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The popolaee there is daily assuming a saor* hostils attitade towards foreign srs, s*d th* latter perceive symptoms of a general risiag. aod especially at Nsa Klag, where, aoeordiog to a dis? patch to Iba Daily Eipress. daiel yes tarday, Kaag Wo, ooe of ibe most troe ilaat eoem?es of foreigners, bis arriv? ed by way of th* Qraod oaoal. armed with Coll powers iron the empress to dsal with lb* sootbsro province* Th* frtecdly attitade of Viceroy Li Kuo Yib toward* foreigner* has brought bias iat* disgrso* with Prioee Toao, praaideot of the tsi saog yaonen. The aorest at Osotoo is deseribed by a di*pat*b fro** that oity to The Daily Telegraph, dated Monday, via Hoog Koog y*sf*rday: "It i* feared that we ar* aa tba *va of a seeos of bloodshed ?ad aoarshy io the two Qosogs only paralleled doriog lb* Tai Piog rebel tioa Tba sigos of a morderoos op rising ar* so manifest that wealthy Chi ?es* are harrying from Csotoo aod vieiaity, takiog their wives, families aod valaeblee "Li Uaog Chang bss egaio beeo peremptorily ordered to Pekin. His enemies deolaro tbst they will morder kiss befor* bo eao reaoh there. His preasnco alooe restrains th- revolution try elements bsre His departure will let looss Ibe 'black Bags' aod 'red girdles 1 Koowiog this, Li's trosted omoers ar* eeodiog their families to Hoog Koog. ?The viceroy himself (rants the Asiatic*** io ibis crisis He says that they alooe wial oo territory, aod be places himsslf largsly?slmost uore ee/vedly?io their bands At so importaet ooofereooe today he reiterated this statement "AH tba sjissiooaries have beeo ?etiSed of tba issmiosot peril tbroogb sootdsoltel raaosrs. Tk*y ar* leaving Csotoo harriedly, aod ooly a few are ?aw here "Commander McLean of lb* United States steamsbip Don Joao do Austria is the Irst there to protest foreign tateteeu. He is oapable aod eoergeiio aod is reeoforoed by H. M S. Redpole. Two haodred forcigo resideofs at 8baeseea are armed. "The Csotoo population reaches 2.000.00 io sdditioo to '250,000 living oo joaks sod flat bottomed river boats Most of these people aro disaffected sou iocendiary prno amu'noe srn iaoreasiog in number of the ti oleot." Sb%ogbai cables that tbo Preset con sol th? re bss received a telegram from Shan Toog asserting tbst 11,000 Cat nee? troops arc mskiog a foroed march from Sbao Toog to Pekio Two Jesoil fathers aod ooe boodred aat>e Christisos have beeo mordcrcd io lb* soathern part of the provioeo or Chi Li The Chine - military aotbori ii? Y- h?ao discovered reoroittng at Shanghai iosids the foreign settlement, aod some ageete have teen arrested in the act of eoostrooMog eotrenebmeuts aroaod the Karopoao concession*. A Cbissmao oooneotcd with war pur chases of the Chintee government in Karope who has boon interviewed by the Daily Kxprese says that China has isjtasose quantities of arms aod amrnu oiiioo and will "stagger boaisnity'1 if drivso io defjod herself. Cbefoo, Jone *J6 ?Tho Americans aod Hrirish entered Tieo Tsm, firs sil*noiog tho gut s of ton arsenal and breaking through the Cl.iiKHe lines. The foreigners were *i**| bo h: t. il. The Kassises lust four billed ana Iii) wounded The losses of the utOwf oat* HstMtsN wer? <*mall / Joairal Humour's force II about lit miles from Tien Teio. I Ii ?urround ed by Chinese troops and Hogers and hamper"! by lbs prssenoo of siok aod wouoded It is repotted that all foreigoors were ?ill from Pskia with a weak Chinese April. IS40 "Be Ju, SU1V goerd ?od it ie assumed that they ere siiih Admiral Seymour Oot tboaeeod Japanese are lauding it Teko tod 2,000 more ere expeoted tomorrow wbeo a battalion of Freoeh te aleo dot. The foreigo edmirela bete appointed Capt Wiee, eommaoder of the Moooo toy, to ba oommaodaot at Toog Ko. Cbofoo. Jooo 26 ?The oifioera of the British first-ilass trailer Terrible tettrt that disoord ezittt betweeo tbe Russians tod Aoglo-Amerioaos, tod tbe? eay they beliere tbt Russians art ptaooiag to break tbt ooooert tod take poeoetaioo of Peklo iodepeodeotly. Tbej tatert tbtt Viet Admiral Say Dioor'o eommtod laoked ooiaoo, tbt fortigotn eolkiog beeaoie tbey were oodtr British leadership. Tbey bitter? ly deooooee tbe Rottito general's