The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 19, 1900, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1900. RAWAL OF TROOPS WILL GIVE FRESH, General MacArthur Protests Against Sending Troops From the Philippines to China and Declares That Need % to The Call 5 WEIL~ HING- T 'TERS, r RUSSIA HANDS PASSPORTS He Himself Is in| of Reinforcements. | officer, writing t he found a tra the text of a doc out from Boston. 7 to this offi- cer the natives are srmed of the ates ns o be army of to get inf imme ements TO THE CHINESE MINISTER Special Dispatch to The Call. 1Siberia, penetrating itself is equiva h. construing it as vith e i‘fiilll(r'\'. TIENTSIN WALL HAS BEEN DESTROYED he Government at Peking, ymbarding Blagovetchensk, lent to a dec members of his mi Journal has this from Lon- vernment at Peking that 1 navigation on the river same mands, emanating that Chinese regular troops some twenty miles in the Czar's the capital of Amur ation of war against handed the Chinese borts to-day and requested him such, I sion. ED CITY Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1900, by the Herald Publishing Company. CHEFU, ] The loot amounts to ily an sports Nerbudda ku on Monday. 16.—The natiwv e city of Teintsin has been de- half a million taels in silver. The d Palamcotta, with Indians, arrived at Presér{{ Tirfa n s port Service Considered | Adequate for the Carrying of Neces- sary Reinforce-| ments to China. | e Special Dispatch to The Call DQUARTERS, WEI HOTEL WASHING- 18.—Colonel Charles the quartermaster's de- in charge of the army said to-day that no v ar transports would | e for the conveyance | Colonel Bird has | the officers of the | artment in San Fran- | of ascertaining the | E of certain vessels for that | s n case of emergency but beyond this isual preparation has been i s sporting _troops. He satd the re from San Francisco that he rtered extra nformed himself | of securing additional urgent necessity, but t the regular trans- sufficlent for cisco will be the Ha by Meade, August A . the Logan, September September 16, the Grant, Sheridan, October 16, flndt r, November 1. The capacity of orts is over 11,000 men. already in China and the next three transports in China all the troops | rere within the time fixed | ar Department. Colonel Bird | d he expected no departure from xma} programme LI’S MEMORIAL SENT TO DQWAGER EMPRESS 1, the| mas the LONDON, July, 18.—A from C received Here to es some memorial | to the hang told | the foreign Consuls he, as Dean of the | Viceroys i induced all the other. Vice- | VE except two to frame, as reported in Daily Telegraph’s dispatch of July 16. > memorial insisted upon the necessity five points, as follows: Firsi—Protcetion of the foreigners in the | empire, whether war breaks out or not, in order to preserve China's prestige as a | civilized state. Second—The rescue of foreign Ministers still living, as negotiations would still then be possible and governments of those saved might use their influence in favor of China Third—A letter of apology to the Ger- man Emperor for the murder of Baron von Ketteler, as well as a proposal for the mediation of other powers and a writ- China’s good_intentions the United States and ten assurance of 10 be given to France, Fourth—Full compensation for all losses of life and property of foreigners. Fifth—Orders to be given to the mili- tary and civil authorities of Chi Li to punish robbers and marauding troops. Li Hun? Chang added in his interview with the foreign Consuls that in the event transports were un- | | * LOSSES OF ALLIES ~ * IN THE FIGHTING BEFORE TIENTSIN L] ™ Call and New . opyright, 1900, by Herald Publishing Company. L] CHEFU, July 17.—The total casualties among the for- a eign troops at Tientsin on Fri- m day and Saturday were 745, | divided as follows: | @ Americans — Killed, 22; m Wounded, 37. British—Killed, 20; wound- | ed, 83. | Japanese — Killed, 70; ‘wounded, 300. Russians — Killed and < | been inhablitable during 11 Hung Chang’s * | sence of rebellion and piracy being solely LI HUNG CHANG STARTS FOR HIS POST AT PEKING jChinese Merchants and Gentry of Canten in Vain Plead That He Remain to Accord ° [ Them Protection. ONGKONG, Tuesday, July 17.