Carlsbad current., 1900-06-30
WORST ISfEAREO.
Result Of the Second Attack on
Tlen Tsin Unknown.
CHINESE SOLDIERS At PtKN.
They are Thsrs to ths Number Of Thlrt,
thousand, well Armed and Win an
Ample Ammunition supply.

London. June 26-The British cruIs-
e. Terrible has arrived az che Foo
from Taku with the latest news
which is ms follows.
Eight hundred slkhs and two hun.
dred Welsh fuslleers effected a lunc-
ton with the American, German aud
Russian forces. which had beeu cut On
by the Chinese about nlne miles from
Tien Tsln u was proposed 20 de-
liver an assault upon the Chinese
forces Ct Tlen Tsin last night lsun.
day"
Il Is not clear what forces united
u would seem that one relieving force.
cut on had been relieved by another
At any rate. Il Is apparently certain
that the allies arrived ia sufficient
force at Tlcn Tsin Sunday 70 attack
tho beslogng Chinese.
Foreign official opinions here. Do
says a dispatch from Shanghai 10 the
Daily Express. dated yesterday. In
cline 20 believe that the worst has
happened 70 the legations at Pekln.
and TO Admiral Seymour as we'll
Even II the legations were safe on
June 10, there Is no guarantee that
they arc safe now The situation. In
TACT grows more aud more gloomy.
The entire absence OF reliable news
from the capital seems to Justify tho
worst construction which can be put
on H.
bad news comes from Nanklng.
where the unrest Is said TO be- growing
hourly Viceroy Llu Kin yin has tele.
graphed the British authorities that
he has ordered the Ave Chinese cruls-
ers which have been lying on The har.
Dor here TO proceed TO Nanking"
Gen. Mas army" says a CORE.
epondent at Shin HIal Kwan. consist.
hg OF 1000 men. left a week ago for
Pekin, and Gen. Sung Chlngs forces.
numbering 25OO, left for the same
place on June 10.
"A careful estimate OF the number
and armament Of the Chinese troops
around PekIn puts the total at 60 OOO
and Il is calculated that these troops
possess 200 27-eentlmeter Creusot
guns. IS Krupps and i5O Maxlms.
Their supply OF ammunition IL
practically IN 6heustible. Il has been
been mainly supplied by a German
firm at Cariowitz. Fully three -fourths
OF the Chinese forces are badly drill.
ed, wholly indlsclpllned and quite un.
familiar with modern weapons.
Another Shanghai dispatch says.
IL Ping Hcng. former governor OF
shan Tung, who Is intensely anti.
foreign. has gone 10 the Klang Yin
forts on Tyang Use lie has declared
his intention OF resisting the landing
OF forces IN that regon
According TO a Hong Kong dispatch
dated yesterday strong reinforce
" A"Hiau polltei Win three
MaXlms, have been sent TO Kow Loon
on the mainland. A Che Foo message
OF Mondays date says
-Four cannon have b,ea added to
the west fort here. whore thoro are
now 1000 soldiers permanently On.
eamped a further force having arrived
from Ming Hal Chou. There Is an un-
easy feeling prevailing here and an
attack is generally anticipated
Chinese merchants are closing their
offices and preparing 10 leave tho port
All business Is az a standstlll.'
Extensive preparations by the allies
are going forward. The first regiment
Of British lndia's 10000 mon embarked
at Calcutta yesterday and s83 more
marines tecclycd orders 10 go out
from English ports.
The British war oalce. In anticipa-
uon OF a prolonged campaign IL con
traetlng TOT winter clothing aud fur
caps