| Show CAPT MCAllA IS WOUNDED Relief Expedition Got Half aU Way Vay Ministers Yet at Oregon Strikes a Rock June navy de deI bas the th followIng nt I tram from lh Foo June Navy Wa at were hours to leave leav on th thI I th They lh nn aro still thero thare ho forces got belt hult way W I attacked by ImperIal tb was wa In command I ur were killed and McCalla and Ensign Taus f re wounded but not seriously w troops ashore Corn Com Wise Wi commands at al Tong rong Ku Ju Ir of at roll rail anc The combined find r It to make UH ue ot of somo lio Li lIane to operate railway OF TIEN TIEM TSIN ARSENAL Juno June 80 30 p war c cLe ht hils received the th following Ills from trum Col Foo June arsenal ot of TIen was the morning or June V 7 by thE forces The h troops I t C were the thC n naval val brigade and the The naval brigade regiment I e fifteen wound hi bl fur mn and two The Chinese including I J J The latter m nt had no casualties attack by the Boxers on onI an I r I r left Ct flank with heavy loss 1088 to the thern rn MINISTERS SAFE Wa Juno June OA cablegram r hel at the state stat l department today fm at London that the foreign ministers were vere rUe rift at Pekin on the The Thet t hints ter Mr Wu has private to t tie e same which he heb b brought to the tho attention of the Ete department TIlE TUE OREGON ON A ROCK BOCK Wl June following he ties were received at the na navy department relative ti tO the grounding ot of thE Ch hI Foo Juno June Navy yesterday dense tog In 17 fJ homs three mlle miles south of How lo iCe gulf of Po Fe Chi LI 11 Sent out two Lt and sounded least water GYI 6 fathoms Weather clear Got Oot under Rock Much liB ay und struck Pinnacle ater In forward compartment Pt Per r rf f rt t smooth Shall charter It if sEible nt at Che Foo rind lighten the Rock through side elde ot of ship above double bottom about frame nineteen f holes also through bottom of hIP WILDE ASSISTANCE IS SENT Foe Foo June Navy Wa h tone gone to assistance ot of Car Irn ri Rogers command Nash U kong June une N n arrived 1 leaves for Nagasaki The 7 at Che Foo has been sent to as asIt rt It tron reported by Rogers on a ar 1 r it I uth ot of How Ke iCe light Iris go goIr Ir to a her assistance REMEY The point where the Oregon ground Id d IS fifty miles of Cho Chop p Fr Taku Is mlles mIles west ot of Pinnacle where she ahe struck A BOCK Rock where the Oregon ran Is about twenty five feet high LILt lEs three and two thirds mlle miles I 1 ih h lt r Hawks Island and about B a BIn In and a qUarter northeast of the lel IsI M arM f Siao itao Lu Shan The rock Is en r r led lel b by a shoal and should not be Lpt hed nearer than three cables callies A to the hydrographic bureau there is III a current from to t five knots speed d always prova nt In this vicinity and this fact to tog g with the dense fog that pro pre aUd at the time greatly enhanced the tho danger of navigating the Oregon all M MAY Y D BE SAVED The he lala of the naval h I 5 e say there is III a great groot rise and andt andi i d t the tide at this point about ten el and It Is possible that tire the Ore OreIn In rn have been lifted this way and andt Et t without t assistance I Wildes Wildee statement ot of the In w If sustained by the Oregon Is 15 IsE t E arc ar jy sufficient to enable the naval hero here to form torm IL a definite Nn I s to the prospects of saving h ship They say however t hl probably can be saved It if the tho ahr does docs not rough but this Is the season of r rm In ChInese waters 1 I HANOE IN U 11 S 8 POLICY June Ill t larr flay Uny came over to his hie a tI being the senior lien lor cabinet ri t tri 11 In the absence l crt ImmediatelY for tor the secretary and the of the na nat navy t I responded fit at once anti and au a I t council was WIS held In S Secretary u II a II a office or Of course the Chinese situation was waa the subJect ot of All ot of the dispatches this morn mornIng morning Ing were carefully The con reached was fat that nothing hall ha warranting a change of pol polIcy Icy at this st So It was WIlS decided that tha n He Instructions should be die to our naval commander Ii In China nor have more troops been or ordered derell dered there SITUATION ALL UNCERTAIN London June 30 p remains the keynote