The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 27, 1900, Page 1

be VOLUME LXXXVIII-NO, 27. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, AMERICAN TROOPS THE FIRST TO CU THROUGH CHINESE 1900. LINES AT TI PRICE FiVE CENTS. ENTSIN Admiral Seymour's Force About Ten Miles"é From the -Besieged City Surrounded by : : Mongol Troops and Boxers and Hampered ; : by the Presence of Sick and Wounded. : Spread of ihe Anti-Foreign Murderous Uprisings, and There Is a Probability of Immediate Outbreaks in ithe Southern Provincial Centers of the Empire-—Li1 Hung Chang Trusts to Amaricans to Aid in Settling the Crisis. E— Copyrighted, 1900, by the Associated Press O R O s vew HEFU, Junz 26 —The Americans and British entered Tientsin first, silencing the guns of the arsenal and breaking through the Chi- nese lines. The foreigners were closz behind. The Russians lost 4 killed and 30 wounded. The losses of the other nationalities were small. Admiral Sevmour’s force is about ten miles from Tientsin. It is surrounded by Chinese troops and Boxers and hampered by the pres- ence of sick and wounded. It is reported that all foreigners were sent from Peking with a weak Chinese guard, and it is assumed that they are with Admiral Seymour. One thousand Japanese are landing at Chefu and 2000 more are expected to-morrow, when a battaiion of French is also due. The foreign admirals have appointed Captain Wise, commander of the Monocacy, to be commandant at Tong Ku. The Netherlands cruiser Holland has left Java for Chefu. e ebullition in China is the probability of The populace there is daily attitude toward foreigners; a erceive symptoms of a ki the Daily Express, f the most truculent enemies of foreigners, has arrived by way of 1 with full powers from the Empress to deal with the southern provinces. le of Vic 1 Kun Yih toward foreigners has brought him into disgrace with ient of the Tsung-i Yamen: 1 is described by a dispatch from that city to the Daily Telegraph, dated . vesterd a.m.—A fresh phase of t hern 1 the great so provincial centers. 1 the latter P to g, where, according to a dispatch 1 eroy L e eve of a scene of bloodshed and anarchy in the two Quangs The signs of a murderous uprising are so manifest , families and valu- has again been peremptorily ordered to Peking. His declare him before he can reach there. His presence alone restrains the revolution- et loose the ‘black flags’ and ‘red girdles.” Knowing this, ies to Hongkor =bellion. enémies he 1 A’s trusted « “T-'O \7!\ I s in this crisis. eric He says that they alone want no clf largely—almost unreservedly—in their hands. At an important con- his statement. All the missionaries have been notified of their im- ners. They are leaving Canton hurriedly, and only a few are trusts the Ar terntory, rated ¢ ference to 1 rough confident McLean, of the U He hip Don Juan de Austria, is the first here le and energetic and is reinforced by H. M. S. Redpote. hameen are armed. is ¢ 1 resitlents at S population reaches 2,000,000, in addition to 230,000 living on junks and sam- e people are disaffected and incendiary proclamations are increasing the French Consul there has reccived a cable from Shantung assert- Chinese troops are making forced marches from Shantung to Peking. i 1 100 native Christians have been murdered in the southern part of the S r authorities have been discovered recruiting at Shanghai yme agents have been arrested in the act of constructing en- > Chinese n concessions. man conn 1 war purchases for the Chinese Government in Europe, who ewed by the Daily Express, says that China has immense quantities of arms and am- 1 stagger humanity if driven to defend herself. SEYMOUR APPEALS FOR RELIEF. NEW YORK, June 26.—A World special from Chefu says: Seymour, commanding the Peking relief forces, is besieged. Heliograph communication has been established. He sends an urgent appeal for a relieving force, and is apparently very hard pressed. Seymour says the lega- ns are safe with him. OFFICIAL REPCRTS | Europeans are preparing to leave Wu Chau, as the natives are conducting anti- *S RELIEF |foreien demonstrations. VOLUNTEERING FOR SERVICE IN CHINA OF TIENTSIN 26—The the follc June received SHINGTON, t bas of the ce reached PeKIng re- KEMPFF. rates Consui John “Combined ntsin 234." rtment has received the 26.— Adjutant General, th Infantry salls Zith ed and well MACARTHUR.” t announces that rooklyn, with Ad- wiil take 300 ma- Taku, stopping at The gunboat Prince- ton has been ordered to Swatow, Am: and Foochow, thence o Shanghai to in- gtall an electric plant keeping ever ready for active service. The Navy the armored c miral Remey rines from Ma Nagasakl en rc ANTI-FOREIGN DEMONSTRATION HONGKONG, June 26.