—Li | @449 4-5-0-0-+5+5+0-@ T ng Chang, despite all attempts | o ropeans to persuade him to left Canton this morning ng. Prior to his depart- | ure Chinese merchants and gentry of Can- { ton strongly appealed to the Viceroy not to leave, and presented a petition setting forth that Canton, so long the prey to the depredations of robbers and pirates, had Viceroyalty; that disturbances had been repressed with a strong hand, and that the people were enabled to live without being panic-stricken when dogs barked. The petitioners, this paper continued, learned with tremblinz that their pro- tector was proceeding north, and they wept as at the loss of a parent. The ab-} - 0000000009 due to the presence of Li Hung Chang, the merchants were ready to cast them- s before the wheels of his chariot to + his depart significant passage in the appeal pre- sented to Li Hung Chang by the Chinese merchants and gentry of Hongkong re- questing him not to leave that ecity, men- | tions that Canton has only provisions for four months and urges the formation of a | company to buy rice abroad and to pre- are to resist foreign invasion and to pro- tect the frontier. DR S Y pre ure. | R e e o e e e FROM A LATE. PHOTO N PRI S SR S SO - P CR e o o S e e S LI HUNG CHANG, THE WILY OLD VICEROY, NOW EN ROUTE FROM CANTON TO PEKING, FROM WHOM MUCH IS EXPECTED IN THE wounded, 125. Others killed and wounded, 125. The numbers engaged were: Japanese, 1600; British, 900; Americans, 800; Russians, 4000;, and Germans, 300. that the legations were saved, the United States, Great Britain and France had promised to recognize his good wiil as far as possible, and he expected a similar at- titude by the other powers. CHINESE ATTACK ON RAILWAY STATION REPULSED NEW YORK, July 18.—A dispatch from Tientsin, July 11, says: The Chinese made a determined attack upon the railway station early this morning. The French troops were forced to give ground and the Japanese gallantly charged in support of the French. The French casualties reach 50; Japanese, 60, including five officers killed; English and Indians, 20; Rus- sians, 20, The Americans were not engaged at this point. It is estimated that 300 Chinese were killed. The Iyddite guns succeeded in drawing the Chinege shell fire away from the outer town and toward other positions, doing great damage in the native city. There is continual firing at all hours, and the passing of the wounded and burial par- ties through the streets give them a grew- some aspect The Chinese attack epoiled the allies’ plan of taking the eastern form in the morning. Admiral Seymour's departure for Taku to-night leaves the Russian admiral and Fukushima, the Japanese, in command. Fukushima has presented Major Waller with one of the guns taken on the oth, - MARINES ARE WANTED. NEW YORK, July 18.—Orders from Washington have been received at the re- cruiting office of the United States Ma- rine Corps in this city to enlist as many men as possible be e July 2. On that date the Government expects to send 500 marines to China. An extra effort is be- ing made to get men, and all who enlist have the promise of 'actlve service in China if they desire it. The excursion to T'kiah and return on Sunday. July 22, will allow over four hours tn Uklah in which to lunch, visit Fish ”M;z ry‘,m‘ né» lCuufornlu Nortdhwent- ern Ry. chy Springs. asylum and Ran- cherfa. Fare only ;foo . ». WAY OF SETTLING THE PRESENT TROUBLES. The larger picture above i8 a reproduction of a photograph taken at Tientsin, Li's home and officlal residence, when he was Viceroy of the prov- ince of Pechili, and given by him to Mr. T. Sheppard of this city, then United States Consul at Tientsin, who knew him intimately and had much intercourse with him both of a social and diplomatic nature. The Celestial magnate is here shown In_ his unofficfal dress, such as he wore in the pri- vacy of his home, and In which he seldom ever allowed any foreigner to see him. R R .mm*o-«o-o—o—o—o—o—o-ofiaw LI HUNG CHANG FIGURES * IN ANTI-FOREIGN PLOT LONDON, July 19.