ooo dott at* oteitiliied tod barbarous, tod tbtrgt that tbt elaoghttr of peaceful Chinamen at Taku baa aroused tbe otherwise ptteife nativei against tbt foreigners Washington, Jone 26. ? Tbt presi? dent bat teaigoed Qeo A R. Chaffee to tbe eommtod of tbe military forces io Cbiot. Qeo Chaffee ires tt tbt wtr deptrtmtot to dty rtttitiog instruo tiooe tod will lea?a for S in Fraoeiaoo io lime to tail oo tbt first of July with tbt 8iitb oat airy. Tbia dttaebmeot sails oo tbt Grant whiob btt bteo or dtrtd to touob tt Nagasaki for forther ordtra. It it potaiblt tbti iht ship will tbto tail dirtttlf for Chefoo with Qeo. Chaffee tod tbt Sixth ttftlry. Gen MaeArthor wte etbltd to day an order dirtetitg tbe oommaodiog cffioer of the Ninth infantry tod such other fjrces aa may be operating io Ghioa by the time of the Grant's arrival to report to Goo Chatte oo hia arrival there. Unless present plana change, headquarters will ba established at Chefoo. Gen. Mae? Arthor waa tleo direoted to aeod Capt. Ru?eell of tbe signal corps with a deUobmeol to Chefoo Ctpt. Russell during tbe Spaniab war, worked in ooojuootioo with tbe oaval effioere and be bae beeo aeleoted to have charge of tbt aigotl operatiooa because of hie familiarity with that work io both the army aod tbt otvy. THE RELIEF COLUMN IN SIGHT OF SEYMOUR'S FORCE London, June 28. 3 30 t m ?The composite brigade of 2,300 men who rtiaed the investment of Tien Tain aid pushed on to help Admiral Seymour has probably saved him, but the newt hat not yet reached Chefoo, the nearest wire point The latest steamer striving tt Chefoo from Taku brought this message, dated Tien Tain, Monday. Jone 25 : "The Russian geoertl in command of the relief forte htd decided, io view of Saturday's heavy fighting tod marching, that one day's rest for the troops wtt essential and that the advaoce should not be resumed until today "Meanwhile came Admiral Sey mour's heliograph that bit position was deaperate aod that he could only bold oot two days The relief atarted at dawn today (Monday) " Saturday's fighting began at day? break The allied forcea opened with aevertl of tbe Terrible'a 4 7 oaval gunt, tiz field gone tod numer out machine gona, the firing being at long range. Tbey continued to tdvtnce steadily, the Chinese artil? lery replying The guns of the allies were more skilfully handled and put the guns of the Chinese out of action one by one, the Chinese retreating about r.oon. NKOK AND NECK. ? There was keen rivalry among the representatives of the various nations aa to which would enter Tien Tsin first, ?od the Americans and British went in neck and neck. The Rus? sians stormed tbe arsenal, thereby sustaining the Urgent losses Several thousand Jtptneso have left Taku for Tien Tain, and al. together 18.000 Japanese have land j ed The international troops now aggregate Rotflo 20,000 and Japan is preparing to send 20,000 more. With British American, and other troops ordered to go, probubiy GO, 0')0 will be availablo in a month CHINESE FORUR3, The Tung Shan refugees and the foreign engineers at Chefoo estimate the Chinese troops now in the field at 25,000 troops at LuTai, 25,000 at Shang Uai Wan, 15,000 at Ptkln The dispatch received by the foreign oflice stating (hat too foreign legations were re<iunated to leave t'ekin with in a specified time is interpreted in tome unofficial quarters as tanta? mount to giving Ihn ministers their passports and to a declaration of war, but us China doot nothing like other countries, tfco < fiic.UI opinion la that there is nothing to do but to uwait the course of events and to see what the ministers themselves say when they are rescued All the students tt the foreign hospitals Io Canton are leaving rVomen missionaries are returning st and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou ITER. S. C WEDNE from the West river ports There wai ?light disturbance at Wo Chou Tues? day while the women were embark' ng The crowd shouted "Kill the ioreign devils.'1 AN APPARENT ULTIMATUM. According to advices from Shang? hai the Chinese officials, by direction of the southero viceroys, are asking the consols to agree to conditions "insuring," ss the Chinese say, "the neutrality of Shanghai