The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 7, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVIII-NO. 7. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IMMINENCE OF d CLASH BETWEEN RUSSIA AND JAPAN Landing of Guards in China by the Powers to Protect Lives and Property of Foreigners Likely to Hasten the War That Has Been Impending in the Far East. OBERTS PREPARES TO PURSUE BOERS While the Commander-in-Chief - Refills Magazines and Ware- houses General Buller Secures an Armistice. LR e S S S SN MDY MDA PP S MDA P SN S S S S S i an o o S & -0 [ ] S B I e o *] * ¥ Ry S o " - - | Py % S 2 | T ONDON. June + LORD ROBERTS’ ADV.NCE TO PRETORIA. 3 bt -tary operatio S0 S > T apparently at a stanc + bRy - & or two the tired tro P 4 + Roberts’ army are resting and I o ® & | filling the magazine s + PRETORIA 2 ¢ | his new base, Pretoria. pre & 3 E & /long chase after the ret . o | the direction of Lyde ° > 3 | are provably seeking 1 . f © | mandant General Botha. ) > % ¢ | Some dispatches are to hand w . @ | Pretoria Monday while the fig * 3 ¢ | going on outside the city. @ 3 :) of Leurenzo M 3 N sioce $|_“Toward the end of : N fidatbe . ) British naval guns ) Raideidery B 4 | southern forts, a number ! - i burst, Gamagin S & VB E_ry«;gngyfi ] armed burghers have been @ M . © | toria, going east. The gr 3 wag 4 f 4 |railway rolling stock has b ¢ o | General Botha's Tactics. . Klerksdbro @ )4 4| “General Botha was fight ° & | tially rear guard action, I . ? 4 | not to defend Pretoria, but {o delay Lord ' 4 & | Roberts until the rail h had | [ B | been cleared and the main part of the | [ > 1 | Boer army had started to withdraw. The | 9 p4 | British advance appears to have left open ¢ 4 i to the Boers the best line of retreat aiong | @ : the railwa . % 1| Possibly Lord Roberts may ha |& > able to cut the railway before a full re-| ¢ . | tirement was effected. That Pretoria | g > would be defended was appare given + 1 out after the council of war with a view | ¢ )4 % of misleading the British. L 4 — $ &| Lydenburg, the district to which the | ¢ ik 4 | provisions originally destined for Pre-| o f q iy 3"" * | torfa_have been ai d, and where a | ¢ B i @/ cartridge factory has been erected 2y 4 4 | where reserve supplies of all s p £ & | stored, is a volcanic region of fertiie * Bethiehem & leys, inclosed by great ramparts of pre- | & 3 R cipitous rocks, penetrated by narrow, ! ¢ winding passes. There are herds of cat- | & > tle in the valleys and there is much native N 4 | labor available for fortify! be > ® Exodus From Pretoria. ? . # 4| The Boers used bcth ligh ) ¢ > & | tillery at Pretoria. What supy L 4 . 4 | have been the last train out of Pr . )4 | arrived at Lourenzo Marques on Sunday & b4 evening. The passengers included a | 4 ) 4 4 | humber of foreign volunteers who were | | § 4 | lenving the Boers. asd also the wives and | § . # % | children. of Holanders. They described | * & | Pretoria as destturte of food and clothing. | 9 3 What the Boer officials could not lake | ¢ pe ‘1! the natives and townspeople did. PY : 7 . - Probably the most important Boer army | o b4 : L7 ¢ |18 at Laings Nek, where both sides are | [ +4 { passive. General Rundle and - h4 . GUARDS ENTERING PEKING t} Brabant have withdrawn a little ‘;‘ Yap fhowing the Several Stages cf Frogress of the British o . < | wal;d';em‘ el roall - b itandad] $ Treors From Blocemfontain to the Transvaal Capital . ) ¢ e picture men landed from the foreign war vessels at ? | martial law to the Marco and hlg D > : coup d'etat in October, 1893, through the & Tichtenburg districts. Shots were ex-| & ° S0+ 0000900009 0000004900000000004+04+0 . gl e Cossacks, followed by ¢ | changed between Boer and British pa- | @+ 0404040404 0404042404040+ 0+ 040404040+ 0404040+ 049 e >}Sumurkahi;~“in that it was @ | trols Nghrt‘(‘en n;n(: (;as( of ,\L\‘fekinzp on| 4 > 4 . ‘rench allies marched { May 28. 'art of the forces tely at Pre- . s hinese Emperor. The ; | forin are reported to have gone westward s - BULLER SECURES AN ARMISTICE. $ S Fok ience of delay at Tientsin % | to meet Baden-Poweil and to make a ) Sk & ° * . a million and more. | show of holding the country through 5 g 3 © 0000000500000 000600000000000P P 0000-20008 £ I which he and General Hunter are moving. | § ONDON, June 6.