The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 19, 1900, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDA CHINA DECLARES: WAR D T I S SN SR S . Al T . LR S R R oo veie ve b e e ede ® ——— + . - - P Ea 4 A ! ?225—’; OF THE TARTAR - L4 2 NEW YORK, June 18.— « While, as claimed by the Chin- ¢ ese Minister at Washington, © technically a state of war does 2 mot exist between China and . the Western powers, open hos- @ tilities have occurred, with the - ate result of the sub- * of the Taku forts and : speedy prospects of a march . P g by a large inter- P al force. Fire was , § opened by the Chinese forts ¢ upon foreign vessels off Taku + on Sunday. Their bombard- . ment and surrender followed. @ . . 4 - TUATED AT THE WITH WHICH IT PLACE THERE BETWF ST TSIN D000 0008084006000 009p 00000 P0bp0dededsde N THE BRITISH W BYY. TS MOUTH O IS CONNECTED BY A RAILROAD. IT IS NOTED BY THE THREE ENGAGEMENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN AND THE CHINESE. PART OF THE TIENTSIN ARMY CORPS HAS MODERN ORGANIZATION, DRILL TEROUS GUNS OF THE MOST VARIED SYSTEMS AND CALIBERS. IN TAKU AND TIE FROM A PHOTOGRAPHM LOANED BY. SUPERVISOR WM.F.MC.CARTHY CHAMOT NOW IN PEKING MENT TO HIM BY —_— A *Oe O eIeeQ Y R S e = » 4 I e e B I e S S = = = SR ADAINNY PARIS, June 18. — The gravity of the situation in China is now fully recognized, and the Paris morning papers demand energetic steps for the protection of the interests of French citizens. The measures taken by M. Delcasse, the For- eign Minister, are unanimous- ly approved, but the general feeling now is that, as the Chinese question is in one aspect exclusively French, the Government should do much more. The Taku Forts at the Mouth of the Peiho River. THE PEIHO RIVER, ON THE SOUTHERN BANK OF THE STREAM, ABOUT SIXTY-SEVEN MILES AND MS, AND IS IONED AT THE TAKU FORTS. BETWE SENAL OF NORTHERN CHINA, ARE PERMANENT CAMPS WHERE THERE ARE USUALLY 30,000 TROOPS—INFANTRY, CAVALRY AND ARTIL- LERY—A ) WITH MAUSER RIF' AND KRUPP GU THE CAVALRY ALSO CARRY MAUSER CARBINES. THESE TROOPS HAVE BEEN WELI « ) FOR TEN OR TWELVE YEARS BY FOREIGN OFFICERS. THE ARMAMENT OF THE TAKU FORTS CONSISTS OF VERY HEAVY KRUPP GUNS, AND APPROACH TO THE FORTS FROM THE GULF OF PECHILI ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THE FORTIFICATIONS CON OF HREE FO! A LAR E ON TH RIGHT BANK AND TWO SMALLER ONES ON THE LEFT. ALL OF THE FORTS ARE ARMED IN TH INTSIN THE CENTER OF THE DEFENSES AND CHIEF AR- 5 CONSTRUCTION OF THE FORTS OF THE SECOND ZONE THE ), WHICH, DURING THE DRY SEASON, BECOMES CRACKED AND CRUMBLES VERY EASILY, AND R D A D R D D D S e o e e S e e S MUDDY CLAY SOIL OF THE US! THE GARRISON IS CONTINT REPAIRS. IN TAKU ARE THE MATERIALS FOR CLOSING UP THE MOUTH OF THE PEIHO. ALL THE COAST FORTIFICATIONS HAVE MINES. PP AU DA S S S S5 =S SRR A S S 4 8 2 24 S A AR AR AR RS AR A G A0 AR Ah as o ] ONDON, June 19-3:30 A. M.—China | orders from Peking conveyed in the per-| the naval commanders held a council and - - - leclared r against the world |sonal edict of the Empr: Dowager, by | decided to send an ultimatum calling_for ADV. 'BII"B,SE&T,S' AN the Taku forts opened fire up- | advice of Kang Yi (president of the Min- | the disbandment of the troops and an- ol o i | on the international fieet. The ac- | istry of War). Several- warships were | nouncing that if this demand were not Counts of what took place are still | struck by shells from the twelve-inch | complied with before 2 a. m. of the fol- A Woman's Eyes Vill tell her love, though every oth feature be hidden under the oriental | Yashmak. A woman’s eyes are equally eloguent as to her health. She can teach | her lips to laugh in spite of pain, but the eyes will never be partner in that deceit. D hollows, dark les, wrinkles at t:e cm‘ne::f. tell the fgtory of pain and sleeplessness. Much of the nerv- ousness, sleepless- fi ness and sufferin in general, endurec by women, is caused by a dis- eased condition of the womanly or- gans. When that diseased condition is cured there are no more hollow, dark ringed eyes. Dr. Pierce's Favor- | ite Prescription cures irregularity, inflammation, ul- ceration, and fe- male weakness, stops enfeebling drains, strengthens the nervous system and gives to the mother health for her duties, and happi- ness in their performance. «My