The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-06-19
WAR IN THE ORIENT


/ tHtttt IN I'LL OlItIu
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PACE
the blowing up Of the magazine at Mand-
shurt. -Four hundred Chinese are reported
I 20 have been killed. The Chinese. when
[ retreating. fell into the hands Of the Rus
! sian land force"
Thirty-two Narsbips In Action.
| The Daily News has the following from
( Cheef0o:
Two % the forts were blown I'D. The
thirty-tw0 wsTshlps at Taku aggregated
10000 tons and carried more than three
I hundred guns"
The failure OF Admiral Seymour's coll
umn and It's retreat to Tientsin increase.
ii Is presumed, the peril OF the legations IN
PekiH. which are still Isolated although
Shanghai forwards Chinese rumors that
the legations We're attacked. by nobs who
were moved down by machine guns. and
also that the members Of the legations
were massaCred
The situation at Niu Chwang Is report-
cd critical The British consul al Kin
kiang has ordered al foreigners TO leave
ku Ling and Nau King Chang.
The powers are taking prompt action
-Four thousand German troops have been
ordered 10 China: l0.OJO French traons are
waiting TO embark al Saigon. capItaI of
French Cochin China. and from 1900 to 900
more Russians have been ordered from
Port Arthur TO Taku. These reinforce
ments says the ST. Petersburg correspond
ent Of the Daily Telegraph, is announced
IN the St Petersburg Gazette. the govern
mo r,fr,sf
ing so many troops solely for the sake of
peace and humanity.
The Brussels correspondent Of the
Standard, in d dispatch dated YESTERDAY.
says:
/ 10000 Russians on the Border.
Russia has massed 200 men. with
seven batteries, at hIachta. with orders
TO proceed to Malmatichin, a Chinese
town contiguous 10 Kiachta, and thence
10 advance along the telegraph route to
the Mongol town Of Urga. 200 miles south
Of Kiachta and $50 miles northwest of
Pekn."
The morning papers consider that a
state OF war practically exists and that
the Issue is between western and eastern
civilization. The Times says that the
latest news infinitely increases a situation
aireauy SuuCienuy serious.
A Berlin foreign office official made the
following statement to-day with reference
10 the relations Of the powers:
NO precise agreement has vet been
reached between the powers interested IN
China regarding their joint action there.
its scope, the proportional strength of the
forces, or the part 10 be assigned to each"
The German press takes a very serious
~ FF h Haau n
the safety of the foreign office being
combined with anxiety respecting the in
ternauional entente. The transport shin
which arrived Saturday at Tsing-Tau
with 100 soldiers for the relief of the
Kaio-Chau garrison, proceeded Yesterday
for Taku with these troops
Salisbury Without News.
Lord Salisbury was questioned in the
House Of Lords, to-day, on the Chinese
situation, and said he regretted he was
unable to enlighten the house on the state
of affairs in China. Admiral Seymour he
continued, had returned 10 Tientsin. but
the government did not know exactly
why, nor what Admiral Seymour's inten-
tions were
The failure CT the international forces
10 reach Pekin has greatly intensified the
anxiety here as 10 the fate Of the Euro
peans huddled together in the legations at
the Chinese capital. and it was feared,
also, that the check to Admiral Sevmour's
forces, necessitating their return 10 Tient-
sin. will lead to large accessions TO the
ranks or the Boxers and make their SUD-
preston still more difficult
The hitting out 10 the japanese battLe-shin
Asahi. OF l2.50O tons, which viii be finished
at clyde banks is being expedited. and
she Is under orders to sail within a week.
On the Stock Exchange to-day consols.
the war loan, and Chinese 5s. in addition
TO other sections, are depressed owing tc
the crisis In China. CoEsols are off 5-I6.
Troubles in SsGIh China.
Paris. June 1S-The French consul gen.
eral in South China. who was instructed
10 send into TonqUin all the French citi-
Zens at IunGan-Scn, cables from the lat
ter place. unGer date Of Thursday, June u.
that he has been prevented from leaving
with his companions by the Viceroy. and
that his house and all the missions have
been burned. He adds that everything,
their clothes, has been stolen.
ard that they are practically prisoners.
The foregoing is the situation referred
10 by the French minister of foreign af-
fairs, NJ. Delcasse, m his speech of June IL.
French troops are massed on the Ton
quin frontier Of China, but their march
has been delayed. as the French authori-
ties fear 10 provoke an uprising of the
population and massacre of Europeans
before the troops could reach them NJ
DelcasSe has now summoned the Chinese
Minister 10 Paris, and has requested him
to Immediately telegraph to the viceroy
Of YUnuan-sen that France will hold him
responsible for the lives o.
French citizens.
The French tirst-class cruiser Guichen
and the French armOYed cruiser Admiral
Charner have been ordered to tit out i'm !
for China
The Paris morning papers demand ener-
getlc steps for the protection Of the in
Ierests of French citizens The measures /
taken by NJ Delcasse, the foreign minis /
Ter, are unanimously approved, but the I!
general feeling now is that as the Chinese 7!
question Is in one aspect exclusively ]
French, the government should do much /
more. The Matin says:
Not only IN Yum Nan is II necessary
hat the government should look after 1
the interests OF France We must take /
!ctiOn with the other powers around I
Pel<in befittlng the position Of France as /,
great naval and military power"
The Journal expresses these sentiments. /
\ OISpdiCl from TOUlOn. announces that l
riders have been received there TO put /
N readiness two armed cruisers and 10 4
prepare a 'arge quantity of rationS, with .
transportation for a thousand men.
Deiachments Of marines at Marseilles :
ave been ordered 10 prepare for China /
IS soon as possible
Gen. Joe WheeIer's Commission.
Con Ice Wheeler Yesterday, recei,,ad