—A special dispatch from Lourenzo Marquez, 7 ¥ e . : St st l “An Unorganized Rabble. 2 dated Tuesday, June 5, says: o TEW X ORK, June 7.—Serious alarm was caused in London and Washington by the Chinese advices yes- : A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from “General Buller and Chiistian Botha met at T T + | ndicating an imminencs of a clash between Russia and Japan. Leading financiers met in the é1 g:;g“::;‘rfa;tdn:“cu'\rddrz'a:fz'glb;;lh;;‘, ? at Buller’s request, when a three days’ armistice was agreed upon.” 9 :o prepare for a possible break in the market. + | without flour, meat or sugar. Their sur- ‘ b The dispatch adds that the British have evacuated Utrecht. Q B T . o e oL e § |t e iy & cston o ey hand | @+ 010104040 +0104040101010404.0101010+0+ 04040404049 0 : Japan’s protést agaiust the lflnd_mg of a preponderating force, 1 | strong positions, with a prospect of a safe | may be instituted for all South Africa,)been on duty at some L h Jepan in objecting. Minister Conger was instructed to act in unison with 7 | rétreat taward Lydenburg. | 1eading in the course of time to federation town, very few eav rs for the protection of foreign life and property. ;{ Bl‘tnlshu‘ndcnzn da :n‘ Newcastle :‘hnlt ::v nd the s h_wq?om aul-’;nnmy of the vari- | were able take part s o ming rumors of a hurried mobilization of Ji ’s fle | British, Government has approached the | ous states simultaneously. “Several of our offic who had been A g of the Russian troops at L gt slfi ;t‘b Xt wak-sllogedl thaf theidip- 4| Natal Government with a proposition | Lourenso Marques ccrrespondents at- | prisoners were among ¢ e prraisted. Shs%tN ianpi(_n' i y 2 clas] ne;wee; the tv;o powers being & | that Natal shall voluntarily renounce lo- | tach significance to the number of Brit- s e eess o . o s L S| inister was reported to have made anothe: | cal self-government for a time in order | ish warships in Delagoa Bay, suggestin ot 7 to request Russian aid, but no answer has been rsceived. L ot | Rear Admird]l Kempff,U.8.N. ; that a g0od system of crown government | that they are there possibly in antieipas | WILL NOT ACCEPT iers dispatched to attack the “Boxers” fought an engagement close ki { | oD | & tion of alding the Portuguese in the event | . . 3 e to Peking, many being killed |@+9+9+0+00-00-040+9| @ess0-0-9+-0+-9+-0+$® | ot tisturbances on the Transvaal border. LAND FPR BURGHERS rep day " were reported and the damage done to railways by them to date was esti- reig entatives in Peking were sending their families away and two Russian murdered, it was asserted, after their wives had been outraged. she should reach | broached to the War Departrhent, and it | the situation, but you can understand how gt - British missionaries and of Japan's pro- | | ratlroads by the Boxers is now estimated | MANY BOERS YET test against Russia sending in more | .. e5000,000. OCCUPY MAJUBA HILL troops, he ‘said:, ““That greatly intensifies | Copy- | Battle Fought Near Peking. SHANGHALI, June 6.—The soldiers dis- patched to attack the Boxers have fought to Peking. I do not wish to commit myself.” Russian Engineers Murdered. [Special Cable to the New York Herald right. 1 wing night or Monday morn- | is not expected that such a step wi | LONDON, June 6.—A special from |an engagement quite close %0, by New York Herald Com- r suck | taken save as a last resort, rurpn“q,:”ycbl: | Shanghai @atea June 6 says ?he’,,‘m,,‘;c:'; | Many .were killed on both sides. | D e fair g Hay cabled Minister Conger | that it would mark an entanglement of | 0f the majority of the legations at Pe- In consequence of the representations of prohibite All rights reserved in they t re so cr rization to call for reinforce- | the United States In the European designs | kIng, including the members of the Brit. | Japan the landing of a large Russian| _United States ANE Gt St} foreign 1 : fooum - Ads Kempfr and to make | réspecting Chine: from which 1t womit | 1sh fegation, ‘afe Sendihs their : families | foRc: at. Taku is allegsd {0 Bave heen| LONDON, Juss 7—Tke Deily Telegraph s naval force as he | difficult or imposstble to secure release. |away. It is also sald that several promi- | Stopped. It is belleved here that should