The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 30, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1900. NO TIDINGS FROM THE DIPLOMATS IN CHINA Ministers Who Were in Peking at the Outbreak of Boxer Troubles Are Not With Seymour’s Foree, and It Is the Opinion in Wash- ington That They Have Been Killed or Held as Hostages. From Mongol Sources Reports Continue to Come That the Foreigners Are Safe, but the Worst Fears Are Entertained—Admiral Seymour Sends a Thrilling Story of His Battles With Celestials and a Long Llst of Casualties in| the Allied Forces. 4 a.m.—Vice Admiral Seymour sends the following list of his casu- wa 27 FZ wounded 73. American—Killed 4, wounded 23, : nded 1. | Japanese—Killed 2, wounded 3. [ e 29.—The Navy DC]mrt"'Cnt this morning received the folxox\'mg I, —Killed , wounded 10. Russian—Killed 10, wounded 27. Germans—Killed 12, wounded 62. 9 ded etary of the Navy: Peking relief expedition now in Tientsin with isters and Peking party not with them. No news from them.” hentic word as to the whereabouts of the members of the le- es say that they were safe a few days ago. The Daily Mall's eroys advising them that the forelgn Ministers were saf: . t would protect them. That is authentic and reliable. I inication from the capital to Shanghai by courier to g fully recognizes what the safety in about them.” Isters left Peking for Tien- of Chinese troops. It is in it. Jung Lu, former ress Drvwnzrr when she designated Pu Chun as nd Governors not to obey imperial edicts 1s- foreshadowed, and it is believed that a new Em- foreign Mi strong boc much faith h, in a dispatch _dated Thursday, Dowager fevented the de- ts for his sailing had been of the de Don Juar a prope hundred and thirty pi Ates steamer Princeton h ritical and that the steamer g Anting, twelve miles from Peking, on, affording material for a ed by the Admir: at midnight, with the by the B tra Our E Reinforcem fores having been un- ng a 10ss of 175. There were nce by rail im- by river to 18 by Boxers and wounded. nolished and us to with- of. to ¢ was t were propose on had been cut the river. Oppositlon was “ defeated In one village re- S which they had to be . nory above sin, where, ’ exposed on the oppos r bank. The 1 amen un- q ’ r down * > combined forces. found immense mounted in our defense d shelied the ut for some days, but, being b 1pered - arrive > morning of June The IS MOBILIZING A BIG NAVAL FORCE AT TAKU in " China. Siti}l Acting in Harmony, but Appear to Be Taking No Chances—Ministers of the Celestial Empire May Receive Their Passports. Powers Interested Special Dispatch to the Call, at if he could have prévented the [ which has occurred he would ly*have done so. There is no di knew, is it the intention of any power to precipitate a discussion of the final solu- tion of the Chinese question until the on to impeach the Minister’s veracity | fate of the foreign legations is finally es- of the fact that he has sup- | tablished. China undoubtedly will be com- » Department ‘of State with dis- | pelled to pay heavy indemnity, especially for the mobiliza- 3 naily large naval force | om Chinese officials stating that | if the Ministers have been murdered, and the object of th Pos- | the Ministers were safe with the column | appreciating this fact the Tsung-li Yamen, ™ under the command of Vice Admiral Sey- | according to the notion of the official, mour It is appreciated that the Minister only furnish to Secretary Hay dis- A wough it is now ap- e been based upon would take care to see that they were provided with all necessary protection. It seems to be the settled belief of the au- thorities that the rule of the Empress I ger must be brought to a close, and | 1¢ pected that as seon as Peking 1s | captured the powers will take measures | for substituting a modern government for | that which now exists, VICEROYS UNDERTAKE TO PROTECI_MISSIONARIES PARIS, June 2.