The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 12, 1900, Page 21

MISSIONAR v WEOTRRS4E0HOTED ge pessed irough wea attacked apd burned | China snd to make farewell O+ ++444@ +++4+ Pages 21 10 30 Sttt 4440 D R R R e g - SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1900—FORTY PAGES. 1INA PROMISES TO 8L BT THE \ PRICE FIVE CENTS. POWERS THEMSELVES MAY QUARREL [ R 5*‘?"’5"‘*"'*3**‘0—“*-0*-%—0**0%*—0—0—0% { | el el befelontelefelofofe elefofeonfoefofelofote THIS IS A SUBURB OF TUNGCHOW, THE WALLED CITY, ON THE PEIHO, FOURTEEN MILES EAST OF PEKING, WHERE THE GRAND CANAL LEAV THE MAIN RIVER AND STRIKES WEST TO PEKING. ONE OF THE “CHOW,” OR SUPPLY CITIES, OF THE AND WILL DOUBTLESS BE VISITED BY THE ALLIED PR ST RO R R RO R R R R B A R A s @+t et ed et et etetedeIebeiei eDee NO ATTENTION PAID TO CHINA'S APPEAL United States Decides Not to Take Action on the Memorial From Vicerogs Relat- ing to the Landing of British Troops in the Yangtse Vallen. P A O N o A v from it. If Consul delayed his warning we | should have been among the missing. The | situation in China is appalling, and every one expects a fearful conflict. There is not a white man left in the interior alive. | All have fled to Japan, to the coast ports, where the powers are in control, or have left the far Bast altogether. I was in hina for nineteen vears under the South- 3 rning by the | ern Baptist Board. . It urged on| The Rev. George Worth was at a Chi- | . consequences | nese military station on the Yangtse. He | ng of a British represented that made had in- sident Chinese mercial activity almost as much likewise received a hurried warning and set out for the coast with his wife and children. The dispatch telling him to | leave advised him that the imperial troops were as much to be feared as the Boxers, | and he lost not a moment in starting with | his wife and family for Tientsin. | W. B. Field, an American miner, {8 an- other refugee on the Gaelle. Ho was north of Peking, in the most dangerous | district of China, and got wind of the im- pending troubles in time to reach Peking | just before the end of communication with that city. He fled from Peking with all | possible haste, leaving many of his be- | | longings behind, and is thought'to have | been one of the last white men to leave | the Chinese capital before the tragedies of | the early part of July. | J. M. Dickinson, a Tientsin business man, is homeward bound after having suffered much loss through the depreda- | tions of the Boxers. His residence in Tientsin was burned and his place of busi- ness bombarded | Commander Gilmore of the Isla de Cuba | is a passenger for home on furlough from out of its the British pro- a which was be- Admiral Seymour full knowledge view of China's ide and the lack knowledgment concerning the , the United States houlder any of at Britain, nor e appeal of the Viceroys It is possible that the from Minister Wu may be > the British Government Great Britain’s Intention to Land Troops at Shanghai and Russia’s Policy at Peking Likely to Cause Inter- national Discord. SUMMARY OF CHINESE SITUATION. —_—_ C()‘\'FIR.\IA\TION of the report that Li Hung Chang has been invested with plenary powers to plead for peace, and the Chinese Government being to all appearances fully awake to its responsibilities for the security of the foreign Ministers in Peking, ame! rates the situation. Still the reported intention of Admiral Seymour to land D~ British troops at Shanghai causes forebodings. The United States has refused to take action on an appeal from the southern Viceroys, through Minister Wu, to use its influence to prevent the landing of troops in Yangtse Valley. If a dispatch from Berlin is to be relied upon, however, both Germany and France will interpose to preclude a realization of such schemes as Great Britain is cred- ited with harboring. A message from Mr. Conger, transmitted by Consul McWade, owing to the absence of date, throws little fresh light on the situation in Peking. The United States Minister says: “Whatever the outcome we will hold out indefinitely.” Some disquiet has been caused by the Russian Government apparently separating itseif from the other powers by authorizing its Minister to leave Peking under Chinese escort. The difference of policy is, perhaps, more apparent than real, the final decision being left with M. de Giers, who will undoubtedly not leave the capital without an adequate guarantee of safety. Negotiations, it is stated, are in progress looking to the removal of all foreigners m Peking under sufficient escort of the allied troops, the idea being to obviate the necessity of a forced march to Peking in the face of strong opposition with an inadequate force and under considerable climatic disadvantages. So far as is known the relieving force has not advanced beyond Yangtsun, and a section of it has returned to Tientsin, possibly to strengthen the garrison there on account of the threatened gathering of Chinese forces around the allied base, reported in a special dispatch to The Call from Chefu. THREATENED BY 20,000 BOXERS. Special Cable to The Call and New York !mu( Ooyyflght, 1900, by the Herald Publishing Company. § remprrie il U, Aug. 9.