The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 24, 1900, Page 2

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, T UESDAY, JULY 24, 1900 S L% R R R e . Hoa d by s fr “hi who & @eieioisosioiosiote ved IDENT et e eteetebeseie@ YUAN SHAI KAl, GOVERNOR OF SHANTUNG. v and cun AR ) at Tsinan, the Fu eity of Shantung, Peking, filters all the news from m nese magnates as the equal of even ing duplicity. He was the Chi- the Chinese-Japanese war broke = of money in various questionable cessfully deceived everybody faith in him n P o OePeesiededede FLIGHT OF EUROPEANS FROM BOXER FANATICS Of a Party of Forty-One From Pao Ting-Fu/ Nine Perish Before Reaching the Coast. i of June 13 the story of Euro- ard; et 4 frernoo: me w . all were ragged, footsore v y weary. One woman, both of whose limbe were wounded, had to be car A Chinese servant came in and stated that he had seen the bodies of M. Ossent and Mme. Astier, the latter mutilated. Altogethe of orty 8- o the pillaging in caring of 1 that e, M railway On the there y-three We em- Ting abs were mostly srined and imber of old weighed anchor about 5 perfect ord ¥ be- did A great num- | ber of the crowd were armed with bi sticks and many of them wore the re belt of the Boxers. ‘After an hour's journey, M. Ossent. on the advice of Mandarin Sun, gave us the order to go down and close the hateh- ways in passing certain localities said to be ‘dangerou: “At § p. m. we heard rifles and tried to get out. Each one jumped ashore—men, boys, soldiers and all. As soon as we got ashore the Europeans formed into small Zroups and responded to the fire that was directed at us. In this attack some of us were wounded. We found ourselves in front of a large town, of which we :ld not learn the name. The wall was covered with men with lances, swords i guns. Fighting became general. All the Europeans, with the exception of M Ossent, his sister, Mme. Astier, and' MM Cadei and Pessar. who were in one boat and who had jumped on the opposite side | w fighting together. | of the river, one of us could tell exactly the si uation of M. Ossent, but in the fight there was _no time to think of them. The Boxers seeing the boats empty jumped in and pulled them away from us We now had to take to the integior, sev- of us half clothed and some with no <h having lost them in the mud. We kept on, now and then turning to fire on the enemy, who stopped and ran back when we killed any one, but came after were 1 15 again dragging cannon which they fired after us, but never succeeded in hit- ting us. We came to a large pond of water which we had to eross. M. Iylbert, a Belgian, and M. Wilden, a Frenchman, jumped in and fetched a boat il of us got to the opposite were safe.’’ PROBABLY AN ERROR IN NAME Alleged Message From Prince Tuan on Safety of | Forei ners. ; July 23 Stage | m P the foi- tate Department has | dispatch rom Mr. Genaral at Shang- saying that Prince | an officer of the Tsung | 1 the Ministers on the ere injured, and that no | NGTON Th: al tack at time being made. He does not say whom the dispatch of | of Mr. Conger of that date, describ- jon as being under fire at that tain extent at variance with the dm“ | time After mature consideration the officials of the State Department have come to the on that by a telegraphic error the informant of Consul General | been turned into “Tuan The latter is the famous | the Governor of the prov- | rlways has main- an attitu trality and even | ned toward positive friendship for the | 1 sre. He has from the 1 divided with Sheng. the director of posts and tele- | 3 hai. the diftinction of be- conel name of the Goodnow has from “‘Yuan an Shih Kai of Shantung. He s ha ing the only means of communication be- tween Peking and the outside world Therefore, it is extremely probable that has served in the same capacity in this instance. On the other hand, if this dispatch real- 1y came from Prince Tuan, the fact would be of great significance. In the opinion of cials here, it would indicate that this official either has been grossly mis- represented as to his anti-forelgn ten- dency, or that he is seeking to escape re- sponsibility for the outrages upon foreign- | , an act in itself significant of the breaking of the anti-foreign party, with cach principal Jooking out for himself. g e dstad WUNG KEE WILL DO NO MORE NEWSPAPER WORK Dispatch to The Call. YORK, July 2.