—The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Express asserts that he has ascertained from an unimpeach- | able source that when the question of an alliance befween China and Japan was under consideration last autumn, the Empress Dowager sent a commissioner to Tokio with secret proposals to the Mikado. “These proposals,” says the correspondent, “conterfip]ated the conclusion of a secret treaty having the object of destroying | all European and American influence in both China and Japan, the wholesale massacre of foreigners and the division of the whole of Eastern Asia from Burmah to Siberia between China | and Japan. The special commissioner took a code, prepared by Li Hung Chang and Sheng, for secret communication between the Empress Dowager and the Mikado. The Japanese Emperor utterly declined to entertain the proposals.” RUSSIANS ARE MARCHING Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1900, by the Herald Publishing Company. CHEFU, July 17.—The railvay north of Newchang has been destroyed and bridges burned. The Russians are concen- trating at Newchang, where a fort has been built. It is ru- mored that the Russians are marching from northern' ports Wnard Moukden. D R R I R . S e R e e S SX SRCRR S O R SRS e B R S S SECI SR SO DOWN FROM THE NORTH TR D H D R K K A K N K A N @ Russian admiral, ficers, succeeds Seymour as cl Russia, Germany and France. AMERICANS WHO FELL AT TIENTSIN Lieat, Colonel Coolidge of the Ninth Cables a List of | the Killed and Wounded of His Command. A s A R ASHINGTON, July 18.—The War Department to-day bulletined its first official report of the re- s of the battle at s follow —Adjut 1alties \.', General, Washing- attack on Tientsin ton: in | July 13: “Killed—Colonel E. H. Liscum and sev enteen enlisted men. | “Wounded—Captain C. R. s, not gerious; Major J. Regan, serious, but not | dangerous; Captain E. V. Bookmiller, | serious, not dangerous; Lieutenant L. B. Lawton, not serious Lieutenant F. R. Lang, slight, and seventy-two enlisted M 1 a “Missing—Two enlisted men pris “COOLIDGE." Coolidge, who signed the dispatch, xq lieutenant colonel of the Ninth Infantry. | Tre following dispatch has been rece | wounded; Second Licutenant F. R. Lang, | army, wounded. An aid has gone to Tientsin to get accurate information. “REMEY." Second Lieutenant Frank R. Lang served during the Spanish war as ser- geant major and second lieutenant in the First Maine Volunteer Infantry, and was appointed second lieutenant in the regular army April 10, 1569, F Captain Charles G. Long of the marine corps entered the marine corps July 1, 1891, having been appointed from Ma-sa- | chusetts. He had been on duty at Cavite, P. L, since April 8, 1899, until ordered tc China. 2 |FELL BACK UNDER ' COVER OF DARKNESS Chefu, July 16, and Shanghai, July 18— The battle which was begun with the at- | tack by 7000 allied forces upon the walls | of the native city at 2 o'clock this after- | noon continued all day, two battalions of | the Ninth Infantry participating. It is| reported that 215 of this command were { killed or wounded, including ten or fifteen | officers. Colanel E. H. Liscum was killed | and Majors Jesse M. Lee and James Re- | gan, Captains Charles R. Noyes, Andrew Brewster and Edwin V. Bookmiller and First Lieutenants Willlam K. Naylor, | | Louls B. Lawton, Harold Hammond and | I C. Waldron were wounded. Among the United States marines the | casualties numbered forty. Captain A. R. | Davis was killed and Captain William B. Lemley and First Lieutenants Henry | Leonard and S. D. Butler were wounded. The American contingent, after lying in | shallow, hastily dug trenches, full of | water, facing the south wall of the city, | and suffering for want of water and food, | besides being short of ammunition, was | | ordered by General Dorward to retire un- | der cover, of darkness. The Russlans were outside the east wall, | while the Japanese, British and French | were close to the west wall, with the Chi- | nese trying to flank them. The walls | were sadly battered by shells. The at- | tack will be renewed in the morning. The total losses of the allied forces are esti- mated at 800. Sl R ROCKHILL WILL NOT | RETURN TO THE ORIENT WASHINGTON, July 18.