The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1900, Page 1

The Call, VOLUME LXXXVIII—NO, ¥ 43. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1900. TS. PRICE FIVE CEN EUROPEANS SAID: TEresE PIREC TING THE -CHINESE MILITARY OPERATIONS e This Startling Assertion Is of Rumors, but the Terrible Veil of Silence Surrounding Peking Is Not Pierced, and It Is Believed the Worst Has Happened. | Among the Crop; From Shanghai Comes a Story of the Destruction of the Last of the Legations at the Chinese Capital by Forces Under; Prince Tuan and the Massacre of All the Foereigners.| Streets Reported Filled With Bodies. ‘ — es the worst has ews from their | representative t, on the con- | Dbelie direct e Chinese savs thi us of which. re- | litary operatio n garb directing the Chi- rdent suppresses, s to a plot to procure wer forelgners to their ; S he R £ fr 1y Chinese non- P has arrived in Shanghal, It is stated that the foreign sentiment. pon the allies at allied forces gives 446 +-00¢ -*G~0~00‘Q+@ N 0J9—0@<0—. ®0©0®¥®+@0 . & ® R T - - & B O R R S S S oo b eeiesel Ot B -0-B-0-0-0 La o B8 B o o 5 DU PN W O NN ‘ . rior range of the Japan- ; E, LATEST STORY OF MASSACRE AT PEKING. ") 3 1 T 8 £ Mail ys t following st regarding the position in | ¢ - A : - tn syowe ot g o eoce | $ [NTERNATIONAL FORCES SEIZING A TRAIN AT TIENTSIN FOR THE ADVANCE TO PEKING, JUNE 11. From Le Journal Illustre. » - B e fporibues iy 5’.—0—@-»«%0@ PSP S DED DEDU DI DU I I ID DU LD U DS D S PN ettt eieseose@ e - SRR, | YNOW THE POLICY| GAME FOR TIME ALLEGED DEFEAT OF ! ‘SUBSEQUEIGTrisiLMEhciE 'United States Realizes That|Trying to Delay Action by the PRIN"‘E TUANS ARMY | DECIDEDLY SINISTER S, July 12.—The Temps this even- ‘\ln(ew that it is in a position to trary to statements from . . no European telegr: _been received from Peking since of Sir Robert Hart, Insp e Customs, declaring the situat ART!LLERY FIGHTING = BEGAN ON THE FOURTH |t o : General of ched Sunday, n was des. ntint ing, the Temps says: “The sub- t repulsed sinister. If it is true | o ch ana | the legations are safe they could commu- ; < C nicate with Europe. If they cannot it Is | i t 1se the Chinese have juggled dates and the massacres took place as an- nounced on mounted . June all lers fre One four- re 1 SEYMOUR REPORTS ON TIENTSIN FIGHTING ... 20 or July 1.” TRYING TO MURDER KANG. | LONDON, Ju pore cor- responc Two | PoYy » < ined at- | X ‘(,,”km tomnt : s a J T eIl | Jeader of the Chinese Roform party, who : - g is under British protection, and who | - ¢ < I ring a new {5 R imaTn. ed by four Stkh | . sipsegd P bagrai s ards. T folled the attempt and King a toty n this he rested the assailants, but Kang Yu W . . n trenches | oo paaly w There have been | many attem ng Yu Wei | - £ by poison to gain the price set = . 1pon his head by the Chinese. . s WILLIAM’S POLICY UPHELD. ¥ . BERLIN, July 12.—The Bundesrath For- | eign Committ approved Emperor a body 11lia specially cre ted the ia in order to give the tes of Germany a chance | 1 at RUSSIA HAS ORDERED e SURGEONS TO MANCHURIA 1 TO CARRY TROOPS. | m's forelgn pol- | have feyv. ons occurred ver; 3 rarely since 1871, but his Majesty desired Specia e to The - ' fc ’n"-“‘ to thus demonstrate that he had nothing a H mers to the Marine Minister for to hide. The committee consists of rep- nsportation n to China. 12,000 troops and resentatives of all the non-Prussian states | of Germany. .vw«@»f@*@—o—é—o—@—w@. PRI, § S s o o e o o e ods o o THE WESTERN GATE OF THE‘TARTAR CITY, PEKING. From the Illustrated London News. B0+ 040040040000 Most Active Steps Must Be Taken at Once to Rescue Americans. ASHINGTON, July 12.—"On to Peking” is the policy adopted by our It is said that regardless of the lssues raised as to the of the last Chinese note, or to the accuracy of its state- or question raised as to the responsibility for_the present gituation, cur Government at least is determined not to relax its e to reach Peking, to get in touch with Mr. Conger if he is alive, to take the ne sary steps for the protection of American interests, and, in fact, to do all those things set out in Secretary Hay's note to the powers, including a reckoning with the person or persons responsible for the outrageous events of the past six weeks. ration of the Chinese note leaves the officials here convinced that it marks the h-'elnnlnz of a general effort on the part of the Chi- nese officlals relfeve from. responsibility for the treatment of the foreign Mini: Tientsin. That, In itself, is regarded as a Government. authenticity ment of fact, hopeful sign pse of the Baxer movement and the termi- nation of the state of insurrection that exists in Peking #nd Shantung. Victors do not apologize; hence the exculpatory statement terday is be- lieved to be pregnant with meaning. The news from Tientsin of the unsatisfactory relations between the allled artment officlals here In their original convic- tion that two or three brigades of American troops, veterans of the Indian wars, of the Cuban campaign and of the Philippfne jungle hunt, could have achieved some valuable results by this time had they been at Tientsin It is inferred at the War Department that Colonel Liscum .