—TIt is reported that 20,000 Boxers are '(firgatening Tientsin, Tongku and Taku. The allies took Yangtsun at daylight. The Americans, being in advance, lost seventy men. At Niuchwang yesterday the native city was quiet. The Russian cordon outside is reported to be committing atrocities-in the neighborhood. The natives are fleeing to Chefu, fearing more fighting. The Ministers in Peking were safe on Sunday. Chang Hwing has arrived at Taku, b'ringing from the Emperor of Korea a present to the allies of 3000 bags of flour and 1000 bags of rice. i e . INTERNATIONAL GUARD FOR MINISTERS. ALL BUREAU, WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, Aug. 1l.—Arrangements may be made with the Chinese Government whereby the Ministers and those under their protection will be escorted to Tientsin by a guard of the in- R e e e e e S A S SR S ) oot i | tal of Shantuns, and was the i B e e e B e R i @ P R R S A S S S S Y A TYPICAL VILLAGE ON THE RAL TWEEN PLAYING | e | ' Giers and - Staff ' Remain Until Rel T. PETERSBURG, Aug. 11.—The | Officidl Messenger to-day publl S the following: “The Foreign Of- fice received a telegram direct from M. de Giers (the Ru n Min- ister at the Chinese capital), from Peking. by evidently taken from the ca ce te the local yamen. that the siege of the besieged still The dispatch was special courler to Tsinan | graphed, August 7, by M. de Giers announces the legations continues, having some provisions left. The Chi- nese Government proposes to transmit the Ministers’ messages and that they leave Peking. As the Ministers had not | sufficient guarantee, they replied that | they must receive the permission of their governments before leaving the city.” Czar’s Approval Given. The Messenger then announces that the Czar's approval has been given for M. de Giers to start for Tientsin with his entire staff and the marine guard on con- dition that the existing Government at Peking and the Emperor afford them sure guarantee that the journey can be under- | taken without danger. | At the same time M. de Glers is ex- | | pected to call attention to the heavy re- sponsibility the Chinese Government will | incun should there be the slightest infrac- | tion of the violability of the persons ac- | companying them to Tientsin. Watching Russian Designs. LONDON, Aug. 1|, —-The Russian Gov- ernment’s permission to M. de Giers and [ e e e el s e ] on the ground of the ‘Fh" fleet at Manila. He stopped a day In ternational forces. This is the plan which the administration had in view when the President proposed that the impe- & 5 & 2 le that has been adopted | Shanghal, where he reports a state of rial forces should co-operate with the international forces for the relief of the legations. Since then unofficial negotia- | ¥ E + - of keeping each other in- | Ereat uncertainty as to the fate of the tions have been going on looking to an arrangement whereby a strong escort of co-operating troops shall go to Pe- | ® & aiii i @ rme e various developments in q;’ 'j“;’ M*f“pl: B ':“;\r; excitement in| ging and bring away the inmates of the legations. These negotiations have not yet taken official form, but there is reason + = o the sit Even this step, however, |5 "“-F‘t ; ilso reported as a result of | to pelieve that some of the most influentlal men in China favor this means of getting the Ministers away from Peking under ¢ L n decided upon yet, and will | fears of a Boxer attack. the protection of their respective Governments. & judgment of the President. It is expected that the Chinese will communicate with the International forces at Yangtsun or at some place nearer | ¢ - with the proposed land- PROTESTS AGAINST THE | Peking, and will first propose an armistice and will then agree to allow an escort to go to Peking. If China should adopt | & o BSeymour's rorog it may | this course she would comply with aill the requirements imposed by President McKinley in his reply to the Emperor's ap- * 5 R b Vr:;l,:r;_:zh;v&[pu:n; ?521’.—1} MOVEMENT OF BLACK FLAGS | npeal for mediation, and this Government would then be in a position to exert its good offices with the other powers to |4 5 e The Japanese Minis- R | + & e t versation, when the sub- | Special Cable to The Call and New York Her- | P g ' first broached, =ald that he had ald. Copyright, 1900, by the Herald Pub—i Continued on Page Twenty-two. . ® : of any protest having been lishing Compan B+ 000 e e 0 edsbe0edededodeieiedede PRI DN P oo an. What developments HONGKONG, Aug. 11.