—Wung Kal Kee atown was engaged by a New :per to render in Chinese hier- certain mandates £aid to have sucd by the Peking Government y the Boxers. He also made some ews| was the author of all the fakes that have _siv(rrmi up trouble with the Flowery King- ss-meetings were held to decide his but Wung got away and remained ¢ until to-day, when he slipped quiet- nto his shop. where his was awaiting him, v _of reunion She v vigil for absent Wung, hoping that he would come back to her in safety. Wung remained indoors tosday and there was no hestile demonstration ex- cept by a couple of Chinese youths, who hurled a_brick through his window. A watcher in a_window above a saloon op posite Wung's shop kept his post. how ever, and he made mental note of every body who entered Wung's place. The Chinese council. Chung Wah Kung Chah. met at 16 Mott street to-night to further consider Wung Kai Kee's case but its deliberations were brief and it was said no action was taken, Leh Sang, who is very much American- ized and has recently come from Was! ington to reside in New York, said to-day that Wung Kai Kee when he resided in 8an Franci , and later when he was connected with the World's Fair, had an- tagonized a secret society, and that the present campaign against him is being carried on by members of this organiza- tion. CAPTAIN M’CALLA REFUSED TO DELAY Special Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, July 23.—The American Board has received a letter from Rev. George D. Wilder dated Tientsin, June 12, in which he says the Boxer movement has reached a climax. Murder and arson are filling the province from Kalgan to Lin- ching. Many minor outrages were com- | mitted on Catholics and Protestants dur- ing May and a great number of Boxers assembled” 5 “At the last of”the month.” he writes, “the word came down from the thone for the Boxers to ‘create disorder’ as rapidly as possible. After the trains stopped fran- tic appeals came for protection to the Ministers. Last Saturday night the va- rious Consuls here had a stormy meeting until midnight. The French and Rus- n representatives bitterly opposed send- ing troops to repair the road and to re- lieve Peking. They withdrew for con- sultation several times. Consul Carts (British) held steadily for that action, backed by the American and Japanese Consuls. ~Fihally Captain McCalla said: ‘We have talked a good deal; now I will tell you what I will do. Our Minister t.legraphs that he is in danger. It mat- ters not what others do or do not do. My entire force of bluejackets—10)—will take a train and start for Peking to-morrow morning.’ “The British, Japanese and Germans f.llowed this lead, the French and Rus- sians refullnfi. But the next morning when the train was made up they sent other train with officers has gone. “The Chinese troops are armed with thank foreign rifies and artillery, but, beaven! with Chinese amimunition.” QD0 DD 090600000 ihedsdeiededsedeiedeNersderedsbedsdoreiesedse loyal | 1‘ ' Favorable ASHINGTON, July 22 — The President has listened to the appeal of the Chinese Govern- ment, as transmitted through Minister Wu, and had signified his willingness to mediate between the imperial government and the powers, but only upon conditions which first must be met by the Chinese Government. The exact nature of the terms proposed by the State Department cannot be stated until to-morrow, when it is expected that publication will be made of the text of the Chinese appeal and of the President’s | message. It is known, however, that the | | answer is eatirely consistent with the | | statement of principles laid down by Sec- | | | | BRI DAMRIT SRR RSN B UCo DY retary Hay in identical note to the powers, and, moreover, it accepts as truthful the Chinese statement relative to | | the safety of the foreign Ministers at Peking. It would not, of course, be possible to take initial steps toward mediation were | either party to the negotiations to enter- taln open distrust of the accuracy of the statements of the other. There must be | confidence between them. The United States answer does not go to the length of the French answer to a similar appli- cation in laving down conditions which | the Chinese Government could not meet, even if o disposed, if it actually is strug: gling for its own existence. It does, how ever, look to the immediate rellef of for- | | eigners in