Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-07
Boxers Slaughtered 5000 Ma
tive Converts at China's Capital.
INSURRECTION is EXTENDING
If the Allied Forces in tho North Meet
WithKcverscs thcNebcllion wilICcrtain-
ly Extend to Central and South Chinn
Strong Force Necessary to Check tho
Viccroys in the North and to Support
the Viccroys of the South Japan VIII
kcnd $4,000 Men.
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London. July GA Shanghai special
OIL July 5th says that savage soldiery
butchered at Pckin 5000 natives.
Roman Catholic converts Respecta-
bic Chinese who arrived from Chan
fu describe Pekin as an inferno, the
streets literally running with blood
They confirm numerous stories of exc
cutions and untold tortures inflicted
on isolated foreigners and European
soldiers captured by the mob. Tuan
kang vi and Tung tug Sian have
issued fresh edicts ordering the merci-
less determination of all foreigners
They completely effaccd the authority
of Iung Lu. the Chinese imperial
treasurer, who advocated moderation.
JAPAN's ARMY or INVASION.
Washington, July 6.-An Official dis
patch received by the Japanese lcga-
tion here this afternoon from Toxic
announces that the Japanese govern
ment has decided To send to China n
mixed division Of troops 10 reinforce
the Japanese already there. This Will
make an aggregate of 22,000 Japanese
troops in China
1NsURRECTIoN SPREADING.
Washington. July Ga dispatch has
been received at the State Department
form Consul General Goodnow at
Shanghai, dated July D. in which he
says that the situation is serious and
the in5urrcctionury movement is ex-
tending. If the allied forces in tho
north. he says, should meet with re-
verses the disturbances certainly Will
I'D -. sol NJ.
resulting in the expulsion and murder
of foreigners in the interior and the
ruin tho trade. y strong force. he says.
Is necessary To check the viccroys IN
the north and to support the viceroys
in the south. 1t is understood that the
consuls of all the Powers in China
have sent an identical dispatch to their
irrespective governments.
BIG FORCES NEEDED.
Tien Tsin. June %. Via Che Foo, July
]. and Shanghai. July 5.-rhosc best
Informed in 'ricn Tsin consider the po-
slion of the foreigners in Iekin as
almost hopeless.
1t is hopeless to attempt TO force tho
way with the force available. Com
mandcrs are willing TO resort 10 dcS-
pcratc means but to attempt II force
march from Tien 'rsin with The forces
at hand means certain destruction 10
the army besides slaughter of the Ci-
villains lcit at Ticn Tsin. Enough SOL
dierS are necessary To defeat the
Chinese army. maintain communities
ton with the las" of supplies ana
guard the hospitals en- route. The
water supply is nm important problem,
the country furnishing none except
river wells, which are being poisoned.
The Chinese are committing terrible
atrocities upon the wounded. They
are mutilating all the dead which fall
into their hands General Tung Fun
Slang. with lc.000 OF the best discip-
lined troops in the Chinese army. Mo-
hamncdans, are marching from the
southwest towards PelIin. The army
therca bouts numbers $1,000 The En-
press fed to her summer palace. The
Mohanmcdans ana Boxers arc lighting
in Pckin. Ten regiments OF General
Nieh's command north of Tie 'riin arc
reported 10 have deserted am gone to
piliaSing the country. Resi- lCnts de-
clare Chinese commune has been in
augurated, and the peaceable Chinese
are the greatest sufferers.
BOXERS LOOTING VILLAGES.
The foreign soldiers are burning the
outskirts of Tien Tsin 10 deprive the
enemy of shelter. and the Boxers are
destroying outlying villages for loot.
The smoke of hundred fires can be
seen in every direction.
Tien Tsn was not bombarded to-day
for the first time in n fortnight FamiI-
in the concessions. Women and chill
drcn will he sent TO Taku as soon as
the travel is safe. No unfriendiy Chi
namen are visible in the streets.
a few OF the richest. with their fam
lilies, are huddcd in the outhouses for
protection, badly frightened. Others
are concealed in various houses and
shoot at the Europeans on the street.
The Chinese dead about Ticn Tsin
number thousands. Most of those who
have been killed lie unbuvied in the
fields.
The river at Taku is full of floating
bodies, and many have been washed
up by the tide. Dogs are feeding on
these bodies atoms; the banks.
The small American contingents
everywhere distinguished themselves.
Captain McCaila and Major Waller
are most popular at Tien Tsin. and
their men are placed in the lead in
every movement, by common consent,
with the British close beside them
The foreigners in Tien Tsin declare,
however. they owe their lives TO tho
Russians. without whom the other
small dctachments must have been
Wednesday week. when the Chinese
were pressing on every side and the
bravest men we're Abandoning hope the
Russian commander. Colonel WoZak
arranged that the main body of the
troops should make sortie with the
civilians in the direction of Tnku,
leaving four hundred Russians to de-
fend the city, engage the attention of
the Chinese, and intimately sacrifice
themselves. The arrival of the Amer