aod other cosst cities " Tbsy are also asking that foreign warships shall not sail or anchor near the forts nor go to ports where there are ' no warships now; that tbeir orews shall oot go ashore, and that the protection of for? eigners be left to the Chinese author ties These conditions are consider ed at Shanghai to be virtually an nltimatum from Vioeroys Liu Kuo Tib and Sbang Chih Tung The consols desire a sufficient naval and military force to back up tbeir refusal to comply with these demands. The total naval foroe there now consists of 969 men, with 32 guus in the forts, and 10,000 men outside Shaog bai with modern rifles and machine guns. JAPAN'S PREPARATIONS. The magnitude of the arrange? ments Japan is making suggests pro? vision against present contingencies other than the suppression of the present disturbances in China. She has chartered 19 additiooal transports and now has 35 in all Losses the of International Forces Stated In Detail London, June 29, 4 a. m.?The casualties of the international force attacking Tien Tsin were : "Ameri? cans, killed 3, woonded 2 ; British, killed 2, wounded 1 ; Germans, killed 15, wounded 27 ; Russians, killed 10. woonded 37. The gun fire of the Americans and British is described as "beautiful " After the relieving force poshed on to relieve admiral Seymour, Chinese regul?re under Oen Nieb, says a dis? patch from Shanghai, sgain attacked Tien Tsin fiercely and bombarded the foreigo settlement with a terrible fire. Col Dorward, British, commanded the column that relieved Admiral Seymour American marines parti? cipated in the achievement Th admiral was found entrenched and surrounded by immense manses of Chinese, who were driven off by the relieving force after a brisk fight His men had made a brilliant resis tance, never failing in course for 15 days of continued fighting During ten days the men were on quarter rations They started with provia ions for ten days and they could have held out a day or two longer STANDING SIEGE The column was a few miles beyond Lofa Deeming it hopeless to attempt to break through the hordes, Admiral Seymour essayed a night retreat toward Tien Tsin, but be came into collision with a strong force of Chinese arriving from the northwest sod could neither advance nor retreat There was nothiog to do but to entrench and to stsnd siege He vsinly attempted heliographic communication Seymour's men oaught several Chi? nese who said the legislations had been burned and the ministers had been imprisoned The Chinese displayed fanatical courage in the attack. Four thousand Russians left Tien Tsin four days after Admiral Sey? mour, but they never got in touch with them. Railway communication between Taku and Tien Tsin has been restor I ed and the force is advancing toward Pekin. Fighting was in progress Wednesday in tho vicinity of Tsechu tin. Large preparations are being made to support and reenforce the Pekin relieving column Twenty thousand troops of all I arms, largely Japanese, have now I been landed I THEIR FATE YET A MYSTERY The fate of tho members of the legations is still a mystery If they are alive and unharmed at Pekin. the Chinese government deserves some j credit, tho Shanghai correspondent thinks, for restraining tho fanatical mob Tho Shanghai correspondent of tho Daily Telegraph, wiring at 9 05 p m yesterday, sa\s it is reported on good Chinese authority that the g?>v ! eminent alarmed by tho foreign mil? itary preparations, has issued an edict Ordering the peremptory suppression of the Bogsrs and announcing a deci? sion Io proteol the legations at all bassrds However, this nay be, the British consulate at Bhaoghai receiv? ed definite infotnationyeeterday, the ; Daily Bipress correspondent say**, (ti ?t while solennly pronising com pletc abstention front warlike preps rations, the Obinese are mounting several new six inch gutiH at tba Woo Sung forts MOVEMENT OF TROOPS. Three British warships have sailed Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's I SPAY. JULY 4, 1900 from Hongkong to reenforce the allied squadrons at Shanghai The southern provinces are tend? ing troops toward Pekin, and the ex? odus] of Chinese of all classes from Shanghai continues at the