The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-06-30

kenpff reports by a japanese torpedo
boat that the combined forces entered
Tien-tsin on Saturday, June %, sus-
tanning small loss. They started on
Sunday to relieve the force which left
T1eE-tsin on June 10, and which is be-
lieved to be surrounded near Picking.
According to Japanese reports Ad-
miral Seymour has been captured and
the ministers have left Picking, guard
eq by Chinese soldiers. There where
kN}ts is unknown.
6Qese Minister Asks an Armfstice.
Ellington, June 27.-The chief de-
E}hent yesterday in the Chinese
lion was the effort of the Chinese
minister WI Ting Fang, to secure an
armistice in the operation of American
troops until Ii Hung Chang could
reach Picking and bring about a cessa-
ton of the disorder. The proposition
Is rather Il novel one and is based upon
the representations of the vicerovs Of
the important provinces of. the Yang
tse-kiang valley that they
Can Maintain Order
without the aid Of foreign troops. and
that the presence of the foreigner
would act merely as an incentive to
y disorder. Minister WI brought these
representations. to the attention Of
: Secretary Hay. who consulted the pres
ident. The latter's decision as sub
sequently conveyed to the. minister
was that while the assurances of the
viceroys for continued quiet was fully
appreciated, the United States could
not bind itself not to send its forces to
points where disorder actually existed
and where the
Safety Of Our officials
and citizens r endangered. Techni-
cally speaking, in the absence of a
state of war, there was not a PROPOSE
tion of armistice, but high government
officials said it amounted practically to
an offer of armistice and a refusal on
the part of the United States to make
the arrangement. Secretary Long
said at 4 p. H., when he left the navy
department for the day. that nothing
had come from Admiral Kempff on the
casualties of the first engagement of
the American marines with the Chi
nese or on the outcome of the second
engagement which was to have oc-
Cured yesterday OF Saturday.
To Assault Chinese Forces.
London, June 27.-The British war
ship Terrible has arrived at Chefu
from Taku with the latest news.
which ss follows: Eight hundred
Sikhs and 200 Welsh Fusiliers have
effected a junction with the American,
German and Russian force which had
been cut of by the Chinese about nine
miles east Of Tien-tsin. 1t was pro-
posed to deliver IN assault upon the
Chinese forces at Tiep-tsin Saturday
night"
1t Is not clear that the forces united.
1t would seem that one relieving force
cut off. had been relieved by another.
At any rate ii IS apparently certain
that the allies arrived in sufficient
force at Tien-tsin Sunday to
Attack the BesieEinx Chinese.
Foreign. official opinions here"
says a dispatch from Shanghai to the
Daily Express, dated yesterday, 'in-
cline to believe that the worst has hap
pened to the legations at Picking and
to Admiral Seymour as well. Even II
the legations were safe on June 19,
their Is no guarantee that they are
safe now. The situation, in : fact,
grows worse and more and more
gloomy. The entire absence of reliable
news from the capital seems to justify
the worst constructions which can be
put upon it. Bad Jews IN from
Wanting. where the unrest is said to
be growing hourly. Viceroy Liu Kin
Yih has told the British authorities
that he has ordered the five
Chinese Cruisers
which have been lying off the harbor.
to return to Nankin."
Gen. Mau's army" says a cores
pondent at Shan Hal Kwan. Consist
ing Of 1000 men, left a week ago for
Picking, and Gen. Sung Ching's forces,
numbering $500, left for the same
place on June Is. A careful estimate
of the number and armament of the
Chinese troops around Picking puts the
total.at 10000, and it is calculated that
these. troops possess 227 Creusot guns;
17S Krllpps and $50 maXims.'
Another Shanghai dispatch says:
NssLi Ping Heng, former governor, of
ShanTung, who who is intensely anti
! kAreign, has gone to the Kiang Yin
aAks, Onsthe Yang-tse-Kiang. He has
E@#claied Lis Intention Of raising forces
EIaathat region"
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