The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-03
Not Enough Troops Landed TO Make
Certain the Success Of Anoth-
er Relief Expedition.
ADMIRAL KEMPFF's ADvICEs
LIST OF AMERICANS WOUNDED IN
RECENT FIGHTING.
Germany Aroused Over the killing Of
Baron Won ketteler and Deter
mined to Punish Chinese.

LONDON, July g. $3.50 a. m.-The allies
are not advancing for the relief of Peking.
This announcement TO the House OF Com
mons by William St. John Broderick. un-
der secretary of state for foreign affairs.
was received with astonishment and dis
may. Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett inquired
If any information had been received from
the legations at Peking. or as to the COM /.
position and command of the relieving
force and its present position.
Mr.. Broderick read the dispatch received
yesterday and said the total allied force
available is now about thirteen thousand.
as troops have been rapidly arriving. add
ing: 1--WE do not yet know what arrange
ments have been made locally regarding
the command OF an expedition. but it has
not yet been thought possible to attempt
further advance. The consuis have been in
communication with the viceroys in the
Yang-Tse region. and they are quite well
aware that support will be given them by
nef mdJtSly boNciiihithA III PA1rti fAae
order. Ii is obviously impossible that the
representatives of the powers at Picking
should be consulted, as no communications
are passing with them"
1.-The situation here is desperate.
Hasten" These words from the message OF
Won Bergen, member of the German le-
CATION at Peking. countersigned by Sir
Robert Hart, inspector general of customs.
and dated nine days ago. are the theme of
all private comment. They are preparing
for news of frightful tragedy. Nine days
ago the ammunition of the little garrison
defending the foreigners was running low.
and their food was nearly exhausted while
around them was horde Of Skan-su
braves, having at their service Krupp guns
and repeating rifles. Peking was in the
hands of the revolutionists.
While nothing but sinister news comes
from northern China. southern China is
seemingly breaking away from the en-
pre. All the provinces south of the Yellow
river. whose viceroys and governors main
tain friendly relations with the powers
through the consuls. have been Informally
constituted into a confederacy, with Nan
king as the capital.
According to an Express cable from
Shanghai, dated July 2. the southern vice
roys wholly disavow Prince Tuan's gov
ernment They have practically constituted
an independent state. extending from the
Hoang-Ho to British and French from
tiers. Little else to illuminate the profound
obscurity of the situation reaches cable
points The Chinese wires TO Che-Foo ap-
pear TO be interrupted.
Last night St Petersburg was informed.
over the Siberian wires, that the destruc-
ton of the Russian railways in Msnchuria
continues and IL seems not improbable that
Russia will be fully occupied for time i'm
suppressing the insurrection among its SUBJ
ject Chinese and may be unable 10 send
more troops Immediately TO Taku. The
powers look more and more to Japan to
supply the force necessary at once to Crap
pie with the formidable rebellion.
A dispatch from Admiral Bruce TO the
Admiralty here, dated Taku, June So prac-
ticaIIy repeats Admiral Kempff's story.
brought TO Tien-Tsin by runner, who LEFT
Peking on June 2s. Bruce adds: "As the
allied troops have been arriving rapidly.
We do not know what arrangements have
been made locally for the command of the
new expedition. But IL has not Yet been
thought possible TO attempt a further adj
vance"
The disturbances in the far East have
caused several Chinese banks 20 suspend
payment, the Express says. and European
firms are withholding advances. The secre-
tary OF the Bank OF England views the
situation with concern. lie says the stop
page of payment by Chinese banks would
be reactionary and far-reaching in its con-
sequences. A war hindering the import
and stimulating the export trade will in-
crease the demand for silver.
The Times this morning editorially advo-
Gates strenuously that the powers Invite
Japan 10 intervene In China. or at least
that they shall place no obstacle IN the
way OF the extensive employment OF Jap
snese troops In quelling the rebellion.
The Daily Telegraph urges TIC immediate