Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-07-19
CHINA WAR NEWS.

details of the assassination of NJ. De
Giers, the Russian minister at PelSin,
which in the form of rumors had al
ready reached Russia. The dispatch
declares that the Russian envoy was
dragged through the streets oy the
boxers, insulted, beaten and tortured,
and even thrown into a great kettle
and boiled to death Then the re-
mains were thrown 10 the dogs. While
NJ. De Giers was being disposed of, the
mob danced around the caldron. Mime.
De Giers suffered fate worse than
death and was beaten and tortured
with sharp sticks until life was ex.
tinct. The legation Off Gals are said
TO have been tortured fiendishly until
death ended their sufferings. Nj. De
Giers and his legation officials resisted
desperately and his brave bodyguard
killed many of the attacking mob.
According a special Che Foo dispatch
the fighting around Tien Tsin on the
3D. and 4th was the severest yet exper-
fenced The British losses alone were
80 killed or wounded. The Chinese
had 1000 men attacking simultane-
.ously from the west, north and east,
and made excellent practice with over
| 100 guns. The defenders numbered
| $4,000, with scant supplies, and 1T wal
only the presence of the newly arrived
japanese and Russian guns that pre-
vented a disaster One Russian conn
pany of infantry, numbering l2o men,
| had 1l5 killed or wounded. The Ger
man contingent also suffered heavily
| The allies narrowly escaped total de-
! feat.
! Still another forerunner of the up
risings in China is contained in com
munication TO the state department
! from Consul General Goodnow at
Shanghai regarding the situation in
/ Kiang Su province. Mr.. Goodnow
4 states that the accountability for the
agitation prevailing in northern China
1 cannot be laid TO the restitution and
poverty, as the crops in that region
/ are abundant, the inhabitants prosper
Gus and new machines and methods of
! transportation may have not yet
/ thrown any of the people out of work.
/ thus intimating that some other and
more serious cause existed for the UNI
! settled conditions in that section.
The following dispatch from Adj
miral Seymour, dated lien Tsin, july
I 0, says: The enemy's position south
west of the settlement was attacked at
! 4 o'clock this morning. The Japanese
I by flank movement drove the enemy
out and captured four guns. Cavalry
pursued and completed the rout of the
enemy, killing large numbers OF
/ soldiers and boxers The allied forces
/ shelled and occupied the western arse
4 nal, capturing two guns. The arsenal
was burned, as the allies were unable
I TO hold it. The enemy's loss was $50
! killed The loss Of the allied forces
was small.
The fate of the legations at Pekin
continues TO absorb almost undivided
( interest in Great Britain. As the days
OF silence drag into weeks the public
/ tension and anxiety increase. There
/ is feeling of gratitude at London for
/ the strenuous efforts the United States
/ is making to compel China to give
/ Minister COngcr chance TO cable a
message from PelIin and while faint
! hopes arc entertained that they will be
successful it is generally felt that some
4 such effort might well have been at
tempted 10y the British foreign Office.
! The German consul at Tien Tsin
/ cables that the foreign settlements
were continually bombarded by the
Chinese from July to July s. On
! July i. 1000 Boxers attacked the
French settlement, but were routed by
! the Russian. the latter, however, hav-
| ing 700 men killed in the engagement.
! The British and Japanese forces, July
! Z, bombarded the Chinese batteries.
An official telegram was received
from the governor of Shan Tung, on
| the 18th. stating that breach wal
made in the wall of the British lega-
! ton at Pellin. after gallant defenso
and when all the ammunition had
given out. All foreigners were killed.
Emperor William dispatched the Ger
man warship Bursard from Kiel for
/ China on the 10th. while the German
cruisers Geier and Sccadler have been
ordered to proceed to China as rapidly
as possible from the American and
Australian stations respectively.
Two couriers arrived at Tien Tsin on
! July from Prl,in One brought let
ter from Sir Claude Macdonald, the
British minister. confirming the re-
ports Of thc death of Rarou Won Ket-
teller, German minister at Peltin.
Or Mr.nm Won Schwarzenstein has
been appointed German minister 10
China in succession to the late Baron
Won kctteler
Emil MarNcubcrg an aeronaut OF