The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 23, 1900, Page 1

VOL UME LXXXVIII-NO. 23. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TWENTY THOUSAND FOREIGN R e I e @oie et it rs it i eieiei eitbebeitebede@ Homer L.ea, a Stanford Student,| Sails for China With a Big]| BE MARCHING ON CHINESE SOIL. B+ te o0 0000000000000 0bstedoietrstesoeos® B S I S S C Ca SRCR SORE AN AND AGENT OF THE CHI- D FOR CHINA TO AID THE 1PR . Sum of Money Collected for the Purpose of Raising an Army to Outwit the Dowager| Empress. o Kyng Yu Wal, pre nths Les re on the steamship China » for some time past has Po Wong Woi, or the believed that Lea i try by the Chinese he Po Wong Wol, which s to be ong Su, the young Emperor, in n control of the Government. t the headquarters of the local It in this cou ident of the Po Wong Woi, which read as follows; commanders of the Chinese forces killed. f Send money at once to ¥ 24 years of age, has been working hand ocal reform association, who seemed, for some him. His ambition, frankly stated, has been formers’ army. The story of his 1d attracted wide attention. etters from American and English for enlistment under his banner. t is stated on reliable authority, and at w him to China when the call comes, POWERS ARE AGREED AS TO THREE POINTS commander Tientsin for the powers in C fone, mean a set Marquis de a different view. While inciding with the pro- German Foreign Office he removal of the Empre r cligue would be neces results Embassador, the permanent wers desire. ngton Government several ed through United States White regarding the where. ¥ of a number of Ameri s located within the Ger- of influence in Shantung n Government has sh a satisfactory re- te o fro special dispatc the Vatican ha »plied to the French Government tly entreating that Jarger reinforcements be sent for the pro- tection of Christians in China. The reply of the Cabinet, according to this correspondent hat the matter will be treated in harmony and solidarily with the o powers. The Chinese emb baving received several anonymous ers threatening vengeance should the news of the murder of the German Minister in Peking, Baron von koatteler, prove to be true, it imme- alately applied to the Berlin police for protection, and a number of policemen in plain clothing now patrol the precincts of the embassy night and day. ar 'he semi-official Berliner Post has a | 1 Rome asserting that | | m | the | cetved | BRITISH TROOPS READY FOR CHINESE SERVICE LONDON, June 22.—Lord Salisbury pre- sided morning at a meeting of the Far Eastern crisis. Prior to the meet- Embassador, M. Paul the Chinese Minister, ¥ Lo Feng Luh, paid a lengthy visit to the offici: and 1t 1s ench and expect nts will be t conference me lisbury meeting. proceeded »ff at Tientsin ns as to the fate of the | ve been | Kempff's message, | t especiaily summoned to consider | s of the Foreign Office, | important develop- | ne of the Cabinet | which w ite announcement | »f the 1d_destruction of | the foreign c But in spite of | Shan, t that the Chi- | forty-pounders and that 1500 | massacred, there is no | reas nclude that the foreign colony been unable to protect itself. A ighal dispatch reperts that Tientsin was bombarded for two_ fays, that the casualties were 100, that 50 international troops are there and that now that the ailied commanders at Taku are hastily pushing forward a rellef column it is the .worst apprehensions will soon 1lad. } i hoped Another Shanghal dispatch announces that the members of the foreign com- | munity of Pei Tai Ho, including thirty- three Amert rd th s, have arrived at Chefu shville, but they left all sessions behind them. spatch from Shanghal under this n's date vs five Chinese war- ernc flicers of the British armored cruiser Un- daunted visited the Chinese commanding flicer and recelved an assurance that the ips were under orders to act against sing. The superintendent of foreign tele b started for Chefu to e a scrvice thence to Shanghal. derstood the Admiraity has re- dispatch from the British naval r in Chinese waters on the sub. h damage done to the for- eign congess at Tientsin and the cas- ualties of the international forces. This has not yet been published. The Admirally sent orders to Ports- h F uth this morning to hold detachments of marine artillery and in- fantry in instant readiness for service in China. It is thought in some quarters that Li Hung Chang’s failure to go to Peking in- dicates that he is aware that the situa- tion Is so0 bad that it is impossible for him to overcome the difficulties, RUSSIA’S STAND IN THE CHESE CONFLICT ET. PETERSBURG, June 22.