The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-11
All Reports Have Come
From Chinese Sources.
ANXIETY is STILL FELT.
Japan Marshaling Forces ard
Will Assemble $4,000.


Legations, hut the Absoiute ST.
lence of the Foreign Representa-
tives Does Not Lend Color to
Them-Error Discovered in One
Dispatch-voung Emperor sends
a. Message to the vtceroy at
NankinG-Likeiy He IL Prisoner.
LONDON. July II, $50 a. m.-"Nc au-
thentie news from peking" Is stili the
burden OF the dispatches from the East.
and although the disposition is 90 be-
lieve the optimistic reports from Chi
nese sources. no real confidence Is possi-
BILE until the legations are permitted TO
communicate with their governments. II.
as alleged. the Boxer movement Is losing
ground in PekinE, II must have been sup
posed that the Boxers would have en-
deayored TO send up reinforcemcnts from
T1entsin. but instead OF that they are
stil I'm great force IN the neiehborhood
of the latter place and are assisted by
the Chinese imperial troops. with ample
efficient artillery.
Fight at Tieusstn.
According to q Chefoo cispatch tho
nghting around Ttentsin on the 81 and
4th was the E.verest yet experienced.
The british casualties were thirty or
forty allied or wounded. The Chinese
mad 20 60 men attacking simultaneously
from the north. east and west. and made
excellent practice with over ioo guns.
The defenders numbered ia.0o1. with scant
supplies. and II was only the presence Of
the newly arrived Japanese and Russian
guns that prevented a disaster. ono Rus
sian company Of infantry. numbering 80
men. had rs killed or wounded. Tho
German contingent also suffered heav-
Fly. By the evening ~ tho 9Th the si,ua-
iion was very critical The allies nar-
rowiy escaped total defeat. Providcntiai-
iy. when things were at their worst. .
torrential rainfall compelled the Chinese
to retire.
on July 0. the rain haWng ahsted. tho
Chinese renewed the attack. opening flre
upon Tientsin with two batteries OF finch
guns. but the allies. aided by two Of H.
NJ. 8 rerrible's A7-inoh guns. succeeded
in silencins the artillery after eish,
hours hshting.
Anxiety Concerptug Pekias.
AT Shanghai IL seems to he the gen.
eral belief that The date uf the dispatch,
July 2. asserting that two legations were
stili standing out. was an error, risher
accidental or intentional The cour.nrs
mus, have left Picking at least 1--WE days
earlier. making the real date OF the rSles-
snse June q. while the alleged rnessa-
cres are said 60 have occurred on Juns
10 Untii this point can be cleared up
the greatest anxiety with be felt as to
the fate Of the Europeans.
strength OF Japanese Fsree.
The chefoo correspondent OF tho TN.
press. ielegraphing yesterday gTuesday).
says
'"The japanese force 10 equipped with
thirty-six heavy mortars and 10 aeid
guns. and has poni0on ana balloon sen-
tians. II s expected rliher Marshal
Nodsu or Marshal oyama will take eorn.
raand. The plan Of campaign conte,n-
plates operations extending twc or three
years.
- further force of iss8 snsa wifi be
landed at Taku. week hence. snA i0eo
additional soon afterward before tha
rainy season IL well advanced. Japan en-
poets 80 have e2,0a troops IA Chlna.
These formidable preparations arc
vsswsd with great dissrusi ~ Germany.
Russia and France"
Message rr.es the Emperor.
Tho shaurhai correspondent ~ the
Daily Mail. teiegrsphins yesterday Tees.
dSEl. Esyss
a message has arrived hsre from Em-
pstor Kwanr Hrn. dated IuiF ~ eoar-
Ser from peklas 50 tha viessoT ~ Nam
King who forwarded is here ~ is ad8reHs.
81 % the Russisn. EnEiisn and gApsaess
Foverrmeats ~ depiorrs the recent o.
caTrences ana soIeunly arlfms tbaf ths
foreign governments are mistaken W sup-
posing thai ths Chinese government s.
protecting the noxefs aKsinsi the chris
tssua The cmprrur further ifnpiares
their ala IN suppresHlng ere rebaiNan AEf
uphoi8iar tha existing government
TN - separate dispatch 90 'hs fap& ness
government Kwans its'f expresses esep
feErs' for tBc murder of Legation Cham
rsiiar SBEyifan,
'@rhtae dispafrbes are taken 70 lndiea,s
,sat the emperor "a in ssoi iasioa ana IL
sgnosant " she HstiossDeas - resent
events
Taaa Discard. Ht. mask.
According 20 the Shanghai eorfcapynsent
- ihs Expires. tt iu wsr "a fhe knifs
between she Novager smErFas Aa3 Primes
Tuau Ia "a recfnt e4lGi the iAt&sy tssi4iy
fiscaris his ruask Hr6 signs hiDsssH ss
emperor lie warmly cornmsn1A tbs
rrowers ~ ''his falta;ei Eoxsfe." and IN
aow~ry language apfssals 70 tbeir eupldltv
and ;Anaticism- In tha same decree Prince
Tuan appoints Priace Tsuan. The Iron
Cappedf Prince Tsshan, hls imperial
elsnsnsan. and Kan " 20 command the
three chsef wings of the Boxer army
Three hundred EEgeseas sstsSees ksu