The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 29, 1900, Page 1

Tall, SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1900, PRICE FIVE CENTS. RUSSIANS AND JAPANESE DIFFER AS TO THE DESTRUCTION OF IMPERIAL PALACE From the Chinese a - pital Comes a Story of Wanton Destruction in Legation Street. Houses of Foreigners Riddled With ~ Shells, Burned or Blown up. @ceeiferiesfeetonte e oo oferlonte e 3;_ PEKING, Aug. via Taku Aug, A —Three Russian, two Japanese, one British and one American bat- talion searched the im- perial park, south of the city and about five miles out, for Boxers. No armed force was found, but only e ool e e o Marks Of S FOOTHOLD 'IN Ct OUTER ANCHORAGE. NAVAL STATION ON THE ISLAX ASTERN COAST OF CHINA, IN THE PROV ATION OF CE OF FOKIEN D OF FORMOSA. MMODIOUS BAY, AND HAS A POPU IT 8 IINA—VIEW. OF THE CITY OF AMOY FROM THE AND NEARLY TANDS ON THE 150,000 PEOPLE. Conflict. Harrowing Tales by Returning Missionaries of Indignities Suffered at the Hands of Chinese MobsRev. Goforth Bears the el e e ol S el Condit-Smith, Woodward and Paine, have | arrived here from Peking, which city they | left five days ago. Lieutenant Waldron of the Ninth United | States Infantry received a serious sniping ed news Peking in a dispa corres th r there are inds nounced that the Government was s Sy =i v s in a waiting attitude regarding | - the the Chinese situation. The lack of late JAPAN LANDS FORCE AT AMOY United States Seems to Ap- prove of the Pro- teeding, ONGEONG, Aug. 28.—General Go- to, from the island of Fo (Japai se comm: the J:inanese forces occupying Amoy La e bodies of troops have been lanc.d and Nordenfeldt gu have been moun:ed, commanding the city. Many « ese ire leaving. The British cruiser Isis sailec from here to-day under jed orders. It 's thought probable she is going 1o Amoy. Capton is quiet. The large merchant gulde are feeding the poor in order to provent a disturbance. W CALL BUREAU LINGTON HO- TEL, WASHINGT Aug. 25.—Japan has formally annour ed to the powers the reasons which uce 1 her to land a force of marines at Amoy. Mr. Takahira, Jap- enese Minister to the United States, call- 1 at the State Department to-day and ft with Acting Secrei.ry Adee a copy of & dispateh he received o-day from Tokio. It is beijeved the Aipl matic representa- tves of Japan In Europc took similar ac- tion concerning the contents of the dis- patch. It was stated at the legation that the island and in addition ng of the Japanese temp e been foreig riots s cOns 1 force for ought on flicials of of the force tine there. The pres- - marizes is expected to ect upon the residents ¢ upon Ch d to take me of order and in the hope t f quiet the Japanese No doubt is enter- will withdraw her = is re and by e biish a prece nt which may ted to for the purpose of inducing r ons to leave the empire. NOW AWAITING DEVELOPMENTS Powers Are Not Yet Agreed Concerning Li Hung Chang. ASHINGTON, Cabinet meeting to-day it was a ices from Peking and the failure of powers to show their hands as to fut make it necessary for this | Government to await deyelopments. The administration considers it of the great- importance that in the negotiations | | 1c powers should act in unison and rmoniously and its efforts being di- | rected to that end. The however, slow to de themsel Several | replies have been received to the instruc- | tions sent to our Emba, ors and Minis- | ters Jast week, asking them to sound the | nments to which they are accred- ited on two propositions: First, the will- ingness of these Governments to accept the sufficiency of L1 Hung Chang's cre- ntials to treat with the powers for a settlement, and second, to ascertain if possible what the future policy of each power is to be. Regarding the latter in- quiry the replies thus far have developed nothing. The powers appear to be watch- W ing h other, without definite or fixed | purpose as yet of their own. With regard to the first inquiry Great Britain and Rus- sia sre agreed that Earl Li's credentials are sufficient. German a firm stand against the sufficlency of his credentials and Is the only power as yet which has returned a flat-footed dissent. | The attitude of the United States is that his credentials appear authentic. They were promulgated by what appeared to be a genuine imperial edict, duly trans- i mitted through the accredited Chiness Minister, Mr. Wu, and the United States is willing to accept them at their face value—at least for the present. The administration, from the advices it has received, does not credit the rumors that Russia, Japan and Germany intend “in view of the fact that Amoy has ca |to declare war agalnst China aad it is account of its proximity to Formosa fre- willing to accept all disclaimers of ulte- quently served &s the base of evii designs | rior purposes on the part of the powers. Aug. 28.