Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28


troops is marching northward.
sShameen, the European settlement
is guarded by numerous Russians, who
are entering British territory. Rein.
forcements of police, with three Max
inns, have been sent to prepare for
emergencies. The German colonists
are DESTROYS of assisting in the defense
Of the colony"
The London press, tho considerably
mystified that the British war office
has received no official advices regard
ing the relief of Tien Tsin, nevertheless
accepts Admiral Kempff's announce
ment as authentic, especially since it
| is confirmed by the German consul at
Che Foo, from private mercantile
sources, by Broderick's admission in
the commons that the government had
received advices from credible sources
and by the common report from Shang-
hal.
Details of the relief, however, are
not plentiful, especially as to the loss
sustained by the allied forces.
Size Of Force Uncertain.
The size of the relieving army ranges
according to different dispatches, from
5000 to S,72O.
One report says the army had thirty
six guns, but the name of the COM
mander-in-chief of the column is not
given, tho one dispatch mentions that
Colonel Wogack commanded the Rus
sian force of 1900.
Aside from the cars troops there
are supposed to be 500 Sikhs, 200 Welsh
fusileers, 800 Americans, and 5000
French, and numbers of Germans and
| Japanese.
The fighting before the city walls
was evidently not heavy, according to
Kempff's bulletin, yet one newspapers
/ dispatches declare that one of the col
umns suffered severely during the
march from Taku to Ten Tsin.
Americans and British Lead.
The British and Americans were said
to be the first to enter the city.
After driving OFF the Chinese invest
ling lien Tsin the column started to-
ward Picking to relieve Admiral Sey-
mour, whose whereabouts is still quite
uncertain.
Some reports place him in the Chi
nese capital and others ten miles from
Peking with the members of the Pc
king legations under his protection.
| Still others locate him ten miles out of
| Tien Tsin. 81.
So it is still a question whether Sey-
mour has yet reached Picking or whe-
4 Their he has rescued the members Of
the foreign legations and is now fight
ing his way back in the direction Of
Tien Tsin and Taku.
Japan Sets Aside Money.
Yokohama, June 27.-The emperor
has sanctioned the outlay OF fifteen
million yen towards the cost of mill
tary operations in China. 1t is report
ed in Seoul that there is increasing hos
4 tility towards the Christians III Korea.
America Holds Key to China.
4 Cincinnati, O., June 26-John Bar
rett, ex-minister. to Siam, was here yes
4 terday Before leaving for Cleveland
he said:
"In restoring peace in China the
| United States should be the principal
4 influence to determine the future and
the fate OF China. It is Americas in
fuence that can successfully solve this
problem and keep China from an
impending breakup. America must
stand for the, integrity of the Chinese
empire, for we have everything to lose
and nothing to gain by her partition
among the European powers.
Ton the other hand If America allows
China to be divided the expansion OF
our commerce and the extent OF our
moral influence will be absolutely lin
tied by the attitude and policy Of Eur
opean nations.
Another Interesting point is this:
The United States is the only power
whose leadership and dictation Of pol
i icy Russia would accept"