—The steamer Sam Chul arrived to-day from Wu Chaa, | i on the West River, with a number of lady missionaries. She reports that the other v of State has received a, sup- | LOS ANGELES, June 2.—Lieutenant | George McKeeby, who served at Manila 'RETIRED OFFICERS FOR ACTIVE DUTY | with Battery D of California, has tele- 52 | graphed the War Department that he is AR SRR {nn—rvnrndrxnhrfl, e a battery of volunteers Bpacts e » . ;ynl once if thel ervices are necessary in WASHINGTON, June 2.—The exigen- | China. He has recelved no reply as yet. | cles arising out of the present situation | g1, RENO, O. T., June 2%.—A. M. Bald- in China have necessitated the employ- | win of El Reno has recruited a company | ment of retired officers on active duty. |of volunteers and offered their services The first such officer ordered to duty is |to the Government through Governor Lieutenant Richard H. Townley, who was | Barnes in case hostilities require the send. retired thirteen vears ago and who s di- | ing of more troops to China. | rected to leave San Francisco on July i | ARDMORE, 1. T., June 2.—Ca; for Manila for duty. Secretary Long has |y, Henson, in command of the X‘,;l,:uf; decided that he will assign to duty re- | military company, has tendered the ser. { tired officers who are of low rank and |yices of the company, numbering seventy- have been retired recently. The Navy |eight men, to the Secretary of the Interior Department is particularly In need of |y case of war with China, watch and division officers. | — - | The Navy Department has been assured | PROTECTING A FRENCH CONSUL. | that the officers are ready for duty in | e PARIS, June 26.—The Chinese Minister communicated to M. Delcasse, the Minis- | China by applicants from many who de- | | tion. A dispatch was received to-day from |ter of Foregn Affairs, this evening a tele- sire to go immediately to the Asiatic sta- | San Francisco signed by Captain Mayo, | Lieutenant Commander Milton and Lieu- | tenants McEiroy, Ackerman and Vogel- | sang, declaring their readiness to go to | {China on _short notice. Commander | | Cowles, acting chief of the bureau of nav- | igation, wrote to each officer thanking him for placing his services at the disposal of | the Government, but indicating that they | are not now needed. It is the belief of the department that the trouble in China is one for the military to deal with, | gram which he received to-day from the Viceroy of Nun Yan saying that M. Fran- cois, the French Consul, and those with him at Yun Nan Sen started June 24 for Tonquin. The Viceroy. it was added, had a number of well officered soldiers ac- companying the party for protection over the entire route, and it was believed they would be able to leave the province with- gm difficulty. The Minister also said he a dispatch saying the Euro- peans at Peking on that date were well and safe, but its fmportance was lost, as -tit was not dated. | Is 'Cver by the Time He R S S R S S P [ R S S T0 COMMAND THE AMERICAY - LAND FORCES | Brigadier Gene:al Adna R. ! Chaffee Wiil Have Su- i preme Control of Trocp: | fent by the United States | to China. Sail Frem San F.anciseo To | July1 on the Sama2 Trans- port Carrying ths Sixt1 Cav- | | alry—If the Boxer Trouble | Reaches NazzsakiHis Forces Will Proceed to Manila. - Speclal Dispatch to The Call) ALL HEADQUARTERS. WEL- LINGTON HOTEL, WASHING- TON, June 26.—Brigadier General | Adna R. Chaffee, who has been as- signed to command the American 1and forces in China, is to be given all the soldiers he may need to protect the lives and property of Amer At present arrangements are being made for sending a brigade from the Philippines and the Sixth Cavalry from the U States, | but a cablegram was sent to-day to M jor General MacArthur, commanding thc forces in the Philippines, asking him how many of his troops he céuld spare for | service in China. The purpose of this in- | quiry is to ascertain how many reinforce- ments can be sent to General Chaffee if a single brizade is not sufficient. General Chaffee was at the War Depart- ment to-day and was given his instruc- tions, after which he called on the Presi- dent and also had consultations with Sec- retary of the Navy Long and Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn. He is to safl from San Francisco on July 1 on the same transport carrying the Sixth Cav- alry. The desire to have General Chaffee and this cavalry regiment reach China with little delay is such that the trans- port will not stop at Honolulu, but will continue on her way direct to Nagasaki, Japan. At that point General Chaffee will be in communication with the War De- partment and will recelve further instruc- tions. If the trouble Is all over so that troops. will not be needed the transport will go from Nagasaki to