publishes this dispatch from its corre- | ect American inter- | nent Chinese residents are leaving the | Russia persist in sending a preponderat- | spondent: | NEW CASTLE, (Monday), June 4—| on is still determined i ‘nited States Government shall | 5y B G Fremantle, for years In’charge |ed at Yu Chou Fou, northwest of Port | its independent course re- | ndia and China squadrons and | Arthur, after their wives had been out- situation, though ) g0 as far as possible to aid in fon of peace and order in serefore Admiral Kempff has not ted to join the other naval ders in the Pefho River in con- ted action. No American May Be Safe. of the American mission- ming alarmed and the State Depart- t is beginning to feel the pressure of to adopt an aggressive policy. ¢ inquiries were made as to the rea- son for the passive attitude of the United al forces in China while th are reported to have promptly the disturbed zone in China are | | Russia and Japan Will Fight. VANCOUVER, B. C., June 6.—Ad#iral | now commander-in-chief at Devenport, | arrived to-day on his return from a tour through the Orient. He said that he thought Japan and Russia would surely fight. At any rate, Japan would never back down. The feellng was so intense there that no Ministry could or would give :n to Rfl;s!a. Korea, he said, should be- ong to Japan and the Ja; and woauld fight for it. e St ‘When questioned as to what part Eng- land would take in the struggie he said that being “off duty” he could make no statement whatever as to England’s prob- able course in the event of war, but he said that Japan was In the right, that she would fight and she would win. When told of the recent massacre of R o S SR o I SR R S city. two Russian engineers have been murder- | ing military force to the front a coilision | with Japan will inevitably result. Alarming reports are current here of the hurried completion of the mobilization of the Japanese fleet. The Russian Minister at Peking, M. de -0 Giers, has made another attempt to in- ° #9049+ ©494@ | quce the Chinese Foreign Office to formal- Iy request Russian assistance to restore order, but the offer has not yet been ac- cepted. Violent dissensions are reported to exist between the Chinese commander-in-chief of the forces, Jung-Lu, and Prince Ching- Tuan, who, in accordance with the wishes of the Dowager Empress, is strongly sup- porting the cause of the Boxers. The mobs who murdered the English missionaries Robinson and Norman mu- tilated and disemboweled the bodies. The station at Yan-Tin, three miles from Pe- king, has been burped. The British Min- There i an unconfirmed repor ! DOFL that Great numbers of the enemy still occupy Majuba Hill, Laings Nek and the Pog- wani range as far east as Englebrechts Pass. On the Ballasberg the positions they hold are particularly strong. Gen- erals Christlan, Botha, Fourie and Pre- torfous are in command. Should they ob- | stinately refuse to yield and still con- | tiniue fighting they will in all probability fall back on Lydenburg by way of Ermelo | with prospects of a safe retreat into the | almost inaccessible mountains of the | Murchison range. Thelr task to prevent Buller's entry irto the Transvaal by way | of Volhurst can only result in faflure and unnecessary loss of lives on both sides. BRITISH FLAG IS HOISTED AT PRETORIA June 6—10:35 A. M.—Lord | raged. The total damage done to the Chinese R e SRR SO O LONDON, sent o ilitary expeditions from Pekin T toaniiap fanacr sl ouccii ol i angw.w‘s’*’*“*’ow L e S S S-on e o e o e | Belg: s whose safety was jeop- 7, . Roberts telegrap! to the War ce as | ardize It was argued that the Uni J follows: | | States marines should have beenvukrw‘xii‘ 2 “PRETORIA, June 5—5:35 P. M.