The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 9, 1900, Page 1

The @Tall, VOLUME LXXXVIII-NO. 9. While the Powers Prepare for Joint Action, Line Up Battleships and Land More Marines, There No Abatement in Outrqg‘és Committed by 1 1S5 SAN FRANC CO, SATURDAY, JU NE 9, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ALARMING REPORTS CONTINUE TO COME FROM CHINA. the “Boxers.” S . ® 18 ENT « " R @+ eie:oieieieied yesterday. . e JRIAL GUARDED BY THE SAILORS . ieie ns for joint action. - N\ FROM LE MONDE ILLUSTR! WAY BY WHICH IT E PALAC NOT FAR FROM WHICH +ieiei e e iec e scriousncss marks the situation pected te attack Tientsin to-day, according to advices from Admiral Kempif. They| iought the Chinese soldicrs yesterday near the city. now lying off Taku, and senior naval officers, lacking the Russian, have Captain MccCailla of the Newark commands the American landing party and may direct joint opcrations against the ‘Boxers.” | | agian: NTERS THE TARTAR CITY GRAND MERCHANT STREET, PEKING, AND THE TSIEN-MEN GATE, % SHOWS THE GREAT CGMMERCIAfi‘ ARTERY OF THE CHINESE PART OF PE- JUST BEYOND AND DIRECTLY OPPOSITE 1S THE EUROPEAN QUARTER OF TH AND MARINES RECENTLY SENT UP FROM THE WARSHIPS NEAR TIENTSIN. . in China. - A horde Protection of American lives and property without aiding any other na- B S S o e S D e e e e O U S S o e S O S e e S S SO S A count for the scanty press patet Some telegrams filed a week ago are only | Just arriving. Among these are spir- | ren. 5 A. M.—Ge; cen th ONDON, June 9.—3: Buller bas at length t the ng on. is resting, ng his ing for three d not permitt correspondents to wire what London’s inference is that he although he is possibly army for a reach after Commar eral Botha. ¥ A blockade of the wires owing to the ac- rush of official correspond: e may | ited descriptions of the fighting at Elands Fontein. According $o one of them, the where. The British soldiers would firing and join in the chase after chicke The burghers surrendered to any « Kaffirs went about looting the Jewish stores and mounted Infantry galloped hither and thither. Lord Roberts’ army It runs thus:- “We're marching into Preteria. It belongs to Queen Victoria.” Botha L<ft During the Night. 8 has a new song. The Daily Express has the following from Pretoria, dated Wednesday: ‘‘The 1000 prisoners who were deported from | Waterval were told that they were about to be given up to Lord Roberts. entrained cheerfuliy and were conv to Nooitgedache, instead of Pretoria. “General Louls Botha, with a guard of 2000, left Pretoria during the night. The British advance guard cn en- tering was upon the very heels of the re- tiring Boers. PBotha has sworn to carry on the war in the mountains.” At Lourenzo Marques Station a crowd waited all Tuesday night to see Pre: Kruger, as it was reported that he would arrive by a special train to galn an asy- lum on board ‘the Netherlands cruiser Friesland. Full of Boer Refugees. still de ugees and wounded. The railw: THE GATEWAY E CITY, WHERE ARE SITUATED *-® PP ob e et ei et ese@® of ‘“Boxers” is ex- Twenty-five foreign war- tion’s ambition will be the policy of the United States, and Minister Conger huas been instructed on that line. London heard a report last night that notes were passing between France, Great Britain and the United States reclative to joint action to restore order in China. Hundred missionar a adroft m y u vers in Perfect Concert. t the powers t concer’ are ap- ok s of days the wh < been prej against an exp . There is a refugees from the who are now crowding s the excitement. the villages surrounding jolning the Boxer move- ers when approach- ven back by armed Chinese troops 1g, on the Grand miles of which a are reported 10 be re-establish Peking-Tientsin erto proved futile. Boxers set fire to the ork of the bridges, bent upon acting out heavy biows 2g the necessity ige of the Boxers, Zun to Gemoralize his army.” cf the Rebsls. or the pro- the and the wood o n of the rebeis tary ac Boxers masser, icugh the Boxers king more and more | the | to be ann wi the to propa people against foreig wish reign in general. The mo the surface has a patriotic char: mately agal s seems to be the reason has thus far been treated with a nd. The legations at Peking 1 for reinforcements. to the Daily Mail from Yo- dated Friday, describing the ef- n Japan of the refusal of the n Emperor to give an audience to nese Minister regarding the tor- 1 execution of political suspects, e feeling here is exceedingly ex- ed. Tt t be possible for the sovernment to keep it in check, as the officia, § were able to do at the end of farch, When Russia made her demand particularly on the question of Mas: pho. It Is thought here that Russian influence is behind the affront given by Korea to Japan. The tone of the Jap- anese press is bitter, and grave de- velopments are possible.” HUNDREDS OF CHRISTIANS ~ | HAVE BEEN MASSACRED m | Missionaries Norman and Rcbinson Hacked to Pieces Under Circum- stancesof Revolting Barbarity. LONDON, June 9.