The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
BOXERS And REGULARS
JAPANESE OFFICER ASSERTS T2yAT
THEY FOUGHT TOGETHER.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-The T[oba
Herald, of July II, prints the full report
of Commander Mort to the japanese
government on the attempt Of Admiral
seymour to reach Pekin Or. June 10 the
relief expedition first became convinced
that the Boxers and Chinese imperial
troops were acting in concert In re-
Viewing the finish on that date Com
mander Mort reported:
The troops facing the British We're
Gen. lungs main body They carried
hags with the telegraph 'Tune" b,a
zoned in gold on red flag and in The
intervals of these flags were banners
with green borders surrounding a red
heid These standards showed that We
were confronted by a mixed army of
regulars and Boxers. The troops on the
enemys left were Gen. lungs rear
guard, and the whole numbered about
2C0O. Our force at the time mustered
l,lO. In the skirmish that followed 100 of
the enemy were killed. The allies losses
were seven English and Germans killed
ana two German officers, one Russian of
ficer and over forty English. German
and Russian soldiers wounded The Jap
anese had no casualties. The flags can
lured had the ideographs Imperial Com
mand' inscribed on the right Garner
whereas all the Boxer flags previously
taken bore merely the name Tho and a
place name.
They had also seven ideographs sig
hifying The Tho save the empire and
destroy the foreigners Such legend
was now seen for the first time II
showed that the Boxers and the imperial
troops Were acting in combination.
A hre was opened on them as they
approached. AS they came nearer, a
young British mildly got on board two.
possibly three of the craft and set fire to
of no
ed therefore. Heavy firing went on all
day long from the fort, and the musketrv
IRE from across the river. The French
concession, which was exposed on three
Sides suffered terribly and the secre-
tary OF the French municipal council was
Killed. He was speaking to French of
flcer when a shell fell and exploded, kill
ing two or three persons
y good deal of stir was caused tho
next day by the arrest of two infiuen
tial Chinese Chung vi Now and Tong
suspected OF communication with the Chi
nese troops outside by means of car
rier pigeons. 1t was afterwards fe,,ud
that Chang and Tong were arrested with
out cause. The behavior of some Of
the civilians who were under arms and
who conducted the bluejackets when they
went to arrest Chang, was disgracefuI
! one person firing off his rifle in the man
darinS house and telling him i'm the
most mandatory manner that he was be-
ing taken away for execution. A lot of
valuables inside We're looted Chang was
the most prO-foreign of all the Chinese
| about Tfen Tsin, and is known 10 have
written to Pe1in before communication
was cut off urging the authorities there
whatever else they did. to be sure to
! give the ministers a safe passage out
Although scarcely any civilian suffered
during the bombardment of the city by
the Chinese, scarcely night passed
without one or two of the defending
! force being killed One young Russian
officer was shot dead by a Chinese of
whom he had demanded a passport The
! Chinaman showed his passport with one
! hand, and with the other drew a revol-
Yer and shot the officer and two men
dead, falling himself by a well-dfrected
shot Immediately afterwards. After that
no Chinese without Europeans were al
lowed on the streets, under penalty Of
being SHOT at sight