—One of the first callers at the State Department to- day was W. W. Rockhill, director of the Bureau of American Republics, whose successor of Minister Conger, as United States representative in China in case the latter is dead. After his inter- view with the Secretary of State, Mr. Rockhill said that he had no expectation of returning to the Orient. Mr. Rockhill is one of the few officials who still retain a remnant of hope that some members of the legation in Peking tives is based on his knowledge of the re- lations existing for the past twenty years between Sir Robert Hunt, the British customs officer, and some of the most powerful officials in Peking. Some of these officials owe all they have to the friendship of Sir Robert Hart, and it is within the limits of possibility that they the women of the foregn party where they can weather the storm until relief reaches Peking. This is only a possibility, but coming from one famillar with the Chinese situa- tion, it contains at least a ray of hope for those who have friends in Peking. S ALLIES CAPTURED SIXTY-TWO CANNON BERLIN, July 18.—Admiral von Bende- mann, commander of the German squad- ron, In his account of the fighting at Tientsin on July 14 says: “When the citadel was captured sixty- two guns fell Into the hands of the allies.” The German commander said also: “Regular railway communication between Taku and Tientsin will be opened on July 18. It was decided to-day that the senfor officer on the station should have military control of the line until it could be handed over to the ordinary authorities. The British admiral wished it to be handed over at once. The Russians have repaired the line and now occupy it.”” Tientsin, | at the Navy I'epartment: | | “CHE July 18.—Bureau of Naviga- | tion, Washington: Latest reports do not | indicate that army officers Major Lec, | Captain Brewste: Lieutenants Navylor, Hammond and Waldron are wounded. | Captain Charles G. Long, marine corps, TIENTSIN, Friday, July 13, 7 p. m. (via | rame has been mentioned as a possible | the | may have escaped. His hope for the fugi- | have been able to secrete at least some of | IN CHINA TH PR SR S Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, July 19.—The World has this from London: Russia is preparing to make a descent on China from Manchuria. She is ma a great army of Cossacks and is using the Siberian railway exclusively for military operations. An army of 200,000 Russians may invade China from the north by the first of August. This step makes a clash of the nations in China possible. England has already withdrawn Admiral Seymour from command of the allied foreign land forces at Tientsin, because his services are needed in command of England’s fleet. The lexieff, who, next to Seymour, has the highest rank of all the foreign of- hief of the land forces. There is apparently no unity of action by the allies in China. The present international sympathies seem to make this alignment—the United States, England and Japan against [ Jassssssasssnssssssassad Ji ALMOST A MILLION '+ MEN IN THE ARMY OF PRINCE TUAN ST. PETERSBURG, July 18. A dispatch from Chefu says: Prince Tuan has mobilized 950,000 men, divided into different corps. The northern corps has been ordered to ex- pel foreigners from Amur. The Peking army is divided into four corps, the first of which is to operate against Moukden and occupy the roads between Peking and Shanhaikuan; the second is to concentrate at Tientsin, and the third at Pe- king, whence a column 40,- 000 strong will be sent to Weihaiwei and Tsintau, while the fourth corps will concen- trate at Nankin. There are now 23,000 Japanesz troops in China. The Chinese fleet is concentrating in the China Sea, and hostilities are ex- pected. 2 A dispatch from Nankin an- nounces that Prince Tuan has ordered a great military move- ment owing to the appearance of the Japanese in China. The Viceroy of Nankin has in- formed the foreign Consuls there that he cannot be an- swerable for events in Chao- sin, Ningpo and Chuchaw The foreigners are flecing to Shanghai. The position is alarming. Sixteen foreigmers have arrived at Nankin from Ningpo, where the houses of foreigners have been burned and missionaries horribly mal- treated. The rebellion has taken hold of Southern China. The for- eigners at Chuchau have been attacked and are fleeing, panic- stricken. D 4 @+4+++44 444040400440 444440 NO MORE TROOPS WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM CUBA WASHINGTON, July 18.