—After the | at of the Chinese difficulty | however, takes | the powe territorial and the adr cross the br a membe whi ment privileges In the h all a e until of the Cabinet the the be ent ould be done in case some of | n war for the purpose of | ndizemert is not known, | n s not disposed to it reaches it. stated to-day ropean powers en- 1ipon such a programme it prob: 1d be reminded by the United had agreed to the ‘“‘open-door” pol- powers are to be n equal footing and t acquired under the agree ‘ d to the same | - matter of trade, etc., as | wound while patrolling at Hoo-Se-Woo. ;| The Russians, Germans and Japanese are constantly pushing ops on to Peking. Fifteen of the American wounded, in- | cluding the marines wounded during the | siege of the legations, have arrived here by boat from Peking. Myers (possibly | aptain Myers of the’ United States Ma- ne Corps) is suffering from typhoid fever and cannot be moved. The American Signal Service Corps, co | operating with those of the British, h: completed the telegraph line from Peking o Taku But at if | n John T. Myers, or “Jack” M as he is fam | cording to a dis| rly known, who, ac- tch received at the Na: THE REV. J. GOFORTH, WHO FOUGHT HIS WAY THROUGH 3 CHINESE OUTLAWS AND BEARS.THE SCARS OF BATTLE. 3 . " a single Chinese scout, i ® = > : who was killed. The Japan- i ‘ 4 ese are in possession of ¢ | |4 the imperial summer pal- % Ei; ace. The winter palace fi | | {4 here is still closely guard- i | | e . . | li’ ed. The Russians wish to i L | ?i destroy it, but the Japan- i | | |+ ese wish to save it. A +|} } ¥ southward movement be- -I- | | {|% gan to-day and will con- ‘: | | | | % tinue, but several detach- X || ! | ments will remain to pro- % | | tect converts. £ | PARIS, Aug. 28.—Ad- miral Courrejolles, the & ~. . e 1 French commander in + Chinese waters, has cabled % | | | v i1 to the Navy Department :Xj::x | here that a council of the _‘-‘l | admirals has notified the . | foreign legations at Pe- :i':! king that it has been de- :‘l_‘f | | cided to hold Li Hung ;ai Chang on board ship until | | the opening of negotia- ; ! tions between the powers % || ! and China. | | e e e e l | | quietly sending more troops to China. | | | Picked men are being dispatched to sup- | | s. The large fleet of | | | | constant service | | | ! | I o | | | RESCUED AMERICANS | | HAVE REACHED TIENTSIN | | TIENTSIN, Aug. 2%, via Taku, Aug. 27— | i ‘Flh_\' Americans, including the Misses | - A HORDE OF | Department in Washington from Admiral | * > | Kempft, July 5, w ned to command HE steamer China, which docked | cial of our home town he gave us enough | know that the mis looted and I the situation king. Admiral Remey | (D¢ legation defende Peklug, was born late last evening, brought another | to carry about ten miles, leaving us to | believe there were the at- reports nothing disquieting and it | in Germany and wes appointed from the | lot of refugees from the seat of tur- | struggle with the of the next | tac sumed that ere was any prospect of te of Georgla, entering moil in China. Tjg party consisted . which we did s stully. Mr. Goforth the allies being attacked and hemmed in | COfPS in Scptember, 1887. He of Rev. J. Goforth, Mrs®Goforth and fc “I do not believe that the attack by sev- he would be in a position to hear of it |Puted author of the famous s children, Mrs. Simmon, Miss Pyke, Miss |eral hundred Chinese on our little part 1 would promptly report it to Washing- | P0em: “Hoch der Kaiser,” which involved | Mcintosh and Miss Dow, M.D., all from | on Sunday, July §, was made simply with | ton. P o 5 | Captain Coghlan in so much difficulty. He | Canada and workers in the Canadian mis- | the idea of robbing us of our belongings The Cabinet meeting lasted two honrs | Was attached to the flagship Balumore'| ston of the Presbyterian church. There | and what money we had with us. The Chi- 1od and twenty minutes, the Long, Wii DARING DEED OF A JAPANESE SOLDIER YOKOHAMA, Aug. 11.—Japan is rejole- Ing over the laurels her troops are win- Their feat of blowing up the gates of Tientsin was one of the mos The wires which were refusing to work, ning in China. daring on record. to ignite the guncottos one of the soldiers delierately went up to the gates and, applying a match, was blown into atoms as the gates came down. A second soldier then climbed up the in- ner wall and in the dim light of morning opened the city to his comrades, who swarmed in while the Chinamen threw down their fied. There are indications that Japan is astonished guns \d was afterward assigned to duty with | were also five chil the marines on beard the Oregon, ! The most interesting and communi The Miss Woodward referred to in the | person in the party was Rev. J.