The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 9, 1900, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCIS Announcement Made by the Consuls at Shang- hai Arouses the Hope That the Besieged Have Escaped Massacre and Will Yet Be Delivered From the Mob of Fanatical Chinese. Correspondents Throw Doubt Upon the Reliability of the News and Believe Optimistic Statements Are Due to an Error in Dates. Boxer Force Numbering One Hundred Thousand Men Holds the Country Around Tientsin. Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1200, by the Herald Pu blishing Company. Special BN 2 2 CHEFU, July 8.—The American Consul here has received a communication from Taku, under date of Thursday, saying that ten thousand Chinese under General Nieh appeared out- side of Tientsin on Wednesday and reoccupied the eastern arsenal. The Chinese are fortify- ing the native city of Tientsin. The situation there is gonsidered critical. Communication between Tong Ku and Tientsin is again threatened. The Boxer influence is increasing in Shantung province. Christians at Cninfu have been calied upon to renounce their faith. The French Consul reports that the Ching Chou Fu orphanage has been pillaged. A steamer has arrived from New Schwang with nine refugee sisters and one priest from Moukden, where the Catholic mission was burned and three sisters and a Bishop murdered. An infiammatory placard was posted in the Chefu native city last night. The United States cruiser Brooklyn, Admiral Remey, called here to-day, forty-five hours from Nagasaki, and proceeded to Taku. Three hundred and fifty marines intended landing on Sunday morning. The Logan, bearing the Ninth Regiment of United States Infantry, passed Chefu on Friday on their way to Taku. foociefocfociociosiosiosiooriodiole e ke b f » at Peking were safe on July 4. The foregoing statement, read s dispatch to the Foreign Office on Sunday, makes it possible to be- e legations will hold out for a number of days yet. Having fought to a standstill the ry, it believed that something may intervene to save them. ster rumors of the last ten days, is enough upon which to build up hopes. srrespondent of the Express, telegraphing on Sunday at 5:10 p. m., throws He says: a1 Sheng now admits that there was an error in his communication to General War- e of the courier’s arrival at Chien Fu was July 3, which does not apply to ‘his depar- is Warren's information. om Peking.” Peking to Chien Fu takes five days. The courier therefore could not June 28, The date of the massacre there, as given by Chinese reports, from ater than e 30 or July 1 Tientsin is still estimated by inconclusive between which place and A Chefu dispatch t > journey Peki hard pressed. A Chinese force numbering from 80,000 to 100,000 men, as reconnoissances, floods the country round about Tientsin, communication Taku is apparently possible by river only. o the Express says the Russians have landed 8000 men at Taku and the ischarged The Japanese pushed on to Tientsin, leading in the sault upon the native city, in which their commander was killed. Ten more trans- Japanese With the 10,000 British India troops afloat and fresh Japan- robable that the allies will have 50,000 men ashore. he disorders in the provinces appear to be increasing in violence. A Chinese army is with- miles of Newchwang, and the foreigners are preparing to abandon their homes. The part of the province is swept by raiders, destroying all works of the white man, except in spots garrisoned by Russians. Proclamations have been posted in all villages near Chefu call- g upon the loyal Chinese to rise and expel the foreigners for introducing among the pious Chi- nese an immoral relig Every good Buddhist is expected to kneel three hours daily, knock his head upon the floor thrice and pray earnestly that sudden, cruel death may overtake all aliens. The foreign settlement at Chefu is at the mercy of two Chinese forts equipped with Krupp guns which command two sides of the city. Six warships, including the United States gunboat Nashville, are constantly rovisional government at Peking appears to. have designs upon the southern prov~ inces. Besides having ordered Kwang Shikai to advance upon Nankin, which Kwang Shikai says he will not do, Prince Tuan has sent an army along the route of the grand canal. % N3 1th bank of a river nearly a mile wide. The British cruisers Hermione and Pique I will assist in repelling attempts to cross. -Six Chinese cruisers are there and 17,000 Chinese troops are at the disposal of Viceroy Liu Kun Yi. The forts mount thirty - four high power modern guns. The foreigners in Shanghai are becoming uneasy. Everything ;‘lepends, they feel, on Viceroy Liu Kun Yi. several transports. sirn sl B 1igaged at er 1gents it is quite ports. n. cleared for action. "he | in is on the s Refugees from Tientsin arriving at Shanghai say that only five civilian foreigners were led during the long Chinese bombardment. The foreign women became so indifferent that they alked through the streets, not heeding the shells. Most of the civilians were deported to Taku, be conveyed to Shanghai. thence to The eourier mentioned in Consul 'Warren's dispatch gives a strange picture, says the Daily I's S'\.:uigh:n correspondent, of how life jostles death in Peking. Business apparer;tl_v goes on The shops and theaters are open and the streets are full of people. No imperial troops except those of General Tung Fuh Siang took part in the fighting. The courier even asserts pos- i re L}fn: supplied to the legations, but by whom he does not say. The Box- Tun Fuh Siang do not get along well. The Boxers assert that they do all the latter all the looting and nothing else. General Kwang Shikai, Governor of Shantung, the correspondent of the Daily Mail, pre- dicts that by July 11 the Boxers will dishand and negotiations will be begun for peace. Neverthe- less the circumstantial rumors of dark things to come are in circulation. PRINCE CHING HEADS COUNTER REVOLmON. 