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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1900
Page
18
A dispatch from Tien-Tsin reports ongoing fighting with allied forces defending the foreign settlement and assaulting the Chinese Naval College. Reinforcements landed and more marines arrive as relief likely today. Foreign warships struggle to meet the emergency amid calls for a 50 000 strong army.
In Parliament William St John Brodrick reports Foreign Office lack of news from Peking while runners bring word of June 18 to June 21 actions at Tien-Tsin and Taku. He cites shelling of the foreign settlement, the attack on the Chinese Military College, and mixed foreign casualties.
Relatives of Captain Lettes of the German gun boat Iitis say a dispatch dated Che Foo June 21 reports the captain in good health after earlier reports of his death at the Taku forts.
In St Petersburg on June 22 observers say Russia should join other powers to meet the danger in China yet keep its own interests in check. When confrontations arise Russia may not fully commit to hostilities against China as neighboring interests diverge. The government shares this view.
Fourteen transports will convey troops from India to China with six already at port. The Nerbudda and Palamcotta likely sail Sunday with the 7th Bengal Infantry. Rurik sailed to Taku. wounded from various powers to be treated. Navy squadrons assemble at Sasebo. The Daily Mail reports Japan's secretive military build up with fifteen transports chartered and eighteen warships mobilized.
Members of the American Asiatic Association in this city urge immediate foreign intervention and renovation to stabilize China. They warn domestic firms still ship machinery to Shanghai despite upheaval, believing eventual peace will open greater trade opportunities, with Silas D. Webb of the China and Japan Trading Company cited among leaders.
Washington reports that pressure mounts to send American forces to China including a battery of artillery to Tien-Tsin. MacArthur is urged to overcome typhoon delays affecting the 8th Infantry and expedite the relief effort amid reports the American consulate was destroyed and large guns are in use.
Washington reports Tien-Tsin as a key American trading hub at the Grand Canal and Pel-Ho junction. Mentions U S officials and relatives in China, trade growth with Northern China, and rising imports of flour and cotton goods. Also notes quiet mid China mission stations and dispatch from Kasheng dated June 2.
The American Interpreter reports China peril as Boxers rise, foreign fleets move toward Tien Tsin and Peking. Western powers vow protection, while debates over division of China and river access intensify. Americans in Tien Tsin grow influential amid rail and port improvements and consular diplomacy.
Syracuse dispatch reports Walter S. Emens of Boston warns that the situation around Tien-Tsin worsens with Peking besieged and massacre feared. Mission fields in China include Rev. J. H. Roberts and Mrs. F. D. Wilder with other societies also active. Communications with Taku, Tien-Tsin, and Peking still down.
Washington reports a shift in U.S. policy after Hawaii and the Philippines, with senators like Platt endorsing a broader American influence in Asia. The piece notes a push toward expanding ideas and power in China without territorial conquest, favoring stronger military and logistical readiness.
The Norwegian vessel formerly the Bratgary ship Superb abandoned April 27 en route from Rio Janeiro to Middleborough arrived at Gibraltar after being towed in by the British ship Senator on May 6, as previously reported.
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