The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 7, 1900, Page 1

This.Paper no% to be taken fro the Library.++++ et ——ben The ® VOLUME LXXXVIII-NO, 68, SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AILLIED FORCES B VE BACK HINESE, BUT LOSE HEAVILY In Sunday’s Battle at Peitsang the| Allied Troops Advancing To- ward Peking Rout the Opposing Mongols—Killed and Wounded, Principally Among Russians and Japanese leen as 1200 SUMMARY OF NEWS FROM CHINA. After seven hours’ hard fighting and with loss of 1200 kilied and wounded, the allied forces in China on Sunday drove the Chinese from a strong position at Peitsang, a town some eleven miles beyond Tientsin, on the road to Peking. Though details further than those contained in brief messages from Admiral Remey and Commander Taussig are still lacking. a recent reconnoissance showed that Peitsang was held in force by the Chinese, who had dug trenches and loopholed the walls of the mud huts, of which the village is.mainly composed. A marsh protected the enemy’s right. Sixteen thousand is given by Admiral Remey as the strength of the allies, and the casualties reported consequertly amount to between 7 and 8 per cent of the force engaged. This a higher percentage than General Builer lost in the dis- astrous attempt to force the Tugela at Colenso. Li Hung Chang is reported to have informed the foreian Consuls that the envoys had left Peking on August 3 for Tientsin. Little or no credence is olaced in the report. A London dispatch speaks of the possibility of the Chinese Viceroys -of the southern provinces throwing off their allegiance to the Manchu dynasty if assured of foreign support. LATEST NEWS OF ~~UNDAY RERRRRRRTXE RRFTEERAEFE X FWFERAPEEELF) lofulet: BATTLE. Copyriglit, -€0U, by the Associater Press. 5, via Shanghai, Aug. 7.—This morning at daylight 16,000 allics at Peitsang and soundly thrasl enemy from the trenches. 1in the mgn:umlh were the Ninth and Thirteenth ed in progress. Regiments, The battle is still TWO CABLEGRAMS THAT CONTAIN THE NEWS ASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—The following cablegrams were received at the Navy ment vesterday, the first being from the commander of the Yorktown and the s engagement Depart- second rear admiral in charge of the Asiatic station: “CHEFU, Aug. 6.—Bureau Navigation, Washington: Peitsang Sunday morning, 3 to 10:30. and Japanese. Chinese retreating. , Aug. 6.—Bureau Navigation, Washington: Official report s heavily engaged Chinese at Peitsang daylight of the 5th. * LI SAYS MINISTERS LEFT PEKING. | ONDON, Aug. 7, 4 a. m.—A Shanghai special, dated August 6, “Li Hung Chang has officially informed the Consuls that the Ministers left Peking for Tientsin last Friday, 3, with General Yung Lu in command of the escort. British Fame reports unoffi- at Allied loss, killed and wounded. TAUSSIG.” believed reliable; REMEY.” 1200, CHEFU 16,000 a says: August The Consuls are by no means disposed 3:40 2 m.—The advance of the allied forces commenced to-day, cables the at Tientsin, under date of August 4. This is the first official information re- It is correct. The fighting, but the Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mail, “The Peking relief column is reported to have suffered a check. The AR T g CHINESE HAVE ADOPTED TUGELA TACTICS. ceived here that the attempt to relieve Peking has begun. British Consul does not mention an to credit Earl Li's statement.” All other reports that have reached London up to this hour in- ONDON, Aug. 7 telegraphing St Chinese are said to ! dicate that the Ministers have not left Pcking. British Consul treated.” accepted as inday, says: hours of e adopted Tugela tactics, and after several fighting to have re- This is the only message received in London this morning bearing out the reports of Ad- miral Remey and Commander Taussig regarding an engagement at Peitsang. The fact that the advance did not begin until Saturday is taken to strengthen the presence of a battle Sunday. = gt SR SAFETY OF MINISTERS ON AUGUST 1 In the same cablegram, which was read in the House of Commoris, the Consul at Tientsin says: “News from the Japanese legation has been received up to August 1.” Therefore the edicts announcing the safety of the Ministers on that date are confirmed. Yesterday the Chinese Minister, Sir Chih Chen Lo Fen Luh, communicated to Lord Salis- bury a message from the Tsung li Yamen, dated July 31, reiterating the statement that the Min- isters were safe on that date. and