rate of from 10,000 to 15,000 a day. The Russian prestige hae been in< jured daring the recent fighting, and an anti-Russian rising in the Liau Tong peninsula, Russian Machuri, is predicted According to the Shanghai corre? spondent of The Times, advices from Shan Tung say that Gov Yuan Shik Kai maintains relations with foreign era and has aent numerous couriers to Pekin, bot none of them has re? turned. A telegram from Jardioe, Mathe sod & Co., dftted Shanghai this after? noon, suggests that the ministers are still at Pekin, bat admits that there is no news from the capital. The telegram adds : "Seymour ar? rived at Tien Tsin with 312 of bis foroe wounded, besides 62 killed. The damage done to Tien Tsin is much exsggerated. Shanghai is still quiet. Another dispatch from Shanghai reiterates the announcements of the massacres of native Christians in the inland districts whioh rival the Ar? menian horrors. The Ministers' Fate is Yet Unsettled. No Satisfactory Information Received at Washington. Washington, June 28?The day's developments in Chinese affairs were meagre and the general opinioo bore is that the two messages received?one from Kempff and the other from Li Hung Chang?oould not be aooepted as settling the important question as to the fate of the foreign ministers at Pe? kin and their families and attaohes. The seeretary of the oavy, by special instruction of the president, had been particular to cable Admiral Kempff several days ago to keep the oavy de partmeot informed of everything that bappeoed within the zone of disturb? ance in China, and it is believed that bis omission to make any reference in his oablegram of this morning to the whereabouts of the ministers was based on the absence of any information on that subjeot at Taku, where tho admi? ral is with his flagship Newark, and if no information oould be had at Taku, only 30 miles down tho river from Tien Tsin. of tho presence of the ministers in Admiral Seymour's column, but eight miles distant, then officials here cannot understand bow any govern? ment oould have superior facilities, and so tbey felt justified in waiting for fur? ther advices before aocepting the Chinese statements on that point as aoourate. Minister Wu, who brought Li's mes? sage to the state department, oould not explain away the points of variaooe be? tween the vioeroy's statements, and the eabla measagea received from other eooreea. However, he pinned his faith to the aeooraoy of the message and pointed out that it agreed olosely with Admiral Kempff's message of yesterday, stating that the minister's were reported to be with Seymour. MESSAGES FROM KEMPFF. The oavy department has had fur? ther communication with Admiral Kempff, in the shape of two messages, ooe touohiog the strength of the foreign forces ashore in China and another which the officials stated hud no bear? ing upon the military situation, but io neither was thcro any mention of the ministers. One consideration which mukett against the uorescrved accept? ance by tho cificials of tbe aesuraacs of minor Chinese offioials, including Li Hung Chang and Minister Wu, that a state of war does not exist is the fact that Mi. Conger is not permitted to oommonioate with bis own government by the same means employed by tbe Tsung Li Yamen in getting news to tho outside world, leading to a suspi? cion that he is not at that perfect liber? ty whioh marks the existence of a state of war. It is possiple that tho Chinese government may bo able to offor a satis factory explanation on this point, but at present the clTniaU say that our futuro relations with China depend al? together upoa what Minister Conger ha-, to 6ay when ho is finally brought ar?ain in touch with the state depart* moot NO CHANGE FOR THK BETTER Washington, June (J.H ?None of tho members <>l' the cabinet who I were present nt today's meeting 1 ooold see the least obaoge for the bettor in the Chinese situation Secretary I lay was not present, nor was Secretary Gage, but the other members said that nothing had been heard from the ministers stationed at Pekin, and this fact was causing the the greatest alarm for their safety It was stated that every possible efl'ort was being made to secure