Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-26
PREPARED FOR WORST.
Belief In England That the Legations
at Pekfn Have suffered.

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Belief in England That the Legations
atPekin Have suffered.
London, June 26.-The British cruiser
Terrible has arrived at Che Foo from
Taku with the latest news, which is as
follows: Flight hundred Sikhs and 200
Welsh fusileers have effected junction
with .he American, German and Rus
sian forces. which had been cut off by
the Chinese about nine miles from Tien
Tsin. 1t was proposed to deliver an as
sault upon the Chinese forces at Tien
Tsin Sunday night"
It is not clear what forces united. 1t
would seem that one relieving force, cut
off, had been relieved by Americans. AT
any rate. 1t is apparently certain that
allies had arrived sufficiently strong at
Tien Tsin Sunday to attack the Offend
Ling Chinese
Foreign official opinion" says dis
patch from Shanghai to the Daily Ex-
press, dated yesterday, zig inclined to
believe the worst has happened to the
a Legations at Pekin and to Admiral Sey-
4 mour as WE'LL Even il the legations We're
safe on June 19. there is no guarantee
4 Ithat they are safe now. The situation,
lin fact, grows more and more gloomy.
The entire absence of reliable news from
the capital seems to justify the worst
Interpretation which can be put upon
a Iit.
a bad news comes from Nanking,
4 where the unrest is said to be growing
hourly. yiceroy Liu Kin Yah has tele-
Il graphed the British authorities that he
!; ordered five Chinese cruisers, which
i have been lying off the harbor here, tc
proceed to Nanking.'
Gen. Mas army. says a corresponds
!, ent at Shan Hi Kwan. consisting ol
1000 men, left a week ago foF Pekin. and
Gen. Sung Chingss forces. numbering q
500, left for the same place on June Is
"a careful estimate OF the number ant
armament OF the chinese troops arrived
4 at Pekin put the total at s6, 600, and Il
lis calculated that the troops possess %
Z centimeters Creusot guns eghteer
I5T<rupps and one Maxim Their suppl,
I.of ammunition is practically inexhaust
|ible. It has been mainly supplied by ;
German firm at Carlowitz. Fully three
fourths OF the Chinese forces are badl!
drilled, wholly undisciplined and quit
e unfamiliar with modern weapons"
: Another Shanghai dispat tch says: g L
Ping IIeng. former governor of Shan
! ,Tung who is Intensely anti-foreign. ha
gone to the Kiang Yin forts on tn
Yang-T He has declared his intention
of resisting the landing of British force
= in that region
According to Hong Kong dispatch
4 dated yesterday, strong reinforcement
4 of Indian police, with three Maxims
= vlhave been sent to kow-Loon, on tn
I -iimainland.
= A Che Foo message of Mondays dat
! says: Four cannon ilave beer added |
4 the west forts, where there are now 100
r soldiers permanently encamped, fur
i ther force having arrived from Ming
o / Hal Chou. There is an uneasy fselin
n prevailing here and an attack is gene,
. ally anticipated. Chinese merchants al
> closing their Offices and preparing
Q (leave the port. All business is at
oii standstill
e The British war Office in anticipate
q OF a prolonged campaign. is contractir
i. for winter clothing and fur caps
4 The Amur army corps, ordered out /
!. Russia, numbers 51.10O men, With 4
IS guns. Japan purposes to land $4,000 me
: on Chinese territory within a fortnigh
= Among the minor military preparation
= the Portuguese governor Of the island
q Macao. at the southwest entrance
. Canton river. is sending arms to Il
4 Portuguese in Canton. The Germans
4 Hong Kong have cabled Emperor WI
q liam to ask IL they may use the loc
10 forces in defense of Hong Kong. A mi
70 lion rounds left Hong Kong yesterd;
IS for Taku BY the British steamer Hal
Il DONG.
4 The Shanghai correspondent Of Il
40 Times sends the following under yeste
~ days date: "A military corresponds
~ at Taku says that the operations of Il
>. allies are suffering for want Of reco
i. mixed head. defective organization al
lack OF transports
- Mr.. Kinder, the noted engineer, h
i. arrived at Che Foo.
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