Peking, and, moreover, to the | protection of all foreigners, missionaries and traders-in China. and to the restor: tion of order. With this much accom- plished the State Department feels that 1t | can properly approach the powers with | the Chinese proposition for a settlement | for what has occurred. The Chinese appeal came to Secretary Hay vesterday through Minister Wu. The | Secretary promptly telegraphed it to the | President at nton, and after taking a full day for its consideration the Pres dent’s answer came to-day. It was put in the prover diplomatic form and a copy delivered to Minister Wu, who. is to for- ward it to his own government, The ap- | peal and answer will be made public here | to-morrow. State Department Sends a peror Kwang Su’s Appeal That America Intercede to Bring About Peace. McKINLEY WILLING L e Reply to Em-= The imperial edict made publie to-day at the State Department shows that the im- perial government already has taken the first steps toward doing what the United States Government requires as the princi- pal condition for the exercise of its good offices in enjoining the viceroys, magis- trates and leading men to stop the dis- orders and protect foreigners. and our Government will await the resul.s of this | before proceeding further. It is ox;)«rt(xd that adverse criticism upon the action of | the State Department In this matter will be heard from Europe, where the govern- ments are acting upon the belief that all the foreigners in Peking have perished, but our Government nevertheless regards its course as the correct one. All the European governments have taken the stafi¥ here indicated. The last | of the answers to Secretary Hay's note reciting the Conger message have come. and all of them, in terms polite and di- plomatic, express utter incredulity in the authenticity of the Conger mes ge. Con- sul General Goodnow, himself a mag of good judgment, also cabled & warning to Secretary Hay against the acceptance of the message without confirmation. But th» State Department ha; fully considered the message in all its aspects, has care- e S e e SRR L SO SR SRR SO S @ At Langfang. between Tients jor Johnston. who were t in soon put to flight. R R S S SICES SO fully weighed the numerous objections and suspicions put forth here and ”1': guaranteeing Europe, and, without = ge, feels it to be authenticity of the mes a matter of prime duty to act upon the theory that it is genuine. ‘Admiral Remey’s notification to the de- partment that he had gone in person up the Peiho from Taku to Tientsin is at- tributed to the receipt by him of Secretary Long's urgent message to hasten the ef- forts to get to Peking, and important news from him is expected soon Joodnow cablegram reciting the n\’{.\“::vg(f"o?r}w‘:n“l"r‘;:r'\lf‘fi' an vouching for Y the steamship America Maru, the safety of the foreign Ministers on which arrived from the Orient yes July 18 caused a ripple of excitement for terday, there were received papers ! % time at the State Department, but the giving Admiral Seymour's report of uded from the context | rrounding the | nt instead of | the value | me feom the his advance toward Peking and subsequent retreat to Tientsin. The pub- lication of the report gives the lie to the fake story to the'effect that, to save them officials soon concl and other circumstances su message that Yuan was me Tuan, so that the message | it would have had If it had cc a 30X/ leader. from torture by the Boxe all of the e | wounded of the relief column were shot E — ————=| by Seymour’s order at the request of the BRITISH STIL ARE SKEPTICAL Place No VFiaim— in Chinese “Bdicts” Reporting Safety | of Legations. | | ONDON, Juk 23.—In the House of Commons to-day the Parliamen- | i tary Secretary of Foreign Affairs, | Wiiliam St. John Broderick, com- | municated certain statements of | | the Chinese authorities with regard to the | | legations at Peking, and d the Minister believed them to be unharmed. Mr. Broderick read the text of the sev- | eral edicts of July 18, commenting on Min- | | ister Conger's dispatch to the Department | and said of State of the United States, that though the dispatch was the same | date as the ediet of assurance of safety, the latter was not borne out by Mr. Con- ger. Consul Warren has telegraphed to the Governor of Shantung to know how a message from Peking reached him in Ltwo days. and why there was no message from thelr Foreign Minister, Sir Claude | Macdonald. The Governor has replied | that the United States Minister's message was sent by the Tsung-Li-Yamen by a | messenger traveling 600 leagues (roughly 200 miles) a day. “] assure you," the Governor of Shan- | { tung had added, “there is no telegraphic communication. 