| Show CHINESE FORTS FIRM ON international WARSHIPS PON biord to a bf b y 7 hiss briw 11 04 4 1 fort ort to chin china declared war against 1 tt I a world when tile taku fort uund fire pon the international fleet J i i ok IT 17 the account accounts of what took plato are r till still unsatisfactory iett oft ca 1 11 information 0 bet ig the tile dispatch received at from che chev the tile Ger gergits mits consul bonu che chee fix foo telegraph the following follow tax the chinese Cli larce tali ll t to toldo top dedoes do ID Is ilia taku river 1 and collected troop troops from shea shan 1101 kwan the foreign com commanders mandess assembled amblod rm blod OD on the russian flagship and nd 0 o ultima lum the taku awta them to with draw their troop before I 1 june juliet 17 at I 1 a IL in JOD june 17 ilia he guns run of the orf opened ore ores to ihl the british french and capane ve warships replied the bombardment lasted eted erea hour two ships hip in the river litween the tort forts are reported to ht have been sunk TL tIg ii allua aia be tween tian isla and nd alu was r de do strayed by water Is I 1 klo also the casualties to the mixed force forces were as follow follows killed britley it 3 tins lan elan 1 and ad brench I 1 ailt bounded british 4 gerwan 7 Itu salau 43 and I 1 the chinese lose Is I 1 estimated at killed the correspondent of the london daily mull mall ayk says ills forts began agn bring in observance ronce to orders froin front beula lel ln conveyed la in the personal edict ot of the empress eai pre downier dowager by advice of rung kuti I 1 I 1 pr the ministry ol 01 wr war beveral warships were struck bj by hella shells from the twelve inch pun guns of the fort forts the beavy russian 1 losses were title to the tho blowing 1 up of the magazines of Man Mandt debur bur at 1 ash logton it Is I 1 difficult dini cult to get a precise official view of the status tatu of our relations with china since this last the conclusion conc luion that we re in a state of war 11 1 emphatically by the official best rit to minister lster IN u 11 does not that we are it at war with crima lie mid said that there had jeer a great misunderstanding and ul be that if it the taku forles for les had fired upon the international intel nation fleet it was because the LOM commanders manders of the furte forts ther there did not what wa was au tiLd or bad tailed failed through an error to receive rec elv proper instruction instructions st from I 1 is superior secretary hay was asked if tle latest had bad made any hinge change lb its the policy willell the united states has adopted toward these chinese trouble troubles ile replied I 1 our naval forces eela to thai that region have been directed to act coo con current currently with tile force of tile other currently power powers li for or the tile protection of all american interests lu |
