Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-06-28
CHINA WAR NEWS.

%; British, residents, $500, increase Of
Ala; firms, 401, increase of 3; German,
residents, ,134, increase of OIL; firms,
lis, increase of s; French, residents,
1888, increase of 263; firms, 70, increase
of 80; Dutch, residents, LOG, increase of
10; firms, o, increase of /; Danish, resi-
dents, 1913, increase of IL; firms, 4, in
crease of 1; Spanish residents, 44s, in
crease of SO; firms, o, increase of 8;
Swedish and Norwegian, residents, 244,
increase of A; firms 2, increase of 2;
Russian, residents, l,62l, increase of
i,456; firms 10, increase of 3; Austrian,
residents, 90, decrease of .; firms, 5, no
change; Belgian, residents, 234 in
crease of G5; firms, 9, no change; Ital-
ian, residents, l24, decrease of II;
firms, 0, no change; Japanese, resi-
dents, 2,440, increase Of TAG; firms 1875,
increase of 81; Portuguese, residents,
1,423, increase of $3.50; firms, 10, decrease
OF 10; Korean, residents, AZ, increase of
?; no firms, non-treaty powers, resi-
dents %, increase of 2; no firms The
total number of residents, II, 1913, shows
an increase of 3,772 over 1898. The
total number of firms, 033, shows an
increase of 100 over 1898.
According TO dispatch from Shang
hal, received at Berlin on the 22d, Tien
Tsin is being bombarded by Chinese
regulars and not by the Boxers. 1t is
officially reported at Che Foo that the
bombardment of Tien Tsin with large
guns continues necessarily. The for
eign concessions have nearly all been
burned and the American consulate
has been RACED to the ground. The
Russians are now occupying the rail-
road station, but are hard pressed.
Reinforcements are urgently needed.
The casualties are heavy. The rail
road is open from Tong Tau to Ching
Liang Chung, half way to Tien Tsin.
1t is reported from japanese sources
that 1900 foreigners have been massa-
cred at Tien Tsin.
The chief development at Washing
! ton on the 25th in the Chinese situa-
ton was the effort of the Chinese min
lister, WI Ting Fang, to secure an arm
istice in the operation of American
troops until Ii Hung Chang could
|
tion of the disorder. The proposition
is rather novel one, and is based
upon the representations OF the vice
roys of the important provinces of the
| Yangtse Kiaug valley that they can
maintain order without the aid of for
eign troops, and that the presence OF
the foreigners would act merely as an
| incentive IN disorder
The position of the international
forces on the 25th, in the section of
northern China where 10000 men are
striving to keep footing and to succor
the legations in Pellin, appears to in
crease in peril with every fresh dis
patch. Pekin has not been heard from
direct for IA days. The last dispatch
was one imploring aid. Admiral Sey-
mour's column of 1000 men was last
heard from IL days ago. At that time
it was surrounded midway between
Pelin and Tien Tsin. Possibly now it
has reached Pekin.
A telegram from Admiral Kempff,
dated Chefoo, June "a, says: I'm am
buscade near Tien Tsin, on the 21st,
four of Walters command were killed
and seven wounded. Names will be
furnished as soon as received. Force
of . 900 going to relieve Tien Tsin to-
day. The secretary of the navy has
ordered Admiral Remey to go with the
Brooklyn TO Taku and to tender to
Gen Macarthur conveyance of any
army troops which the Brooklyn can
carry"
Rear Admiral Kempff, reports by q
Japanese torpedo boat, that the com.
bined forces entered Tien Tsin on June
%, sustaining small loss. They started
on the following day to relieve the
force which left Tien Tsin on June 10
and which is believed to be surrounded
near Pel1in According TO japanese
reports Admiral Seymour has beer
captured and the ministers have left
Pekin. guarded by Chinese soldiers
Their whereabouts is unknown.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Haclett
received cable message from Admiral
| Kemplf, dated Che Foo, June 81, say
ing that Tien Tsin is being mbardeC
and that the American consulate a.
well as much of the foreign concessions
! are being destroyed A relief party il
| en- route to Tien Tsin, including 13t
American marines under Maj. Waller
1t was reported from Shanghai OF
the cath that the allied forces haC
blown up the Tal1u forts and that every
available man had been sent to the re
lief of Tien Tsin. Two thousand, tire,
hundred Chinese bodies are alleged t,
5 have been cremated at Taku and NOR,
than 1000 Chinese are said to have beer
. | killed at Tien Tsin.
. 1t is reported that 1,9oo U. S. sol
| diers, originally bound for Manila
: have reached Taku.
t The 3 1000 internationals at Tien Tsii
were hard pressed and fighting 70
i. their lives on the 23d, and a relieving
= force of less than a thousand wa
beaten back TO Taku on the 22d. Oh
I servers on the spot think that 100, 00
a men would not be too many to grasl
: China firmly.
e Some reports say that the Chimes
|, have massacred all foreigners in Pekin