1 cannot explain why Masdonald_has not telegraphed, but I beg you not to get anxious about the Minis- | ters, for they and the others are all living and unharmed. Of this 1 have already | | had several reliable messages. | { Mr. Broderick continued: “Seeing that | | over a month has elapsed since any com- | munication has reached the Government from the British legation, and the Tsung- | Li-Yamen is communicating by messenger | with various Chinese authorities, her Ma- | s Government feels it cannot give, redence to any statement or to any de-| crees attributed to the officials of the Chi- | nese Government until they are fortified by letters signed and dated by Sir Claude | Macdonald, or by other officials or by ome cablegram in our cipher.” According to the translationsread by Mr. Broderick, the imperial edict opens as fol. lows: “In the Confucian philosophy, spring and autumn, it §s written Envoys should not be killed. posed the throne's policy is to connive at wrath on foreign Ministers?” The edict then gives the assurance ready made known to the public. In the House of Commons the Secretary of State for India, Lord George Hamilton, announced that the Maharajah of Wal- hir had offered the Government a fully equipped hospital ship, upon which it is proposed to spend twenty lakhs of rupees, for service in China, as a mark of loyalty to the Queen. The offer was accepted. Lord George Hamilton also testifled to the Government's appreciation of those who are sending the Maine to China. Sl A MISSION BOARD GETS NEWS OF LEGATIONERS NEW YORK, July 23.—The Presbyterian Board of Missions to-day received the fol- lowing cablegram from Chefu: Situatiow not changed. Shantung, Governor Chefu, Taotal, publishes imperial edict urg- ing protection of foreigners and native Chris- tians. People Peking alive. Trying through Governor to get word to Pao Ting Fu, where forelgners in Yamen are supposed to be safe. TOWLER. Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Brown, one of the secretaries of the board, said: “We do not know any missionary named Towler. Probably the signature should be Fowler. All our missionaries left Che- fu for Korea or Japan some days ago. Before leaving they may have asked Con- sul General John Fowler to keep our board informed.” The Methodist Foreign Missionary So- clety of New York to-day received the following cable: FOO CHOO, July 2L—Danger increasin Missionaries leaving. LACY. In response to the cable the secretary at oncepx)rwlrded $300 to help the refu- gees get away. HANCOCK MAY SAIL in large forces which had to report to CapmfiI McCalla and then wajt, ‘”pur(ly DlREcT To TAKU for a second section. —Two thousand = $ | four hundred set out that day and the | WASHINGTON, July 25.—The War De- next day 300 more Germans. To-day an-) partment Is considering the advisability of sending the Hancock, which sails from San Francisco July 28, with four batteries of artillery, and 0 warines, direcy to How, then, can it be sup- | allowing troops and people to vent their | : a e contrary o stes of to Nagasaki. These | unfortunates. On the contrary, all of th fil‘::l:'“'éf."’m hf:q\}- L’unx“fl‘n the Meade, | wounded were safely brought out. Whieh saile Auguet 1, but it has been del| The report is subjoined. It bears the cided, owing to the urgent _I‘H"Pffi“i‘n('f | date June 20 and is as follows: ¢ reinforcements to China, to have : getting reinforcements {0 KT “trin, She | “During our advance from Tientsin to wifl carry”storex ana’ proviglone only for | Langfang we were repeatediy ttacked the troops in ( The Meade. on the | . tne Boxers, but we beat them bac imo, wi ake o battalion | ¥, s ; : 18¢ prozimo, will fake out one allon | ; gicting heavy loss and not suffering any of the Fifteenth Infantry, one squadron | T o e hird C‘avairy and one company of | casualties ourselves. When we reached ongineers from West Point, in all 1071 men | Langfang a large force of the enemy at- and 60 offic | tacked us fiercely, using artillery as well The Garonne, carrying two squadrons | ag