in? telligence of their whereabouts, but up to this time without results. No and Truth's.' THE additional troops, it was said, had ordered to China, but matters were being put in ebape to meet any emergency that might arise When the cabinet meeting broke op?a little before 1 o'clock?there could be no doubt that the members shared the general depression at the lack of news from Minister Conger Intervention Fully Justified the Conclusion of the De? partments in Washing ton. Washington, June 27.?The devel opments of tbe day respecting China were important and interesting. Tbe Chinese minister's report of tbe depart ore of tbe foreign ministers and their guards from Pekio greatly relieved tbe officials here, who took it as the first tangible evidence that tbe imperial Cbioesego vernment bad a foil realiza? tion of tbe eoormity of permitting tbe ministers to oome to personal harm sod were thus undertaking as far as lsy io their power to observe tbe amenities of international exchange. Tbe keenest interest is sbowo by tbe offioisls to lesro tbe conditions under wbiob the ministers left Pekio. The Chinese minister's diipatob was omi? nously silent oo that point although tbe minister himself maintains almost obsti? nately bis confidence in the non-i xist eoee of a state of war, it was generally admitted that it would be difficult to aooept his conclusion if it shall transpire that the Pekio government has itself sent tbe ministers away with their passports or what may oome to the same thing with a guard as a saf oooduot At the state department it is said that if it shall be explained that tbe imperial government did t b is. not with a purpose of rupturing diplo? matic relations but simply to insure the safety of the ministers which they were unable to guarantee as loog as they remained in Pekio, then there is still ground for an understanding. It is, however, pointed out that in such case the self-confessed inability of the imperial government to maintain peace and order at the capital would amount to an admission of its otter failure as a goveromsnt and would leave China in a worse state tbao that of aotual war. Io either event it now appears to the satisfaction of the officials that there was absolute justification for such inter vention as we havt offered in China Notice has come to the government that the cable companies have again reopened communication telegraphic? ally with Taku and Chefoo. This arrangements has been made by means of the Russian telegraphic system con? necting with the Siberian railroad system. A European agent has man? aged to reopen tbe lines through the means of communication between Chefoo and Taku and Tien Tsin are tortuous and precarious The war department officials still in? sist that no orders have gone forward to send more troops to Cbioa than tbe Ninth regiment, now oo its way from Manila' aod tbe Sixth cavalry, which will sail from Sao Francisco next Son day for Nagasaki aod perhaps Taku. It is said that with these two organisa? tions aod the marines now oo Chinese soil Geo. Chaffee will have the full brigade to which bis rank eotitles him. Humors of withdrawals of troops from Cuba are said to be the probable basis for the persistent statements that more soldiers have been ordered to China It is admitted that two regi? ments will 8000 be ordered to the United States from Cuba, tbe parti cu'.ar orgaoiz itions being designated by Gen. Wood ; but they simply will take tho plaoo io borne garrisons cf regt meet* of soldiers which will go cut to Manila to relieve volunteer organiza? tions there COMMUNICATION FROM CHINA Washington, June 27.?Tbe Chi? nese minister called this morning on tho secretary of state aod comm joicited to him thrcod)uo ts of a dispatch which ho had received from the tsung li yamen.fdated 19th inst. Tbe dispatoh .states hat tho foreign ministers bad before this dato asked permission for the legation guards to enter tho city, which permission bad been grantee' ; that they subsequently asked that there guards bo reinforced, which the Chinese government was not disposed to permit. The dispatch then goes on to state tbat tho consul general at Tien Tsio, sup possd to be the FfSDOh OOOSOl general, bad