The Yale expositor., 1900-06-29
CHINA WAR NEWS.


Ala; firms, 401, increase of 3; German,
residents, 1,134, increase of Of; firms,
lis, increase of 8; French, residents,
1,1s3, increase of 1853; firms, 70, increase
of 80; Dutch, residents, LOG, increase of
10; firms, 0, increase of /; Danish, resi-
dents, 1913, increase of IL; firms, 4, in
crease of Il; Spanish residents, AS, in
crease of So; firms, Q, increase of s;
Swedish and Norwegian, residents, IA,
increase of A; firms 9, increase of 2;
Russian, residents, 1921, increase of
1 ,456; firms 10, increase of 8; Austrian,
residents, 90, decrease of .; firms, 5, no
change; Belgian, residents, 234, in
crease of 65; firms, 0, no change; Ital-
ian, residents, 124, decrease of II;
firms, o, no change; Japanese, resi-
dents, 2, 44O, increase of TAG; firms, 1875,
increase of 81; Portuguese, residents,
l ,423, increase of 339; firms, 10, decrease
of 10; Korean, residents, AZ, increase of
2; no firms, non-treaty powers, resi-
dents, 20, 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, 933, shows an
increase of 100 over 1898.
According to dispatch from Shang-
hail. 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
LANG 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
reach Pekin and bring about cessa-
ton of the disorder. The proposition
| is rather a novel one, and is based
upon the representations of the vice
roys of the important provinces of the
| Yangtse Kiang 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 to 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 Pekin, 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
Pekin and Tien Tsin. Possibly now it
has reached Pekin.
A telegram from Admiral Kempff,
dated Chefoo, June "a, says: "In 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 1000 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 a
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 Pekin. According to Japanese
reports Admiral Seymour has been
captured and the ministers have left
Pekin, guarded by Chinese soldiers.
| Their whereabouts is unknown.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Hackett
received cable message from Admiral
Kempff, dated Che Foo, June 81, say
ing that Tien Tsin is being bombarded
and that the American consulate rs
we'll as much of the foreign concessions
are being destroyed. A relief party is
en- route to Tien Tsin, including 100
American marines under Maj. Waller.
1t was reported from Shanghai on
the cath that the allied forces had
blown up the Taku forts and that every
available man had been sent to the re-
lief of Tien Tsin. Two thousand, three
hundred Chinese bodies are alleged to
have been cremated at Taku and more
than 200 Chinese are said to have been
killed at Tien Tsin.
1t is reported that 1,2O0 U. S. sol
diers, originally bound for Manila,
have reached Taku.
The 5000 internationals at Tien Tsin
were hard pressed and fighting for
their lives on the Esd, and a relieving
force of less than a thousand was
beaten back to Taku on the 22d. OBJ
servers on the spot think that 100000
men would not be too many to grasp
China firmly.
Some reports say that the Chinese
have massacred all foreigners in Pekin,