rifles, but we defeated them, Killing | e advance off with sharp Maxim and rifle fire until reli ' ofENe i v and 100 recrults, 3| about one hundred. and having five Ital- e e o Namacakl The place of | ians wounded on our own side. On the the Hancock, which was originally sched- | same day the force guard Lohfah sta- uled to sail August 16, will be taken by the | tion was vehemently attacked, but we | Warren if she arri at San Francisco in time. She will take out two squadrons of the Ninth Cavalry and recruits, in all 42 officers and 1422 men. dispatched reinforcements and the enemy were defeated with a loss of 100. On our side the ca rines wounded. Second Defeat of Boxers. “Thence we pushed on to Anting, where we were again attacked, and again de- FIRST TROOPS FROM CUBA REACH NEW YGRK ialties were two British ma- | I B s i e e e S THE FIRST FIGHT—SEYMOUR'S MEN BATTLING WITH BOXERS ON THE MARCH TO PEKING. in and Peking, on June 16, sixteen British bluejacket were attacked by some 3000 Chinese ved by B R ADMIRAL SEYMOURS WOUNDED REACHED TIENTSIN IN SAFETY Official Report of the Commander of the Relief Expedition Re- futes the Story That the Disabled Were Slain to Prevent Capture. feated our assailants, inflicting on them a loss of I We then found that the | railway in front of us was hopelessly damaged and that its repair would be out | of the auestion with the means at our | command. I therefore decided to return | to Yangtsun for the purpose of taking the river route from that place. When vacat. ing Langfang we left two traing with a ong guard. which were to follow us. They were attacked by an army of Boxers and Chinese regulars, who were defeated after evere contest. their casuaities amounting to from 400 to 39 and our own being 6 killed and 48 wounded. At Yangtsun we were joined by thres ins. but they had been so much injured to be unfit for further service. We were also in straits for provisions, and our wounded ampered us greatly. I therefore determined to fall back upon Tientsin. Our communications with that piace had been severed for six days, and not only were we without proper appli- ances for the wounded but also no means xisted of obtaining food, Wdunded Put Into Boats. | “It was deemed best to put the wounded boats and take them down the river, the troops marching along the two bank: During these operations we were sub- jected to constant attacks. We marched all night and finally came in sight of the Tientsin military stores. When we had | parties of Americans and Germans, with whose aid the enemy were from t! and Boxers under them Centurion They held troop: [ R R e R R I RN R R R R e 2] passed this place on our way morth thers had not been any sign of the enemy. but as soon as we appeared on the bar the river on our return journey opened a hot fire on us with cannon. ““The fire of our advance guard them somewhat. and Major Joh detachment stormed the salient the stores’ compound, effecting ment and capturing one gun afterward the German detachment on t bank of the river silenced two of emy’s guns and crossing the river captur ks a Shor these guns. We finally obtained cos plete possession of the stores. Sever: times on that day and during e i ceeding days the enemy tried to re er the position, but failed. In the stores wa found a quantity of rice and other grain which served for provisions, and we also captured a number of new pattern guns as well as a quantity of ammunition. “We were able to use some of the guns at once for the purpose of attacking a | Chinese fort at a point farther down tha | river. The rice and grain enabled us hold out for several days. but we wers much embarrassed by our wounded. I therefore dispAtched a messenger to Tientsin, asking for reinforcements. They arrived on the 23d and we were able to re- enter Tientsin on the 24th. having previ- ously set fire to the military stores and destroyed them. 2. NEW YORK., July ~The Tnited tes army transport Crook, having on rd a detachment of the Eighth United States Infantry, numbering 642 men, under command of Lieutenant Colonel P. 