—It was announced to- day. that the Chinese legation here had communicated to the French Government the text of a document cabled by the | Viceroys 6f Nankin and Hankow, June 27, cannot understand how a discrepancy between and those sent He is satisfied here. At the | ident that the dispatches b Rear Admiral Kempft is g mistake same » remains co Ministers are safe. Careful inquiry made in official and dip- lomat circles to-day fails to elicit any composition of obtained here. information confirmatory of a report from Paris that the powen t in respect t n ance of the stat quo as regards sphers of influence d commercial | E ements and also respecting the nature arantees and compensations which | hi e reached an China for the -~ AMONG THE MASS THE FRENCH MINISTER, PICH PP DI DPDEDIDIDEIEDE PEIDIIEOED G DO O M¢~0M¢~o-ew«@+o+@mw”9 (From Le [ R Persons of the E Emperor—Admiral | Kempff, Whose A factory. ACRED OR CAPTIVES. ON, WITH HIS FAMILY, STAFF AND GUARDS, IN FRONT OF THE FRENCH LEGATION AT PEKING. Monde Illustre.) O4-0—4-04-04-0-4-0-4-0-4-04-04-040-+0@ MINISTERS DEAD OR | HELD AS HOSTAGES Powers May Find it Necessary to Seize the’ mpress Dowager and| Remey to Succeed ; ctions Are Not Satis- Special Dispatch to the Call. { ALL LINGTON HOTEL, HEADQUARTERS, WEL- WASHING- TON, June 29.—Pessimism has re- | placed the optim: which pre- vailed yesterday in official circles | in reference to the foreign tions in China. It is generally conceded to-day that the foreign Ministers either dead or held as hostages, though there is one shred of hope to which the President is clinging—that the foreigners lega- | are | He will then proceed to Taku, But this is | a question of naval detail which is causing the authorities no concern whatever. Un- der the understanling from General Ma Arthur's dispatches the inexpediency of | further reducing the American force in the Philippines, unless additional troops | are immediately sent to replace those withdrawn, the War Department is now considering what troops serving in the United Stiates can best be spared for ser- 5 signed to a_well | vice either in the Philippines or China, defined position insi »f the forbidden | probably the former. Two regiments will | city of the capital, and the Imperial|be relieved from service in Cuba within a troops are aiding the foreign guards in | few weeks, and they will be ordered to the | protecting them. This possibility is re- | United States to take the place of troops garded as a slim one, especially in view |'which will be sent to the East. The of the dispatch received by Minister Wu | Ninth Cavalry and Fifteenth Infantry are | from the Tsung men ating that gpoken of for service in the Philippines, they (the legations) were to leave In a|ang it is also said that the artillery branch short time with their guards for Tientsin, rtches from native sources are ac cepted with reserve the officials view of the fact that they have pe ently stated that the foreign Minister: with Vice Admiral Seymour’'s coi- when it is now known that the re- in were umn, lieving ftv:w- has heard nothing of the r, thelr fate nding he character of the from Rear Ad- the President, unlike the Cabinet, has left Wash- ington, hoping that when the darkness shrouding China lifts the Ministers and their staffs will be found alive and well under the protection of ernment. The President frankly states that he has no information upon which to base this hope, bat he cannot under- stand how 700 foreigners could be mur. dered without information in some way reaching the civilized world. Members of the Cabinet who discussed the situation after the Cabinet meeting expressed the greatest anxiety over tie situation and especially over the Minis- ters. Their anxiety is due to the dispaten | received by Secretary Long this morn- ing from Rear Admiral Kempff. A dis- patch a few days ago - from Admiral | Kempff stated: “The Peking force and | forelgn Ministers are reported with the Peking relief expedition.” miral l\'-mlff members of his 1t is no longer a secret in naval circles | that the Navy Department is not alto. gether satisfied with the manner in which | Admiral Kempff has been handling as- fairs, and especially in reporting details to Washington. elapsed since the casualties to cable to Washington the names of the marines killed and wounded. Instrue. tions to do so were cabled him to-day. Why he did not participate in the bom- bardment of the Taku forts Is a ques- tion that the authorities have been ask- ing since that event occurred. It {s understood that under the instruc- tions cabled him Rear Admiral Remey will upon arriving at Taku within the next ten days Investigate Admiral Kempff's conduct, and the latter will prob- | ably be ordered to Manila to take charge of affairs there. Admiral Remey with the Brooklyn will leave Hongkong to-morrow for Nagasaki, where his flagship will coal. f the Imperial Gov- | Though some days have in’ Major Waller's command