recounting the friendly relations existing between them and the Yamen, as well as reporting the sending of supplies to the legation by the Yamen. The message contains this important statement: “A successful termination of the conference with the Ministers for their convevance under escort to Tientsin is expected, but on account of the recommencement of hostilities at Tientsin code telegrams for transmission to the representatives are considered undesirable.” —_— HOW MONGOLS WILL TRY TO CHECK MARCH, This appears to confirm the statement that the as hostages. Chinese will endeavor to stop the march to Pekir sing the Ministers Yo Anzeiger of Berlin, publishing an interview with Li Hung Chang, quotes hlm as declaring emphatically that China must not, in any circumstances, cede any more territory to In reply to a question why the rebellion was not put down, Earl Li is represented as “I blame Prince Tuan, the Empress Dowager and the whole Peking Government. But for their lack of energetic action the situation would never have become o serious.” “he St. Petershurg correspondent of the Daily Mail says: “Active negotiations are proceed- ing between Russia and the United States, the probable outcome of which will be a resolution to :phold the integrity of China unconditionally.” A Shanghai correspondent of the same paper says that the Americans there are urgmg the appointment of General MacArthur as commander in chief of the allied forces. any power. having said: gl el /ool B e R R O e s * D e > + + * s * ' THIS PICTURE WAS MADE TO ILLUSTRATE THE RETURN TO TIE L MOUR, WHICH LEFT TIENTSIN ON JU ) AND GOT BACK JUN ©00-00-04090400-00-0-9-0-0- 00 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0—-1-4-0-0- RS IR- SR SR L e e e e o TRANSPORTING WOUNDED OF ALLIED FORCES DOWN PEIHO TO TIENTSIN From Le Journal Illustre, NTSIN LOSS OF OVER 400 MED I S e OF THE FIRST RELIEF EXPEDITION KILLED AND WOUNDED. UNDER ADMIRAL SEY- B S - T B e R S R . bei e eisirieieiesel® Chinese Have Received a Drub-|Future Policy Regarding China Will Depend Upon What Min- bing That More Than Compen- sates for the Heavy Loss Sus- lairied by the Allies. Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL BUREAU. WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 6.— Twelve hundrel men of the International force participating in the opera- tions against Peking have been killed or wounded in the first battle of the campaign. Though it is a heavy price to pay, the victory of the allies is regarded here as compensation for the losses suffered, Had the foreis troops been compelled to retire, administration officia that the whole of China wou'd have risen to drive out the invaders and th whom they had come to tect The allies from the point of view of offi and diplomats canret afford to be defeated. They must strike with a heavy hand, not in order to demoralize the Chinese troops opposing the advance upor Peking, but to deter the rest of China, awaiting developments in the north. from joining in the hostlle movement. These considerations make the authorities here deeply gratified at the an- nouncement that the Chinese retreated. troops have oce the capital. This statement means that the allied ed Peitsang and are preparing to continue thefr advaace on Iing to military experts here it will never do to permit the Chinese to recover from the effects of the drubbing they have received. They mist be pursued relen y so that if they have mot already constructed second line of defenses they will not have time to do so before the allies are again at their heels. At Peitsang the Chinese, according to Admiral Remey had, as developed bv Japanese reconn nee tructed :rench and had loop-holed houses. These defenses. which the allies were eom to storm, were undoubtedly the cause of the large number of casualties the ants sustained. Officers of the army estimate that the Chinese losses were triple those of the forbigners, and if this proves to be true, then it is likely the peonle of the Celestial kingdom will begin to get over their notion that the Boxers cannot be harmed by the bullets of foreignere. Officials and army and ravy officers are hopeful that the administration of 'xnnvher defeat such as that given the Chinese at Peitsang will show them the y of resistance and that the Chinese Government will yleld to the de- mands of the powers. either the Washington nor any of the other Governments Interested in the advance on Peking is proceeding on the theory that the Chinese