'H. Eilis, arrived this morning from Havana. The troops comprise six companies, band and hospital corps. The officers of the regiment, with famili and servants, number tHirty-six persons. There are also on board eleven cabin passengers, includ- ing Colonel W. V. Richards, adjutant gen- eral, Division of Cuba: Colonel W. L. SURROUNDED BY KOOFAN BOXERS Dr. Roberts, a Former San Franciscan, in Grave Haskins, Second United States Artillery Major E. S. Godfrey, Seventh United . States Cavairy; Major A. S. Taylor, Sec- Penl ond United States Artlliery; Lieutenant . K. W. Shuil, Second Artillery, and N s U Steinhart, chief clerk, Division of Cuba. All are well on board the transport, and the men are in excellent condition. Colonel Kimball, depot quartermaster, announced to-day that the Crook would remain in the bay during the day. To- morrow morning the troops will be landed and they will go by rail to Fort Snelling, Minn., where they will recruit and refit ready for further orders. Three battalions of the Fifteenth Regi- ment, stationed on Governors Island, wiil go to San Francisco. They will take two arloads of provisions, medical stores, invas warchouses, hardware and en- trenching tools. The first battery of ar- tillery from Fort Wadsworth and the first battery from Fort Hamilton will take the place of these three battalions on the island. Sixteen packers have been sent to Se- attle to join the packing trains now pre- paring for service in China. AMERICAN ATTITUDE DISPLEASES GERMANY BERLIN, July 23.—Disappointment is experlenced in official circles at the tenor of the reports from Washington regarding America’s policy. On this point the Ber- liner Tageblatt, with evident inspiration, says: “The Chinese have nearly succeeded in creating differences of opinion among the powers. The Government of the United States seems determined thus early to occupy a separate standpoint with the concert of the powers. As at Taku, where the American admiral would not join, so now President McKinley ap- parently means to oppose the joint action of the powers aimed at the re-establish- ment of order in China, all of . which proves that ihe Chinese are indeed the most cunning diplomatists in the world. While most of the papers point out the | impossibility of an advance upon Peking, | because of the smallness of the allied forces, as ugainst a greatly superior force | —because of the disastrous effect which a possible defeat would have upon the whale of China, and also because of the ! rainy season—the National. Zeitung con- tends that there is but one way to ascer- tain the truth or untruth of the Chinese | claim that the legations are safe, namely, | an immediate advance on the capital. | "The semi-official Berliner Post points | out that Germany must send a number of | warships to the Yang-tse Kiang to pro- tect the German commercial interests in Shangai and Hankow. DEMANDS INFORMATION. } BRUSSELS, July 23.—In‘reply to the de- mand of the Belgian Government the Chi- nese Charge d’Affaires says he has tele- graphed indirectly to the Tsung-li - Ya- men with a view of placing the Belgian Minister at Peking. Baron de Vinck, in communication with Pelgium. e MISSIONARIES ESCAPE. REDWING, Minn., July 23.—A cable- gram was received from Rev. T. H, Hilme announcing that the missionaries of The Hague Norwegian Synod of America had safely reached Shanghai from their sta- tions, 700 miles inland. GERMAN FORCE REDUCED. BERLIN, July 2.—A dispatch from Taku, dated Friday, July 20, savs the German force at Tlentsin has been re- duced to 200 men. Spe-ial Dispatch to The Call. OLEDO, Ohio, July 23.—The following cablegram, dated yesterday, was re- received at the Cheney Company’s laboratory here from Shanghai: “Chinese runners arrived to-day bearing an appeal for military protection from Dr. Roberts, a missionary at Koofan. He says he is surrounded by Boxers and is in great danger. Advise family. (Signed) . “JOHNSON." Johnson is manager of the China branch of the Cheney Company, it being a receiv- ing depot for their catarrh herbs, raised on the Koofan farm, which lies forty miles west of Shanghai. Dr. Charles Rob- erts has charge of the farm, and employs missionaries and Christian Chinese of the neighborhood. He has been connected with the Cheney Company for about seven years, three of which were spent in China. Prior to that he resided tn San Francisco with his parents. Frank J. Cheney, president of the company, has appealed to Washington for assistance, and has cabled the Shanghai branch to spare no expense to effect immediate re- lief. WRITES OF CAPTURE OF THE TAKU FORTS WICHITA, Kans., July 33.