The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 10, 1900, Page 1

"VOLUME LXXXVIII—NO. p & SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1900. Call, This Paper not | to be taken_ from | the Library.++** PRICE FIVE CENTS. ALLIED TROOPS NOW EXPE After Four Hours of Heavy Fighting the Chinese Are Driven From Their Defense Works and £ 1 ) REACH PEKING IN TEN DAYS Yangtsun, an Important Military Base, IS Cap- tured by the Advancing Foreigners, Who Lose Two Hundred. SUMMARY ve taken 4 0 3 0 at rks.” The editorials gener: one CF s more shall brin the French ners to leave t of the river. d by the London morning p — — . after the a long step toward their goal, anc g them to the walls L 5" losses at Peitsan ster, reports strong efforts { dawn on Monday. THE CHINESE SITUATION AS TOLD BY CALL DISPATCHES, 1 Washington already figures of China’s capital. r wounded, mostly in the Fourteenth Regiment, but General i . ang of the Ninth g are now reported as 1130, of whom 1e time, the Boxers and their steadfast refusal. ote of the United States Government to China, made e cessation of the hostile attacks on the legations, advance on Peking, the al- In taking Yang- Infantry. The total : 3 % & b i 1d led to a belief from the Austr still sheltering not arters were da- surround the legation, of the Peking authorities to @ imt-telulet v Express from Chefu, dated August 8, purporting to give an t, were 200, the majority being killed. “The allies marched on The position was held by 15,000 Chinese well After four hours of heayy fighting the Chinese were driven dispatch to *he same paper, dated Tientsin, August 6, recounts a reconnoissance v panese beyond Hsiku, the result being that the enemy was developed in ed, at Weiho. The Chinese were superior in numbers, and after facing the Japanese retired to Hsiku with three killed and twenty-seven wounded, ired 200 horses. With the exception of these messages. General Chaffee’s report is the only account pub- pers telling of the capture of Yangtsun. ncline to view the progress toward Peking as splendid thus far, but S ) B S B e O R g R R e which cannot be maintained at the present rapid rate, as the concentration of supplies and nent of bases will cause inevitable delays. sissioner of Customs at Shanghai has received a routine message from Sir Rob- ert Hart, Director General of Imperial Customs, showing that the latter is still conducting the s—a rather curious change of affairs when taken in conjunction with the estabi The Com s pily which he included in the dispatch, which was dated Peking, July 27. Commenting upon Washington’s latest communication to the Chinese = Government, the es it as “idyllic diplomacy,” and it declares the Chinese attempts to get sters to e Peking, as described by M. Pinchon, have convinced everybody except the Washington officials that a steady application of force is the only argument Peking can under- stand. R S PRINCE TUAN HAS LEFT PEKING. IENTSIN, Aug. 2, via Chefu, Aug. 9.—The Boxers are in strong force ten miles to the south of Tie that Prince n. They are murdering, pillaging and committing atrocities. n has leit Peking and joined General Sung in his position, twenty miles to It is reported the northward, the Dowager Empress having issued an imperative command for the reoccupation of Tientsin and Taku. Tuan’s scheme to escape. This step shows a determination to stop the advance, but it may be Prince A native colonel who fought against the* Boxers and protected the Christians sixty miles south of here has been dismissed by imperial order. It is reported that friendly Chinese are aiding thePeking residents with food and ammunition, and that a new party of progressionists is devel- oping in Peking. with the foreigners. Refugees are returning in a starving condition. VON WALDERSEE AS CHIEF COMMANDER All the Powers Interested Ex- cept America Seem 1o Have Consented. Marshal ER Aug. 9.