The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-20
PEK|A UNDER ATTACK
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(COntlnueQ from FlISt 1dSe)
two latter captured four Chinese tor
pedo boat destroyers. The casualties
of the Algerine were slight. Those OF
the storming party and others are I'M
known. A Chinese second-class cruiser
flying an admirals flag is detained out
side Taku by the allied admirals. Nc
information Of Commander-1n-C Chief
Seymour's return to Tien-Tsin had been
received by the read admiral up to two
in the afternoon of June II. l am sail
ing forthwith for Taku."
The British admiralty draws atten-
ton to the fact that the Endymion' s
report, which is Of a later date, does
not confirm the japanese report of Adj
miral Seymour's return to Tien-Tsin.
Judging from the German official dis
patches the American ships took no
part in the bombardment of the forts.
No news has yet been received here of
the relief of the legations at Pekin and
Furope's attention is centered far less
on the overwhelming display of naval
force at Taku than on the fate of the
diplomatic staffs and six hundred cos
mopolitan residents, guarded by a
handful of International marines with
in the legation compounds. There has
been no news from them since June IA
Rumors that Japan will, as the man
datary of the powers, restore order in
China was revived in a dispatch to-day
from Yokohama. Berlin dispatches in
innate that Germany will not object to
Japans sending $4,000 troops, while
Great Britain will endorse the plan with
avidity though perhaps only secretly
The Japanese legation in London has
official information Of the dispatch of
three thousand troops. In the mean
while the British are dispatching six
native regiments, besides artillery, from
India.
A news agency dispatch from Shang
hia, dated to-day, says that a report is
alleged to have been received from
Pekin that the dowager empress is
greatly concerned over the capture of
the Taku forts, and that the wholesale
degredations of the Chinese army. in
Guiding Generals Sung Ching and Fung
Flu Slang, the governor of Pekin, and
other high officials who promised in the
Tsung Ii Yamen to accomplish the ex-
pulsion of the foreigners, have taken
place. Three of the forts, it is added.
were COIHplelely ueSlfOyGu, ana HlOSl Oh
the garrisons We're killed or wounded by
a charge of the sailors of the allied
fleets.
The Boxer movement is spreading in
western China. The representatives of
Pritchard Morgan, M. P. at Cheng Tu
telegraphs that he and his party have
been detained there owing to news that
insurrection has broken out in Szechu-
an, which adjoins the province Of Yum
nan, also in revolt, and the officials news
comes to-day that the London Mission
airy societys premises at Tsaoshih, CEN
trail China, west northwest of Hankow,
have been destroyed by a mob.
The rising seems to be spreading with
rapidity and shows unexpected organi-
cation among the anti-foreign elements
The missionaries at Tsaoshih escaped
and reached Hankow in safety
Gable dispatches from Shanghai re-
port that a number Of Chinese cruisers
are anchored in sight of the foreign set
Elements, which are only guarded by
small Japanese gunboat. A thousand
Chinese troops, with two forty-nine ton
guns, still hold the forts outside the
town.
The viceroy at Woo Sung is reported
to have assured the consuls that the
foreign settlements at Shanghai will not
be attacked.