Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-06-21
THE CHINESE TROUBLES.

Inc report COmeo Ioih Nuino"0
sources that Admiral Seymour's relief
column arrived at Pekin on Sunday,
and that the legations are safe. A mes
sage has been received In Rome from
the Italian consul at Shanghai, stating
that communication has been estsb-
Iished with Pekin and that the lega-
tions are safe, but there Is no other
confirmation, and there are many veria-
tons oil the news.
Ten Tsin Is still reported as isolated,
and heavy firing has been heard In
that direction, while general rising In
the southern provinces is dreaded on
the departure of Ii Hung Chang for
the capital.
In the engagement fought by Ad-
miral Seymour on his way to Pekin
FIVE hundred Cinnamon are reported to
have been killed. The casualties in
the relief column were not numerous.
A telegram from Che Foo mentions
that the American consul has sent a
steamer to rescue American and British
missionaries in western Shantung and
Honap.
The Daily Teegrsph's correspondent
in Shanghai gives particulars OF des-
psrate attack made upon Tien Tsin by
Boxers. Cinnamon actually came
within fifty yards of Russian troops,
who fred sharpnel into them, killing
three hundred.
The rebellion is spreading far and
wide. There is an impression in diplo-
matte circles In London and on the
Continent that the allies have not yet
grappled with the situation effectively,
and that even $4,000 troops would be
powerless to do much to control 4 ,0OO,.
900 square miles.
The latest story sent out by the
Shanghai gossips is that Prince Tuan,
president OF the Tsung Ii Yamen, has
burned the imperial palace at Pekin
and murdered the Emperor, and that
the Empress Dowager has committed
suicide.
The effect of the bombardment Of the
Taku forts, as described by the Shang-
hal correspondents, was CORY in the ex-
IRENE, nothing less than rivers OF
blood" and "mutilated corpses piled up
inside the iorts."
The Hongkong correspondent OF the
Lodnon Times telegraphing under date
of Wednesday says:
"Li Hung Chang has taken passage
on the steamer Kwanglee, leaving Fri
day. Great alarm is felt by the @ 1inese,
and strong representations have been
made to the consuls at Canton to induce
the viceroy to remain on the ground;
that otherwise great rebellion will fol-
low. Ii Hung Chang has intimated
that his mission is to act as mediator
between the Chineee government and
the foreign powers. He hopes to find
a satisfactory solution OF the present
difficulties"
The Navy Department, 10 Washing
ton, has just given out the following
statement regarding the contents OF a
dispatch from Admiral Kempf, brought
from Taku to Che Foo and forwarded
by Commander Taussig, OF the York
town:
1.-THE department has received q
cablegrsm from Admiral Kempff, dated
June 20. He says the Tsku forts were
captured by the other foreign forces;
that heavy firing was heard at Tien
Tsin on the evening OF the 17th inst.
He is making common cause with the
foreign powers for general protection.
There are 300 Americans ashore. On
May 81 the number of foreign troops
at Pekin was 430. There are 5000
men ashore now at Che Foo, and about
5000 troops-Russian, German and
Eoglish have just arrived"
A dispatch from Hong Kong says !:
The Chinese Emperor, Kwangsu, was
missiog when the foreign troops enter
ed Pekin, having been carried of to
Manchurie.