\nd the two bat- talions of the Ninth Infantry, which arrived at Taku on Friday, have reached Tientsin. Colonel Liscum glven a free hand in the matter 4.1 an advance, and it is thought that by prompt movement he has already reached the beleagured city of Tientsin, where, according to advices to-day to the British Admirality, reinforcements were urgently needed. The quartermaster's department has chartered the steamer Aztec at San Francisco and has directed that she be fitted for use in the transportation of horses and mules for the Philippines or China, as the case may be. In view of the prospective military operations in China the quartermaster’s department is favorably considering the advisability of establishing a regular service between Taku and Nagasaki, and using the transport Logan and the freight ships Flintshiré and Wyefield for that purpose. The Logan carried the Ninth Infantry from Manila to Taku, and {s now at the latter port. The Flint- shire and Wyefield are scheduled to leave Manfla to-morrow with two battalions of the Fourteenth Infantry and a battery of the Fifth Artillery for Taku. The selection of Nagasaki as one of ‘the terminals Is due to the fact that all tran ports now leaving San I'rancisco for Manila will touch at that port, and in case it 1s desired to send the troops carried by them to China the service could be done by the line from Taku, without the necessity of diverting the regular Pacific transports from thelr proper destination at Manila. This arrangement would re- sult in a saving of time, as the transfer of troops could be effected more quickly than the outgeing transport could be coaled and provisioned for the extra trip to China. The State Department {s now in negotiation with the Japanese govern- ment for permission to land these armed forces at Nagasaki. It is expected that this permission will be speedily granted. forces goes to confirm the War De; in this case could not be cabled so that the document was authenticated as com- ing from the Privy Council, the highest body of dignitaries in China and the one most closely associated with the impe household. Following an invariable cus tom In times of disorder, the War Office at Peking was intrusted with furnishing the runners to carry the message to the Imperial Treasurer of Chili, got it to Shanghai. From that point it was sent direct to the various Ministers the world over, coming to Washington di- rect instead of by the usual route of Lon- don. Under the foregoing circumstances the Chinese officials regard It as estab- THAT EDICT OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON, July 12.—The good im- pression made by the edict of the Chinese Government given out by Minister Wu yesterday threatens to be offset to some extent to-day by the reports from London stating that Prince Tuan was the real author of this edict and that some of its most forcible anti-foreign language was omitted from the version given out here. But at the Chinese legation these Intima- tlons from London are dismissed as who in turn | Powers Until They Become ; Engaged in Conflict Among Themselves. Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL HEADQUARTERS, WELLINGTON HOTEL, China is playing for time i they have become eng: the consensus of opini; perhaps the discussic WASHINGTON, July the powers I have taken pains to inquire in whether any new developments b ing. I am assured, however, tha the two countries, though Japan did not like the respect to the dispatch of Japanese troops to Chin sp the large number Japan pre to throw into The relations between Russia and Japan h was instrumental in preventing Japan from obt: t of | the Japan-Chinese war, and in subsequent fon | of territory he While adm e~ Heve that Russia will withdraw been fled, in diplomatic ¢ fef (\' vails | 1l permanently hold N troops th ntain pe: of the mong cern is a had been anti hat the something uld command th ed Rhu!(’ll be di y the several forces and th eral divisions and bri, | Japan prop to send a field ma 1 to China, France a lieuter others officers of rank equal to that of France. Japan Is the only country that will send an officer of the rank of field marshal, so unless there Id be some ag ment among the powers his position will be a rather difficult one to deter- nt general | As Japan is sending the largest force she necessarily shall command. It is further pointed out to-day that Great Britain and Russia have vice admirals at Taku, and France will send a vice admiral to that point The report that the foreign troops at Tlentsin do not co-operate is accepted here as authentic, and it is likely that Secretary Hay will make every effort to induce the powers to come to some understanding relative to the organiza of the al- lied troops operating in China. desires that her officer PLANS FOR FEEDING THE ARMY IN CHINA WASHINGTON, July 12.