-G aispatch from Tientsin is undoubtedly the | who had a hot time with Chinese daughter of Mrs. Woodward, wife of M. §. | but bravely brought his family dward, assistant manager of the | safely to the coast through the most try- | ern Adjustment Company They | ing circumstance | ts of Minister Cor Peking. | e had due warning from the friendly Mrs. and Miss Woodward left Evanston | patives that there was trouble brewing,” e a wour of Japan and accompanied by Mrs. Miss a guest One’ of ‘Miss of General General of in l’(-lir\l_}l_a,\' to “hina. ey wer 'i‘:mgcr, wife of the Minister. Condit-Smith has also been Minister Conger at Peking. Emith's sisters is the wife _eonard Wood, Governor Cuba. sald Mr. Goforth, “but we did not think the expected trouble would materialize, as there had been many rumors that had proved to be false. However, when we received a notification from our Consul to make for the coast as fast as possible we lost no time in getting on the way to the Yellow River. In fact, we left so sud- denly that I wore nothing but a pair of Chinese overalls and a shirt, while in the fracases that followed the shoes were taken off my feet and I went barefooted until I arrived among friends. “We had no money to start with, but after I had argued with the Chinese offi- ADVANCING FROM PEKING. VIENNA, Aug. —~The commander of the Austrian armored cruiser Kaiserin Maria Theresa, in a dispatch from Chefu, which is not dated, reports that Russian and Japanese troops are advancing north- ward from Peking. the and PRESENT BATTLE IN CHINA IS DECLARED ONE OF DIPLOMACY First Task of This Government, However, Seems to Be to Check the Intolerable Inter- ference With Messages. W affairs. inferentially important. vy ery or of ASHINGTCN, Aug. 28.—Several communications came to Washington from the China to-day, but being undated Government was by no means satisfied with the state of communications, and the Cabinet meeting gave the larger part of its attention to the problem of rectifying this state of Evidences of interference with the messages have accumulated to a point where the Government has determined tc take steps to establish cables of its own, even if it is neces- sary to employ the rather expensive device of a man-of-war piying between Shanghal and Chefu for this purpose. while word comes that rapid progress is making with the shore cable which is to connect these points, and it is believed that within a week these means of communication will be open. Two messages were received from General Chaffee to-day, and while they cast no light on the general situation they were The general’'s statement that he needs no siege battery, taken in connection with the diversion of the First Cavalry, which was bound from Taku to Manila, seems to make it clear that thare is no intention of entering into a srolonged campaign in China, as would involve the vse of reinforcements in the shupe of men and horses. At the same time it cannot be sald that the Govern- ment has shown any sign of a purpese to abandon any just claim it may have secured upon China through the brilliant operations of the little American force in the Flowery King- dom. But 1t begins to appear that the battle of to-day is one of diplomacy rather than one of arms, and notwithstanding the various rumors that have filtered out from Chinese sources of heavy engagements between the internaticnal forces and the Boxers, the officials here are satiefled that no formidable or- ganized resistance would be offered by the Chinese if the de- n:ands of the powers are limited to the principles 'aid down by the United States. Therefore more interest attached to a series ot diplomatic calls upon Acting Secretary Adee this afternoon than any re- port of purely military operations in China. First came the Japanese Minister, Mr. Takahira: next the Russian charge, Mr. Wollant, )d finally Mr. Thiebaut, the French charge. These trained diplomats naturally are averse to Mdn‘l the ottatiuns. R L T R I eless, one of discussion w-’ .t.hé‘flpro riety of lec:evflfi l?l H Chang as a per person with whom the powers ht negotiate for a settlement in China. United States officials in in most cascs the Mean- en with the refugees. | nese may not have been Boxers, but they were certainly imbued with the spirit of the Boxers, and I know that their first idea was to do away with us and not al- [low us to get out of the country. Why | when we were attacked there was some- thing like 