The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 20, 1900, Page 7

FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1900 THE SA RUSSIAN FORCES OPEN FIRE ON PE Rumored That the Chinese, Infu- ; MGKINL[Y riated at the Capture of Taku, . Have Since Massacred All For- - eigners in the Mongol Capital. I R SO O R e B s e Sy ] ADVERTISEMENTS. AND More Prosperity! | | [ | | j L d {2 EW YORK, June 19.—Two reports have been recelved from Shanghai 3| RAT I FICATIO N | & T of of the reliet force at Peking. One story is that Ad- - 83 . r s hoisted the British flag over the south gate of the 3 3 i ¢hile in the oth ‘e the Russian force, as to §8| HONOR OF THE - en various haz ferences in recent dispatch ?‘ s 2 " 1 st 4 outside the wails this morning and to have imme- dy Re ubhcan Y N0AQ ® giate on two sides, employing artillery. C{ mumeb * Ac dispateh the relief arrived in the nick of time, ¢ 8 for a k had been mad> upon the legations. Apart from this §8 FOoRr E3 since any word has been received of the dipiomatic corps ¢ 2 . 1 60 other foreign residents and refugees and 400 0dd legation guards in the g PHE l =) A\l 3 nese capital. As far as Admiral Seymour's-action is concerned, it ,was ] z t ® pointed out by the British Admiralty that the Japanese report of his return | ¥ < sin was not confirmed in the dispatches transmitted by H. M. 8. 8 — AT YR . 2ion, while Commander Taussig’s reference to the presence of the Brit- ¢ | ¢ ish adiniral at the town is admitted, as pointed out in the Herald yesterday, §8 MECHANICS! PAVI“UN % of interpreting that it was Admiral Bruce who had arrived there and not the 4 | ., @admiral in command of the relief expedition. T 5 o P < HOwW CHRISTIAN HOGS TO-MORROW, Thursday Evening, | EVERYBODY INVITED, | can Repub! W. A Little-at-the -Time Payments. A Stitch in Time Saves Nine. 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The force apparently arrived in the nick of time, for the Chinese assert that the attack upon the legations had beent successfully remewed. On the night of | e 16 the Chinese troops under Generals | ) Siang and Tung Ching attacked | ations and set on fire five European . Nothing definite is known as result. Reports, utterly discredited by foreigners here, are that the Chinese, infurfated by the destruction of Taku, ve since massacred all the foreigners in | Peking. A modified version of these rumors Te- | ceived at Berlin is that the French as well he German Minister has been killed. iglish at Shanghai think that the Chinese had foreign advice in organizing | the defenses at Taku, because of the pre- | cisfon with which the attack was del!v-i ered | The wires connecting with the harbor mines were cut by the boats of the war- | ships the night before the bombardment. | It is now reported at Shanghal that it was on boarll the Russian cruiser Korietz, and not the Mandschur, that the explo- n oceurred killing and wounding more than fifty. It is reported that no fewer an 700 Chinese were killed in the forts. Japan Mobilizing an Aymy. The Shanghal correspondent of the Daily says he is officially in- f n is mobilizing 25,000 men All the ves se Merchant Shipping Com- been chartered. sh cruiser Undaunted arrived vesterday, cleared for action position commanding the There are three Chinese te transport. pany have and took Chinese D for cruisers in the harbor. Th new Chinese cruiser Hai-Yang, t by the Armstrongs. has been taken custody at Taku by tbe British and 15 At Yum Nan Fu 68 Christians ave been attacked at the French mis »n settlement, many being put to death. ¥ The French Consul and three mission- | artes are still in prison. The disorderly elements have secured the upper hand at Wa-Hu and Czechuan, where the native Christians have been ssacred. A thousand Boxers have red on the outskirts of Tientsin. Shanghai correspondent of the News, telegraphing yesterday, The Chinese officials here assert they have news from Peking up to | The situation was then very se- | Beyond that they claim to have ed nothing, but they say that the hes have been withheld. Seymour in Danger. “Although I am not willing to adopt the alarmist reports, my impression, gathered from the Consuls and the Chinese au- thorities, Is that the worst is to be feared in Peking. Admiral Seymour’s column is | | now in the middle of an arid plain, with | no food and no good water and surround- ed by hostile forces.” A adispatch from Shangha!l announces that the United States transport Thomas, with troops from Manila, was diverted to | asaki and has arrived at Taku with 1200 men. Shanghal correspondent of the | , telegraphing yesterday, says: e British flag is reported to have been £ vesterday over the south gate of ing. This is presumed to indicate the arrival of Admiral Seymour. “The summoning of Li Hung Chang Peking is regarded as a complete ange of front on the part-of the Man- , who have abandoned the hope of opposing the powers.” The Hongkong correspondent of the Times says that the Boxer movement is spreading on West River. sttt CHINA STILL HAS TIME TO MAKE REPARATION T Tim | June 19.