—The view 4 by both the press and politi- re is that Russia should make common cause with the powers In meet- ing the common danger in China. It is any Boxer an comman, ject of tk | pointed out, however, that when once the time arrives to settle the Chinese ques- tion, Russia must regulate her true inter- ests, which differ greatly from those of the other powers and prevent her more particularly from definitely embarking in hostilities against the vast Chinese em- pire, her neighbor. This is also under- stood to be the Government view of the situation, ing to-day, and that | B S AR SR 2 05,000000600600000000 Within Ten Days the Powers In- terested Intend to Have This Vast OCOC000000000000000000000000000C0000C000000000000000 ONDON, June 22.—A special from Shanghai says that it is reported from Japanese sources that 1500 forecigners have been massacred L at Tientsin, CHEFU, June 22.—It is officially reported that the bombardment of Tientsin with large guns continues incessantiy. The foreign concessions have nearly all been burned and the American consulate has been razed to the ground. The Russians are occupying the railrcad station, but are hard pressed. Reinforcements are urgently needed. The casualties are heav, BERLIN, June 22.—In naval circles at Kiel it is stated that the cruiser Hansa has driven a Chinese .ship ashore and captured a second, and that fifty Chinese were killed and seventy wounded. ©C00000C00000000000000000C00000000000000C000C000000000D - & J.W.RAGSDALE. %7 ) i K TIE > o * e P o THE TSI s es- AMERICAN CONBULATE. .AT TIEN Force Hastening to the Relief of ‘Peking and Tientsin. D B Tientsin on Tuesday and Wedn Thuraday. This is the situatio ment dispatch. and British after the conflict start VICE ADMIRAL SEYMOUR, COMMANDING THE FOREIGN FORCES ONDON, June 23, 3 a. m.—The silence. of Peking continues unbroken. thousand men of the allied forces were having e?is,\z with a prospect of being reinforced on nfin China as set forth in the British Govern- TROOPS SOON TO t @ t [ 1 ® t @ i R e R R S e 2 SENT TO THE RELIEF OF PEKING, WHOSE WHEREABOUTS IS A & MYSTERY. + | @+ S>>e>es > e e@ Eight Hundred Americans Tak- ing Part in the Fighting at Tientsin—At Peking Chinese Troops Are Reported Clamoring for the Death of to Be All Foreigners. Four sharp defensive fighting at “Eight hundred Americans are taking part in the fighting at Tientsin,” eays the Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Express, cabling last evening. “and they apparently form a part of a supplementary force, arriving with the Germans d. It is impossible to estimate the number of Chinese there, but they had a surprising number of guns.” This information appears to have begh brought by the United States gunboat Nashville.to Chefu and telegraphed thence to Shanghai. ing Shanghal In large numbers and going Into the interior. The Chinese are desert Reports from nativ. According to these sources continue to reach Shanghai of anarchy in Peking. tales the streets are filled day and night with Boxers, who are wholly beyond the control of the Chinese troops and who are working themselves up to a frenzy and clamoring for the death of all forelgners. The English consulate at Shanghal is said to have recelved from influential na- tives reports of a tragedy in the palace at Peking. though precisely what is not defined. The consulate thinks that Admiral Seymour, ccmmanding the interna- tional relief column, was misled by information from Peking, and consequently Maxim guns and Mausers. eigners had been kilied in Peking. | The Daily Express says: health."” to send troops to China.” Tt i possibl Lord Roberts. MANY WOMEN AMONG NEW YORK, June 22.