The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 3, 1900, Page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. REPORTED SLAUGHTER OF CHRISTIANS BY THE CHINESE Imperial Troops Sent to Oppose the Allied Relief Force Said to Have Descended on a City Near Pe- king, Killing Ten Thousand Native Christians and Five For- | {ing to oppose relief force have wiped out a Christian town near |Peking, killing five foreign priests and 10,000 native Christians. L e R B e —— ONDON, Aug. 3, 3:45 a. m.—According to the Daily Express 3 ‘ cablegrams from Chefu announce that imperial troops advanc- ¢ L3 i + P e e e e e e ] | o . . | eign Priests. B¢ Il FAR EAST ITUATION AS T" & TOLD BY CALL DISPATCHES il A e o el ies upon Peking, says the Chinese ® ste mqfn hv\‘ the Impe 6 ¢ € act, if not indeed as tan- + S Secre I ing to the proposal by Li Hung ¢ ) & & 1 engage not to march on Pe- . 2 1 envoys be sent to Tien- 1 ly forest 1 Sir Chih Chen’s objection by . that the Chinese Government put itself in an 1 ¢ e by denying free communication with the € Vhat oress has been made by the relief expedition g it 1 to be forging ahead. . . & TAKEN AND HELD BY THE AMERICAN MARINES. . € imperial edict, now . PART OF THE CITY WALL OF PEKING OVERLOOKING THE LE- 1 and foreigners in & TRICT AND FROM WHICH THE CHINESE WERE FIRING = + WHICH WAS TAKEN AND HELD BY THE AMERICAN Peking, wl ording to me authority, are being sup- ® MARINES REBY PRE TING MUCH LOSS OF LIFE AND THE 1 ve s, which would undoubtedly be : TRUCTION OF THE BUILDINGS OF THE BRITISH a e « ge wchu ponies which Mac- * . ° 1 € ang b B0 0000060000000+ 0+040000000-0000-009 ¢ ted was tl et ¢ while what is re- it that acking, 1v information has from Yangtse and lank the allied army. r northward missionaries have been , in the House of Commons, binet unanimous ti as and as opposed to setting up > but a Chinese administration. ng special cables published by The Call this morn- ) ofoe] further details of the gallantry displayed by in Peking. GREAT DANGER OF TREACHERY S L [Special Cable to the New York Herald. Copyright, 1900, by the New Yor Publishing Company. Republication of this dispatch is p All rights reserved in the United States and Great Brita 3.—These advices from its special corre- spondent pul d by -the Daily Mail: SHANGHAI 4 A courier who left Peking on ] 21 ¢ ns there great danger of treachery on the part of e ( hening the barricades around t eg it ry on the walls of the Imperial City « g Should they make another at- 11y expect to hold cut, since their cept informed of the weakness 1g at the coast by Shanghai are correct, Europeans there are by for should the defeated Chinese forces force fall back on Peking it is no mean after an encounte bl engeance on the practi- MAY FLANK EUROPEAN ARMY. i s [Special Cable to the New York Herald. Copyright, 1800, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. Republication of this dispatch is prohibited. All rights reserved in the United States and Great Britain.] LONDON, Aug. 3—The special correspondent of the Daily Telegraph sends this SHANGHAI, Aug. tworthy information reaches at the Chinese troops are steadily advancing northward rtse Valley and also toward the south, and may k the European army. B der of fifty missionaries In the province 2 of Shansi, with the additional information - that eight English women were dragged out of the m ldings by a Chinese d t mob, who behe em in the streets of Chuchou ) 1 \ck of develop-| The Tientsin correspondent of the announces the ndard “A heartrending letter th been received dated July s number 6) per ty-five suficient food for five days, and that it is feared the legation will succumb within a week.” William’s Warlike Words. Tha Berlin correspondent of the Dally Chronicle, who reports Emperor William's extrasrdinary sermon of Monday on board the Hohenzollern, says that some of the most striking sentences attributed to the Kaiser are the following: “Once again has the heathen spirit of the Amalekites been raised In distant Asia, with great “ power and much cunning. With destruc- Murder of Missionaries. tion and murder it will dispute the way From e Dally Express has t, Europsan trade and European culture. received confirmation of the reported mur- | It will dispute the victorious march of from tion, stating that the casu- nt; that only twen- veral oc- being carried and the impe- the Express cor- »sed to an allies, but he commanders hington's order to 4 without an the seneral Chaff t's delay m the Japanese lega- | cartridges per man are left, with | forms the Chinese Government That| There Can Be No Bargaining Regard- ing Minister Conger’'s Safetu. PR TP 5 Aug. 2-—Tha| t has made public the ywing corre- fpondence between LI Hung Chang and the department re- abandonment of the cam- legram sent to the United States em- | bassies in Berlin, London, Paris, Rome St. Petersburg and the ted i Toklo: T OF STATE, WASH- ON, Aug. 1, 1900.—In reply to a sug- n of Ii Hung Chang that the Min- ers might be sent un | Tientsin provided the powers would en gage not to march on Peking, the S th of July enter into to g 1 Any arrangement rega ! | treatment of legat without first ing free communication with Ministe r. Responsibility for their protec- rests upon the Chinese Government. | Power to deliver at Tientsin presupposes I nd to open communi- | sisted upon.’ | was delivered by Mr. Goodnow on the 3lst to the Viceroy, who | then iqui whether, if ‘free com -ation was established between Min 1 1d thelr Governments, it could be rranged that the powers should not a nce on Peking pending negotlati Free Communication Demanded. ers a August: 1l General, Shanghai: hink of tion il Li to the other pow Free communication with our re; ntatives in Peking is demanded as ter of a absolute t and not as a favor. Since the Ch Government ad- mits that it possesses the power to give cation it puts itself In an un- attitude by denving it. No nego- »m advisable until the Chinese 1ent shall have put the diplomatic s of the powers in full and ation with their respective s and removed all danger to and liberty. We would urge rl Li earnestly to advise the imperial authoritles of China to place themselves in friendly communication and co-opera- tlon with the rellef expedition. They are assuming a heavy responsibility in acting otherwise. *‘You will communicate this informa- tion to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. =AY May Close Negotiations. | Secretary Hay's reply to Li Hung Chang has closed the negotiations with China unless the old Viceroy is able to secure | the full acceptance of our terms relativ | to the foreign Ministers, and that at once | No orders, therefcre, looking to the re- laxation of the preparations for the ad- vance on Peking have gone out of Wash- | ington, for, | by one of the leading officials here, “there | will be no bargaining on our part in ad- vance of the conc fon by the Chinese authorities of full and free communica- tion with the foreign Ministers.” There is, moreover, a note ominously er safe escort to | following reply was | it expedient to submit the | as the situation is described | close, to actual war in Secretary Hay's | declatation that the covtuctdf the Chi- | nese Government is “unfriendly.” That | kind of language is extreme in diplomacy | and it is only a narrow step between it | and formal war. The impression prevails here that the | Chinese Government, If it is not absolute- | 1y bereft of power to act in defiance of the Boxers, will accept our terms, and some | such action is looked for very soon. | Possibly One Battle. | Possibly a battle—not more, it is be- ligved, than one at most—will be required to bring the imperial Government to the point of acceptance, though in that case | It is questionable whether the original | c itions would be regarded as still open | to acceptance. If the Chinese Government | now accepts, however, the United States | Government will be face to face with one of the most delicate and momentous dip- lomatic tasks ever undertaken. It must | attempt to redeem its promise to use its | good offices in favor of China, and in the present temper of some of the European powers the greatest difficulties may be | expected to arise In the prosecution of the attempt. It is the confident expectation of the officlals here, however, that if the | Chinese Government actually and in good | meets all four of the conditions lald | down by the President in his reply to the Chinese Emperor's appeal for ald at least | a majority of the powers will accept that | as a proper base upon which to cease the | | present hostilities and open negotiations | | for a settlement. The decision of the ma- | jority in such case without doubt would receive the acquiescence of the minority, | | else an interminable entanglement might | arise. | | Message Sent to Chaffee. | - Secretary Root said this afternoon that | there had been no developments which would necessitate any changes in the in- | | structions to General Chaffee, or which | would change the intentions of the Gov- | ernment in the least. A cipher cable mes- | sage was sent to General Chaffee by Sec- | retary Root to-day, which contalped ad- n and facts which have ditional informa developed since the last message was sent | | to him from Nagasaki. The message con- tained no additional instructions, but merely information which he may use as | a gulde to his actions. It is not believed at the War Depart- ment that an advance has been made as yet from Tientsin. It is explained that the last dispatches indicated a great deal of delay in unloading the transports, and before any advance can be made the troops must have all their equipments and | transportation for them. The indications | are that the plans belng matured at Tien- | tsin contemplate a rapid advance when the movement begins, for it seers to be | understood that there will be carried with: the army a sufficlent quantity of supplies | to maintain the troops on thc march to Peking and return, if a return should be advisable | The fact that no reports were received | from General Chaffee during the day was not surprising to the War Department of- | ficials, who said that the general was | busy preparing for the campalgn, and, | moreover, communication between Taku |and Chefu is uncertain. Christian customs and Christian faith. And again s heard God's | “Choose us out men and go out to fight | with Amalek.’” A hot and sanguinary struggle has begun. Already a number of brethren are over there under fire. more are traveling along hostile You have seen them, the thou- sands who, to the call of volunteers to the front who will guard the empire, have as- sembled themselves to battle with victo- rious banners. We who remain at home are bound by other sacred duties. Woe | unto us if we remain slothful and sluggish while they are engageq in their difficult | and bloody work, and 'if, from our place | of security, we only curiously look on while they wrestle in battle. Not only should we mobilize battalions of troops, but we should also and shall set in mo- tion an army of trained people to beg and entreat for our brethren that they may strike into the