—Adjutant | General Corbin declared positively that up to date only one regiment—the Ninth In- fantry—had been ordered from Manila to China In addition to the Oregon, which is to | £0 up to Taku from Hongkong, the Buf- falo, with 300 green landsmen aboard, has | been ordered from Southampton, England, | to the Philippines, while the gunboats Princeton and Marlette, which are ad- mirably ted to service in the Peiho above Taku, have been held at vite under orders to be ready for ser- vice at any moment. i The Zafiro also has been held at the| same place In readiness to take on sup- plies for the naval contingent at Taku. If the Princeton and Marfetta join Ad- miral Kempff, as seems probable now, he will have at his command a more numer- cus and effective fleet of gunboats adapt- ed to the service on the Peiho River as far up as Tientsin than has any other na- tion. No reports were recelved at the State Department to-day from any of its officials in China. It is not known, conse- quently, whether or not our naval vessels were with the other foreign ships in the engagement at Taku on Saturday. in the absence of a copy of the orders to Admiral Kempfi, it is not possible to give a precise definition of his position, but the facts are wider than was sup- p He is not limited to the protection to American life and property, but may do anything in his judgment to conserve American interests of any kind in China. This instruction opens up unexpected pos- sibilities, involving even an alignment of the United States with China In case it may be found necessary in that manner to prevent the usurpation or destruction Dy other powers of such trade privileges as we now enjoy in China, improbable as such alignment may be. A significant fact in this connection is River, that the officlal view here is still that there is not yet a state of war between China and the United States. Tt is contended that the stirring events of Sunday morning did not of necessity involve us in war and that the action of the Chinese commander at Taku may yet be disavowed or proved to have been based on ignorance or misunderstanding. In this case it still glves opportunity for explanation by- the Chinese Government and suitable reparation that shall close !h'}%llncmem wlt’llmut whur. ac. Wollat. e an charge here, Mr. Wollan to-day notlfied Secretary Hay that his Government was dispatching 4000 troops Port Arthur to Taku. e - ment accepted this statement without tof the embassies and legations at Peking. | comment. It is known to the officials | hege that Japan is also sending a cor- | responding number of troops to the seat of the trouble and that Lngland, Ger- | many and France are doing likewise. It| is believed that with our own force, num- | bering about 2000, including the Ninth Infantry, the international army, will be, quite sirong enough to relieve the slege If @ larger number of American troops | should be necessary they will be sent for- | d as soon as troops can be concentrat- ed at Manila from the outlying posts. When the official day closed it was | found that a message received in the morning from Admiral Remey at the Navy Department touching the readiness of the Princeton and Marietta and Zafiro for immediate service represented all the news that had come to the Government | from the East sihce yesterday. One fact of the utmost importance deyeloped—that | the notice of the Russian Government of | its intention to dispatch 4000 troops _to | China was accompanied by an under- | standing that these troops were to be used | for the assistance of REuropeans and Americans and with no purpose of terri- torial ag on on the part of Russia. This assurance was received with the st satisfaction. It Is understood | that Japan, in view of Russia’s frank declaration, will consent to assume the | same obligation toward the other wations, in which case the greatest obstacle to ef- fective action, whether concurrent or joint, e powers in China may be con- sidered as removed. Lord Pauncefote, the British Embassa- dor, called at the State Department this afternoon and ent a half hour in con- ference with Secretary Hay. His Lord- | ship had no news from hig own Govern- | ment beyond that conveyed by the morn- ing apers respecting the developments in Chin he particularly anxious to be d as to the details of the ported battle Sunday morning. The | tate Department w: without informa- n on this point. It is said that Ad-| iral Kempff will be heard from in a d or so. The difiiculties in the way of S| communication between the rtment and the admiral are ted In the serl of me ges 4 come in the last forty-eight hours from the cable