Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-07-05
CHINESE OUTBREAK.
The Foreign Ministers Reported to
Have Left Pekin.
ADMIRAL SEYMOUR PROBABLY SAVED
The Fighting ut Tien TsIn-Britlsh and
Americans Eater the Ci,y Neck and
Neck-A Map Being Prepared for
Our TrOOps.

Washington, June 2s.-The devel
opments of the day respecting China
were important and interesting. The
Chinese minister's report of the de.
parture of the foreign ministers and
their guar1.; from Pekin greatly re.
lieved the officials here, who took il
as the first tangible evidence that the
imperial Chinese government had a
full realization of the enormity oil
permitting the ministers to come to
personal harm, and were thus under.
taking as far as lay in their power
to observe the amenities of interna.
tional exchange. The keenest in
terest Is shown by the officials to
learn the conditions under which the
ministers left Pekin. Minister WIS
dispatch was ominously silent on that
point, and though the minister him
self maintains almost obstinately his
confidence In the non-existence of a
state of war, it is generally admitted
that 1t will be difficult to accept his
conclusion II 1t shall transpire that
the Pekin government itself has sent
the ministers away with their pass
ports, or, what may come to the same
thing, with a guard as safe conduct.
At the state department it is said
that If 1t shall be explained that the
imperial government did this, not
with purpose of rupturing diplo-
matte relations, but simply to insure
the safety Of the ministers, which
they were unable to guarantee as long
as they remained in Pekin, then there
is still ground for an understanding.
IT Is, however, pointed out that in
such case the sef-confessed inability
of the imperial government to main
tain peace and order at the capital
would amount to an admission of its
utter failure as government and
would leave China in a state worse
than that of actual war. In either
event, 1t now appears to the satisfac-
ton of the officials that there was
absolute justification for such inter
vention as we have offered in China.
The war department officials still
insist that no orders have gone for
ward to send more troops to China
than the Ninth regiment now on its
way from Manila, and the Sixth cav
airy which will sail from San Francis
co next Sunday for Nagasaki and per-
haps Taku. It is said that with
those two organizations and the ma
rines now on Chinese soil Gen. Chaffee
will have the full brigade to which
his rank entities him.
Rumors of Withdrawals OF troops
from Cuba are said to be the proba-
BILE basis for the persistent state
ments that more soldiers have been
ordered to China. 1t is admitted
that two regiments will soon be or.
dered to the United States from Gu
ba, the particular organizations be-
ing designated by Gen. Wood, but
they simply will take the place In
home garrisons of regiments of regu-
lars which will go out to Manila to
relieve volunteer organizations there.
The composite brigade Of 1900 men
who raised the investment of Tien
Tsin and pushed on to help Admiral
Seymour has probably saved him,
but the news has not yet reached
Che Foo, the nearest wire point. The
last steamer arriving at Che Foo from
Taku brought this message, dated
Tien Tsin, Monday, June 25. "The
Russian general in command of the
relief force had decided, in view of
Saturdays heavy fighting and march
ing, that one days rest for the troops
was essential and that the advance
should not be resumed until to-day.
Meanwhile came Admiral Seymour's
Photograph that his position was des-
pernte and that he could only hold
out two days. The relief started at
dawn Monday"
Saturdays fighting began at day
break, The guns of the allies were
skillfully handled and put the guns
of the Chinese out of action one by
one, the Chinese retreating about
noon. There was keen rivalry among
the representatives of the various ma
tions as to which would enter Tien
Tsin first and the Americans and
British went in neck and neck. The
Russians stormed the arsenal, thereby
sustaining the largest losses.
Preparing u Map OF China
Washington, June 2S.-Mai. Simp-
son, chief of the bureau of informa-
ton of the war department, Is en-.
gagged in tho preparation of a map of
China which will show, with as great
particularly as possible, that part of
the empire in which the present trou-
BILE is being experienced. Immense
difficulty is being encountered in OBJ
tanning accurate information with
respect not only to the topography
of the country, but also as to the
telegraph and railway lines.
washington, June 20.-Administra.
ton officials are quite concerned over
Chinese advices to the effect that the