The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-06


roads, the beginning of the rainy sea
son and the necessity of protecting IleI
Tsfn the commanders of the internatlOndl
forces are unable to send troops to re-
king.
1.-The Chinese have flooded the country
In order to prevent the advance OF tAe
international forces toward Picking.
Messengers from Picking say that atteE
the German marines burned Tsung La
Yamen (Chinese foreign office they oc-
cupied TIE city gate In front OF inc
palace with four guns, two of when
were captured from the Chinese. All
the other gates are held by the Chinese.
Prince Ching's troops are said to De
fighting against the Boxers"
AMERICANS TO DEPART.
BERLIN, July ga telegram from
Che Foo says that owing to the threaten
Ing situation the American consul Is
preparing for the departure of those
under his protection 1t is added that
the peaceful relations heretofore existing
between the foreign residents and ma
tlves were so endangered by the influx
OF ag1tators and the threatening attitude
OF the Chinese soldiers that steps were
considered necessary to safeguard the
foreigners.
HORDES OF FANATICS.
SHANGHAI. July 5.-A messenger
with official advices who left Peking
June z, says that over 10O, OCO Chinese sol
olers and rioters surrounded the lega-
lions, but, in spite of fierce attacks. they
mad not then succeeded in breaking
through the walls. The messenger also
SAID that al persons. connected with the
palace were Pro-BoXer, even the plfacss
and dukes, and every one worshiping
the god Of the Boxers. The gates of the
me oft
half day.
KILLING OF Won KETTEI.ER.
WASHINGTON, July 5.-ConsuI General
TooonoW. prophecy OF further trouble il
the allied forces in China fail to impress
the Chinese with their resources is part
OF the testimony upon which the United
states may base its decision to augment
It's force in China considerably. The con-
SUI generals dispatch was the only scln-
Una or Official news emanating from
emma today respecting the war The
state department has accepted as beyond
question the death of the German min
lister to Picking. as evidenced in its mes
sage OF coincidence directed to Berlin.
Usually the department. IS exceeding cir
cumSpect in It's actions where there re-
mains any doubt of the death of the in
dlVldual concerned, so that the message
dispatched today must be taken as proof
that the department Is completely sat
lsHed OF the accuracy of the report of
the assassination of Won Ketteler. though
1t mas yet no absolute official knowledge
on the subject
ADMIRAL REMEY REPORTS.
WASHINGTON, July News ~ tbo
arrival OF the armOred cruiser Brook
lyn at Nagasaki, Japan, with Admiral
hemey, OF the Asiatic squadron. i'm com
mand, was received by the secretary Of
the navy today. The BROOKLYN is ON her
way to Taku, to which place she was or
dered on June "A, after the administration
received a dispatch from Admiral
Kempff, telling of the ambuscade near
lien Isin, IN which number of men Of
Maj. Neller's command We're killed and
wounded.
CHINESE VICTORY.
BERLIN, July 5.-The Deutsche Tages
Zeitung prints a Che Foo special saying
that Chinese banner troops seized on
Monday night the Pei-Ho bridge. secur-
ing the line Of retreat of the interna-
tiOnal troops in Taku, after repeated
fierce attacks in which the Chinese lost
hundreds. They next drove off the Rus
slams from their station outside Tien
Tsin after a two days desperate resist
ance, and then encircled the concession,
which their artillery IS now dominating.
ALLIES CANNOT AGREE.
VICTORIA, B. c., July 5.-Advices re-
ceived by the Rio Jun Maru tell Of
trouble between the French, the Russians
and the British over alleged preference
shown by British railway officials TO the
British in the matter of engines for
=, trains going to the front. At Tlen Tsiu
on June il, Inspector Weir, a British
| railway employe, was attacked by Il
! French soldier with a bayouet. The
| trouble was finally settled By the British
| and American consuls and the railway
men. The japanese Higo Maru had got
| ten up to Tten Tsin on June Is to carry
| refugees from that city.
PERIL AT TEN TSIN.
PARIS, July 5-A Temps dispatch from
Chcfoo, dated today, says:
'"Tien Tsin is still surrounded by an
overwhelming number of Chinese, who
are trying to cut the communications Of
the international forces, whose position is
very dangerous. The allied troops, num-
| bering 1900 men. have succeeded WIKI
difficulty in preventing, by strategic
| measures, an assault by the Chinese,
| whose artillery greatly outnumbers Che
! European guns"