—The Peking corre-| spondent of the Times in a dispatch dated June 7 say! | “Particulars received here show that Messrs. Norman and Robinson, the mis- | sionaries, werc hacked to pieces under cir- umstanees of revolting barbarity. The Chinese Government cannot be exon- | erated from the charge of complicity in | these murders. From the beginning their | action will bear only one interpretation, | nameiy, that of approval of the anti- | foreign movement which has had these results. “The Government has delegated as a commissioner to Cho Kau and Pao Ting ¥u, the chief centers of the Boxers, to | investigate and report, a notorious anti- foreign official, who is known to be in symapthy with the Boxers, and who was the director of a mining affd raliway bu- | reau that was founded to thwart all rail- | way and mining development.” The Peking correspondent of the Times, telegraphing June 8, say “The news that Gereral Nieh's forelgn- | arilled soldiers had fired upon | to expect the early restoration of ‘ cablegram from Admiral Kempff was re- the Box- near | 8 rec giv ing some ground for hope that the Gov ernment would change its policy. Now | arrives the intelligence that Nieh's troops en ordered to return to camp at and that their action has been condemned. The Tsung LI Yamen, how- | ever, denies the iruth of the latter state- | ment. But the denials of the Tsung Li | Yamen are never convineing. If it be true, | the news must Lo regarded as serious. he American Missionary Conference | -day sent a dispatch to President Mc- ! Kinley appealing for protection and as- | serting that the missionaries at Pao Ting | | Fu and other places are in extreme dan- | that the Tune Chu mission station | been abandoned, that the chapels | ywhere been burned and that | hundreds of native Christians have beeni acred. “The. serious ge b s have ev condition of affalrs at Pcking is reacting upjon the provinces. The French Minister here has received a | telegram saying that the French Consul ! | at Mong Tazo and the French agent at Yun Han Fu ve both been compelled to retire from their postis, as the Vice- roy announced that he was unable to guarantee their safety. “The Boxers burned a Russian chapel at Tung Ting, thirty-five miles north of Peking. Haut Ching Cheang, director of railways, admits that the destruction of the Pekihg-Tientsin Railway is contin- uing, the Tsung 1{ Yamen being powers less to prevent it, and that it Is useless com- munication.” —_———— REPORTS RECEIVED FROM KEMPFF AND CONGER Captain McCalla in Charge of the Landing Force and He May Com- mand at Peking. ‘WASHINGTON, June 8.—The following ceived at the Navy Department this after- noon: “TONG KU, June 8—On June 3 landed forces to protect American interests with consent of China. Fifty-six men sent to | Peking, rest to Tientsin. The nations | sent forces to both citles. No injury so far. British, Russian and Chinese ad- mirals and twenty warships are here, “Crops lkely to fall, causing probably more trouble In the near future. Our landing force ynder McCalla, On June § | immediately | instructions. ; of Christians have been slain by the fanatical “Boxers,” and two British | ¢s were hacked to pieces under circumstances of the most revoiting barbarity the situation was most critical. The R slan force began fighting. I landed fifty more men; have requested Helena be sent to protect our interests or a vessel like her. Consider a battalion of marines necessary, with gunbeat e inside. On June the Tient Peking Rallway was cut. Will act in c cert with the naval forces of other po ers to protect interests if nece: ;. meeting of foreign senior nava was held to-day. Present English, French, German, Austrian, Italian, Japanese and American officers. Will arrange for com- bined action to protect life and property if required. Nine hundred men are ashore; twenty-five warships here, “KEMPFF." The following cablegram was received at the Navy Department this morning from Admiral Kempff, on board the New- ark, off the Taku forts: “TONG KU, June S8.—Battle between Chinese and Boxers near Tientsin. Large number of Boxers expected to reach ‘Tien- tsin to-morrow. KEMPFF.” Minister Conger at Peking also has been heard from to-day. His message to the State Department said there was no im- provement in the situation and asked for It was not deemed proper by the officials to indicate upon just what point Mr. Conger needs advice, but there is an intimation that he wishes to know to what extent he is to co-operate with the diplomatic representatives of the European powers at Peking. Secretary Hay took the message to the Cabinet meeting. The State Department is steadily pur- suing the ltne of policy laid down at the beginning of this Boxer trouble of avoid~ ing any interference with Chinese inter- nal affairs, beyond such measures as may be absolutely necessary for the protec- tlon of life and property there. Espe- cially it is determined to avold commit- ment to the policies of any of the Euro- pean powers which might involve the United States in trouble. Therefore, not- withstanding the ominous news conveyed 6 |in Admiral Kempff's cablegram, it seems entirely probable