—The plans of the War Department for feeding the army in China are being gradually formulated It has been decided that all troops des- tined for Nagasaki with a probability of service in China shall carry sixty days rations, which will be landed with them. Transportation for this amount of stores will furnished at once, so that the American contingent will be able to make a prominent movement forward, should it become necessary to act in semi-in- dependence with the allied forces. A great deal of impatience is expressed In the department at the slow movement It § un-hfl' seretary of War with a view to the lssa ance of orders to him to report to Briga dier General cnaffee for h that officer may give him fee is senior to Grant, so that there is danger of any q n of precedence oc curring. Army officers who were spoken to to day relative to the prospect of Genera Grant’s assignment to the Far East ap proved the selection, mot alome becaus of General Grant's soldferly bu because of the infiuence his name is ex pected to have upon the Chinese. The at tentlon of the Secretary of War has beer invited to the fact that G Grant’ father was held in high esteem by th be groundless. The dispatch was recefved here in Chinese; that is, In the numerals by which the Chinese Government trans- mits its offietal code messages. This in it- self, it is sald, indicates that it came with the sanction of those in imperial author- ity, as the official code is not known out- side of this limited cfrcle. Two translations were required—first from the numerals to the Chinese, and second from the Chinese to the English. These translations were made by the members of the legation staff here, so that the ultimate text as made public con- tained the phraseology adopted by the of- ficlals In this city. In making their trans- lation they say thev adhered literally to the telegraphed edict, so that the pub- lished text contains everything embraced in the original. When the Dmperor, Kwang Hsu, issues an edict he does not sign his name, but j his acts are authenticated by seal, which lished beyond the slightest question ‘that the edict is a bona fide expression from the Imperial Government of China, and moreover that it is complete as given out here, without the anti-foreign addenda suught to be put into it in other quarters. - COMMUNICATION BLOCKED. NEW YORK, July 12—The Commercial Cable Company sends out the following notice: “We are informed that the Great North- ern Telegraph Company has received no- tification from Shanghai that telegraphic communication with Chefu has been in- terrupted since yesterday evening.” LI BUNG C'HANG'S SYMPATHY. BERLIN, July lz.—The Cologne Volks Zeltung says that the family of the late Baron von Ketteler has received a tele- gram of sympathy from L{ Hung Chang. of the allies, and personal friends of Gen- eral Chaffee feel confident that if he is glven a free hand from Washington he will inaugurate a decided meove immedi- ately on his arrival in the event that this has not been anticipated by Colonel L: cum, although the latter is handicapped by 6 very meager force. Manila will be utilized as a base for all ipplies and the Commissary Department enough material there to meet all de- in the Chinese contingent. A ut in service for a regu- plies between Ma- dissant, which will form the base on Chinese soll. ——— GENERAL GRANT MAY BE SENT TO CHINA Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, July 12.—Brigadler General Fred D. Grant will probably be ha mands transport will be lar weekly run with su nila and Taku, seven day Chinese, and it is hoped that his son com ing In the name of the same Governmen that the father served so well and faith fully will e a strong Influence upo: the Celestial Though the officlals do not know th fate of the American legation and othe: Americans in Peking. it is a fact that b no other point in China, so far as the have been advised, has a citizen of thi country beemn injured. This fact is a mat ter of considerable congratulation, ane it is hoped that it augurs well for th. Americans in Peking. TUAN REPORTED INSANE CHEFU, July 3.—It i3 reported on goot authority that Prince Tuan has becoms insane. In consequence of the movement: of the rebels toward Tsintau the have withdrawn some of their troops fron Taku to protect Tsintau. The women and children from New chwang have arrived here.