Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-13
MOI WORKING TOGETHER.
Allied Tesss. la China lack thu liar.
mony Needed.

NOT WORKING IOGe Itth.
Allied Tofss. la ChIaA Lack thu uAr-
meny Needed.
Copyrighted iim b. the Associated Pres.
Tien Tsin. July Z. via Che Foo. July
3. and Shanghai. July ia homogen.
Gus army q half the strength Of the
allied forces cou.d do better work than
Is being done by them. The operations
are dangerously handicapped and the
safety Of the city is imperiled by lack u |
organization and the want Of one com.
mand % control all the forces. The |
representatives 81 the several nations |
manage their civil and military affairs
without cooperation. The ranking Off.
Ger Of each nationality has absolute ju-
risdiction over the operations Of his gov
eminent troops. Questions Of policy are
discussed daily 1t international coufer-
ences which have not the power to
enforce the wishes Of the majority.
Admiral Seymour's method Of COM
handing is 10 make requests. which the
other commanders generally follow, but
there has been instances Of the ranking
officers holding aloof from operations
which they disapproved THERE'S great
need Of more troops. The present force
Of 10000 men is attempting TO hold n
line 10 miles long around the city.
There is also great need Of rebuilding
the railway 70 Taku and getting artillery
equal to the guns which the Chinese are
daily bomharding the allies position.
The weeks work resulted in "A sub
stantial gain for the Chinese as the al
lies lost 80 or 30 men and succeeded in
accomplishing nothing Yesterday fur.
nished new illustration Of the weak
ness Of the present methods 4 MAORI
, ty Of the commanders have agreed that
1t was imperative to attack the native
city beyond the foreign settlements and
% destroy the artillery there which men.
aced the settlements The attack was
fixed four days ago but was postponed
bccauscd the Russian commander con.
sidered his men unfit for the duty after
their recent work II was again fixed
for yesterday, but was postponed be-
j, cause creditable reports were In circula'
/ ton that 1900 regulars from the north.
. west had reinforced the Chinese. In tho
u meantime the Chinese had removed two
], big guns ON the fort near 10 the native
city and had planted four IN the open
near the east arsenal two miles away.
These shelled the city for four hours,
sending IN more than 100 shells They
got the range Of the public buildings
Ia and hospitals aud dropped shells all
r. about them. For the most the shells were
defective and failed TO burst and the
=, others had small radius Of effective,
ness
~ In the absence Of a concerted plan the
Russians sent few companies 81 COS
sacks, with two field guns and the Japa
y nese battery u six 3.pouuders. and
u two companies Of infantry supporting
the English l2.pounder from the Terri
- bic 10 silence them The Terrible
al guns failed 10 get an active position ant
10 the Russians had one gun dismounteC
and four men killed early in the engage
ment. The japanese were cOntiden
D" that they silenced the guns in the open
but il appeared Ia the onlookors tina
n these guns fired the last shots NJ the Jap
~ anese were retiring The Russians los
heavily and the Japanese had one klle,
i. and ~ wounded Tho Chinese threw
N shells into the city this morning 70 show
that they were still alive.
A British officer described the situa
ton n chnOs. He said:
1--WE have wasted many days In pC
~ likeness aud tits time we did something.
lh There is no agreement among th
m commanders but in the absence Of
n. definite head several 81 them are di'
posed 20 follow their own methods an
rv they simply abstain from operation
contrary to these methods The foreg
population Is greatly aroused concern
ing this apparent apathy. While III
= city is being hombarded they ara likol
10 suffer heavily and they cannot unde
stand the apparent negligence Of III
government 10 furnish relief and VIII
M endorsements are not coming taste
the Americans are particularly dissati
fed because though they have one Of d
.er smallest representations, their interes
ny are second 20 none One experience
officer said
. 1T Is impossible 70 realize at hon
M that there has been more real war he
than in Cuba or the Philippines"
The Germans have occupied an
.be raised their flag over the imperial IN
,os versity at Tien Tsin. The officers
Der the university are Americans. III
viceroy decided the property % ther
- Consul Ragsdalo has protested again
in- the action OF the Germans