The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-28
I)OULD HOLD OUT
/ ONLY TWO DAYS
Admiral Seyrnours Posi-
/ ton Desperate.
RELIEF IS STARTED
st May Have Reached Him, But Moth
ing Heard as Yet.
aHE FORCE NOW AVAILABLE.
sNithin a Month There Will Be an
), Army of 10000 Foreign Troops in
. China-Japan Is Sending a
Force of Great Magnitude.
! Hospital students Lcar-
ing Canton.
aHE FORCE NOW AVAILABLE.

E4LoNDoN. June 2S,-3:2o a. M.-The com
Eosite brigade of $500 men who raised the
tayestment Of Tiea Tsin and pushed on TO
help Admiral Seymour, has probably saved
h1im. but the news has not yet reached
sChe Foo. The nearest wire point
/ The last steamer arriving at Che Foo
grom Taku brought this message, dated
Eien Tsin, Monday, June 10Th:
The Russian general in command OIL
ahe relief force had decided, in vie" oil
saturdays heavy fighting ana marching
CHAT one days rest for the troops vas
kssenflaI and that the advance shouio iiol
s,e resumed until Monday Mean" .,ls i1iie
kcaune Admiral Seymours heliograph thal
alts position was desperate and that ne
could only hold out TWO days The reief
started at dawn today CMonday)-
saturdays lighting began at dayoreah n
THE allied forces opened with seFeral os
the Terribe's Al naval guns. SIX neio
guns, and numerous machine guns, 'he
.iring being at long range. They continueu
80 advance steadily, the Chinese artillery
s.enl,,i,r The guns of the allies were more
sskilfully handled, and put the guns OF me
Chinese out OF action one by one, Inc
chinese refreating about noon
KEEN RIVALRY.
There was keen rivalry among the rep
sesentafiyes of the various nations Dc 70
(which would enter Tien Tsin first, ana lhe
tAraer;cans and British went in neck ana
neck The Russians stormed the areshai'
Thereby sustaining the largest losses.
Several thousand Japanese have, leit
yrakn for Tfen Tsin, and altogether 4''VJo
/ Japanese have landed. The inlerHa 'ioii'i,
Z troops now aggregate nearly Zo,oVV' anu
Saf,ar is preparing to SEND Zo'V" ii'oi :.
5Nlth British, American and othei -!'3 .!oobs t,s
ordered 10 go. probably eV,ySV iHsti va ~
available in a month. ..,
The Tong Slian refugees and the lotetsii
engineers at Csle Foo estimate the ShiiteSe
.roops now in the field as 2o,oM oIi!leu
-roops at Lu Tai. 250oJ at ehanS lia' N al, dti,
r5,0e3 driven off from lien 5slt aiiu ''V'VV'
q. Pel1in. 1,,;,,
.oeica stating that the foreign legations
were requested 10 leave Pekin "41h4iA q
ssrecffled time IS interpreted IN soile "''
official quarters as tantamount 10 slNiis
IN, ministers their passports ana - q
declaration of war; but as china ooes
'.,eti,t,,rr like other countries, the official
irioe is that there is nothing 10 90 out
a avai1 the course OF events, ana 10 see
- The ministers themselves say Wheh
they are rescued. ,s,;,.1r
a; canton are leaving Women 1Aiss.oit''-
res are returning from ihe Nes1 Nes1,, ~
,,ort. There was slight disturbance d
W. chou Tuesday while the women Were
a,,,harl,ir,. The crowd shouted XIII me
foreign devils ,,,;
According 10 ady!ccs from Shanshai'
1lIe chinese officials, by direction OIL lie
southern yiceroys, are asking the con,
r,,le to agree to conditions, "ensurlns,
a. the Chinese say, the AeutTalllE u
SHANGHAI and other coast cities
VIRTUALLY AN ULTIMATUM
They are also asking that foreign war
ships shall not sail or anchor near tne
forts, nor go TO por where theFe are I, ito
xysrsnIps now; thai their crews silai iios
90 ashore, and that the protection oi
sorairners be left to the Chinese au-
tborities These conditions are consider
Oh AT Shanghai TO be virtually an uit-
,,oa-I,To from Viceroys Liu Kun iih ana
sang Chih Tung. The consuls desire
snfffcient naval and military force TO
hack M their refusal to comply WIN
these demands.
The total naval force there now con-
sists of 96s men, with % guns Inc
chinese have six thousand men with SIX
guns in the forts and 1oG9 men outside
Shanghai with modern rifles and machine
guns.
The magnitude of the arrangements
Japan is making suggests provision
against contingencies other than the
sl31nresstou oc the present disturbances
in China. she has chartered nineteen
a9djtionai transports and now has thirty
five in all.
HARD TO KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I,0NpoN. June 2I.-Sir Michael Hicks
Reach Chancellor of the ENchequer, who
was the guest of the Lord Mayor A. ].
Newton, and the bankers and merchants
of tha city. at the Mansion House this eve
ming speaking OF the difficulties facing a
Chancellor who found three wars-in South
Africa. Chin. and Ashanti-on his hands
a. the same time, said:
1T is difficult 20 know what is the scope
az the work before us in China. We can
NOT tell what are the precise immediate
reasons for this furious outbreak don't
know hoy far its extends. nor can we
tell Whit are the relations of the Chinese
government with those who first, al any
rate. appeared 10 be rebels.
However. II is the first duty of the
powers. among whom l am glad 10 recog-
nize America and Japan. 70 rescue and
defend thier legations and subjects and
exact reparation for injury to life and
property
since the war between Japan and China
II has been fashionable 10 regard China
as plunn-cake 10 be divided among the
powers. provided the powers don't quarrel
among themselves. l doubt whether any
one among US would advance the view,
and il has never been the view OF Her
Najesty's government. which has always
desired that there should be a stable gov
ernment in China. AT the same time be- |
,ieve this view Is held by all the powers"
GENERAL CHAFFEE STARTS.
WASHINGTON. June 27.-General !
Chaffee, who has been ordered to com |
rland the American troops III China. lef, |
Washington al 1910 this morning for San |
Francisco, accompanied by Lieutenant |
Harper. his aide. He is due at San Fran |
cisco at 5 o'clock Sunday morning and |
sails for Nagasaki on the transpor; Grant
with the Sixth Cavalry the same day
The NINTH SAILS
WASHINGTON, June a7.-Cieneral Mac
r}y,,,r nofiha3 adjrf |