occurred he has faile® | may be drawn upon to supply troops to | act as infantry The troops that will be sent to China will, of course, be in the nature orcements, as by the time the n regiments arrive the allied forces will probably be well on their way to Peking. in future ems 10 be the greatest ignorance | 1 and diplomatic circles regarding the movement of the allied column, and it is not known here whether it has start- ed, though it is believed, in view of the | failure of Vice Admiral Seymour’s expedi- tion, that it will proceed immediately to | the capital. Such action is necessary in view of the { 1gnorance which prevails with respect to the fate of the Ministers and to the neces- | sity of relieving them without further de- lay if they are held prisoners in Peking. | | If they are in the possession of the Chi- | | nese as hostages then the powers can only | hope to rescue them by selzing the persons | of the Empress Dowager and Emperor | ana compelling them to take measures for ’thclr relfef. | _A naval. officer who saw service in the East during the Franco-Chinese war called attention to-day to the reports that | the Chinese are mounting additional guns on the Woo Sung forts and are collecting | a fleet in Shanghai harbor. ““I don’t mean to scare people,” he said, “but it seems to me that the powers should without delay take possession of the Woo Sung forts and the warships ba- longing to China lying in the harbor, The Woo Sung forts are five miles below Shanghai, and if it becomes necessary to drive their garrison out the Chinese sol- diers ‘will retreat through the city, mur- dering and looting foreigners. You per- haps have noticed that natives are leaving Shanghai in large numbers, and this is a pretty good indication of what may hap- | pen. During the Franco-Chinese war, though the French did not attack the Woo Sung forts, it was expected they would do 80, and every night our men-of-war were prepared to defend the American settle- ment in case of attack by the Chinese.” Orders were issued to-day directing the | colller Caesar to proceed to China. | is loaded with coal, which will be tran: ferred to the vessels of Admiral Rem command. Work on other collfers is being pushed as rapldly as possible. began negotiations with the Viceroys and Tao Tais of their respective districts, | which is an agreement between the Vice- oys and Consuls at Shanghal whereby, | subject to certain conditions, the Viceroys H’) dispatch d demanded from China. The Par iso stated that the agreement | the intern; of occupa- ional army . e o ¥ iz 5,000 men, of which the United | undertake to protect the missionaries and probmess . o 5.y s 5000. It is said upon | foreign merchants in South and East ¢ authority that absolutely no negotiations | €hina. The document, which was sent for ! S e, #nd of the kind have been participated in by | ratification by M. Delcasse, consists of the United States. It is conceded that |nine articles. " there = have been some exchange of | WASHINGTON, June 20.—The State De- notes on the part of European powers |partment also was made acquainted with which have not yet been brought to the | the terms of the agreement between the that Japan dee: ong force Russia, b . < '3‘:’.2“ thelr OWR | jttention of this Government, but this | Consuls and the Viceroys looking to the on of high officials likely None of the em- | protection of foreign interests in the R e boeh to be informed of the | southern provinces in China, The first hostages the diplomats accept it with | step to this end was indicated In Secre- wide Sl e tary Hay's cablegram of last Wednesday es An offictal to the American Consuls in China, au- thorizing them tg take direct action In- stead of waiting on possible communica- tions with Minister Conger. Thus author- ized Consul General Goodnow at Shanghal and probably several others in the south who discussed - the interna- | tional phase of the Chincje situation said that the only propositions thus far dis- | cussed relate to the protection of foreign | s life and property. It is not the intention au v}u ities fuily under-‘o. the United States, nor, so far as he accredited to e 18 no dispo- l m. ton, aud MISSIONARIES BESET BY ROBBER BANDS NEW YORK, June 20.—The interna- tional committee of the Y. M. C. A. to- day received from Secretary Lewis, lo- cated at Shanghal, to a cable sent him last Monday asking for information concerning Robert P. Galley, in charge of the work at Tientsin, and his family: “SHANGHAI, June 2.