10,000 Chinese gathered from all | around, for we were near a big town. to jstand by and see us slaughtered. They | did- not move to help us, any of them, and I believe that we would have all been | killed if it had not been for the pleading ;Of the women. The fiendish Chinese | rushed upon us with swords, stones and a | few firearms. We were almost defense- less, having only three revolvers in the | party. We fired first in the air, meaning only to frighten them, but this had very little effect. Dr. Lesiie, for example, had fired all his cartridges except one with- out alming at any one, when, maddened at last by his numerous wounds, he shot and killed a big Chinese who was just about to strike him-on the head with his sword. ““We besought the Chinese to take our goods and spare our lives, but they an- swered us that not one of us was to be | spared. Then our women begged so elo- quently for the lives of the little children that the leader of the attacking party shouted a command to his men to spare our lives. Then-a rush was made for our | ittle property and we were robbed of all we possessed. The mules attached to our carts were wild with fright at the sound of the pistol shots, the shouting and gen- eral noise of the conflict. I was knocked senseless by a fearful blow on the head with a Chinese sword and was almost run over by the frightened mules. “The result was nine wounds which I will long treasure in memory. The wonder to me is that we were not all killed. On two occasions one of the children was lost and Mr. Griffith went astray, but we compelled the Chinese official to produce them. At one 6f the stopping places the women of the party were assaulted rough- Iy and their clothes torn from them. The Chinese were induced to desist by calling upon them to show their manhood and not make war on women and children. Our party was all Canadians, but we were enabled to get through the country by the generosity and bravery of Mr. Jameson, the American engineer, who furnished the money necessary for the journey. “It was truly a stormy trip and we had hand-to-hand fights In which we were saved only by a miracle. The Chinese seemed to have a special hatred for the Catholics and our declaration that we were Protestants was all that saved our lives on an occasion when the infuriated Chinese had their drawn swords over our heads. I fear that the Catholic mission near us was the scene of butchery. I ( ed to the indig Goforth refused Mr. E. Bausfleld, who turned on the China, have a most th ing story to tell of the difficulties they e countered in ma their es the -3 I se mobs. field is a member of the American Bap- tist Misslon and has spent the past eight yvears in China. He is a Chinese schola speaking and writing the language fluent- , and has made a study of Chinese sics. He tells the following story: “My wife and I went with the Rev. T | D. Holmes and family from Shanhing, in- | tending to spend some time en the hills in the neighborhood of Kinhwa-Fu. We reached the latter place and spent eig! or nine most enjoyable days, when rumo: reached us of the attacks on Chri-tians by robbers. A day or so later we were quested by the mandarins of the distri to leave the hills. “The telegraph wires were cut and the postofiices were closed, but we determined | to return to the ecity, where we thought we would have greater protec | went to Mr. Holmes' house and the ma darins issued a proclamat'on to the p: | ple. telling them we must not be turbe No attention was pald to edict; op the contrary the n | defaced and covered with placards, ing on the people to kill the foreigners. “The city was so disturbed we dared nog go into the street. We finally left Mr. Holmes’' house, climbing the wall sur- rounding it with the aid of a elothesrack |and a small ladder. On our way to the | nearest yamen—magistrate’s | met the soldiers sent to our a | went back witn them to the yamen. | mandarins, of whom there were three, went to the house to try to preserve our property, but their presence had no ef- fect, as the mob continued its looting, which had commenced on the discovery of our absence. The mob had broken all the windows with stones and finally forced the doors. The furniture was broken into bits and set fire to. “When the Chinese horde had succeeded {in utterly demolishing the place they ad- vanced on the magistrate’s house and threatened to attack it unless we were ven up. Nine of the soldiers who haa efended us so faithfully were wounded, but they stood by us. We finally made up our minds that if a boat could be secured we would risk an attempt to reach the ceast. We o informed the mandarin, and | | | 1 Continued on Second Page,