that Minister Conger will be directed to stick to the same line of policy which he has pursued up to this time. It is not to be understood by this that the United Btates is desirous of evading any proper measures of responsibility, and the State Department officlals are careful to point cut that, while reiaining our in- dependence of action, our Government is" really acting concurrently with the Buro- Continued on Becond Page. I miles east of Fretorfa. A British column is at Bremersdcrp, Swaziland. Eleven | British prigoners have been taken to Mid- dlebirg. The British at Beira are mov- ing Into the Interior in detachments of 200 daily. G. V. Fiddes, Tmperlal Secretary to | the High Commissioner, with a part of Sir Alfred Milner's staff, left Cape Town Tuesday evening for Pretoria, possibly, as the Cape Town correspondent of the | Daily New to arrange the an- nexation details. Bad Treatment of Canadians. Harold G. Parsons, Federation del egate from West Australia, writing to the morning papers to protest against the treatment given to the wounded Cana- o DeD e b HeD s DeDe DIDP DI DS VIO EDE DeOeDe eI k. | lOMM:-&M»oO 44444404400 fensiv by maneuvering he secured a position west of Laings | Nek, by which he believes he can make the Boer positions untenable. Pre- sumably, he will immediately follow up his success. | Lord Roberts has communicated noth- ant Gen- | R D SO TU OSSN Pt E e bt streets were filled with women and child- | Rifle shots tould be heard every- | top RUMORED 3 SURRENDER * 3 TO ASHANTIS ONDON, June 9.— Ac- cording to a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Ac- cra, dated June 8, a native ru- mor is in circulation here that Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodg- son, Governor of Gold Coast Colony, mads a sortie from Kumassie, where he had bzen besieged by the Ashantis, but was forced to retire and ulti- mately to surrender. Mail advices from Acera, dated May 17, say: “Fifty thousand Ashantis are in arms and the insurrection is spreading. It isimpossible for white men to go into the in- terior successfully during the rainy season.” R e R R R S R S S S @HH4444404444 440404044449 rear | | its promoted Midéieburg is said to he full of Boer ref. | livers goods at Brockhorst Spruit, forty | ““The invalid Canadians at Shorncliffe | | camp, returned from the front, complain that they are b: fed, unhealthily | refused a furlough. Th return to make for the voluntarily rendered crowded and seem consplicuo a cu rvices L have it on jndisputable authority tha it is the practice of the War Office to a minister the Brit volunteer and, fi all 1 know, the regular arm means of regulations drafted and issued in great part on no better authority than that of second-class clerk: body of gentlemen, no doubt, of irreproachabie character, but by no means adapted by their intelligence or education to be en- trusted with so great a responsibility Such a delegation of authority. unconstitutional as well as unbusine is in itself enough to show that the whole War Office from top to bottom must be re- formed if . not reconstituted after the | war.” - BULLER HAS SEIZED VAN WYKE HILL ¥ LONDON, June 8—The War Office has | received the following dispatch from Gen- eral Buller: | “YELLOW June. 6 General Brigade and the Horse, seized V BOOM FARM. June %—On Talbot, h the Tenth South African Light Wyke Hill. The enemy made some resis e and a good deal of sniping occurred. . Our _casualties were bout four killed and thirteen wounded. d the following we on Var ich gur on the southeastern spur Inkewelo. Under cover of their fire General Hild- vard to-day assaulted all the spurs of the berg between Botha's F: and Inkew 8 1 tack, which wa- well planned by Hildyard and carried out withimmense dash by his troops, he o 6 ! | tioning Suspected Natives, i z 4 for whom no mum:»l GENERAL BULLER HAS TAKEN THE OFFENSIVE By Maneuvering He Has Secured a Posi- tion West of Lainds Nek, and Ex- pects to Dri\fio_ut the Boers. Lord Roberts Has Not Communicated Anything for Three Days, but It Is Thought He Is Preparing to | tains were too ked the ene~ ste my, who we v . tliate e t b we did not and 1 hope I have om which I can ren- enable. BOER PEACE ENVOYS ARE WARMLY WELCOMED wk from Sloux Minneapolis, man Joh ed them in s to the Paxton AR Hotel. where a large crowd had gathered to aws al > Paxton was crowded y c crowd when Mayor Moores mounted the steps and welcomed Mir. » Omaha and the State. \ded in brief 2 reception will at the City Hall at the Creighton ved in Milwaukee He was Fischer wil LONDON t was held at the ( ernoon, organized by Morton, in ald of the Canadian con fn the war. Lady »iph Churchill, the Earl and Coun- tess of Chatterfleld, the E and Countess of Ya Miss Muriel Wilson, Mme. Alba Mis: Edna May, Mrs. Langt M ie Carter and a host sses and musicl > make the as- of promine sisted in v a great success. ———— | HOLLIS INTERVIEWED KRUGER. | LOURENZO o | Unitea States ¢ rned | here yesterday from the'} spe- h vaal by at M Hoilis patches BOER OUTPOSTS DRIVEN BACK. 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