—Rev. D e ard, secretary of the Methodist Fo Leon- reign “We understand th retary of the British embassy in Washington, i at Peking, and that the reason of Sir Claude’s A special dispatch from Vienna says: | Chinese legations in Europe directing them to inform the Governments to which | they are accredited that he is called to Peking by the Empress to act as interme- | diary between China and the powers to negotiate a settlement of the poin: | sue, and he instructs them to beg the powers to facilitate his mission by ceasing The Consuls at Shanghai still believe the foreign Ministers at Peking safe, al- | underestimatad the aifficulties in his way and the Chinese power of resistance with | | . though Japanese reports recelved at Shanghai allege that up to June 15 100 for- at Reginald Thomas Tower, succeed Sir Claude Macdc 1 is the breakdown to his { Hung Chang has wired the various at is- Sheng, Director General of Telegraphs, wires from Shanghai to the Chinese le- gations in Europe that the foreign legations in Peking are safe. reported that the British Government will send 1500 marines to China, and ccording to some of the morning pape MURDERED VMISSIONARIES" , 10,00 of the regulars now with fect that war has been declared remedy for the situation is to decap the leaders of the Boxers, to sead th: ir ignorant followers home and to make peace with the pow: INSTRUCTIONS TO s. & fenary Snc!f“tl)' in lh‘|: d::zx recelved | PRESS OF RUSS]A 2 Views in Tientsin, Where the Whole Foreign Population Is Said to Have b T e 16 hemitain -hr'mh:“dpdri \ % YV Dol ’ " ) Brown a | ! Beon Massacred. Peking very serlous. Hopkins, B0 X" | LONDON. June 3_The Vienna corre- L 4 In the picture of the group in front of the American Consulate, the Consul, J. W. Ragsdale, is Mr. Brown is the Rev. F. Brow !SDflflllfinl\'rf rh:- rv' r.(pr»!s = 4 shown by a heavy cross at his feet. On his right is Bertrand Ragsdale, the Marshal of the Consulate, and Tients'n. The others referred to are ) “\‘l’:;“"h;:m::u::; e following r “ in the rear on the steps are Mrs. Ragsdale and other members of the household. The Chinese attaches and S. Hopkins, M. D., and the Rf"'!’!f.::,; s prionner sty s o B, ¢ some native spectators are in the foreground to the right. :‘;:"’:nnd“‘:\'l:";z',kr:;"“:"p’:'k".‘"':_"“m",l week | dealing with the Far Eastern question b e as recetved that the Méthodist | “Flrst—No reference to the movement of B+ 00+ 0000000400 +O+O4O4O+O4O40+4O+O+ 040404040604 @ | 1 ccionaries at Tsun Hua had gome to | Russian troops or warships. Tientsin for safety. At the missionary| “Second—Papers must bear in mind that Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL HEADQUARTERS, WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, June 2.— Within the next ter days twenty thousand foreign troops will be on Chinese soil, marching to the relief of Tie:.tsin and Peking, and in pursuit of such organizations of “Boxers” as may appear formidable. These troops will be formed by coalition of six or seven thousand troops sent by Japan, four thousand troops assigned to duty in the Celestial Empire by Russia, four thousand troops by France, and the remainder of the force will be contributed by Great Britain, the United States and Germany. With this army in the field there can be no doubt of the prompt establishment of peace and order throughout the empire. According to an official of the State Department, Secretary Hay was formally notified to-day that there is complete accord between the powers in regard to China, and that assurances have been given this and the French governments that the troops sent into the empire will be employed only for the establishment and preservation of order. While gratified that these assurances have been given, officials do not forget the possibility that the jealousies existing between the powers may be accentuated by the dispatch by Japan of more troops to Taku than those sent by Russia or-any other power, and that the concert of action may be ruptured in consequence. This possibility, however, is always present and will not disappear until China resumes her normal condition and foreign troops are withdrawn. § Rear Admiral Kempff’s dispatch yesterday showing the dangerous character of the situa- tion at Tientsin has been supplemented by messages received this morning from -that officer. These