telegraphoi the viceroy of Chi Li that the foreign admiral had demanded the surrender or the Taku forts and tint the foreign ministers were shortly to leave Pekin for Tien Tsio with their guards ton. TKUK SOUTHRON, KatablUhed Jan? 13*?S ' Series?Vol. XIX. So.49 Hard Fighting of the Allied Forces. The Official Report Forward? ed by Admiral Seymour. London, June 30, 3 a. m.?Tbe adventures of tbe bard righting allies under Admiral Seymour, tbeir reach? ing Anting, 12 milee from Pekin, the decision lo retreat, tbe capture of rice aod immense stores of modern arme and ammunition, affording material for a strenous defense until relieved?all tbie is told in a dispatch from Admiral Seymour received by tbe admirality at midnight, which runs as follows : "Tien Tsin, Jone 27, via Chefoo, Jone 29, 10 05 p m ?Have returned to Tien Tsin with tbe forces, having been unable to reach Pekin by rail. Oo Jone 13 two attacks on the advance guard were made by Boxers who were repulsed with considerable loss to them aod none oo our eide. Oo June 14 tbe Boxers attacked the train at Lang Yang in large numbers and with great determination. We repulsed them with a loss of about 100 killed. Our loss was five Ital? ians "Tbe same afternooo tbe Boxers attacked tbe British guard left to protect Lo fa station. Reenforcements were sent back and the enemy were driven off with 100 killed Two of our seamen were wounded "We puehed forward to Anting and engaged tbe enemy on June 13 and June 14 inflicting a loss of 175 There were no casualties on our eide. "Extensive destruction of the rail? road in our front baviug made further advance by rail impossible, I decided on June 16 to return to Yang Teun, where it was proposed to organize an advance by the river to Pekin. After my departure from Lang Yang two trains left to follow on were attacked on June 18 by Boxers and imperial troops from Pekin, who lost from 400 to 500 killed Our casualties six killed and 48 wounded These trains joined me at Yang Tsuo the same evening. "The railway at Yang Tsun was founded entirely demolished and the trains could not be moved The force being short of provisions and hampered with wounded compelled us to withdraw on Tien Tsin with which we had not been in communi? cation for six days and our supplies had been cut off "Ob June 10 the wounded, with necessaries, etarted by boat, the forces marching along the river. Opposition was experienced during the whoie course of the river from nearly every village, the Boxers, when defeated in one village retiring to the next and skilfully retarding our advance by occupying well selected positions from which they bad to be forced, often at {.be point of the bayont and in face of a galling fire difficult to locate "On June 23 we made a night march, arriving at daybreak oppoeite the imperial armory, above Tien Tsin, where, after friendly advances, a treacherous heavy fire was opened, while our men were exposed ou the opposite river bank The enemy were kept in check by rifle fire in front, while their position was turned j by a p*? .* of marines and seamen under Mb Photon, who rushed and occupied oi.d of the salient points, Belling the guns The Germane, lower down, silenced two guns and theo crossed the river and capiuicd thes?* The armory was next occu? pied by the combined forces. Deter? mined attempts to retake IBS armory were made on the following day but unsuccessfully "Found immense stores of guns, arms and ammunition of the latest pattern Several guns were mono ted in our defense and shelled the Chi? nese forts lower down "Having found ammunition and rice we could have held out far some days ; but, be;ng hampered with ; large numbers of I wounded, sent to Tien Tsin for the relieving force which arrived on the morning of June 25? The armory was evacuated and the forces arrived at Tien Tsin on Juoe 26. We burned the armory. "Casualties lo date British, kill? ed 27. wounded 75 ; American, killed 4, wounded25; French, kill? ed I, woonded, 10 ; Germans, killed 12, woonded, 62* Italian, killed 5, wounded, 3 ; Japanese, killed 2, wounded, 3 : Austrian, killed 1, wounded I ; and Kassian, killed L0, wounded 27 " Powder Hire licious and wholesome TER CO., NEW YORK._??.