—Chang Chi Tung AT 2 St Pechs ts might bring it was im- | has protested to the acting Viceroy “i T S 2 Canton against the movement of Black Flags in the direction of Hukuang, likely to cause trouble. Three transports left for Shanghal to- day, carrying the First and Fourth Gur- khas and the Thirtieth Bombay Infan- | try. The Second Bengal Infantry is ex- | pected at Hongkong to-morrow and will proceed direct to Shanghal. RUSSIAN SUCCESSES ON SIBERIAN FRONTIER ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 11.—Official | dispatches report further small Russian successes on the Stberfan frontier. The Chinese have evacuated the country around Kharbin as far as Sintehempe, Asheko and Chulantehen. The capture of Kharbin was very timely, the situation belng grave, as owing to the repeated at- tacks which had to be repelled there was | danger of the ammunition being ex- hausted. General Sakharoff has ordered | the fortification of Kharbin. - AIDED BY MANDARINS. PARIS, Aug. 11.—The French Consul at Tsung Kiang, wiring under date of August 5, says: “Many missions have been de- stroyed and some Christians killed, but the missionaries are safe and sound. All is calm at Tsungkiang. The mandarins are doing all possible to repress troubles, nd I believe they will succeed. I am | negotiating with the Viceroy of Chili relative to the protection of missionaries, who instead of assembling at one place from Tshengton, Chungking and Soni- fou should retire to the walled cities of their respective districts.” t say. It may be said, eside from the Japanese Minis- . that Japan has up to ed no jealousy of Great Brit- Chinese campaign. Japan her- ? n announced semi-officially, has no colonial ambitions. Cordial Relations With Japan. lly 1 may be said that the cor- between Japan and the aside from her participa- ish and American advance as 25 to the other powers in- the Japanese Government owledged its receipt and in- dly approval of the stand 4 States. acknowledgment was a mere Japan is the only one of ar to give formal expres- § srrence in the action of nited Btates. A Precautionary Measure. ONDON, Aug. 1L—A special dispatch ai, dated Friday, August 10, h (“antul General, reply- of Chinese merchants janding of troops, explains merely a precautionary meas- | he fact thet the disturbances cading and coming dally Shanghal. He also says Klang- | in a state of revolt and that een serious rioting, the tele- ion being burned. IES SAVED BY FOWLER'S WARNING b | APPROVE OF VON WALDERSEE. *, Aug. 4—The steamship | & through here to-day on| BERLIN, Aug. 1l.—Great Britain, the rrancisco from the Orient, | United States and Japan have approved mber of refugees from |the appointment of Field Marshal Count from the Boxers. Two |von Waldersee as commander in chief of Revs, C. W. Pruitt and |the alled forces in China, the United ith their wives and fam- | States and Japan unreservedly and Great three children, | Britain conditionally on all the other pow- ers agreeing to the appointment. This condition has practically been fulfilled. A L | TO PRESENT FLAGS. PARIS, Aug. 11.—President Loubet. ac- companied by M. Delcasse, the Minister of Forelgn Affairs; General Andre, the Minister of War, and M. de Lanessan, Minister of Marine, left Paris this evening for Marseilles to present flags to the de- parting expeditionary corps bound for addresses, y have been trying to o Rev. Mr. Pruitt was whence he was summoned n the way none too soon, The whole country was rising up as we d through on our way to Chefu,” ir. Pruict, “end the Boxers were or- g overywhere, One sptation we THE ENGLISH BUND, SHANGHAI, WITH PART OF THE WUSUNG RIVER. THE VIEW IS TAKEN FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF YANGKING PANG (CANAL), WHICH SEPARATES THE FRENCH AND BRITISH CONCES- SIONS, THE FORMER LYING ON THE NORTH AND EAST SIDES OF THE NATIVE WALLED CITY. IN THE FOREGROUND IS SHOWN THE WAGON AND FOOT BRIDGE OVER THE YANGKING PANG AND TO THE RIGHT THE “TIME BALL,” WHICH IS DROPPED AT NOON EACH DAY ON SIG- NAL FROM THE JESUIT COLLEGE, WHICH LIES A MILE BACK FROM THE RIVER. THE LARGE BUILDING ON THE LEFT, JUST BEYOND THE CREEK, IS THE ENGLISH CLUB HOUSE, AND BEYOND IT IS THE CUSTOM-HOUSE, WITH THE IMPERIAL CUSTOMS FLAG FLYING. STILL FAR- THER ARE THE RUSSIAN AND BRITISH CONSULATES, AND IN THE DISTANCE BEYOND' SUCHAU CREEK IS THE AMERICAN CONCESSION AND THE GREAT CORPORATION WAREHOUSES ON THE RIVER FRONT. THE POINT OF LAND JUTTING IN ON THE RIGHT IS POTUNG, OVER THE CESSION OF WHICH THE FRENCH AND CHINESE ARE STILL NEGOTIATING. TIENTSIN B i e e