1al itively that provisions ers and General fighting and the BRUSSELS, July 8—A dispatch from Shanghai received here says that, according to a high Chinese official, the two legations which were still holding out on Ju’l_\' 2 were the objects of incessant attacks. There had been some losses among the troops guarding the legations, but the diplomatists were safe. The dispatch also says the ! val troops under Prince Ching, who is heading a counter revo- lution, had attacked the rebels in Peking. The Governor of Shantung, according to the same au- thority, is reported to have declined to obey Prince Tuan’s orders to scize Nankin. Further dispatches from Shanghai say the legations were holding out on July 3, that the rebels had lm_or_1 repn'lscd with a Inss of 2000 and that the Boxers were discouraged. They also re- [:-,'[nl\'v”l];ffl a Chinese journal confirms the announcement of Prince Ching’s counter revolution in e e CHINESE SHELL THE FOREIGN QUARTER, LLONDON, July 8.—A dispatch from Tientsin dated July 3 says: “Since early morning the Chirese have heavily bombarded the settlements. mour has ordered the women and children con Admiral Sey- veyed to Taku at the earliest possible moment.” - t TIENTSIN BOMBARDED BY RUSSIANS. BERLIN, July 8 —A dispatch from Tientsin says the Ru the native town on July ssians unsuccessfully bombarded . The strength of the allied troops is about 10,000 2 L} B e e e R R R S I R R A B B S S S D TP ® T S U S D B R O o s SN - Hordés. A i L ALL HEADQUARTERS, WEL- LINGTON HOTEL, “WASHING- TON, July 8.—An allied force of nearly 100,000 men is in China or on its way to Taku. These figures are larger than those given yesterday, tion, which has just been received in an official quarter here. It was learned to- day that several governments, appre- ciating the need of an expression of opin- fon as to the number of men required to establish and preserve order, recently di- rected the several admirals at Taku to wire a statement as to the strength of the force necessary to suppress the revolt. The instruction was a matter of eonfer- ence between the admirals, and the high- est estimate seems to have been made by a Japanese officer, who placed the number at between 70,000 and 100,000. The estimates of the British, Russian and German of- ficers were smaller. As to that made by Admiral Kempff the authorities decline to speak, but there is reason to believe that it was slightly less than the lowest figure of the Japanese sailor. It may be that it is Admiral Kempff's statement that has caused the officlals to hesitate to urge the dispatch of troops to Taku until the arrival of the Japanese division and the Ninth Infantry, which will bring the total fighting strength of the allies to about 45,000 men. now consists of -18,000 men. Reinforce- ments under orders consist of 19,000 Japa- nese troops, 15,000 Germans, 13000 Rus- sians, 11,000 Americans, 10,000 British, §000 French and 3000 Italians. Japanese Officer May Command. Upon the arrival of the Japanese division at Taku the question of the officer who will be placed in command will paturally arise. The Japanese corps will be com- manded by a lieutenant general, and, so far as known here, he will be the rank- ing officer. It may be that Russia may not desire to permit Japan to have a pre- ponderating force and a Japanese officer in the direction of affairs, and may send an officer with the rank of general to com- mand her forces. He would, of course, rank the Japanese officer. So far as this Government is concerned, it is willing to have any efficient officer in command, be he Russian or Japanese, provided haste is observed in starting the expedition to the relief of Peking. Considerable satisfaction is felt in of- ficial circles at the declaration of M. Del- casse yesterday that “it is impossible for one power to declare war against China.” This is the understanding of the authori- ties here, and they are hopeful that that view will continue to, prevail. national law expert who discussed the situation to-day made this statement: “Prince Tuan seems to be at the head of the trouble. He is not recognized by any power, or even by his own people. The situation from an international point of view is this: Certain hostile conditions exist, of which the powers take notice, as they take notice of any facts affecting them. The death of the Ministers would not alter the legal situation, there being no government back of the crime. Ac- cording to the facts thus far obtainable, the Government of China which the United States has been recognizing has been overthrown by persons who are com- mitting violence, and Prince Tuan has as- sumed to take charge of affairs in the capital. From a légal point of view Tuan is the head of a band of outlaws and mur- derers and may be punished as their lead- er. You cannot declare war upon out- laws, though hostilitles may exist.” REPORTED DEFEAT OF CHINESE BY RUSSIANS LONDON, July 8.