—A letter from Dr. Pruen, a missionary in China, has just reached his mother, who lives in this city. The letter was written June 22 from Shanghal, and says: “Mrs. Mills, an English lady, arrived here yesterday from Tientsin. She tells us that after the 2000 Russians had re- pulsed an attack on the settlement by the Chinese soldiers and Boxers the Consul ordered all women and children to leave Tientsin. The Mills family did so. The steamer in which they came down the river reached Taku just in time for the bombardment of the forts, so the ladfes had to crouch beneath great stacks of coal to avoid the shells. Presently from a few of the thirty gunboats they saw the British and Japanese land marines, who rushed forward and seized one of the forts. Then the others fell into the hands of Russia ana Germany. CHINESE REPULSED NEAR WEI-HAI-WEI ' ST. PETERSBURG, July 2.—Two en- counters are reported to have taken place between British and Chinese forces near Wei-Hai-Wei. The latter, it is reported, .were repulsed after a stubborn encounter. No dates are given. M. Krutiszki, engineer of the Eastern Chinese Railway, atchi, in the trans-Baikal territory, un- er date of Friday, July 20, reports. the oceupation of Chailar by Chinese troops. The Russians, according to this dispatch, continued to concentrate at Charbin. ————— TEXT OF CHINESE EDICT GIVEN OUT Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, July 23.—The State De. partment to-day gave out the text of the imperial edict recelved yesterday by Min- telegraphing from Al- ! i ister Wu, which, like other official com- | munications received from Peking, is de- | signed to put the Chinese Imperial ¢ ernment in the position of doing all in its power to protect foreigners and to make reparation for any outrages that may have been committed. It also attributes the opposition which the powers have met | to the attack upon the Taku forts, which | vitated the meeting of force with | SR TRANSLATION OF AN EDICT OF THE BOXERS | NEW YORK, July 23.—Rev. Dr. John Fox of the American Bible Society to-day received a translation of one of the inflam- matory posters used by the Boxers. This | was forwarded by Rev. John H. Hykes of Shanghai, who received it from Rev. Charles Gammon at Tientsin. It is a sample of many varieties, of which 200,000 copies were distributed in Tientsin City on June 4. Only the prompt arrival of foreign troops prevented a second Tien- | tsin massacre. It is as follows: Sacred edict, issued by the Lord of Wealth and Heppiness The Catholic and Protestant religions, being insolent to the gods and extinguishing sanrc- tity, rendering no obediefice to Buddhism and enraging both heaven and earth, the rain clouds now no longer visit us, but 5000 spirit soldiers will descend from heaven and sweep the empire clean of all foreigners. Then wiil the gentle showers once more water our lan and when the tread of soldiers and the clas of steel are heard heralding woes to our peo- ple. then the Buddhists' Patriotic League of Boxers will be able to protect the empire and bring peace to all its people. Hasten, then, to spread this doctrine far and wide, for if you gain one adherent to the faith your own person will be absolved from future misfortunes. If you gain five adherents to the faith your whole family will be absolved from all evils, and 1f you gain ten adherents to the faith your whole village will be safe from all calamity. If you gain no adherents you sNall be decapitated, for until all foreigners are ex- terminated the rain will never visit Those who have drunk water from wells poisoned by foreigners should at once make use of the following divine prescription, the in- gredients of which are to be swailowed, when the poisoned patlents will recov Dried black plums, half an ounc Solanum delcamarel, half an ounce. Encommia elcomoids, half an ounce. A letter was received to-day by Dr. F. ‘Woodruff Halsey from John )I Swan, M. D.. dated Canton, June 18. He says that the province of Kwangtung, of which Canton is the capital, has been ripe for rebellion for a year past. Only the vigor- ous measures of Li Hung Chang in sup- pressing piracy and robbery had preserved order. At the moment of writing Dr. Swan says the bodies of eight men were exposed in public places within a min- ute’s walk of his house. The men_ had been put to death by torture. Dr. Swan also said that large quantities of arms and ammunition had been imported at Canton during the past year. il 2o il TELEGRAM TELLING OF MINISTERS’ SAFETY PARIS, July 23.