will surrender. In fact: the War Department is making preparatlons for an extensive campaien General Chaffee wired General MacArthur a few davs ago that the allled troops were urgently in need of siege guns and mortars, showing that it was ex- pected it would be necessary to take fortified places en route to Peking, besides the capital itself. and they are now on their way to Tientsin. Batterv O of the Seventh Artillery, which Is to leave Fort Leavenworth to-morrow for San Francisco, will use these weapons. though it was stated to-day that General Mac Arthur would send another battery from Manila. General MacArthur will se- lect the artillery which will reinforce General Chaffee. There, was talk in army circles to-day, which could not be confirmed, advance df a Russian column from the north toward Peking. If this should prove true and the Japanese troops have left Shanhalkwan for the capital, three columns will be converging on the imperial city and its canture will be greatly expedited. Some surprise was expressed to-day that the allied comman- ders had not placed troops on the armed junks and lighters and in tow of the steam launches proceed up the Petho River, but Rear Admiral Crowninshield, chief of the Naval Bureau of Navigation, said this was impossible because there are in some places only two feet of w iter in the stream, and it is lfkely that the Chinese have sunk junks loaded with stone in the channel to obstruct navi- gation. It is further expected that the Chinese will remove the dam they are reported to have constructed and will flood the lowlands as soon as the foreign troops have advanced sufficiently far to be caught by the water. It {s presumed here that this contingency has been guarded against by the forelgn commanders in the plans they have adopted. Brigadier General Weston, commissary general of subsistence, has called the attention of the War Department to the advisability of supplying light-draught lighters or flat-decked vessels at Taku to which animals can be transferred from the transports and carried to the shore. General Weston likens the conditions at Taku to those that prevalled at Santiago de Cuba when General Shafter's army landed. a of the BIG ORDER FOR MEATS TO FEED TROOPS % CHICAGO. Aug. 6.—Chicago packers to-day were asked by the Government to furnish 2,000,000 pounds of meats within thirty days for the American soldiers in the Orient. This is said to be the largest requisition ever issued by the Gov- ernment of the United States. SHOWS MUTUAL DISTRUST OF'POWERS. PARIS, Aug. 6.—TIt Is stated here on good authorfty that the German Em- bassodor at Washington has had an interview with Secretary of State Hay for the purpose of calling attention to England’s action on the Yang-tse Kiang. It is believed that Great Britain's course in sending Admiral Seymour up the river indicates the intention of seizing territory in that region, which would be detri- mental to the interests of other powers. It is said the German Embassador also pointed out to Hay that America’s commercial Interests would suffer through England's action. The fact that this alleged interview is being talked about in varicus chancelleries speaks volumes for the mutual distrust exisilng among powers, even if there were no foundation for the report. The story of the re- port comes from such a high source, however, that there is scarcely any doubt of its accuracy. A dispateh from Shanghai says English Consul Warren has in- fnrmed his colleagues that Kuropean action is about to begin on the Yang-tse Kia: “ ASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—State Departmert officlals profess to know nothing of any interview between the Secretary of State and German Embassador about Great Britain's attitude in the Yang-tse Kiang region. Secretary Hay left here Friday, and the German Embassador has not been in Washington for five days. Adee, Acting Secretary of State, says he knows nothing of any such representa- tions by the German Embassador as reported in the Paris dispatch. . ALL BUREAU, cvents in China may depend large en by the international troops .r regard the recent imperial edic authorities at Peking an feat of the Chinese there allowed to communicate with et B s dispatch that the Chinese wer that the battle ended In a rout of the were able to follow up thelr advantage “If the C a high offic know what has been going on in Peking are. We do not, will pursue after they have been put in r¢presentatives. We cannot negotiate