L e S o e e o RUSSIA IS BENT ON | The B T SO o e T R S e e e e e e ] LROAD IN THE FIRST HILLS BE- AND PEKING. L S s e A LONE HAND Czar Approves of the Departure of M. de From Peking, While ' Other Powers Instruct Ministers to | - ef Arrives. his staff to leave Peking under Chiness | guarantees, while the United States and | other governments tell their Ministers to hold out until relieved, is the subject of much comment in London, whers sup- | posed Russian designs are closely scrutl- nized A special dispatch from St. Petersburs attributes to Russia the intention to All Manchuria with troops and not to let go | that territory when the present ebullition is over. The Russian War Office expects to have 142,000 men and 242 guns in Stberta { by the end of September. The total num- | ber af allfes in the province of Pelchil is | 38,000, with 114 guns. The total August 30 will be 78,000, with 280 guns. Sir Chih Talks Freely. The Chinese Minister, Sir Chih Chen Lo | Feng Luh, in an interview. sald the Min- | isters of the powers in declining to leave | Peking had underestimated the situation, | adaing that If the allfes pushed on to the | capital it might have the effect of in- | volving the southern provinees in great | trouble. Only to-day, the Minister con- | tinued, he haa received the information that the proposed landing of Indian troops | at Shanghal had already caused grave ap- prehension, and there would be an exodus of Chinese merchants. If these troops were landed, he pointed out, others, of course, would follow and great conflicts would result. | The Minister said if the powers had | adopted his suggestions and opened nego- tiations with Li Hung Chang matters might have been arranged. The march of | the allies on Peking, the Chinese diplo- | mat further remarked, would probably | endanger the foreigners’ lives, adding | that telegrams had already been received | showing that trouble has arisen in this | connection. Surprise in Washington. | WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—The action of the Russian Government in authorizing M. de Giers to start from Peking to Tien- tsin under Chinese escort causes no littls concern and surprise in official circles here, as it is dlametrically opposed to the | course of the other Governments, al« | though there is no disposition to questions | the good faith which has inspired it. The officials say that its only effect is to | leave M. de Giers acting independently | and upon his own discretion. If he deter~ | mines to leave Peking with a Chiness guard and succeeds in getting through ta Tientsin it at least will have demonstrat- ed that this course is less hazardous than | has been supposed. The position of the | Unitea States authorities is unchanged, | however, in declining to entertain the idea of allowing Minister Conger to leave un~ der Chinese escort. DANGER OF DISSENSION: IN THE ALLIED FORCES WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—The following cablegram has been received at the Navy Department from Admiral Remey; “CHEFU, Aug. 10.—Bureau of Naviga- tion, Washington: < Taku,” August 7, Chat- fee telegraphs from front: Sixth Yang- tsun occupied. - Casualties about sixty my command, two marines wounded. Many prostrated by heat and fatigue; next move yet unknown. General commanding English at front telegraphs: ‘Marched from Peitsang nine miles toward Yang- tsun’' when formed for attack with the Americans on right, Russians on left. After rapld advance of three miles under hot rifle and shell fire our troops carried first line of defense. Casualties about fifty killed or death from sunstroke.’ “REMEY.” cablegram of Admiral Remey transmitting the report of General Chaf- fee as to the battle of Yangtsun, togethef with the report of General Gaselee, the | English commander at the front, contains few details not already known. General Gaselee’'s statement shows that the Chi- nese occupied trenches and that the for- elgn forces were compelled to assault them. Finally after forming their line, the allles were obliged to charge over a stretch of territory three miles In extent, directly into the teeth of the Chinese rifle and shell fire. It is presumed that having carrled out successfully the plan of the movement as far as Yangtsun the commanders of the allles will have to go into consultation again to decide upon the further course of the advance from that point to Peking, This is considered unfortunate owing | the possibility that dissensions and feal- ousles may arise which will delay further advance. ——— RETURNED TO TIENTSIN. BERLIN, Aug. 11.—A Tientsin dispatch, dated August 7, recetved here to-day, says that after the capture of Peitsang the German, Austrian and Itallan forces re- | turned to Tientstn,