niece was troubled with female weakness ®r about four before I asked for your ad- vice,” writes . W. McGregor, of 62d St. and Princeton Ave., Chil , Ills. " You advised her to take Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, which she did faithfully for mine and now we ‘must acknowledge to you that she is a wel/ wom- an. ‘We cannot h for the cure. thank We have reeommendtdy;:ur ‘mediciae to all our friends, and believe it to be a wonderful dis- covery. Dr. Pierce’s Medical A_dviaef, paper covers, sent free on recfi{pt qf' 21 onme- cent stamps to pay cost of mailingo . | threatened.” | been captured after a combined attack | by the foreign warships. the *best semi-official 1 the dispatch recelved at 3erlin from Chefoo. - German Consul at Chefoo tele- | that a Japanese torpedo boat from | brought the following: The Chinese laid torpedoes in the Taku River and collected troops from Shanhei- kwan. The foreign commanders assem- bled on the Russian flagship and address- ed an ultimatum to the commanders of the Taku forts, summoning them to with- draw their troops before 2 o’clock June 17. At 12 m. June 17 the guns of the forts opened fire, to which the Rusgtan, Brit- ish, French and Japanese warships re- plied. The bombardment lasted seven hours. Two British ships in the river between the forts are reported to have been sunk. The telegraph line and rall- road between Tientsin and Taku was de- stroyed. Communication by water is also unsatisfactory, Later a semi-official dispatch from Che- foo announced that the Taku forts had Three men on the German warship litis were killed and seven were wounded. The dispatch added that the foreign settlements at Tientsin were being fired into by the Chinese. When the dispatch left nothing had been heard from the German detachment sent to Peking or from the German legation there. The unofficial narratives coming by way of Shanghal vary and bear evidence of supplementing the main facts with guess- work. One dispatch says the Yorktown participated in the bombardment. An- |into the hands of the Russian land forc guns of the forts he heavy Russian losses were due to the blowing up of the magazines of Mand- | shur, “Four hundred Chinese are reported killed. The Chinese, when retreating, fell | The Daily News has the following from efoo: “Two of the forts were blown up. The thirty-two warships at Taku aggregated two hundred thousand tons and carried more than 300 guns.” The fallure of Admiral Seymour’s col- umn and its retreat to Tientsin increase, it 1s presumed, the peril of the legations in Peking, which is still isolated, althdugh Sharighal forwards Chinese rumors that the legations were attacked by mobs who were mowed down by machine guns, and 2lso that the members of the legations | were massacred. The situation at Niu | Chwang is reported critical. The British Consul at Kiukang has or- | dered all of the forelgners to leave Ku- | ling and Naukingchang. The powers are | taking prompt action. Four thousand German troops have been ordered to China, 10,00 French troops are waiting to embark at Saigno, capital of French Cochin China, and from 3000 to 5000 more Russians have been ordered from Port Arthur to Taku. More Russians have been ordered from Port Arthur to Taku. This reinforce- ment, says the St. Petersburg correspond- ent of the Dally Telegraph, is announced in the St. Petersburg Gazette, the Gov- ernment pointing out that Russia is send- ing so many troops solely for the sake of peace and humanity. The Brussels correspondent of the Standard, in a dispatch dated yesterday, c other asserts that American marines formed part of the storming force of 2000. An Associated Press dispatch from Che- foo, dated yesterday afternoon, says: The forts on both sides of Taku are now occupied. The Ckinese opened fire unexpectedly. The casualties to the mixed force were as follows: Killed—British 1, German 3, Rus- sian 1 and French 1. Wounded—British 4, German 7, Russian 45 and French 1. The Shanghal correspondent of the Dally Mall, telegraphing yesterday, says: The cloth-bound volume for 31 star . Addxu-Dx.LV.Piau,h&b.N 3 Chinese torpedo-boats were seized. ““I'ie forts bexan firing in observance to says: “Russia has massed 40,000 men, wflhi seven batteries of artillesy, at Kiahkta, with orders to proceed to Maimatchin, a