—The correspondents at Shanghai, which is still the clearing- house of all China news, say that a com- Ibined force of Russians and Japanese but are based on more accurate informa- | The allied .force at Taku and Tientsin | An inter- | CO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 9, FOREIGN LEGATIONS AT THE CHINE | REPORTED SAFE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY Q400 40904004040404-09004040406040404040440050048 4060400000 The famous Ninth Infantry and its | 4, say 1900. UNITED STATES R LONDON, Juy é increase China to 23,000 horses, ¢ followed the railway Chan and then swept to the west and attacked the Chinese eighteen miles north of Tientsin and killed 1000 of them. The Shanghal correspondent of the Standard says reports from Tientsin, from Chinese sources, say that a great battle has taken place, in which the Chinese lost heavily. The allies at Tientsin are short of provisions and suffer considerably from “sniping.” The Daily Mail's Tientsin correspondent, in a dispatch dated July 2, via Chefu, July as far as Lang forward move is possible with less 30,000 men. A document has been signed by a British resident on be- | of British manufacturers offering | th found half Viceroy Chi Ching Chung complete arma- ments and officers and an army corps for £450,000. ages of British correspondents sin are censored by the British | authorities, but there is no censorship ex- ercised over the other correspondents.” The Daily Telegraph’s Canton corre- spondent, wiring Friday via Hongkong, says: “Li Hung Chang was officially notified to-day that President McKinley appre- ciates his friendship for the allied pow- | ers. Now that anarchy controls the capi- | tal President McKinley trusts to the re- | sponsible provincial authorities out the international obligations of the Chinese Government.” | The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, under date of July says: ‘‘Boxer emissaries are coming to the | south, disguised, for the purpose of en- | listing men. The situation is gra Emperor William, says e patch, to-day received the follow the Governor at Tientsin, which refers to the promise of reward to any one who should accomplish the deliverance of a foreigner from Peking: “Being notified of your Majesty's tele- gram, the Governor of Shantung replied that ‘from the outset I have been full of | anxiety regarding the Europeans in Pe- | king, and I have made repeated attempts | to send a messenger and get help to them, but in vain. Now all roads to Peking are beset with rebels, and therefore whatever measures are taken now offer even less prospect of success than before. Never- theless I shall consider it ma’ duty to do everything in my power for their help.’ " General Orloff, a brilliant soldier, has been appointed chief of staff of the Rus- | sian forces in China. . AMERICAN CAVA TO FIGHT IN CHINA Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, July 8.—One dispatch yesterday and one to-day were received | from Rear Admiral Kempff, but Acting Secretary Hackett withholds them from publication. = As a result speculation s | rife to-night as to their contents. From what can be iearned foreign ad- mirals have been considering a_plan of action that shall be adopted for the relief of Peking, but no movement need be ex- pected until the Japanese army corps reaches China. Admiral Remey will sue- ceed Admiral Kempff in command, but there is reason to believe that Admiral !Kumpft will retained in Chinese wa- ers. Rear Admiral Kempffl has been in- formed that infantry, artilery and cav- alry will be sent to his assistance, not- withstanding the declaration of the au- thorities that all troops ordered are in- tended for the Philippines, to be diverted to China only in case of necessity. The message sent to Admiral Kempf 15 very explicit, as far as can be learned, and indicates that he will have 5000 troops within a very short time. This body of men will be made up of the Ninth Infant- ry, Sixth Cavalry and probably the two regiments the départment is contemplat- ing ordering from the Philippines. COUNTER REVOLUTION MAY SAVE FOREIGNERS WASHINGTON, July 8.