—Gailey is report- ed to have escaped. Unable to communi- cate with them, as the telegraph line is broken to Tientsin. Have applled to Con- sul at Chefu to try to obtain further par- ticulars.” A letter showing that the disturbance in China is widespread has just been re- ceived by A. D. Vandenburg, who is in the following answer | the business department of the Presby- terian Board of Forelgn Missions at 156 Fifth avenue. The letter is from Mr. Vandenburg’s brother, Dr. E. E. Vanden- burg, a medical missionary at Nodoa, in the island of Hainan. The letter, which was written about the middle of May, states that there was a band of robbers, a thousand strong, in the mountains back of Nodoa. The town is nineteen miles inland and without protection. The towns- people wanted the missionaries to let them have their guns so they could fight the robbers. The misslonaries declined on the | ground that the treaty forbade such a | course. The robbers belonged to a soci- ety known by the name of “Lol.” They are supposed to be an offshoot of the Boxers. In his letter Dr. Vandenburg says: “Lately the thieves just below here have béen robbing and pillaging, and they took one boy about 15 years old up in the hills fifteen miles from here and held him un- | miles up the Yangtse River and fifteen IThE original rellable and largest mail order il 3300 had been paid, a very large sum | | | i T 5 S R, R § Bhr A .}".é% i & el gt R P P . R B e L = R R S S A i et 2 SRR i TWO OF THE CHINESE GENERALS, OR BANNER CHIEFS, WHO ARE LEADING THE REVOLTING TROOPS AND BOXERS. - ® R4 S . S * @ . L4 * L 4 * & * + @ * » > + ® * @ePooere s eiereiei eiedeieieiesededeoeQ for these people. The Chris in a vil- | Commons to-day the Parllamentary Secre- lage called Sfak Bay, not far below here, | tary of the Foreign Office, Willlam St. have been here with tears in ir eyes to | John Broderick, announced that the Brit- send them rifles, but as it is against the | ish losses with Vice Admiral Seymour's treaty I believe we will have to refuse | force, which with the rest of the rellef them. The people have bullt a square | force had returned to Tientsin on June %, fort, two stories, of mud brick: S0 as to | were Captain Herbert W. H. be able to Keep thieves away from their | Beyts erv.Jl Marines) and twenty-four gates.' Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Brown, one of the secretaries of the Presbyterian board, day sent the following cable to Rev. 0. Elterich, Chefu: byterian missionarie: Dr. Brown also cabled Rev. George F. | Fitch at Shanghai as follows: “Order | Kuling missionaries to port. Cable par- ticulars. Where is Morris?" Kuling is a mountain town, forty-five men; wounded, seven officers and ninety- one men. Mr. Broderick added that the returns of | the foreign casualties were incomplete, but the total was supposed to be sixtye | two men killed and 212 men wounded. | In conclusion Broderick said that the most recent reports which had reached the Government pointed to the legationers be- ing still at Peking. MINISTERS, STILL MISSING. BERLIN, June 29.—The German Consul at Chefu telegraphs under date of June 28 that nothing is known concerning the forelgn Ministers. He adds that the rail- road between Taku and Tlentsin was still threatened and that the bombardment of { Tientsin on the west continues, though the Chinese shells explodé badly. It was also said that three residents had been killed or wounded. i« o RELIN LEGATIONS AT PEKING. LONDON, June 2.—The British Consul at Chefu wires the Foreign Office to-day that a message from Pexing to the Taotal of Customs at Tientsin says the foreign June 20.—In the House of |legations are still at Peking. SMITHS manager CASH STORE Ma"agemem Back in the Harness. w. secretary of the mission at “Spare no expense to save Pres- miles from the river. the Yangtse are run by foreigners, but there are Chinese forts all along the | river, and If trouble should extend down to that region the missiona at Kuling would be cut off from the civiiized world entirely. The Morris referred to is Rev. Dr. Morris. He is supposed to be at Kuling, as are two medical missionari Drs. Samuel Cochran and H. W. Bo Mrs. Cochran and M Woyd were :1150 there at last accounts. ] e | The steamers on LOSSES SUSTAINED | BY SEflJ_OUR'S FORCE LONDON, house. 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