—M. Delcasse, Minister of Foreign Affairs, nas received a tele- gram from the French Consul at Chefu, dated July 21, saying: “‘The Governor informs me that, accord- ing to reliable news from Peking. all the foreign Ministers are safe and The Gov- ernment is taking all necessary steps to deliver and protect them.” e s FRANCE'S CHINESE CORPS. PARIS, July 23.—The Matin this morn- ing publishes full details regarding the expeditionary corps of France which will participate in the operations in China. | The corps will consist of two brigades. one of marines under command of General Frey and the other supplied by the War Department commanded by General Bail- lou. The total French force will number 12,000 men. MISSIONS DESTROYED, LONDON, July 23.—The China Inland Mission received a telegram from Shang- hai, dated to-day, which r¢ 's__that Siang Sien, Si Heu, Chia . Shekia Tien and Kiang Tsi Kuen all mission sta- tions in the province of Hohnan, have; been destroyed by rioters arfes are safe. The mission- | CHINESE BLOCK THE ADVANCE OF RUSSIANS Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK. July 23.—The Journal has this from Shanghai. July 23: Three t sand Russian troops have arrived at chwang from Port Arthur. Their advan is blocked by a force of 10,00 Chinese reg- ular troops, well armed and drilled. A battle is imminent. The Chinese are on the lefepsive but will not permit the Rus- sians to proceed. oA SR TO SECOND READING. LONDON, July 23.—The House of Lords this evening passed to second reading they bill empowering the Queen to prohibit the exportation of arms and ammunition either to any country “when there is rea- son to believe that these or others mayv be used against the British forces or for- eign forces co-operating with them.’ — - GOES TO CHINA. SAN DIEGO, July 23.—A farewell recep~ tion and banquet was tendered this eve ing by the Cuyamaca,-Club to Capta Charles Humphrey, commanding Batte: D, Third_ Artillery. The battery leav for San Francisco Wednesday and thenca goes to China: AREERS T COMMANDER VERY TELLS OF PANIC AT SHANGHAI Last Authentic Communication Re- ceived There From Peking Was Dated June 11. Commander 8. W. Very, recently relieve ed from command of the United States gunboat Castine, arrived yesterday on tha America Maru _from Shanghai, from which place he departed June 3. Com- mander Very says that there had been no authentic news from Peking for nine- teen days before he sailed. e latest communication was dated at Peking on June 11, and was sent by a lady there to Mrs. Goodnow, wife of the American Con- sul General at Shanghai. This letter con- tained no hint of anxiety or trouble, and was merely an apology for not being abla to attend a dinper to be given by Mrs. Goodnow. Before June 30 the Consuls of all coun- tries represented at Shanghai were hold- ing daily meetings, being unable to com- municate with Peking and being without) instructions. A Chinese fleet had ap- peared but had been r!)el'suafled to depart. Chinese were crowding into Shanghai panic stricken, and others were fleeing from the city in fear.” Still there was no outbreak in that eity up to June 30. Tha Castine was not at the 1aku battle, being still under repairs. TAMMANY'S STAND ON NATIONAL ISSUES NEW YORK, July 22.—At a meeting to- night of the Tammany Hall general com- mittee a series of resolutions, upon m.- tion of Richard Croker, were adopted, containing the following: Tammany Hall believes in the supremacy the American flag wherever it floats, but the: it should float nowhere as the symbol of liber and ecivil servitude combined, for that is combination which can work only dishonor the flag and American Institutions, Tammany Hall condemns the waging of war for conquest as un-American in princ and false to the pledge of the nation as g by the President of the United States. It demna the unconstitutional action of the Prc- ent in carrying on a war for c hout the lnlm-(’l‘:‘\ of Congress. s o The resolutions denounce monopo!ic3 and trusts and close with the lollmng;.. The Democracy of the pation stands for wa- tional honor, national congervatism. ne1 Justice, Tammany Hall, faithful to the pr ciples of Democracy and subordinating !l things to Democratic suecess, closes its ranks and calls f r s for patriotic unity in tie name of