Chinese town contiguous to Kiahkta, and thence to advance along the telegraph | route to the Mongol town of Urga, 200 miles south of Kiahkta and 750 miles northwest of Peking.” The Shanghai correspondent of the Times under yesterday’'s date gives the | tollowing deseription, said to be from offi- | cial sources, of the actlon at Taku: “On the afternoon of June 16, in view of the large bodles of Chinese troops as- sembling at the forts and of the facts that torpedoes had been laid In the river and that all communications were interrupted, | lowing desiroy the forts. Shortly after midnight the forts opened fire, The British, French, Russian, German and Japanese warships replied until two of the forts were blown up = he rest 4 the united squadron would of war pract | says that the latest news indefinitely in- creases a situation serious. KEMPFF GIVEN AN INDEPENDENT COMMAND WASHINGTON, June 18.—The actual news of the situation in China was re- cefved by the Navy Department in two cablegrams, the contents of which were made known as follows: “The department has recelved a cable- gram from Admiral Remey at Cavite, dated June 18, that informs the depart- ment that Commander Taussig cables that the Taku forts at the mouth of the river Petho fired on the forelgn gun already sufficiently vessels and surrendered to the allled forces on the morning of the 17th. The department has instructed Admiral Kempff to concur with the other powers in taking all steps necessary to protect all American interests. “A dispatch from Taussig, dated Che- foo, June 17, says that the Taku forts fired on the foreign gun vessels at 12:45 in the morning and reports that the Brit- ish admiral is at Tientsin.” The press dispatch from Manila last night saying that the Ninth Infantry had been ordered to Manila for service in China_exposed the secret plans of the War Department to dispatch troops to the scene of trouble In China. Secret or- ders were sent to General MacArthur a few days ago to prepare for the prompt dispatch of troops to Taku, but it was not_intended that_the matter should be- come public until the movement was &! least under way. Now that the matter leaked out from Manila, the officlals of the department admit that the adminis- tration has concluded to send troops to China for the protection of the dives and property of American citizens. The following cable message from Gen- eral MacArthur bearing on this subject was made public at the War Department this morning: “Ninth Infantry, Colonel Liscum, or- , JUNE 19, 1900. French Naval dered to Taku on Logan: Port Albert; probably phoon delays movement.” The v ge from Manila to Taku will occupy at least a week. The State Department this morning re- ceived a cablegram from United States Consul Goodnow at Shanghai repeating the news previously conveyed to the N. Department by Admiral Remey and Com- mander Taussig. The officials here are puzzled by Taussig's statement that the British admiral has arrived at Tientsin. They did rot know that more than one British admifal was in the Peiho River, and that was Admiral Seymour, who led the International relief column toward Peking. If it is this admiral who has re- turned to Tientsin, then the assumption is that the rellef column has failed and has been compelled to retreat to Tien- tsin This assumption would explain the statement brought by the Japanese tor- pedo boat that the foreign legations at Peking had been taken, for that is the only manner in which the news could have reached, Tientsin. In this c: , it is sald. nothing can be done for the re- lief of foreign Ministers at Peking, sup- posing they are still alive, until a very much stronger relief column can be formed and marched overland to Peking. Weeks must elapse before this can be ac— complished. The Ninth Infantry Regi- ment represents all of the army which it is proposed at present to employ. Col- onel Liscum has been ordered to report to the United States Consul at Tientsin. It is difficult to get a precise official view of the status of our relations with China since ‘this last news. The conclu- sion that we are in a state of war is em- phatically negatived by the officials best competent to speak. The Chinese Minis- ter, Wu, was an early visitor to the State Department to-day. He does not believe that we are at