Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-06-28
Belief That the Worst Has Hap.
pened to Legations at Pekin.
Do NOT WANT FOREIGN TROOPS.
President Mckinley Declines TO Accsds to
the Chlnsas Minister. Request 10 Keep
American soldiers Out OF ChlnA-
ConblRsd Forces EntsF Pskin.

which had been cut of by the Chi
nese nine miles from Tien Tsin. 1t
was proposed to deliver an assault
upon the Chinese forces at Tien Tsin
last night Sunday night. 1t is not
clear what forces united. 1t would
seem that one relieving force, cut
off, had been relieved by another. AT
any rate, it is apparently certain that
the allies arrived in sufficient force at
Tien Tsin Sunday to attack the be-
sieging Chinese.
Foreign official opinions here"
says dispatch from Shanghai to the
Daily Express dated yesterday, Gin
cline to beliefs that the worst has
happened to the legations at Pekin
and to Admiral Seymour as we'll
Even If the legations were safe on
June 10 there is no guarantee that
they are safe now. The situation, in
fact, grows more and more gloomy
The entire absence of reliable news
from the capital seems to justify the
worst construction which can be put
upon it.
bad news comes from Marking,
where the unrest is said to be grow
ing hourly. Viceroy Liu Kin Yih has
telegraphed the British authorities
that he has ordered the five Chinese
cruisers which have been lying off the
harbor here to proceed to Marking"
"Gen. Mas army" says a CORE
spondent at Shan Hal Kwan, Consist
ing of 1000 men, left week ago for
Pekin, and Gen. Sung Ching's forces,
numbering $500, left for the same
place on June Is. A careful estimate
of the number and armament Of the
Chinese troops around Pekin puts
the total at 100000, and 1t is calcu-
lated that these troops possess 297
centimetre Creusot guns, IS Krupps
and $50 Maxims. Their supply Of am
munition is practically inexhaustible.
1t has been mainly supplied by a
German firm at Carlowitz. Fully
three-fourths of the Chinese forces
are badly drilled, wholly undisciplined
and quite unfamiliar with modern
weapons"
Another Shanghai dispatch says:
ali Ping Heng, former governor of
Shan Tung, who is intensely anti
foreign, has gone to the Kiang- Yin
forts on the Yang Use. He has de-
clared his intention of resisting the
landing of British forces in that re-
gion.'
Do No Want F"relgn Troops
Washington, June 26.-The chief
development yesterday in the Chinese
situation was the effort of the Chi
nese minister. WI Ting Fang, to Sc
cure an armistice in the operation OF
| American troops until Ii Hung
| Chang could reach Pekin and bring
about cessation of the disorder
The proposition is rather a novel one
and is based upon representations OF
the vceroys of the important prov
inces of the Tang Use Kiang valley
that they can maintain order with
out the aid of foreign troops, and
that the presence of the foreigners
would act merely as an incentive tc
disorder. Minister WI brought these
representations to the attention Of
Secretary Hay, who consulted the
president. The latter's decision, az
subsequently conveyed to the minis
ter, was that while the assurances o.
the viceroys for continued quiet wa'
fully appreciated, the United States
could not bind itself not to send it,
forces to points where disorder &C
tually existed and where the safet.
of our officials and citizens was en-
dangered. Technically speaking, il
the absence of state of war, this wa
not a proposition of armistice, bu
high government officials said !
amounted practically to an offer o
armistice and refusal on the par
of the United States to make the ar
rangement.
| Combined Forcss Enter Tien Tain.
Che Foo, June 28.-Rsar Admira
Kempff reports by Japanese TORPEDO
boat that the combined forces en-
tered Tien Tsin on Saturday, June q
sustaining small loss. They starte
on Sunday to relieve the force whic
left Tien Tsin on June 10 and whic
Is believed to be surrounded near Pe
kin. According to these Japenese re
ports Admiral Seymour has been car
tured and the ministers have left Pt
kin guarded by Chinese soldiers
Their whereabouts Is unknown.
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