Lieut.. Col. Coolidge of the
| Ninth infantry, at Tien Tsin to secure at
once all the tugs and lighters necessary
! to speedy landing of the reinforcements
and stores that are being carried out by
| the United States transport Grant.
WANT NO GUARDS.
In spite of the alarm with which the
Chinese officials, including Ii Hung
| Chang, profess to view the advance Of
the allied forces on Pekin, so far as it
affects the safety of the foreign ministers
| 1t may be said that none of the powers
have evinced any tendency to abate their
| preparations, or accept an escort of i'm
| perial troops, for the march from Pel1in
to Tien Tsin. This government has acted
| all the While on the theory that the min
listers were alive, and has accepted in
! good faith the assurances of the Chinese
| government to this effect, but it has not
recognized in any way the suggestion
| contained in Sheng's cablegram of yes
| terday that the Chinese government
! should furnish the foreigners an escort
| out of Pekin It was said at the state
department today that the American
! minister is not to be delivered up by a
| force of Chinese troops to the allied
! forces or anyone else. This government
deems 1t much more appropriate, If he
needs an escort out of Pekin, that it
! should be composed Of American soldiers.
LITTLE HOPE FOR LEGATIONS.
LONDON, July 9G, 4 a. m.-NIr Conger's
letter, the substance of which has been
transmitted to the United States secre-
| tary of the navy, through Capt Thomas.
| of the United States cruiser Brooklyn
| has increased the belief in London that
| there is no hope for the foreign legations
in Pekin, and that the elaborate fabric
{ Of the dispatches which the Chinese are
| building tc persuade the civilized world
that the ministers are still alive is only
| intended to enable them to gain time to
complete preparations for warfare
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Mall, asserts that Chnaman
who was employed at the British lega-
tion as writer and interpreter, has
escaped from Pekin to Niu Chwang and
| Pekin, most of the members of the lega-
tions were dead, and the condition Of the
| others was hopeless He says that Sir
| Robert Hart, director of the Chinese i'm
perial maritime customs, died on July g.
The correspondent goes on to say:
mo other dates are given in the mes
sage from Niu Chwang The leading
! Chinese newspaper here published yester-
day dispatch declaring that it was all
! over with the members Of the legations
The president of a minor board at
| Pel<in, wrote to a relative in Shanghai
under date of July Q, saying.
'"The foreign legations are still uncap-
tured, but, owing TO the daily fighting it
! Is reported that Cnly about eco persons
| are left alive in the legations and If there
! is any delay in the arrival of the relief
force 1 fear none will be left to receive
! it,
This letter Is regarded in Shanghai as
| authentic.
RUSSIANS ADVANCING
ST. PETERSBURG, July 25-Gen.
Sacharoff, chief of the Russian general
staff, wires under dated of July "a, from
Chi Chi Lo, in the Semenovskaya dis
trict:
81 am advancing. Today we bonn
barded the fortified post at Lauschi. The
garrison fled and the post was burned
and It's walls destroyed"
NINTH HEARD FROM.
WASHINGTON, July PA cable re-
port received today at the war depart
ment from Lieut.. Col Collidge, in com
mand Of the Ninth infantry since the
death Of Col. Liscum, indicates that the
temporary government formed for Tien
Tsin has not been put in force vet The
report, which briefly covers the opera
tions of the Ninth infantry since its ar
rival in China, is dated at. Tien Tsin.
July q, via Che Foo today and is as fol-
! lows
Ninth infantry reached anchorage
gulf Pc Che Ii July g. Two batraIions
left ship under Col. Liscum by lighters
and tugs UP river to Tien Tsin. arriving
morning July II. Engaged in attack on
Tien Tsin July 13, forming part Of brigade
under British Gen. DorWard Third bat
Italian disembarked July 12, arriving
Tien Tsin July IS, too late to take part
in attack. Tien Tsin captured july IA.
| City divided among powers, the southeast
quarter being assigned to American
troops under Col. Meade, marine corps,
| for police and protection. Since then
| powers have instituted a temporary gov
| ernment council under Col Dcquayar.
| Russian, Lieut. Col. Aol<i, Japanese and
Lieut.. Col. Bower, British but has not
as yet gone into force. The American
troops are still protecting their quarter
RUSSIANS DISPERSE CHINESE
ST. PETERSBURG, July 25-Russian
troops from Nikolsk and Sungary river
/ are Fastening to the relief OF Charbin and
other places in a similar plight
Gen. Grodekoff reports that the Chinese
feebly cannonadcd Blagovestchensk, Sum
day, July %. Little damage was done
Cossacks are crossing the Amur river
dispensing the Chinese
The steamer Vojevoda, which has ar
rived at Tolbuzin, from Charbin, reports
that She was fired upon at Sausin by
Chinese from the river banks and jun1s.
| The Japanese government is ready to
mobilize three additional divisions for
service in China, ii required
AMERICAN TROOPS AT TAKU.
SHANGHAI, Tuesday, July 24-Three
thousand American troops have arrived
at Taku, as well as eight transports fill
ed- with British troops. Both detach-
ments are deficient in artillery
A cable steamer has started to lay
cable from Wei Hal Wei to Che Foo and
Taku
WOUNDED TO BE SENT HOME.