The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 28, 1900, Page 1

- @all. This Paper ™ to be taken frc:r; the L‘lbraVY‘.. VOLUME LXX){VIII—NO. 8¢ SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ALLIES REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DRIVEN FROM PEKING | WITH LOSS OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED, MOSTLY RUSSIANS, BUT THEY PROBABLY WENT FORTH FOR CONQUEST Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1800, by the Herald Publishing Company. ARIS, Aug. 28.— The Siecle publishes this morning the following from its special correspondent : ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 26 I send you under all reserve the following news, which is repeated here with persistence: The Government r has received a dispatch informing it that after a terrible battle inside the walls of Peking the allies retired, losing 1800 men, mostly Russians. The Chinese occupy fortified positions, whence they are bombarding the allied forces with a very deadly fire. ' SHANGHAI, Aug. 26.—Local mandarins received a telegram to-day from Paoting-Fu stating that the allied powers have taken the district west of Peking. Li Hung Chang sent a telegram to-day to the Empress at Sian-Fu requesting her to arrest Prince Tuan of the army in order to give him an opening to negotiate with the From Shanghai Comes a Story That Allies Assume the Aggressive and Take Dis- trict West of Peking. Hung Chang Said to Be Trying to Cause Disarma- ment of Boxers in Order to Pave the Way for Peace. Li 3:50 a. m.—The allies, resuming ag- district west of Pe- DON, Aug. 28, i ons, have taken atement, based on Chinese authority, is cabled From the same place comes the further state- Li Hung Chang has wired the Empress Dowager at esting the arrest of Prince Tuan and the disarma- he Boxers in order to give him an opening for negotia- h the powers. > operat the 1 min 1ations projected at Shanghai in celebration of f Peking have been abandoned, lest they should cause e outbreak. dence has been received here,” says the Shanghai cor- t of the Standard, “going to show that General Lung 1 1 author of the anti-foreign outbreak, the Em- Dowager, Prince Tuan and the others all having been pur- ed by him to take an extreme attitude, while he stood aside development 1 re W n refugee missionaries in Amoy, according to the gkong correspondent of the Daily Mail, are anxious to re- » the interior, but the United States has forbidden them to urges them to go to the Philippines or to return to ghai advices to the Daily News say that consular opin- looks upon the Japanese action in the landing of troops , despite the protests of the Consuls, as similar to that of Niuchwang, the whole indicating a tendency to a par- mpire. journals agree,” says the Moscow correspondent d, “that it is impossible to deal with China in the e, as suggested by Emperor William. They believe ess drastic can better accomplish the ends of Russia The question would be satisfactorily settled to y the seizure of the northern provinces.”” St. Petersburg quotes Emperor William, er to the announcement that a Russian ter him, as follows: “Express my | the greater joy since our Russian er a long time, are fighting together According to an old and saared e wanting.” ADMIRALS DIFFERED AS TO LLI HUNG CHANG ALL BUREAU, WELL differences of opinion an Hung Chang’s prope good wisl and Gen again, shou tradition, € 1 “tor not .~ WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—Sharp admirals at Taku regarding Li moving cause of the note s Government to foreign ce envoy of the Chinese Gov- ong the naval representa- rsday, Admiral Remey 1 been held, at which the 1 the privileges he should ment. Officlals will s s of the powers. It word that a confer ngements for the a were discusse A proposition was made that Li to communicate with the Ct er not ba allowed on reaching Peking. The proposition was rican officers declined to sign a t known, but in any other powers. net, which en €viqt the Basslan Government prom al Remey’'s message Was Co; e refusal of Admiral Reme > the attitude o formulat as w Hung Chang from comm not understood here. Seeming to be pui in prompt comm fes in Peking are to get in com- vs conclu- it with whom the INDEMNITY TO COME OUT OF CUSTOMS DUES int supervisory scheme of er will be fay and while oth. t 8 : o 2, XP;I re t is sald in information in the possession of this in the event | Government to indicate inharmonious ac. powers to agree Upon | tion on such a supervisory plan. will preserve the in- bt (s, , the plan most likely | provide for interna- ~ WOULD DELAY MESSAGES. customs