Show f3 BLUEJAGKETS IN FIGHT American Marines in Battle With Chinese Army RUSSIANS AIDED OUR MEN and Tour Hundred Uncle Sams Boys Soldiers Have En of the Czars gement With the Chinese Near Wailer WAS in Tien TslnMnj CommandThey Were Unable to j Break Through the lineRegular Imperial Troops Not Boxers Oppose Op-pose Allied Forces w 23Actlng Sccrc Washington June 2Aclng received Haclfett this morning r has jJaccett his mornng inn 1Ssnatch from Admiral Kemp 2at a ChPc the effect that cad Ch Foo June 2r to our marines under MiiJ Waller togeth wTth400 had an en have er With 10 Russians < JHd I Chinese army near BBftomont with the Chines ra could not break Tien Tsln They through the line A force numbering 2000 the Admiral lne reports Js now ready to make another attempt The main importance of this dispatch disclosure that it Is Admiral KempftTs dlsclosUe and not the Box la tho Chinese army ers who are lighting the foreign troops cr VIEW OF HIGH OFFICIAL officials of the the highest One of i Administration said tonight that there was Adnlnllmton Idence that Gen uns Fu General of the Mohammedan I son the principal hammedan I Chinese was In command and that possibly without orders from undo the Chinese Government he had succeeded suc-ceeded in leading oil some of the regular regu-lar Chinese troops This would In part Jlr explain Admiral empfCs message that thu Chinese army is engaged in light Ins MUST BE CLEARED UP But the assurances of the Chinese Minister and the communications from LI Hung Chang and several of the Influential HunS ChanS ant I fluential Viceroys all lead to the belief be-lief that the Chinese Government does not direct the movements now going on This uncertainty must be cleared up within the next few hours and It I wJhln vlll then be determined whether the authorities here are to deal with China or an uprising of Chinese rebels AS TO EXTRA SESSION Tho critical condition o affairs brought out the usual outcrop of sensational sen-sational rumors There were persistent persist-ent reports that au extra session of Congress might be called but members of the Cabinet who would be apt to know if such a move was contemplated dismissed the report as entirely unfounded un-founded NO WORD JFROM CONGER The alarming report from Shanghai that the Empress Dowager has ordered the extermination of all foreigners In China was received with great allowance allow-ance at the State department At the same time this was the eleventh day of complete silence on the part of Minister Min-ister Conger and every hour of silence adds to the apprehension among the officials NO LIST OF CASUALTIES Other dispatches had been received giving additional details but these were not made public as they did not shed light upon the engagements but more on the movements of forces The official Information gave no clue however how-ever as to the extent of any casualties which may have been anY by the American forces engaged and this was taken to Indicate that the loss was little lit-tle or nothing in the face of such an illyequipped foe MAJ WALLER A FIGHTER Maj Waller in charge of American marines who participated In the fight Js known here as n brave nnd cfllclont officer whose coolness and daring were displayed during the battle of Santiago ago when he commanded the marines on board the battleship Indiana The marines referred to In the cable are the 130 men taken by the Solace from Manila at the first call ior reinforcements reinforce-ments MAY NOT BE IMPERIAL TROOPS Admiral KempfTs specific statement that the engagement was with the Chinese Chi-nese army at first caused some sollcl tude among ofllclals for this was the first positive official statement wo that the Imperial forces of China and not the Boxers were fighting the foreign troops oIeJS Later however the view obtained was that the Admiral had used the words Chinese army as a handy means of expressing the Chinese force not Intending to officially declare that otelnl the Imperial troops were fighting The fghUnG view of the Administration Is that the dispatches are not yet of a sufficiently definite character to show that any war W3t with China Is in existence ANXIOUS AS TO RESULT The ° mcjals waited anxiously of throughout this second the day to learn the rtJuYt seont movement but up to a late < hour no further word regarding It had come from the Admiral or oth AdmIal any er source The news was sufficient however to accentuate the need S re I Inforcements and theenelglcs iT ant energies of the War and Navy IP avy aenartments erted in eparlmens were ex to forward ships The and dispatch Supplies of as fast as PoSsible men troops from Manila Is mainly impeded b stSrmS Impcdct by the severe Storms now raging In the Indian