The sun., 1900-07-13
FOR PENING ADVANCE
Eighty Thousand Troops Needed, Taku
Admirals Declare. .a
FIGHTING AT TIEN- -TSIN YET
Late Chief of Police of Port Ar
thur Declares That the Chinese
Have Sacked and Burned
Newchwang.


Newchwang.
London, July PA Paris dispatch
says the foreign office has received a dis
patch from Taku stating that the admi-
rails have decided that $4,000 troops will
be necessary for an advance ON Peking.
OF this number 10000 will be required tc
garrison Taku and Tien-tsin and main.
tain the line of communications.
General Foyron has been appointed tc
the command of the French contingent
TO be sent to China. He is the division
general now acting as inspector general
Of marine infantry. He is not identified
with any political faction.
1t is learned that Japan will send tc
China field marshal, who outranks the
officers of the other powers. This would
settle the question of supreme command
unless, as suggested here, Russia should
send an officer of similar rank. 1t is
feared that friction will yet arise on this
point.
The character of the news only tends
to confirm the pessimism in London con
ccrning the fate of the international COLI
ony ut peking. Observers see in the
edict from Peking aud other information
NiilAllhtlHS llbhl NelllltNc oliltlul SoNiftS
only attempts to gain time and desperate
anxiety on the part of some one to make
an apology for the outrages committed
at the capital.
The latest news from Ten-tsin consId-
erably intensifies the general alarm. Lack
of cohesion among the allies and the CON
sequent failure to make headway render
the situation there critical.
Chinese Continue Fighting.
The British admiralty has received the
following dispatch from Vice Admiral
Seymour:
"Ticn-tsin, July THE Chinese con-
tinue fighting. often shelling the settle
ments. They are extending their lines
along the Lu-Tai-An canal to the north.
east and are appearing in greater force
west of the city.
Yesterday we bOmbarded the city and
immediate suburbs, which stopped the
Chinese gun fire for some time. The
French settlement and station are most
subject to attack. Today there was an
other bombardment.
cam steadily getting up more guns.
Ten thousand troops are now here. More
are required, but both the Russian and
japanese are expected"
y Chefu dispatch, dated July o, says
it is reported on good authority that
Prince Tuan has become insane The
dispatch adds that in consequence of the
movements Of the rebels toward Tsn-Tau
the Germans have withdrawn some of
their troops from Taku to protect Tsin.
Tau. The women and children from
Newchwang have arrived ut Chefu.
Ncwchwang Sacked.
A Tien-tsin dispatch, dated July 4, says
that the late chief of police of Port Ar
thur has arrived there. lie reports that
the Chinese have sacked and burned New.
chwang. He further asserts that the
Chinese are wrecking the Manchurian
railway and are also pllaging the unpro
tectrd out skirts Of Port Arthur.
Tien-tsn dispatch, dated July /, via
Chelu July S, and Shanghai July H.
says
~ homogeneous army of half the
strength Of the allied forces could do bet
ter work than Is being done by the allies
The operations are dangerously handicap
ped, aud the safety Of the city Is impcrlet
ly lack of organization and the want OF
one commander TO control all the forces.
'Ihc representatives of the several ma
tions manage the military and civil af
fairs Of their governments largely with
out cooperation. The ranking officer OF
each nationality has absolute jurisdiction
over the operations Of his government,
troops. Questions of policy are discussed
daily ut international conferences which
have not the power to enforce the wishe!
Of the majority.
SeymOur's Method.
Admiral Se$mours method of com
g manding is to make requests, which til,
: other comanders generally follow; bu
there have been instances of the rankin,
t officers holding alosf from operations o
: which they disapproved.
There is great need of more troops
: The present force of 10000 men is at
e tempting to hold a line 10 miles Ion,
D around the city. There is also grea
/ need Of rebuilding the railroad to Taxi
r and getting artillery equal to the gun
with which the Chinese are daily bonn
harding the allies position.
"The weeks work resulted in q sub
stantial gain for the Chinese, as th
allies lost oO or 90 men and succeeded il
accomplishing nothing.
: "a British officer described the situa
= tion as chaos. He said:
U "'We have wasted many days in polite
ness, and it is time we did somethng.'
"There is no disagreement among tn
commanders, but in the absence of
definite head several of them are dispose,
:, to follow their own methods, and the,
simply abstain from operations contrar,
to those methods.
s "The foreign population is greatl
e aroused concerning this apparent apathy
B While the city is being bombarded the,
n are likely to suffer heavily, and they can
n not understand the apparent negligence
n the governments to furnish relief an,
# why re-enforcements are not coming OF
/ faster"