war with China. He said that there had been a great misunder- standing and he was confident that if the Taku forts had fired upon the inter- national fleet it was either because the commander of the Chinese forts there did not understand what was wanted or he had failed to receive proper instructions from his superior through an error. Herr von Holleben, the German Embas- sador, was without official information. At the State Department the idea pre- vailed that there had beer A bombw - ment, and that our forces were on Chin- transportation start 24th. Ty- ese sofl. Still there was no war up te Forces. —— Secretary Hay was asked if developments 1ad made any the policy which the Uaited adcpted toward these Chinese e replied: this stage. the latest change in States has troubles. “Our naval forces in that region have | been directed to act concurreiitly with the forces of the other powers for the pro- tection cf al' American interests.” Owing to the eccentric telegraphic wires and cables which inter- feres with Admiral Kempff communicat- ing with the Navy Department and also | with his superior officer, Admiral Remey at Manila, the Navy Department to-day gave Admiral Kempff an command In the interests of quick dis- patch of business. There has been no friction whatever between the two ad- mirals and the commander in chief of the station, Admiral Remey, has lent due support to Admiral crisis. Great apprehension exists at the Navy Department as to the fate of the United States marine guard of fif which were landed patched by rail to Peking before the rail- road was interrupted. They went for- ward to Peking under authorfzation given the Chinese Government to the United s Minister at Peking, in common with other ministers, to employ a a naval guaré at the legation. Just before the wires from Peking were cut word came that Minister Conger had detached twenty of these marines from his legation and placed them as a guard at the Methodist compound. The Navy Department has made public the text of the two cablegrams received from Admiral Remey and Commander Taussig. The first is as follows: “CAVITE, June 18.—9:4) A. M.—Bureau of Navigation, Washington. Taussig ca- bles that Taku forts fired upon foreign gun vessels and then surrendered to the allled forces the morning of June 17. Kempff asks Instructions about joining other powers who are taking united action in demanding that the Taku forts be turned over to them to secure favorable termination of the trouble. Will the de- partment instruct Kempff and give me the same information? REMEY." x The telegram from Commander Taussig of the Yorktown is as follows: “CHEFOO, June 17.—Taku forts fired upon foreign vessels about 12:45 a. m. action ‘of the | independent | g Kempff during the | men | at Tientsin and dis- | | Surrendered to allied forces at § a The h admiral Is at Tie | “TA 'BROAD INSTRUCTIONS SENT ADMIRAL KEMPFF m. SSIG | | ‘ w. tions sent t his participat Taku forts wer rection to prote | | his acts should American In the British there were two | River, Admiral Bruce. Therefore the arrival of the tsin does not m | mour has retur umn. Inciuded in th marines with the | sent to the reltet of f. ents | Péking are the followt - | ficers of the marine ¢ 1 | T. Weller and I G. C. Reid, A. ¥ N. L. Jolly. i SLAUGHTER OF CHINESE AT THE TAKU FORTS SHANGHAL June 19.—Four hundred Chinese were killed in the attack on t Taku forts. The attackers numbered 2 | chiefly Russians, but included Ame | British, Italian, Germa French and Austrian | forts was at first direc | Yorktown, Alg: (Russian) and were struck by shells, A exploded in the Mandshur’s maga the vessel was blown up. Th ;:\nrl Iltis were bad damaged struck many tim J mma the Iitis was mortaily wounded. -4 FRENCH SHIPS FOR CHINA. PARIS, June 18 | cruiser Guic! | cruiser to Tt Airal Charne ut Hat pain. RHEUMATISM ing about for a time. by taking ELECTROZONE. EX i < o TE N. J., May 28, 1900. FELECTROZONE MFG, CO.—Sirs: A severe case of Rheumatism has caused me to suffer | for several years. But now I can say I am completely cured after taking six bottles of ELECTROZONE. When I commenced taking the remedy my hands and limbs were swollen | in a terrible manner. I was unable to sit down or get up without assistance. 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