Manfla. If the situation has not improved General Chaf- fee, under his present instructions, will assume command of ail American land forces and will act In conjunction withd| the military forces of other powers for the protection of life and property cf foreigners In China. He is to report to the American Minister in Peking as soon as he can place himself in communication with that offictal. Hall Second in Command. In military operations General Chaffee will be supreme. In all other matters he will act under the direction of Minister Conger, if the Minister Is safe. It was the first intention of the War Department to place Brigadier General R. H. Hall .n command In the brigade to be sent from the Philippines, but it has since been de- termined to send General Chaffee. It s still probable that General Hall will go in command of the troops until General Chaffee’s arrival, and he may continue as second in command. Tientsin has been relieved by the com- bined forces, but Peking is still cut off and nothing definite is known about the situation of the rellef force under Vice ‘Admiral Seymour except that it Is sur- rounded about ten miles from Tientsin. No official confirmation has yet been recelved of the general consular dispatch from Chefu, announcing that the foreign ’ were with Vice Admiral Sey- B I S THE PLACE OF REFUGE AT TIENTSIN. View of Part of the Forcign Concession Showing the British, French and Russian Consulates. The scene is from the north side of the Peiko River, near the railroad station. The large building fronting the river near the middle of the picture is the British Congulats. The prominent building cn the right is the French Consulate, and the cne near the edge of the picture on the left is the Russian Consulate. The American Consulate stands three-quarters of a mile back to the south. stands on ground somewhat elevated, is surrounded by a high wall of neavy masonry, offering better facilities for resisting an attack than any other place in the concession. Within this compound, by previous understandi; of danger and there withstood the bhombardment and assaults of the Chinese until the arrival of the relief force from Taku. The picture is repro- duced from a photograph belonging to E. T. Sheppard of this city, the first United States Consul at Tientsin. ] GENERAL ADNA R. CHAFFEE e be aaadl o m e e el B ol e aa s o e ae o e o | | PP S DU ISP P PSP S S S S S S S P S PPN Y Like his chief, General Miles, General Chaffee won his present rank by merit, like him rising from the ranks to a high command. General Chaffee was born in Ohio April 14, 184S, and began his military service in July, 1881, when he enlisted in the regular army as a private in the Sixth United States Cavalry. For gallant and meritorious conduct he was made sergeant and then on up through the intermediate grades until he was commissioned captain for his services in the battle of Dinwiddie, March 31, 1565. The Indian campaigns from 1867 to 1882 brought him up to leutenant col- onel. He went to Cuba with General Shafter and commanded a brigade of the American forces at Santiago, especially distinguishing himself in the cap- ture of “El Caney,” which practically ended the siege of Santiago. He was recommended for special distinction by General Lawton. On May 8, 189, he ‘was made colonel of the Eighth Cavalry, and about the same time commis- stoned brigadier general of volunteers. Soon after he was made major gen- eral of volunteers. - From December, 158, until a short time ago General Chaf- fee served as chief of staff to the Governor General of Cuba, and later in the office of the adjutant general at Washington. g, it is said all the foreigners in Tientsin gathered on the approach “THE HERO OF EL CANEY”| B e R S e s = o ] The British Consulate, which L R R I R e A S g JE Sl i CIANGE OF - THE DINASTY S CERTAI {When Foreigners Have Taken Peking the Powers Wili See That a Govern- ment Satisfactory to the Chines= Is Organized. PP L While President MeKinley Will Not Join in a Grab for Ter- ritory Under the Guisa of *“Spherzs,” He Will See That Amer.can Trade Rights Are Properly Proteet2d, Aeceord- ing to the “Open Door” Plan, Spectal Dispatch to The Call. ALL HEADQU e GTUN TON, June and Sec in common with the rulers pean nations and Japan, have v study- ing the present situation and its possibili- tles, and no one need be surprised if the | administration, when the time for action | comes, should initiate a policy designed | to establish by international pa | ciples of the “open door,” and perhaps in- | sure the integrity of the Chinese empire. til Peking is tak lied forces it will not be mec ry to play even a | minor card. But when Peking is captured and the @iscussion begins as to the future of China @ it will be necessary for the President, ¢ | mindful of discordant ideas as to the em- & | pire’s fate, to join one faction or the o er. What this faction shall be; futu events must determine. It is evident tha @ | the President is averse to the acquisition 4 | of Chinese territory. He could have had Wei-Hai-Wei before the war with Spain, ¢ | but resisted the overtures then made by & | the British Government. 