sen lllUU ORDERS TO COLLIERS I Hurry orders were given to make I ready for I ihreS Hannibal sea the three naval colliers Alexautcr and Sa turt now at NorfOlk fot the pose of takln fOJ pur 01 taking suppUes Asiatic ot coal to the Asiatc station quatterg This let to the belief I ore that the Colliers might be Colets aecompan1 by some of accompanlet the powerful shlD5 now In Atlantic waters possIbly a i norton oC the NOrth watets Atian tic that squadron bUt naval omcJals slated Manila while Admiral Rerneys force at was no had been much deplete there present ships purpose to send mON OUR NAVAL FORCE IN CHINA prestut AmerIcan consists naval oC force the in Chine at Ncwazk men 4Ncwalk 400 Ionocac Monocacy 275 00 25 all at Tnlm the Nuslwle Yorktown 300 at Chee l Foe The Oleoh under orders which Js unter rs to go from will go Houghong w1 prObably start next Honkons hut cannot reach the ontay Iach scene of ot sb or action short seven days The SUpply ship also Is I Iris u als on th the will give AdmIral vay ThIs 5hIp3 Including the Kemp a feet of six lnr Oregon they are OreEon when arcascmbled a week hence NINTH hence ThY following INFANTRY DELAYED a Calved folowIn War dispatch department has beim rc try Quence Manila delay ot Tune st until 2AdutantGeneral June 27th In cone Inran I whIch and str broke railroad an ralront transport impossible and made approach to I MAC ARTHUR OFFICIALS ARi ATHR I The omclajs A CHAGRIED ofcials ala v over this further delay n1ieh chlned I pose to send the I Was pro NInth Its transportation infantry proI Ulpmen inS mules and cuJPtent lnclud tranaporta WnOnM to Taku on the and The Port voyage will ac Albert and i will bo 1 Impossible at least six days to troops land on Chinese tho at the CU Chlneo t sol before July 3rd MitGen WILL SEND MOnE TROOPS bad tGan n COlbln said tint htarcj from tht nothing Gen lQq uJIQ b A < Allbur J China The department how moms to mCI for the ever Ig 1 making lrrnngemcnls transportation to China ot an prompt trnsportnUon spared from Jm can be mediate manY troops strvice ns In the PhIlippines pall j Secretary Melklcjohn was In I Acting consultation or during the dt with Son Miles AdJMSen CorWn Quarter nmstcrGcn Ludlngton and Col BIrd I maslltGe the quartermaster In charge of trans porta Lion RELIEF SURE TO BE SENT It IK no secret that the deliberations r related to the completion of plans for affording substantial relief to tHe force which has so far Iclef the brunt ot j battle at Taku Tien Tsln and on the llte with the In conjunction road to Peking conjuncLon wUl Spew So larger forces or the allied powers far as the transportation service is con re rncV thctransportaton diniculty in the way of forwarding additional troops from Manila to the Chinese coast TRANSPORTS AVAILABLE The big transport Warren which has beco cruising in southern Luzon hl9 becl cruisinG and Is duo at Manila on the 1st proximo will bo available on that date for tho transportation of about ZOO troops The Sherman also Is duo at Manila from San Francisco about July 1st ThIs vessel could undoubtedly be employed to China within the In taking troops Chlnu next few weeks In case such a step Is 1 S Tn f 1111t inn to hose i 1UUIIII 4iVV w two large transports there are several smaller ones used in the InterIsland service including the Pennsylvania and Indiana which could be utilized in the movement of troops to China incase in-case of necessity MAY DIVERT THE GRANT Tho War department officials are seriously se-riously considering the advisability oC changing the destination of the transport trans-port Grant from Manila lo Talcu She will carry two squadrons of the Sixth cavalry numbering about SOt men and 230 a battalion of marines numbering men These troops are now being assembled I as-sembled at San Frnnclscu and arc scheduled to start for the East on the 1 1st proximo The Grant Is a fast ship and can make the trip to China In I twentyeight or thirty days The horses I I of the cavalry troops are to be taken I over on transports from Portland Or I EUROPEANS IN PEKING In answer to a query from the Navy I department as to how many Europeans wore in Pelting RearAdmiral KcmpfC I I replied under date of June 23rd via J Che Foo that 30 Austrlanb 75 French 30 Germans 79 British 10 Italians 23 Japanese 75 Russians and 5 American troops aro In Peking He further says No news of the whereabouts of Pe kings relief expedition Reported by cablegram June I2th Japanese expect several I thousand troops now due No news from Tien Tsln or Peking since last report This dispatch arrived at tho Navy department de-partment prior to the dispatch from the Admiral announcing lighting In progress between the Chinese Imperial I troops and the international column |