wild chaos with sword in hand. May they strike for our most sa- command, | cred possessions. We would pray that God the Lord may make heroes of our men and lead those heroes to victory, and that then, with laurels on their helmets and orders on thelr breasts, he may lead | them home to the land of their fathers. { Our fight will not be finished in one day; but let not our hands grow weary or sink | until victory is secured. Let our prayers | be as a wall of fire around the camp of | our brethren. Eternity will reveal the | fulfiliment of an old promise, ‘Call upon me in trouble and I will deliver thee.' Therefore pray continuously.” The Vienna correspondent of the Times says: “The Neue Freic Presse greets the decision of the British and American gov- ernments to advance to Peking independ- ently with the greatest satisfaction. It believes that the resolution of these two powers will put an end to the paralysis occasioned by the unsolved question of the chief command, and will inspire the combined forces with fresh life and vigor. It says that when once the Anglo-Ameri- can troops assume the offensive the others will follow suit.” + s b ] } 3 b¢ : & : B¢ B : i | | TURED SEVERAL HUNDRED RIFLES BY THE BESIEGED. CAPTAIN “JACK OF JULY 3, NOTED ABOVE, HE AND HIS M ASSING THE FOREIGNERS AND LATER DROV FROM WHICH THEY WERE FIRING ON THE PEOPLE WITHIN ‘THE BRITISH COMPOUND AND HELD IT CAVALRY CAPTAIN THEMSELVES. NOT BADLY. IN THE FIGHT WITH THE - KANSU GO0 00000000000 0000 0000000000000 00000 00000000 0000060000 SORTIE OF AMERICAN MARINES FROM BRITISH LEGATION COMPOUND. (Drawn from a photograph of the wall of the compound and the gate from which the sortie was made and description of the scene.) THE CHINESE MADE A RUSH TO FORCE THE WALL, BUT THE AMERICAN MARINES, TAIN J. T. MYERS, MAKING A SORTIE BY THE GATE, ROUTED AND DROVE THEM ND A QUANTITY MYERS, WHOSE PICTURE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF THROUGHOUT THE SIEGE. UNDER CAP- BACK AND CAP- AMMUNITION, WHICH WAS MUCH NEEDED IS GIV ABOVE, HAS ESPECIALLY . AFTER THE BRILLIANT SORTIE THE NIGHT A WHO WERE HAR- OF PP SISO AN SOUIAD SO S SONP SORP SPRPADNPADEr SO S Sy S SO SPSV SIS STEVSS SR AP SSSVATSY VAL S 2 S S S8 S et At e s A s E s At A e A A b o A A MYERS WAS WOUNDED, BUT [ X ] Military Experts at Washington Believe the Chinese Army Which Proposes to Dispute the Advance of the Allies Will Be Caught Between Two Fires. ALL BUREAU, WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHING- TON, Aug. 2—It would not be surprising to v 11 !nfnrn'_\ml military experts here should the Chinese army, which | proposes to dispute the advance of allied troops upon Peking, be caught between two fires. Because of the in- | advisability of permitfing information relative to the move- ments of {roops to reach the Chinese, the author! esitate to discuss the plan of campalgn that has been adopted, though undoubtedly they have been acquainted with at least some of | its features. In fact, it is stated by officials that the situation | in China justifies them in resuming the reserve thrown off when the war with Spain was closed. 3 Secretary Root asserted late this afternoon that he had not been advised that the allies had started for Peking, nor in diplomatic circles is it believed that the main army has com- menced the march. The operations which have thus far taken | place are believed to be confined to the advance guard, which is expected to establish a base a short distance from Tientsin. | ‘When the main body has come up with the advance guard the | latter will again be sent forward. In this way the troops will be operating from a base close at hand. 1 No surprise would be expressed by officials should a column | of allies be reported as having left Shanhalkwan. This port | is on the same parallel of latitude as Peking. There is a good | road leading to Peking from Shanhatkwan, and a column following it could co-operate with one leaving Tientsin. American troops have gone to Shanhalkwan, but it was re- | | No | of cently reported that a strong body of Japanese had been sent there. It is expected by the officials tr make an effort to stop the allles a sk and victory by the foreign troops w nese to determine not to m: behind the walls of Peking. It has bee perts that the Chinese are reported to River. It is expected that when a the dam will be broken and the low A prominent foreign diplomat aca ese troops will e from Tientsin, ause the Ch stand In force except noted by military ex- iammed the Petho mence their march Nooded. jainted with the character nds | of the country about Tientsin said to-day that if such an act were committed the only effect w be to make transporta- ticn more difficult and thus mpede the march of the troops. War Department officials admit that at this moment transpor- tation 18 the most serious problem, and General MacArthur will be depended upon to relieve the needs of General Chaffee in this respect. he disposition in official circles seems to e to believe that the administration of another defeat to the Chinese forces out- side of Tientsin will mean the coilapse of organized opposition. It was pointad out to-day that the Chinese have since the cap- ture of Tientsin and its partial destruction made every effort to stop the advance of the allies. and these efforts could only have been caused by the apprehension that Peking would suf- fer as Tientsin, but the defeat of the Chinese troops by the expedition sent to the rellef of Peking will, in the view of the cials here, undoubtedly cause an ascension of Ppeace party in influence.