—Field Count von Waldersee, recently ap- | P ed to the supreme command of German forces in China and 4 upon in some quarters as chesen commander in chief jonal troops, was inter- is evening shortly after his ar- ment,” said General wvon s due entirely to the Initia- ror William. I shall start bably by way of San t time. I am fully Mculties T shall have of the extreme deli- e: but I ean only my best to prove of the honor and of the A in me by the Kalser. Waidersee will accompany t nited States.” nis evering the ficld marshal had con- es at the offices of the general staff Minister of War. understood that Emperor William some weeks ago broached the subject of | the chief command to Count von Wal- | dersee personally, basing his proposal up- on the condition that all the other pow- ers should acquiesce in the appointment, As to this latter point diplomatic negotia- tions have been going on during the last few days. Emperor Nicholas, with whom the Count is an especial favorite, consent- ed, and France followed somewhat re- | luctantly. Austria-Hungary and Italy | quickly consentcd. The acquiescence of the United States and Great Britaln was | next received and the assent of Japan | came 1ast. The German Foreign Office told a cor- | respondent this evening that the consent | of the other powers had been virtually secured to the selection of Count von Wal- | dersee as commander In chief. The number of volunteers fgom the army reserves who have signified -their willingness to go to China is said to be 120,000 From this number it Is understood that a corps not exceeding 20,000 will be | formed. A portion of the corps will leave | within a fortnight or as soon as the Cab- | inet meeting called for to-morrow shall have given consent to the project. | The Chinese Minister in Berlin, Lu Hal Houan. has received a dispatch substan- tially identical with the alleged Chinese | imperial edict ordering the safe conduct of | the members of the foreign legations to | Tientsin. This he has forwarded to the Foreign Office, where it 1s regarded, how- ever, as another Chinese ruse. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The subject of the appointment of Count von Waldersee to command ibe international forces in \ The gambling instincts of the Chinese will lead many of them to cast their lot China has been presented to the United States Government, but no answer has yet been returned. Count Waldersee is regarded by the authorities here as an eminent soldier, and it is believed he is satisfactory. It is said that his appoint- ment would mean a campaign of broader seope than that In which our forces are engaged at ths present moment, which is for the relief of the Ministers in Peking, and Count Waldersee, who is now in Ger. many, cannot possibly reach China untfl that object §s accomplished or defeated. It is thought by the Government that it is not necessary to Immediately decide up- on a commander for a future campaign. The matter will be taken up with Y’resx. dent McKinley when he arrives in Wash- ington next week. SENT BY GREAT BRITAIN FROM INDIA TO CHINA SIMLA, Aug. 8.—Excluding the Fourth Brigade, the strength of the forces pro- ceeding to China is 446 British officers, 1064 non-commissioned and native officers; 13,- 970 men, 11,850 followers, 1150 drivers; 2530 horses, 4300 ponies and mules; 12 guns, 14 Maxims and 1500 imperial service troops. It is expected that the entire force wili have sailed before the middle of next month. —_— NEW MASSACRES. LYONS, Aug. 5.—The Catholic Journal announces new massacres and a disaste: to the misslons in the southeastern s rovince of ‘hilf. It th Priests have been killed. s | | rhe e PP P P P S S WPy DS S S S P S S S -9 PANIC IN PEKING—THE FIRST RUSH OF THE CHRISTIAN CONVERTS FOR PROTECTION. (FROM BLACK AND WHITE.) DURING A HEAVY THUNDER STORM, A GREAT NUMBER OF THEM DURING THE MONTH OF MAY THE CHRISTIAN CHINESE BECAME MORE AND MORE ALARMED AT THE TALES OF BLOOD AND FIRE FROM OTHER PLACES AND THE THREATENING ATTITUDE OF THE B S IN THE IMPERIAL CITY, AN | Z D ON THE 3TH OF THAT MONTH, ED TO THE BRITISH LEGATION FOR PROTECTION. THIS 0C- CURRED TWO DAYS BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF CAPTAIN McCALLA AND THE MARINES FROM TAKU. { @ vieieie s | ASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The cap- | ture of Yangtsun, the first ob- | jective point o7 (ne internation- | of importaice received to-day on the Chinese situation. The first word | of this capture, effected last Monday, came to the Signal Office at the War De- | partment from Colonel Scriven, the gen- | eral officer at Chetu, saying: | “CHEFU, Aug. %.