Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-07-18
Invading Hosts are Said to Be
Pushing Over the Border Into
the Cars Dominion.
THE PRINCES ARMY GROWING
4o5. 900 Troops Now In Camp
Uprising Spreads to South
ern Provlnces-FIeelne
From Shanghai.
CoREAN BORDER OvERRUN

VOU6NtN SVbSSo
London, July 18.-If the news OF
the Chinese invasion OF Siberia proves
true It will, of course, immensely
complicate the situation from an in
ternational point of view, 1t was
announced July 18th that the Chinese
had peremptorily ordered all Rus
slams to quit Manchuria, but no one
imagined that they would be auda-
cious enough to break out of their
own country and attack Russian ter
ritory.
Such an attack of course, consti-
tutes in itself a declaration of war,
rendering formal notification need
less. The separate attack by the
Chinese on Russia means giving Rus
sia, according to the views expressed
by Europeans, additional excuse for
an isolated descent on Pekin and ad-
ditional claim to assert greater in
fiuence than the other powers and
latest Chinese assurances of the
safety of the European legations at
Pekin are not credited here. On the
contrary it is believed that these as
surances are dictated by desire to
save the native city of Tien Tsin. The
Associated press correspondent at
Shanghai wires under date Of July
16, that there is hardly any doubt that
Sheng, the Chinese administrator of
Telegraphs, is Withholding informa
tion. The news of the massacre, al
ready cabled to the United States
may be taken as correct.
Hong Kong, July Iii Hung
Chang, disregarding all attempts of
Europeans and Chinese to persuade
him to remain. left Canton this morn
ing for Pekinas Prior to his departure
the Chinese merchants and gentry of
Canton presented a petition declaring
that they learned with trembling
that their protector was proceeding
north, and saying the absence of re-
bellion and piracy being solely due
to the presence of Ii Hung Chang,
the merchants were ready to cast
themselves before the wheels of his
chariot to prevent his departure.
st. Petersburg, July 18.--A dis
patch from Che Foo says; Prince
Tuan has mobilized 95O,OOO men, di-
vided into different corps. The north
ern corps has been ordered to expel
foreigners from Amur. The Pekin,
divided into four corps, is the first to
begin operations.
Washington, July 1S.-The war de-
partment today bulletined its
first official report of the
results of the battle at Tien
Tsin as follows: Che Foo, Casual
ties in the attack on Tien Tsin, July
13: Killed, Col. E. H. Liscum and
seventeen enlisted men. Wounded
Capt c.. r. Noyes, not serious. Maj.
J. Regan, serious but not dangerous;
Captain e. V. Bookmiller, serious
not dangerous; Lieut. l.. B. Lawton
not serious; Lieut.. F. R. Lang, slight
and seventy-two enlisted men. Mis-
sing, two enlisted men. Signed, Cool
idge.
Coolidge who signed the dispatch
is Lieut.. Col. of the Ninth infantry
Washington, July 1S.-The Japanese
legation received the following dis
patch from the minister of foreign aft
airs at Toxic: Baron Nishi, Japan
ese minister at Pekin, letter of June
29 was received at Tien Tsin, July
IL. The letter was brought by mes
senger It says the legations are
daily bombarded Ammunition was
running short. Danger of a massa
ere imminent, prompt relief is ear
nestly desired. The messenger says
the foreign ministers considered i
impossible to procure provisions aftel
July 1st."
Washington, July 18.-The state de
partment received a dispatch from
Consul General Fowler, at Che Foo
saying the governor of Shan Tun!
wires that his courier left Pekin, Jul,
9Th. The legations were still holdlnl
out.
Washington, July 1S.-United State
Minister Allen at Seoul Corea tele
graphs the state department that box
,ers and Chinese are in force within
few miles from the Corean frontier
Natives Of Pingyan, (most norther'
province Of Corea) are much alarmel
and are fleeing. Foreigners remail
IN safety. The government is yer,
anxious.
London, July 1S.-Express Shangha
correspondent cables: Prince Tuai
issued an edict to fix the definite dat
for a general uprising. What date
IS cannot ascertain but it is doubi
less an early 6ne, for Prince Tuan
stated to haHe ordered all dispatc
Il view Of the arrival Of more foreig
troops A large body Of Chinese Il
night Is reported to be moving froT
Hupel IN the direction OF shangha