—The | | dispatched to the assistance of the Amer | 7 occupation of the town passed off most | tis fight |ican missionaries at Paotingfu. The fe- | —// satisfactorily and the British flag is now | : }Y":“I.:m\'f,',‘ | partment’s answer was that Minister | A= hoisted on top of the Government offices. | oS ot water, | Conger being on the scene was better pre- | = 62 2 The troops met with a much more en- | | pared than any one here to adopt relfef e thusiastic reception than I anticipated. | mezsures, for which he had received the PR — 7 The Third Battalion of the Grenadier | s ' | sanction of the department in the shape Guards lined the square when the march bu |of a general authorization to protect | 4 ‘;“ past took place. OWwing to their having | American interests, which of course meant American lives among other things. It also was questioned whether the very small force of marines at the Minister's more effective than 1 warships which d reach Tien- particularly half organ- through the hostile country and away from its b In that case the United States Jegation, the only refuge in the event of an outbreak in Peking, would be unsafe for by Commander plement is ten officers In view of the service asked ser it is expected that Admiral Remey dd to this rines. Helena a Welcome Addition. It is gathered from Admiral Kempfl's os Tnited States Minister himself, for the Jack of a suitable guard. Meanwhile the developments are being closely watched, and if the next phase should be still worse it is probable that in addition to the Helena at least one more warship-pos- sibly the Princeton, with a full battalion of marines—will be ordered up the Peiho River to Tientsin. So far the proposition to call upon General MacArthur for troops to make up a landing party has not been Helena will rticularly welcome addition to the u fleet in that part of China. If she command could be used to make a march | ‘Ameritan refugecs, as well as for the | e e e e e e e T I o ] Thke United States Gunbcat Helena, Ordered From Manila to Tientsin, China. .Mflw—0+0+ow.”‘"fi"’, - ister, Sir Claude M. Macdonald, is report- ed to be quite ill. Not One “Boxer” Arrested. LONDON, June 7.—The Peking corre- spondent of the Times says: “No train either left or arrived at Peking yester- day (Tuesday). Further damage to rail- ways is reported. The Boxer movement is spreading unchecked throughout the provinces. Not one Boxer has yet been arrested or punished. Anxiety is increas- ing regarding the safety of the mission- aries at the various stations. At the meet- ing of the Tsung-li-Yamen yesterday the Japanese Minister discussed the offer of M. de Glers, the Russian Minister, to give the assistance of the Russian troops in e liing disturbances. The Tsung-l-Ya- men denled that the offer had been made, | | il pecial He Put LOUREN answer to dent Kruger £ 100 acre burgher, “We than of land, but to fight for t ence to the bitter em: NA MARQUEZ, June 6—In graphic inquiry to Prest hers are determined nd and independ- THREE EARLS PRISONERS. MASERU, Basutoland, June 6.—A troop- er of Brabant's Horse says In the last e gagement Boers took four Britisl prisoners, including an officer whom they released conditionally. The officer said the Boers between Ficksburg and Bethie- ! hem number 060 men. Among the officers of the Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry captured are the Earl of Leitrim, the Earl of Longford and the Earl of Ennismoor. DUKE OF NORFOLK INJURED. LONDON, June 6—The Duke of Nor- folk, who is lieutenant-colonel of the Sec- ond Battalion of the Royal Sussex Yeo- manry, now in South Africa, has met with a somewhat serious accident by falling from his horse. His hip was dislocated and he received other injuries. Dis- patches from Lord Roberts confirm the accident. The Duke, it is added, is pro- gressing satisfactoril 2 i SALISBURY TO ROBERTS. LONDON, June 6.—Lord Salisbury ea- bled to Lor® Roberts as follows: “I earn- estly congratulate you on this crowning result of your brilllant strategy and the devotion of your gallant soldiers.” WHWWH—O—W but Russia did make it and the Chinese Government is quite capable of accept- ing such assistance.” Bodies in the Grand Canal. TIENTSIN, June 6—The Chinese ser- vant of a Belgian engineer, who left Pao Ting Fu two days after the Beigians, saw five foreign and two Chinese dead bodies in the Grand canal, one being the body of a foreign woman. A bold placard threatens the extermina- tion of the foreigners here on June 10. It is rumored that the Boxers and Cath- olic Christians fought at Tung Hu Tues- day, three Christians being killed. H. M. S. Barfleur has arrived and the Terrible is expected. One hundred and thirty-one Brit'sh thirty-one German, fifty French and forty-five Italian marines have arrived here. These reinforcements tsin secure