—Signals, Washington, Aug. 6.—Yangtsun captured to-day. Wire up. Need own transportation. All well. “SCRIVEN." ‘Half an hour after this message a ca- | blegram from General Chaffee, giving ad- | ditional details of the capture and show- | g that it had been at the cost of about | sixty casualties among the American troops was recelved. General Cnatfce's dispatch js as follows: “YANGTSUN, Aug. 6.—Yangtsun occu- | pied to-day. Wcunded: Second Lieutenant | ¥rank R. Long, Ninth Infantry; casual- | ties about sixty men, Ninth United States Infentry, Fourteenth United States In- fantry and Battery F, Fifth United States Artillery. Nearly all from Fourteenth Infantry. Names later. Many men pros- trated heat and fatigue. CHAFFEE.” ! Will Total 50,000 Men. Hardly less important was a dispatch from General Terauchi, second in com- mand of the Japanese staff, sent to the al forces, wns the supreme news ! L b e ebebeOetebeoebeoe ey o o ADVANCE FORCE OF THE PEKING RELIEF COLUMN HAS CAPTURED YANGTSUN General ehaffee Reports Sixty Victory of Allies Followed by a Casualties Among the Ameri- can Troops and Many Prostra- tions From Heat and Fatigue. * i x legations, and urge the oAk ek k ok ok ok kok ok Ak ok ok ok -fo Chmnese Government. ‘War Office of Japan and transmitted to “We demand the immediate cessation of hostile attacks by the imper.al trocps upcn the and energy of the imperial Government for the protection of the legations and all foreigners therein.”—Extract from note sent by the United States i ; B S B o T S u - [ e R o T T I R g e B e e e S S ko o Demand From the United States That Firing Upon @ KRRk ko K dRoAA ok Ak ok ok ook Ak koo A Ak ko A okok @ AMERICA MAKES A DEMAND exercise of every power patches. The present movement of some the legaticn’ here, saying that the inter- | 16,000 men daubtless is viewed in the light national army would total 30,900 men on |of a reconnoissance in force, the main A dispatch stated that on the 4th, when it was forwarded, the advance had not be- gun. in view of the fact that fighting has ac- tually occurred. But the later statement that the international force would total £0,000 men on the 15th, appears to make clear General Terauchl’s meaning and to reconciie it with General Chaffee's dis- ugust 15 to advance on Peking. This | movement of he army of 5,000 to follow on the 15th. This makes clear the mean- |ing of General Chaflee's dispatch tnat This was at first incomprehensible, | Yangtsun was the objective point. T ‘War Department Las been puzzled on n:: point. . It would appear. however, from General Terauchi’s dispatch that tne first force of 16,000 men, baving opened up com- munications to Yangtsun.brought forward UDplics 3R~ established This " savanca .‘#'l‘-‘""‘f“’i‘#‘l&lfi China Cease the Legations. base. the way would then be clear for the | advance of the larger force on the 15th. Importance of the Capture. The capture of Yangtsun is. therefore, an ‘mportant strategic branch of the fast maturing military plans. The place Is about eighteen miles beyond Tientsin and a little dess than a guarter of the way to Peking. Colcnel Scrivem's statement “wire vp” contains much meaning, as it is explained as showing that there Is tele- | graphic commurication with the army in the field. Aside from the assurance this | glves of speedy transmission from the front, it gives the additional assurance that the line is intact back to | the first base of operations. The eapturs of Yangtsun on the day following the bat- tle of Peitsang Is regarded as a highly successful military achievement, and es- pecially fn view of the fact that it was | looked upon as a stronghold whose cap- ture might give the foreigners considera- | ble trouble. | Uncle Sam's Demand. Aside from the military developments of the day, the diplomatic aspeet was made clearer by the publication of the demand made by the United States upon the Imperial Government of China and —_— Continued on Second Page. of news