messages were considered by the Cabinet to indicate that there is need for immediate rein- forcements, as the force sent to the relief of Tientsin is inadequate to guard the city and pursue the Chinese attacking it. Artillery is especially required to answer the fire of the assailants. After the Cabinet meeting an instruction was sent to General MacArthur directing him to expedite the departure of the Ninth Infantry, and to inform the department what additional troops, including artillery, could be spared for service with Kempff. General MacArthur is not to be embarrassed by the withdrawal of too large a force. A reduction of the army in the Philip~ pines might cause the Filipino insurgents to gain the impression that the United States proposed 2 Continued on Second Page. society it is estimated that, thelr wives and families, there are now thirty-seven Americans under the protec- tion of the gunboat referred to. The three men mentioned are missiona- ries, Dr. Leonard infers that the remain- | ing twenty-four missionaries at Tientsin have been murdered by the Boxers. including | the Czar is actuated only by a desire to maintain peace and good will among the nations. “Third—No gossip about differences among the powers that would be dis- pleasing to the Government. “Fourth—No criticlsm of Russian diplo- macy or of military or naval strategy. | Among them are many women, including | “Fifth—Editorial writers should recollect | five in the Woman's Forelgn Missionary | that Russia is-predestined to predominate | | Soctety and members of the Haynor, Pike, | Hopkins and Brown familics. SYRACUSE, N. Y., June C. Emens, represents the American Trad- ing Company in China, to-day r'oceh'ed the following cablegram, dated Tientsin, June 16: “Situation growing worse. Peking be- sieged. In danger of massacre. o5 “WALTER S. EMENS. LI HUNG CHANG TO SUPPRESS. THE BOXERS HONGKONG, June 22.—L{ Hung Chang, who was interviewed in Canton yesterday, sald he would leave for Peking on June 27, In obedience to an order from. the Em- press, to suppress the Boxers and to make peace with the powers. He indorsed | the opinion that he was the only man in China capable of coping with the situa- tion. He sald he believed the Boxers to be a “rabble led away by fanaticism and anti-Christian feeling,” but he also de- clared that the native Christian leaders were much to blame, inasmuch as they engendered litigation in the native courts. He asserted that he did not re- gard the Boxers as a political soclety, and that in his opinfon the Empress had been misled and misinformed. Prince Li sald he had been officially in- formed that the Taku forts fired upon the allled fleet because the admirals sent an ultimatum calling for the removal of the soldlers. He does not interpret that ac- tion as a declaration of war, and he has not received any insstructions to the ef- | in Asia. “Sixth—Comparisons may be made be- 22—Dr. P. Wal- | tween Russian and forelgn troops and sea- ter Emens of this city, whose son, Walter | men when unfavorable to foreigners.” FOREIGN RESIDENTS ARE COOPED UP IN TIENTSIN LONDON, June 23.—A special dispatch from Shanghai, dated yesterday, says: “Intellizence has been brought by the United States gunboat Nashville that the foreign quarter at Tientsin was bombard- ed on Tuesday by Generals Nieh, Tung Fuh Siang, Kand Su and Yuan Shu Kal. The result of the fighting is not known. “The foreign residents are confined to a restricfed district, and as food and water are scarce they have suffered greatly. “The Ton Shan mines at Pieh-Tal-Ho were abandoned by the soldiers, and the rioters flooded the mines and ruined the machinery.” PEKING LEGATIONS INTACT. BRUSSELS, June 2 —The Petit Bleu states that a telegram was received by an important Brussels firm from China say- ing that Admiral Seymour's relleving force and the Russian column entered Peking stmultaneousiy. The le; were reported intact and all the residents are said to be safe. otk FROM INDIA TO CHINA. CALCUTTA, June 22.—Fourteen trans- ports will convey troops from India to China. All except six are already in port. The Nerbudda and Palamcotta will prob- ably sall Sunday with the Seventh Bengal Infantry. ations. elglan