—A slightly hopetul feeling for the safety of the lega- tioners in Peking is apparent in officlal circles to-night. The hope is not founded on any official dispatches which have reached the State Department, as nothing s to carry | EGULARS gallant commander, who were sent from Tarlac, Luzon Island, to Taku, where they were due yesterday. Telegraph has this dispatch from its special corrcspondent : 'YUKOHAMA, Juy 8 —The Jap- anese Government has decided to immediately its force in SE CAPITAL » IN CHINA. B 0600040600000 00400000004000094005050040040006040006000000040s0e0 GREAT INTERNATIONAL ARMY MOBILIZING ~ FOR THE CAMPAIGN ON CHINESE SOIL Allied Force of Nearly One Hundred Thousand Men Soon Will Face the Boxer ¢ 9. — The Daily Con men and 5000 has been received during the day from | the consular representatives in China of | the United States. The cumulative state- ments, however, which have been printed from various portions of the empire re- porting the diplomatic corps, with the ex- ception of the German Minister, as safe up to a certain specified time, together with the absence of any corroborative proof of their murder, is partially re- sponsible for the slight hope which pre- vails that they (the Ministers) are yet alive. The statements purporting to come from Sir Robert Hart, English Inspector of Customs, are regarded as the best in-| formation which has been received. While showing that conditions are desperate the glspa(ches have not'been entirely without ope. Mr. Wu, the Chinese Minister, continues optimistic in spite of the alarming state- ments which have appeared. Such re- cent communications as he had with the officials of the southern provine ad him to believe that up to a very ent date the legationers were still safe Considerable importance ' is here to the telegraphic anonuncements | that Prince Ching is leading a counter | revolution against the rebels in Peking. | The Prince is the head of the Tsung-li- Yamen, the Chinese Foreign Office, and the commander of a garrisoned force in| the capital. His influence is said to be| considerable, and the fact, if the report be confirmed, that he has espoused the cause of the government of the Empress | and that the loyal troops are with him, it is sald, may prevent further murder and pillage by the rebels, and in this in- | | direct manner be the means of aiding the | foreigners. The Prince is a member of the Reform party. LI HUNG CHANG SEEKS | THE Ain OF AMERICA | LONDON, July 8.—The Times says this | morning: | “We learn from a private message from Canton that Li Hung Chang has tele- graphed direct to the Chinese Minister in London urging him to request the British Government to approach the United States Government with a view to a joint invita- tion to Japan to “co-operate in the main- | tenance of the Chinese empire and the es- | tablishment of a strong government on a solid basis, the three then uniting in an appeal for the support of all the other powers.” The Shanghal correspondenf of the Times, telegraphing Sunday, says: “The telegraph station at Moukden has | been destroyed, severing the connection between Port Arthur and Korea. The Viceroys of Nankin and Wu Chang tele- graph to the British Consul urging the foreign powers to guarantee the person of | the Dowager Empfess, no matter what | happens in the north.” | The Shanghal correspondent of the | Eress, cabling on July 7, says: | “The Russian. Freneh and German ad- mirals have had a long conference. They expressed themselves as averse to seeing | large Japanese forces landed advance of the other powers,"” b in China in | REPORTED DEATH OF ; DE G[ERS CONFIRMED | ] Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, July 8—The Sun has this from London: The St. Petersburg cor- respondent of the Daily Mall says that | a relative of M. de Giers, the Russian | finms'fe:nm China, hlas received confirma- on of the report relative to the th of De Giers in Peking. e g Two Missionaries Safe. CHICAGO, July $.—James W. Porter of Chicago has received a cablegram from Chefu announcing that his brother, the Rev. Henry J. Porter, and his sister, Miss Mary H. Porter, missionaries of the Amer- ican Board of Commissioners for For- g¢ign Missions, stationed at Pang Chuang. 20 miles south of Tientsin, had arrievd safely at Chefu on Thursday, July 5, colnlnf overland from inan Fu, the al of the province. ' They were ac- nex;le(l!nl:}; the Rev. H. P. Perkins, ot siopary, stationed at Pang ttached | - | E.C. HUGHES. | Tegene PARTRIDGE [ R R R R s PEE P00 9900000000020 0099000000009 0 0660900000 Mail Report From Minister ger Shows That the Powers Were Warned Weeks Ago. ASHINGTON, July 8.—The last China malil to reach the State Department brought the report of Minister Conger, perhaps the last of his that will ever come to hand. This bears date of Pe- king, May 21. It is of the utmost impor- tance, disclosing as it does a full compre- hension on the part of the foreign Minis- ters in Peking of the character and extent of the Boxer uprising, even though Mr. Conger, himself by disposition optimistic, found some reason to hope that the worst was over at that date. What Mr. Conger has to say as to the attitude of the Chi- nése Government toward the Boxer move- ment, as revealed in the formal inter- change that tock place between himself and the Tsung Li Yamen, is not only of peculiar interest now, but probably will have a strong bearing on the final reck- oning that must be had between the civil- Continued on Sixth Page. DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogues and Pries Lists Mallal on Arpplle:tion. ATTORNEY. F. H. MERZBACH. lawyer, 53 Cal.. Clunte be. WILSON & CO., 32, Bacios semes, C::PS:SMIM i C V. SHITH. Ship wem S 224 B WA ELECTRICAL. T Eflrmflml Ej:‘lnaer. 3% East st, FRESH AND SAL;EEXTS. JAS. BOYES & C0. Shizsing, Buchors 0 Clay. Tel. 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