Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-06-30


Month - What IL Practically ~
Uitimatum from viceroys-Grea'
Activity IL Japan-The Hoer War
London. June 2s,-severai thousan,
Japanese hay. lett Taku for Tien Tsin
and altogether $4,000 Japanese have
landed, The international troops nov
aggregate nearly 10000. ana Japan u
prepared To send 10000 more win Anri
lean, british aud other troops ordered u
go, Probably G0. 900 men VIII be avail
able IN u month.
The 1000 men who raised the In
vestment of Ticn Tain aud pushed On IL
help Admiral Seymour has probably
saved him; but the news has not YET
reached Che Foo, the nearest wire point
The last steamer arriving at che 300
from Taku blought this message dated
Tien Tsin. Monday, June 2S'
"The Russian general In command oil
the relief force has decided. In View of
Saturdays heavy hghting and maich-
Ing. that one days rest for the troops
was essential. and that the advance
should not b. resumed until today,
|
heNograph that his position was desp r.
ate. and that he could only hold out two
days. The relief started at dawn today
(Monday). Saturdays fighting began
at daybreak. The allied forces opened
with seven Of the Teriibles ~ naval
guns. six field guns and numerous ma
chine guns. the firing being at l'ng
range. They continued to advance
steadily. the Chinese artillery replying,
The guns Of the allies were more skill
fully handled and put the guns OF the
Chinese out of action one by one, the
| Chinese retreating about noon. There
was keen rivalry among che representa-
tiyes OF the various nations as to VIII, h
should enter Tien Tsn flrst and the
Americans and British went In ne elk and
heck. The Russians stormed the
arsenal. thereby sustaining the larges,
| ,osses.
The Tong shang refugees and the
| foreign enginet rs mt Che Foo estimate
the Chimes. troops now In the field as
.5 900 drilled troops at Lutai. $4,000 at
Shanghai Wan, $4,000 driven OFF from
rien Tsn and 100000 at Pekin.
The dispatch received by the foreign
office stating that the foreign legations
were requested to leave Pekln within
specified time Is interpreted In some un-
official quarters as tantamount to giving
the ministers their passports and to
declaration of war; but as China does
nothing like other countries the offit iil
opinion Is that there Is nothing to do but
to await the course of events and to see
what the ministers themselves say when
hey are rescued.
All the students at the foreign hospi-
tails in Canton are leaving. Women
missionaries are returning from the
west river ports. There was a slight
disturbance at Wochou Tuesday while
the women were embarking. The lowd
shouted, XIII the foreign devils"
According to advices from Shar ghai
the Chinese officials, by direction Of tn
southern viceroys, are asking the con-
suls to agree to conditions "ensuring.'
as the Chinese say, "the neutrality of
Shanghai and other coast cites" They
are also asking that foreign warships
Shall not sail or anchor near the forts,
nor go to ports where there are no war
ships now; that their crews shall not 60
ashore, and that the protection of
foreigners be left to the Chinese au-
thorisies. These conditions are con-
sidered at Shanghai to be virtually an
ultimatum from Viceroys Liu kung Yih
and Chang Chih Tung. The consuls de-
sire a sufficient naval and military force
to back up their refusal to comply with
these demands. The total naval force
there now consists of 969 men, with 32
guns The Chinese have 5000 men, with
six guns, in the forts, and 10, 900 men out
side Shanghai with modern rifles ard
machine guns.
The magnitude Of the arrangements
Japan is making suggests provisions
against contingencies other than the
suppre ssion of the present disturbance
in China. She has chartered ~ addi-
tional transports and now has 35 in all.
Washington, June 2S.-The develop
ments of the day respecting China were
important and interesting. The Chinese
minister's report of the departure Of the |
foreign ministers and their guards from |
Pekin greatly relieved the officials here,
who took it as the first tangible evidence
that the imperial government had a full |
realiza tion of the enormity Of pei mitting |
the ministers to come to personal harm, |
and were thus undertaking as far as lay |
In their power to observe the amenities |
Of international exchange.
The keeneSt interest Is shown by the |
officials to learn the conditions under |
which the ministers left Pekin. Minis
ter Wus dispatch was ominously silent
Oh that point, and though the minister
himself maintains almost obstinately |
his confidence in the non-existence of
state of war; it is generally admitted
that it will be difficult to accept his con-
,luson il it shall transpire that the Pekin
itself has sent the ministers
away with their passports. or what may
come to the same thing with guard as
safe conduct.
London. June 2S.-General Sir Leslie
Rumble had a sharp artillery and rifle
'kirmish near Senekal Friday with
arge force of entrenched Beers. He de-
,lined to attack them. This is the only
resh fighting reported.
The Boer outposts northeast Of Pre-
oria are busy. The telegraph wires be-
ween Standerton and Newcastle were
ut Sunday and Sir Redvers Butler had
@ resort to heliograph.
Commandant De Wet. with 30C0 men
md three guns. is moving northeast in
h, Orange River Colony. 1t Is under
tooi that he and Commandant General
,ctha entered into compact that
Ieither would surrender so long as the
ther was in the field.
Twelve thousand rifles. all told. have
,een surrendered to the British