to the sit situation nation In China Well VelI Informed quarters quarters continue to believe the 1 leatIon are still at Pekin but authentic In Information Information formation Is I lacking The tend to create an eslon that tin the ChinesE authorIties are playing a dou double his ble game gains simultaneously new the thit Boxers and an secret orders to the viceroys to the commands command to sup the outbreak REBELLION Shanghai notes notee Increasing signs Igns ot of B general of the rebellion In the southern but the local feel teel teelIn In or of alarm Is cl city also reports that A confronts the Japanese troops Ir In Inthe the island or of Formosa Japan Is eat It has b been n organized etl China Chilla A naval ot of about blue jackets and marines left lett Portsmouth this morning for tor China As It Is II In Intended tended to use them as a fore Coree the men have been In field work Th They took a wireless telegraphing apparatus with them The alSO h alx ei twelve two Maxim runs tuns and two rounds of ammunition Russia continues to to China and tire the cruller cruiser left mel Kiel this morning for tor forthe tile the Far East Bast CONSUL REPORTS Washington Jun June following cablegram has boon been received from Con Can Consul sul sui at lien Thin dated the being the OMIt first communication received from that officer In nearly two months of at Then Tein raIsed railed sent for tor the relief ot of the delegations rt re returned turned In vain all 1 seven BeVIn sei arato arate battalions American loss six killed 1 as i wounded On the lith minis tots given ulven 24 hou to leave IMe Re Stilt Still there NEWS IS RELiABLE Washington June the tho first time the break ot of communication with rien Thin news today from the foreign ministers which the ot of accept as reliable Assurances coming from sources that the ministers were sate safe bodily at least up to five days ago seem to remove move alt all doubt ot of that point while the agree agreement merit ment of the dispatches of Admiral or of United States Consul Rags Ragsdale Ragsdale dale nt at Tien Vein and Minister Was advices to the effect the ministers are still In Pekin would seem to n a solid b basis els for or the acceptance of that statement None or of the recipients of these dispatches has hns any Information ns as to how the news came from Pekin It Is supposed however that the con or of five days ago might still pie III vail vall There Is nothing to shoW that the tho ImperIal government Is responsible to toa toa a degree delree warranting the declaration or of ofa a state of war nr therefore tire the plan Is to push forward In the to away the foreign ministers doing this side b by side with th the other powers and leaving alt all other questions for tor future consideration TRUST TO TIlE THE FUTURE It If the Chinese ordered the attacks on our forces then they have declared war and Ir if that fact shall be established the government vill act accordingly On the other hand If the Chinese government was not party to the tho then It has demonstrated its Ita Inca incapacity pac It and must reckon the United States govern goern ment hereafter for tor the heavy Injuries ted upon Its citizens and Its In interests as our naval corn com manders In China appear to be follow rollow lag Ing a proper course they will not be hampered by further Instructions Instruction at this juncture and will not even en be reo re reinforced unless they request It Tire The above were the conclusions reached at the cabinet council today toda It was wall no not ee oven regarded ns as necessary ary to b by wire 1 the President cabi cabinet cabinet net rs that III he Is Ie In pos pen session ot of the cablegrams and so 0 is III In to 0 advise a change or of our cour St It he sel se fit There Is stilL no war with China ADMIRAL IC APPROVED It may be noted that Admiral prudent course courso ns as sot out In Inthe the news dispatches and In the absence at f statements meets the un approval of at the tho ion Fortunately the w k of at the Oregon hoes not seriously affect the military lans respecting Chinn She was sas or ordered dered to Taku Tak before the forts tell and andor for or the duty that remains to her an ordinary cruiser will do as well |
