The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-30
DARK DAYS FOR CHINA
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10 answer 10 this inquiry is expected he
iore tomorrow, when instruct ems NAV he
sent TO have transports ard troops in
ieadlhess In anticipation of orders to sail
~ said that it is not the purpose of
the President TO d spatch these addition
al troops at once, except in the event that
the situation becomes even more grave
hhd critical than at present. The cable
cram 10 macarthur was a precautionary
measure taken with a view to being in
readiness TO meet any emel gencv.
ne cabinet sion was largely occu-
p'u py the Postmaster General, who had
Just returned from the Ph ladclph:a con
vention, in telling the story Of the con-
vention.
ADVICEs FROM MISSIONARIES
NEW YORK, June 22.-Rev. DIR. Leon
ARD secretary Of the Methodist Foreign
Missionary Society in this city, received
the following cahlegram today:
CHE FOO. June 15.-Ton-Tsin bonn
tarded. Pek ng very serious Hopk. ms.
Brown ard kiHg saved. Gunbcat.
BROWN"
The three men ment'ooed are m ssion-
aries. DR.. Leonard infers that the re-
eAAiiiiS twenty lOuE m SStQI ar a
Iien-Ts!n have been murdered Nv the
Boxers. Among them are many women
including five IN the w, mans Fore gn
Missionary Society, ard nemIers Of the
Iayner, Riee.' Hopkins and Erown fami-
les.
GERMAN ENVOY CAFTU--L.
PEKING. June 10, IVA Tien-Ts'n. June
1O.-The German Minister fas Ieen cap
tured by crowd of Boxers, who occupy
Legation street. cult ng eff commun.ca
ton between the buildings. a arge Chi
rese army is ready to oppose the relief
column. serious anti-foie.ga outbreak
took place last night, When some of the
finest buildings in the eastern part of
the city were burned. Hunai eds of ma
tive Christians and servants empI yed by
foreigners were nassacred within two
miles of the Imperial palace.
CRITICAL SITUATION
SHANGHAI. June Io-(By cable to the
London Times. -'"Ine tuatioa IS or Il
al ard without parallel nee the Indian
mutiny. At the Yang-1 Sc por,s there
has been no outbreak; hut p'acards have
been posted In h!n-Kiang. Ugas-Sk. n and
Wu-Eu. Callir on he people 10 KIN ana
Turn a hcdy OF rioters, 5000 strong
are at Kwei Els en- in the prefecture Of
Canton, and troops have gone 20 suppress
them. The Powers, unprepared. are help
less to prevent Gisas .er, Lut barr ng tri-
fiirg local friction, icy are working ami
cably."
COMMANDMENT OF TAKU.
LONDON, June 9, $3.50 a. m.-China de-
clartd war against the world when the
Taku for,s opened fire upOn the interna-
t!onal fleet. 'Ihe accounts of what TO k
place are still unsat sfaCtCry, the bcs
semi al Information icing the ais
patch received at Berlin from Che Foo,
which says a Japanese torpedo beat from
Iaku has brought the 70. owing:
he Chinese laid torpc does IN The Taku
river and collected troops from Shan Hei
Kwan. The fore. gn commanders assem-
bled on the Russ.an fiagsLip ana address,
ed an uitimatum to the con manders of
the Taku forts, summon.ng them TO with
draw Their troops before 2 O'clock June
18th. At / a. m. June Eth the guns Of
The forts opened TIRE. to which the Rus
sian, British, French and JAPANESE war
ships replied. 1ne bombaI dment lasted
seven hours. Two British ships in the
river between the forts are reported TO
have been sunk. he telegraph line ana
railroad between TENT sin and Taku
were destroyed. CommuLiCat on by wa
ter is also threatened"
I he unofficial nari atIves coming by
way Of Shanghai vary aud bear evidence
Of supplemet>ing the man facts wI,L
guesswork. ON dispatch says the York
town part cipateGSJn the b~mbardment.
formed part of the storm-ng force OF
2CCc
An Associated Fress Dispatch from Che
Eco says:
~ ne forts on hoth sides Of Taku are
row occupied. I ne Chinese opened tire
unexpectedly. The casualties u the m X
cd force were as follows:
L. ..
/, and French, l. WOundeu-Br.t sh. 4
German. :. Russ an, -. and French, l..
Chinese torpedo beats were seized"
I he Shanghai cores oLdent IF the
DAILY Mail says:
- he forts began firing in observance to
orders from EekIng, Co.Veytd Ia ,he per-
soLal ediCt of the empress Dowager, by
advice of nang vi, President Of the MIN
istry of War. Several warships were
struck by shells from the u inch guns OF
the forts. The heavy kuss.an losses were
cue to the blowing up Of the magazines
Of Mandshur.
-Four hundred Chinese are reported
killed. The Chinese, when retreatilg, fel.
nto the hands Of the huss4an lane
forces"
1he Daily News has the following from
Che Foo: 1.-TWO of he forts were blown
up The thirty-two warshIps at Taku ag-
gregated 100000 tons and CARED more
than 300 guns
ST. PETERSBURG. June 20.-Vice Ad-
miral Alexejeff. cabling from OFT Arthur,
reporting the capture OF the Taku forts,
says the 5ombarding fleet was com
manded by the Russ an Captain Dubro
wolski. as the senior officer pre- sent. The
Russian losses were two l. eutenants k Ii
cd one seV erely and one s. chilly wounded
and sixteen men killed and sixty-seven
wounded.
! I he gunboat Giljak was seriously dam
aged ty shell below the water line, and
must he locked for repairs. Inc gun
boat Korejez was .eakicg in SIX places,
ard had herr cabin destroy ed. The gun
beat Boil er was damaged.
/ Besides the above and the British gun
/ boat Algerine ard the German gunUOat
| hts, AleXejon says the Fren h warshiI
/ Lon participated In the engagement.
| BOXEES BURN CHAPELS.
/ SHANGHAI. June 2o.-Tel grams from
, Tien-1 sin. dated June 18Th ana Forwarded
! by post, say: The FIRE g mis- sionaries
/ at Pao Ting Flu are safe, beng guardeu
by the troops Of General en- Twenty-
hvc Americans, With a Calling gun, ha|'
arrived there.
! lin The foreign set lcment the chapels
have been burned and the m.ssion sta
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