office. Yesterday the department was informed that while the wire em beyond Chefu | and le g up to ku and Tientsin had been cut, it had been arranged that daily steamboat should take messages for these points at Chefu and carry them to thelr destination up the river. gh this arrangement involved a da and the authort- at receiving to- from the cable wcceptable, appointed following notice e the office: “Cable office reports Chinese adminis- tration canceled arrangements for postal service from Chefu to Tientsin and Taku. The Great NortBern route through Sibe- ria will do S utmost to get telegrams through to Tientsin, but messages can epted only at Senders’ risk.” An u gly feature about this notice is the disclosure of an apparent purpose on the part of the Chinese Government to In. terfere with free mmunication between the foreign commanders at Tientsin and | Chefu and fheir respective governments, an action which may have some bearing the decision which must be reached very shortly as to the status of the re-| lations between China and the other na- tions of the world. GERMAN GOVERNMENT IS VERY CAUTIOUS BERLIN, June 19.—The German Gov- ernment continues to express its opinion with the utmost caution regarding the situation in China. Even now it continues | to avoid the use of the word “war,” and still expresses the hope that the Peking Government is innocent of deliberate hos- tile action. The German press s outspoken in its demands for more vigorous steps. The Vossiche Zeitung says: “Germany, in conjunction with other pow will bear hedshare of the burden of re-establishing normal conditions, but she will claim an a share of the reward.” al of the Foreign Office remark- t if the alarming news from E reived were true some con- firmation of it would almost certalni hed the coast, adding: “Still, Office is prepared to hear ws when any news comes. The Foreign Office emphasizes the fact that the Taku forts fired upon the inter- national fleet in answer to a request to d marines to protect the foreigners in Tientsin. It is unable to explain the ac- tion of the Chinese commander except upon the assumption that he acted under general orders from Peking. The Foreign Office has no_confirmation of the report published in a Britlsh paper that the German gunboat Iltis was badly damaged In the engagement with the forts and that her captain was killed. It dis- credits the rumors. A leading offitial, speaking for the For- efgn Office, repeats the denial that the powers are negotiating regarding the course of joint actlon, and says every- thing has been left to the varfous com- manders, who will simply “‘perform police duties.” ' An official dispatch says every- thing is quiet at Klaochau. The mother of the German Minister at Peking, Baron von Ketteler, in Munster, has received a telegram from China saying the news of her son's death is not true. The Chinese Minister in Berlin has coun- termanded the diplomatic reception for TFriday next, invitations to whicg had al- ready been issued. NO AUTHENTIC NEWS FROM THE CONSULATES SHANGHAI, June 19.—The consulates have received no communication from the e American HMissionaries Thought to Have Reen Murdered at Tung-Chow. X S ae a e oo ool o s ot e | " Sel that T! | Chines | roy of Chile, has fled from his province | in order to escape degradation. | ¢ SHOULD BE TREATE + e * e The Capture of the Taku #Forts at the Mouth of the Peiho River, May 20, 1858. : i | % ; : ® E 3 t ? + ‘MH e et SO Sl ol legations at Peking since June 11 and. lhe] greatest anxiety prevails as to their | Safety. There are innumerable rumors, | but there is nothing of an authentic na- | ture. | The storfes purporting to describe the situation at Peking June 17 merely reh-‘ fous accounts. | » Viceroy of Nanking has taken vig- | peasures to prevent a rising in his | tional native rumors are current | jentsin has been burned by the | e soldiers and that Yulu, the Vice- antifs uchbts I SALISBURY’S VIEWS ON | MURDER OF CHRISTIANS LONDON, June 19.—Lord Salisbury was | the principal speaker at the bi-centennary meeting this afternoon of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, which took place in this city. Referring to China he sald that though | the persons slaughtered were Christians, | 11 it must not be imagined they were mur- dered simply because the Chinese disliked their religion. It was because the idea prevatled there and elsewhere that mis- sfonary work was merely an instrument | by which a secular government achieved | its objects. While this was unjust, ana | though the missionaries could not re-| nounce their work utmost caution ought to mark the! . as overzeal- ousness led to me death of saflors and avenge the outrages. CRUISERS READY TO PROEED TO CHINA TOULON, June 19.