—General Wood spent three hours with the Secretary of The Cuban situation was gone over thoroughly. General Wood reiterated his opinion that it would be very undesirable | to withdraw more than the three regi- ments now under orders to leave the isl- and. The removal of the troops now under orders will reduce the American force in Cuba to a little more than 5000. These General Wood considers essential to the 4 F S L O S B R S ‘00000000060‘000040000#{46&406000000000000_&06000006‘#600600000‘0000*6“‘00 | welfare of the island till after the coming constitutional convention. The date for | this has not yet been fixed and about six weeks' notice will have to be given, owing to the slowness of rural commguni- cation. The election of delegates to the convention probably will be gver by the ist of October. The Cubans do not want the American troops replaced by native volunteers at this time, because of the opening this would make for a military dictatorship. After the constitutional con- vention it may be possible to reduce the insular force still further. It is understood that Secretary Root coincides with General Wood's views after | the situation has been fully explained, and that no further draft will be made on the Cuban force at present. - BOXERS PREPARED FOR 'BOMBARDMENT ON JULY 7 | Special Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyright, 1900, by the Herald Pub- lishing_Company. } CHEFU, via Shanghal, July 17.—A cour- | | fer to Yuan Shi Kal, the Governor of | | Shantung province, claims to have left Peking on July 7, when the Boxers and troops were preparing to bombard the le- gations. The troops no longer obeyed im- | perial orders. ~The Emperor, Empress F)nv\ager and Ministers were all in great | | danger. i AR R R DR TETED A A TATSATSATATA TR XTETETESETE TR R .A : CLASH OF THE NATIONS REATENED ng there * v A N N - ¥ * * O AT AT AT A TS AT AT AT AT A TA T AT AT AT AT A ST AT AT AT AT AT AT AR @ MILITIA FORCE NOW AVAILABLE Organized Army of More Than (ne Hundred Thousand Men Could Be Put Into the Field at Once, ASHINGTON, July 18.—The jutant Genmeral's Office has sued its list of the orga 1 militia force of the United States, together with the num- ber of men avallable for military duty, but unorganized. The grand total of ¢ ganized militiamen in the several Stat and Territorles at the last report was 106,339. Those unorganized, but availab for military dut®, aggregated 104 The organized strength of the militia ar the number of men liable for service by the first figures strength and States are as follows, ven being the organized the second the unorganized: Connecticut - Delaware . Florida Georgia Idako Tiinot In Towa Kansas Kentu Lou Maine Maryland ... Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota .. Mississippi na . « 148 - Aot - « 13,902 North Carolina 1,685 North Dakota . 3 ORIO ....... 6,962 Oregon 1.433 Pennsylvania 9,222 Rhode Island o South Carolin: 2 South Dakota . Tennesses .. 14,000 2,94 s pore Wisconsin Wyoming . on. - istrict of Columbia New Mexico Oklahoma, .. £ Vot given. EUROPEANS SERVED THE CHINESE GUNS [Special Cable to the New York Herald Copy right, 1500, by the New York Herald C pany Republication of this dispatch ¢ hibited. All ' rights reserved in the U States and Great Britain.] LONDON, July 19.~The Daily Mail pub- lishes this dispatch from its spectal corre- spondent: CHEFU, Monday.—Fuller detalls of the fighting at Tientsin on Friday show that the allies, with forty-two guns, bombard- ed the native city and afterward advanced < 1 on it. The attacking force was 7000 stron The British, Americans, Japanese Austrians, supported by fleld batterfes machine-guns, attacked the west arsenal, which the Chinese had reoccupfed. The enemy replied with heavy rifle fire. For several hours there was hard fighting, but the gllies captured the position. On the East the Russians, assisted by the French and Germans, assaulted the { positions on the rallway embankment and captured eight guns. They also. took a fort containing five guns, with which the Chinese had harassed the settlement, blew up the magazine. 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