st have freedom of action and of that country.” uthorities here have no mes v have no doubt, however, that it ma communication, although it did not go so cipher dizpatches. Concessi be read by Chinese at will No communicatien in the to China by this Government. down in the note of July 3 to the powers. Government, probably be drawn in with them nd changed nature of themselves that these operations can i will be glad to negot is that the administrat Peking and elsewhere in China who recc ment has made a great mistake. these men can be relied upon to us to do so, In opposition to the anti- rllfflr‘ul' _task of the pow very WELLINGTON HOTEL. WASHINGTO} nese Government opens comm “then everything will depend upon what th and we are rot in a position to without sentatives in the capital of the country with which we are nezot So many different versions of the latest impertal edict have come from ¢ of the right to send The American policy has not v operations to accomplish specific results. Another reason for not going to extremes n has a knbwiedge that As long as there is not a formal sta their influence, so far as it is safe Telgn element now In control of war or the delivery of an ultimatum would probably unify China and make the isters Will Have to Say When Communication Is Opened. Special Dispatch to The Call. Aug. 6.—Future e badly beat- severe punishmept on with the Minfste: commu and what the present conditions there say what course the powers communication with their diplomatie having connections v our . and communication with the Government of and inflict unication t its exact terms ns in the matter of (h» transmission of vhieh could dJe some conce far as to would not be ¢ an uitimatum has b n or will be sent d from that laid War on China is not desired by this but if the other powers should declare war the United States would The United States is co-operatin in military If at any t the v pe ev ~ way to diplomacy this G there are prominent o ze the fact that the imperial ( A declaration Chinaand feller were passengers on board the Deutschland, which reached her dock to-day from Hamburg. Thite sald In regard to affalrs in China that Emperor Willlam's speech to the soldlers who were going to China was | generally| misin - rpreted. “Hey ndver meant,” the Embassador sald, “o tell them to give the Chinese no | quarter. Nobody so understood his speech | until some French papers put that con- struction upon it. The first time I heard of such an interpretation was when 1 re- | |-cetved a c»r(:\lg Parls paper. The Emp | is an emotional man, and he may be in- cilned to yleld to the impulse of the mo- | ment, perhaps, but he knows how to con- | trol himself, and he certainly never meant to command his soldiers to be merciless. | What_he did say to them was ttat they | should bear in mind that they were going | to face a desperate foe. Kempff Now Upheld. “Germany feels deeply the assassination her Minister.” Mr. White continued. { “Baron von Ketteler was a superior man He was much admired, and his sad death | made a deep impression.” Speaking of the general situation m' China, Embassador. White said with en- | thusiasm: “The present conflict means the bmnl g EW YORK, Avg. 6.—Andrew D. White, United States Embassador to Germany, and John D. Rocke- | skill of our so! Embassador White Re- turns From Germany and Talks Interesting- Iy on the Subject of the Powers. It means the be- ginning of the opening of China to the civilized world.” throes of a new er:. “Is there talk of partitioning China in Germany?" he was asked. “Oh, no: this trouble will never termi- nate In such a way. The war will end in the allled powers dictating terms to China.” ““Admiral Kempff's conduct in China,™ Mr. White saild, “was at first miscon- strued, but now the Germans approve of his policy. Distrust of Russia. “Russia is looked upon with the usual distrust,” the Embassador continued, “but the fact that she Germany fight shoulder to shoulder in China tends to improve the feeling between the two countries.” In conclusion the Embassador toucned upen the admiration felt in Germany for n attaches who saw our men t exuberant in their praises navy, of the valor and iers and sallors. In this connection it may be said that our war with Spain and the part we play in the Chinese conflict has opened the eves of Europe and made it see a good deal more | of us than it had done before.” ‘Will Not Divide China. Asked what he thought of the cabled Continued on Second Page.