—The greatest activ- ity prevails here with a view of guarding against any eventuality, but with the ex- ception of the order to prepare two cruis- ers to proceed to Chinese waters no in- structions have been received yet. The vessels to be sent will be either a'Assas and du Chayla or the Alger and Bugeaud, any of which, or all can be mage ready to sall in a ‘'week’s time. ‘There is also the question of formini a light division of cruisers to be compose: of La Voisier, La Lande, Forbin, Wattig- nies, d'Ibervelle and Casabianca. MORE FRENCH TROOPS ORDERED TO CHINA PARIS, June 19.—The French Govern- ment will have 4200 troops at Taku when the reinforcements just ordered out arrive there. Two thousand will reach Taku be- fore July 3. The dispatch of a cruiser di- vision which was decided upon to-day will give France a strong naval force, consist- ing of seven modern cruisers—three of the first class and four of the second—four gunboats and a dispatch-boat. LI HUNG CHANG IS ABOUT TO LEAVE CANTON HONGKONG, June 18.—Tt is understood that Li Hung Chang leaves Canton for the north June 20. Canton is quiet and the Viceroys of the provinces bordering on the Yangtse Kiang are believed to be strongly opposed to the revolutionary movement. Marines to Go to Stockton. Special Dispatch to The Call VALLEJO, June 19.—The naval authori- tles at Mare Island received to-day from the Secretary of the Navy an order to gend a battalion of twp hundred marines and a military band by\special steamer to Stoekton on the afternoon of July 3 to participate in the big street fair celebra tion on July 4. Large parties from lejo will attend the street fair at Stock- ton, and this order from the Navy Depart- soldiers sent to | 3 s t - ® * > + 2 @ B B R Y - ) @rocee e s e ecese: +@ ment shows the enterprise of the commit- tee in charge of the affair. SR OF INTEREST TO THE PEOPLE OF PACIFIC COAST Pensions Granted, Civil Service Ap- pointments and Patents Issued. Spectal Dispateh to The Call. WASHINGTON, June 19.—Pacific Coast pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original—Benjamin L. But- ler, Buchanan, $6; Bernard Ryan, San Francisco, $8; Charles W. Witham, Long | Beach, $12; Max Kern, San Francisco, 36; Charles Galletly, Watsonville, $§; Edwin Leonard, Anaheim, $6; William McCreary, Soldiers’ Home, $; William H. Preston, Veterans' Home, $5. ‘West, Los Gatos, $8; Cleofas Ponce de Leon, Santa Barbara, $10; George H. New- ton, Soldiers’ Home, $10; George Henry Carroll, Oakville, $24. Mexican War sur- vivors: Increase—Jeremiah B. Moore, San Francisco, $20. War with Spain: Widows— Mary Bemis, mother, San Bernardino, $12. Oregon: Renewal—David A. Bridewell, Lostine, $6. Additional—Chester P. ‘Washington: Gormley, Dayton, $8. Increase—Charles William H. Mil- H. Davis, Maury, $10; lard, Bay View, 317; Hannah J. Gunning, Vancouver, $12. The Civil Service Commission announces a speoial examination for postoffice clerk and carrier at San Bernardino August 1; Berkeley, August 4, and Portland, Or., August 1. Second Lieutenant Arthur F. Cassels, Seventh Artillery, now at San Francisco, will join his battery at Fort Adams, R. 1. Patents have been granted as follows for the Pacific Coast: California: San Francisco—James W. Chisholm, manufacturing gas, also water as generator; William W. Hanscom and &2%ough, assignors to J. O. Gunn, ma- electrodes for storage batteries; John Tobin, apparatus for plastering columns or the like. Pacific Grove—Cornelius A . Culp, assignor to Culp Brothers, tire deflator. Alameda— Adam Hebere, smokeless coal-burning fur- nace. Napa—Peter G. Lavigne, screw pro- eller. Los Angeles—Robert P. Lawson, Iter; Michael A. McLaughlin, electric belt. Lodl—Theron R. Lillfe, scréw holder and driver. Ferndale—Eric G. Newman, upholstery. Sacramento — Ransom E. Strait, apparatus for secur!ni piston packing rings. Corona—Arthur L. Taber, carbureting lamp. Jose—George Trevett, mail box. | Washington: Walla Walla—Clifford L. Cambern, trace fastener for whiffletrees. Sedro—James C. Woolley, R. A. and W. J. Munro, graln door. Ophir—Henry Hoom, water elevator or irrigating appa- ratus. s Injured While Racing. BERLIN, June 19.—Lieutenant von Sin- gler of Strasburg and Lieutenant Brix of Kottbus, two of the best known gentle- men riders in Germany, have just met with dangerous accidents while racing. chine for makin, Several members of the Saxon royal family, includi Prince erick George, the King's brother, d a visit to-day to the Barnum V. Bailey circus at sden and expressed the: ives as de- D lighted with the show. s sd S Change of Venue Granted. REDDING, June 19.—Judge Sweeny, in the Superior Court of Shasta County, to- day granted the application of the Moun- l tain Copper Company for a transfer of the case of Allle Van Buren and children gmt the copper y from here to United States Circuit Court of North- | band, was killed March 1 by a cav: | Increase—G. 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