serv- line be- tween Shanghal and Chefu has been cut by BoXers, as the last advices received from Tientsin were dated August 23. Such interruption would delay all messages sev- eral days, as they would have to be sent from Chefu to Shanghai by steamer, a trip of .about four days. tationed at all the i to supervis and watch the ous indemnity that | idually demanded by each of | ents. It is understoed that! @ | | i | { {1 powers. i R s A, g KA-""‘ e o AR UNDER FIRE IN TIENTSIN. ADMIRAL SEYMOUR, GOING THE ROUNDS OF THE DEFENSES, TAKES A SHORT CUT THROUGH A GAP IN THE WALL OF THE ROUNDHOUSE MADE BY A CHINESE SHELL. ® ‘'Conger Reports That the Com- manders of the Allies Decided | Not to Ente Palace. Chinese Min | ‘J ASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—After | several days' intermission in | Chinese advices, the Govern- ment to-day received two dis- | patches which presumably bring Its advices up to the most ,recent | There are indications that the prin- | cipal delays in the lines of communication | | aate | are encountered between Tientsin and | Peking, a fact explanable by the news- | paper advices that small bands of Boxers | are operating on the line of communica- tion of the Peking campaign force. Just | sueh interference with the work of the Signal Corps men was experienced by the | Tnitea States force in the Philippines and | by Lora Roberts' troops in the Transvaal campaign. Usually these interruptions | are very short, the marauders being ariven off and the lines restored within | & day or two. The fact that more than a week was covered by the last interrup- tion glves rise to the belief here that these | attacks upon the lines of communication by Boxers are more formidable than was | supposed to be possible, after the heavy Todoes Inflicted upon them by the inter- national forces in its advance. Conger Again Heard From. The last dispatch of the day was the one from Minister Conger referring to the military situation in Peking. Unfortun- ately it lacked a date, the Minister pre- | cumably not having yet received the de- | partment’s instructions to Include the datc |in the body of his dispatch. The State Department at first undertook to have the 1ble companies correct this serfous omis- sicn, but finally, concluding from internal evidence that Mr. Conger's message was certainly later than any official emanation from the Chinese capital, the message was allowed publicity for what it was worth, | It was as follows. | From Taku, Aug. R27.—Secretary of State, Washington: No important developments since last dispatch. Military is trying to restore order. No representative of the Chinese Gov- ‘ ernment encountered yet. Several | Ministers of the Tsung li Yamen reported in the city and are expected to appear soon. Generals decide not to enter imperial palace, leaving it r. the lmperial 'There Also Seems to Be a Pros- | pect of Meeting Seorme of the isters W ho Are . Reported to Be in Peking. practically vacant. Two thousand | Germans arrived to-day. CONGER. { Mr. Conger's reference to the arrival of 2000 fresh German troops caused some urprise, no one apparently having closely watched the movements of the contingent vhich is now arriving with fairly regular | frequency in China and which consequent- ly may be expected soon to equal in numerical strength the military contin- gents of any of the Europeans there rep- resented. . May Make Negotiations. A significant statement in Minister Con- ger’'s dispatch is that respecting the ap- pearance in Peking of some of the mem- bers of the Tsung li Yamen. A natural construction to be given to this statement is that these Ministers wish to undertake to represent the Chinese Government formally in negotiations with the powers, It having been found impossible up to this moment, according to Mr. Conger's state- ment, to meet any representatives of the Chinese Government in Peking who were competent to open negotiations, it may be inferred that if these Ministers actually appear with proper credentials one of the problems connected with the present dif- ficulty in China will be solved, With some responsible person or persons to deal with it may be possible for the United States to come to some agreement as to a settie- ment of the Chinese trouble. Ever since the fall of Peking the principal difficulty confronting the Government here has been to arrange for the next movement in its programme. It could not withdraw its troops, even if so disposed, without ar. ranging for indemnification for the heavy cost it has been put to in the Peking campaign. Also it must make arrange- ments with some responsible authority for the future protection of American inter- ests In China, as our business interests of occupation. Therefore as conveying a faint hope that in the persons of these members of the Tsung 1i Yamen there may be found some authorized representative of the Chinese Government competent to make engagements on these points the messago of Mr. Conger was very welcome to the authoritles here. Not to Enter the Palace. 