4| A worq to Great Britain or Russia or 3l France, and the United States can occupy territory in China. But engaged in a polit- cal campaign, the President does not care o strengthen the hand of the anti-impe- G40 00090000000+ 0+ 000+ +0+000090+9+990-+0 | rialists by taking action which will re- mour, twelve miles from Tientsin, where | Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, has| they were surrounded by Boxers and Chinese regulars. that this dispatch may be correct, how- ever, as It agrees with Admiral Kempff's dispatch in every particular. except that | it conveys additional Information as to the whereabout of the Ministers. The au- | thorities here believe that when the relief | forces, which reached Tientsin on the 23d and then started on the 24th to the re- Hef of Vice Admiral Seymour reach that officer, the forces will be combined, and unless it should prove true that the Min- isters and other foreigners are with Vice Admiral Seymour, an _advance by the combined forces upon Peking will be com- menced at once. May Be Held as Hostages. It s hoped here that the 4000 Russians who left Niuchwang may have reached Peking by this time, but it is believed that if they had the Russian Government would have been notified and would have informed the other, Governments. The general belief here among officers of the administration and members of the dip- Jomatic corps is that if the Ministers and legation officlais are not safe with Vice Admiral Seymour, they are probably be- ing held as hostages by the Chinese, as was done in 1860 when the Anglo-French forces intervened in China to protect for- elgn life and property. Adequate supplies of arms and ammuni- tion are being sent to the naval forces in | Chinese waters. Rear Admiral O'Neil, It is thought probable | sult in the enlargement of American ter- been notified of the arrival of 300 T e ammunition at Cavite. This will bemur::ylc! { Change of Dynasty Certain. for the present, but the admiral is ar-| One thing is plain to every official and ranging to send small arms and small | diplomat in Washington—a change Is cer- arm ammunition and rapid-fire guns with | tain in the reigning dynasty &f China. The ammunition for them by colliers now be- | message of the Viceroys is accepted in of- ing fitted out for service in Chinese | ficial circles as a confession that China is waters. | unable under the present Government to While every effort will be made to maintain order. Accordingly there Is now strengthen the land forces in China, it but one thing to do, to establish a Govern- was decided at the Cabinet meeting to- | ment which can and will govern the Chi- day that no ships were needed and the | nese people. A proposition is fikely to be Marfetta, which was to have gone to|made by the United States, Great Britain Taku, will be ordered to return from Ma- | or Japan when the allied troops occupy nila to her station at Cebu. The Prince- | Peking that a Government satisfactory ton is to visit ports In Southern China, |to the Chinese shall be organized, including Swatow and Amoy, and is to! It Is possible that before this 3tage is go to Shanghal for repairs, but is to be | reached Russia will inform the powers kept fn constant readiness for orders to | that in view of her territorial proximity go to any point in China. | to Peking she is of the opinion that her CANNOT KEE—P-FORHGN troops should garrison the capital and poy |Hice Northern China. Such suggestion | would doubtless be strenuously opposed by Japan and Great Britain. It is also TROOPS OUT OF CHINA' WASHINGTON, June 2%.—The six great | Viceroys of China. acting through the Chinese Minister here, to-day renewed their efforts to have foreign troops kept ' Ch: hes | e req rmal docu- | ed by the six Viceroys, includ- | ung 3 answer of the United States Gov~! ernment was the same as that to the in- | Tequest of Minister Wu and amounted to a declination. yesterday l possible that the Governments favoring a partition of China will propose a division of the empire into spheres. which they will occupy with their troops. . The United States i its present temper could not agree to the occupation of such a2 sphere, even If a failure to do so should mean thdt American commerce would be partially excluded by tariff barriers, The protection of American commercial Continued on Second Page.