3 Another statement in Mr. Conger's dis- cannot be withdrawn along with the army | & patch relative to the decision of the gen- erals not to enter the imperial palace ap- pears to explain the movement of the American troops, which the press dis- patches were umable to clear up, in re- laxing the attack upon the palace gates after capturing all but one of them. Another event of the day of some in- terest was the order dispatching the Cas- tine from Shanghal to Amoy, distant about 400 miles. The little gunboat shouid make the Tun in about two days under favorable conditions. Her force is smali, Bbut sufficient to serve the moral purpose, if there be need for such. It appears that she is ordered to Amoy quite as much on account of representations from well- informed business circles as from any of- ficial advice. The Consul at Amoy agree- ing with the representations of the busii THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN CHINA. FIELD MARSHAL COUNT VON WALDERSEE IN HIS CAMPAIGNING DNIFORM. Hankow Uprising Not Due to Boxers, but a plot of Reform- ers Against the Peking Gov- ernment. Twelve of the Conspirators Be- headed, and the Viceroy Pre- vents a Demonstration in’' the Central Yangtse Valley. ARIS, Aug. 27.—Official dispatches from Shanghai ex- plain that the Hankow uprising was not due to the Box- ers, but was a plot organized by the partisans of Kang Yu Wei, the reformer, combined with the secret society known as the “KoLao Hui,” an anti-foreign organization, who proposed to the southern Viceroys a revolt against the Peking Govern- ment. The leaders of the movement rely especially upon Chang Chi Tung, Viceroy at Hankow, for arms, gunpowder and other agents of dgstruction. A proclamation, written in English and addressed to Euro- peans, was seized. In it the revolutionists declared themselves opposed to the Manchu dynasty, but ready to uphold the pres- ent Emperor. They expressed themselves as desirous of founding a “constitutional government,” of protecting foreigners and Christians ang of supporting the powers against anti-foreign fanatics. The immediate effect on the Government has been to in- crease the peril of Europeans. Proof exists of disorder and pil- lage, due to the same movement, at widely separated points. The headquarters of the conspiracy is Hankow, from which point it ramified into other provinces. Several thousands of the supporters of the movement have received instructions to demonstrate in the central valley of the Yangtsekiang, but the Viceroy has a sufficient force of regular troops to guarantee the maintenance of order. Twelve of the conspirators have been beheaded. ness interests, it was decidéd to be proper to send a gunboat to Amoy, not because of any particular apprehension as to Jap- anese aspirations, but to prevent rioting at this dangerous point. - i Chaffee Makes a Report. The first direct word from Genera: Chaffee since August 18 came to-day in the form of a cablegram dated to-day at Taku, reporting the action of the Sixth Cavalry with the enemy near Tientsin on the 19th. The cable is as follows: TAKU, Aug. 27.—Adjutant General, Washing- ton: Colonel Wint on the 19th reports that he | engaged large force of ememy seven miles from | city, dispersing them, killing about 100. Ameri- | cans lost five wounded. Will cable names wounded as soon as ascertained. tion in possession of the department rela- tive to military movements, as It is sim- ply General Chaffee’s belated official re- port of an engagement previously reporte | ed by Admiral Remey in a cable dated Taku, August 20, in which he said: “Morn- ing of 19th—Sixth Cavairy and sbout 400 English and Japanese dispersed about 1000 Boxers outside of Tientsin; about 100 Chinese killed. five Americans wounded.™ The description of the action repe | by Chaffee tallies Identically with that previously reported by Admiral Remey in the above cable and is identified with it by War Department officials. ' The expian- ation of the delay in the War Depart- ment’s report is that Colonel Wint, who commands the Sixth Cavalry, probably forwarded his report to his superior at Peking and General Chaffee then semt it " CHAFFEE. Tbis cable adds nothing to the informa- |