The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-08-01
several hours and Prince Tuan was de-

WASHINGTON, July 30.-The secre-
tary of state received at midnight last
night message from Fowler, the Amer
lean consul at Che Foo dated at noon Ju-
ly 90, saying: "a letter from the Ger
man legation dated July 81 has been
received at Tein Tsin. The German
loss is ten dead and twelve wounded.
The Chinese ceased the attack on July
IL Baron Won Kettler's body is said
TO be saved The Austrian, Italian,
Dutch ard Spanish legations were de-
stroyed, the French partially.
Fowler also reports letter from the |
Japanese legation dated July % which |
arrived at Ten Tsin July %, saying
"Ten battallions of Chinese shelled the
legations necessarily from June 20 and
stopped July II. They may renew.
The enemy is decreasing. The Ger
man, Russian, American, British, half
the Japanese and the French legations
are still defended. The Japanese say
they have food for elk days but little
ammunition. The Emperor and EN-
press are reported at Pekin."
SHANGHAI, July Boa new impe-
rial edct, promulgated last evening,
urgently orders all viceroys and pro-
vincial governors to endeavor to nego-
tate peace with the powers, whose
ministers are held as hostages pend
ing the result of the overtures for the
abandonment of hostilities against
China"
The viceroys are also commanded to
guard their territories vigilantly against
attack and to prevent, by all means in
, their power, the advance of the foreign
-. troops, especially along the Yang Use
Kiang. The decree says that the Off
, cials will answer with their lives for
! any failure to execute these orders.
= Commands are also given that not a
single foreigner shall be allowed to es-
4 cape from the interior, where there are
: still fully 1000 Europeans, connected
with missionary work, in isolated situa-
: tons.
l. WASHINGTON, July 31.-Admiral
Remey cables from Taku, July %, via
v Che Foo, July 31st, as follows: 1.-The
' Japanese military attache at Pekin in a
n letter dated July %, reports that the
e legation has been besieged since June
O ID, andscontinually attacked from June
" 20 till July II. This attack then
ceased and the Chinese soldiers are
apparently diminishing. Sixty Euro
peans have been killed. A telegram
from the Governor of Shantung ad
dressed to the consular body at Che
Foo says an imperial edict states thai
the various ministers except the Ger
man are we'll and provisions have beer
supplied"
WASHINGTON, July 31.-Chaffee
cables from Che Foo messa age undat
ed and received at 11.30 last night a
follows:
"Have had an interview with ad
miral. Go ashore this afternoon. Tht
facilities for unloading are not adequate
therefore we are discharging slowly
l am informed that Bryon has ordered
a tug for towing two seventy ton light
ers. If the tug is obtainable the dis
charging will improve. The Indians
will finish discharging today and pro
days 10 unload the horses, Reilly's
battery is reported in Taku bay.
1t is the intention to make forward
movement tomorrow toward Pekin
The details are not known here.
shall arrive at Tien Tsn too late to
morrow to cable from there. A mes
sage from Tien Tsin must leave Lon,
Ku at six in the morning to catch tn
dispatch boat for Che Foo at four il
the afternoon. AS soon as it is posi-
BILE to get definite information as re
CARDS the conditions and purposes q
Tien Tsin will cable my views"
LONDON, July 31.-A despatch fror
Tien Tsin dated July 27, says on tina
day Major Waller, commander of tn,
from Minister Conger dated July 81
in batch ha nc
sages from the German, British an
had been no firing since July 16 b
agreement. They had provisions TO
several weeks but little ammunition.
He added that, il the Chinese contin
ued to lombard as they had done, tn,
foreigners could not hold out long and
general massacre would follow. H
hoped relief would come soon and ad
ded: "Glad to hear of the victory a
Tien Tsin but regret the terrible cost
All are safe and WE'LL"
LONDON, July 31.-Sir Claude Nc
Donald's welcome despatch datet
Pekin, July 81, is accepted on all sides
as dispelling any doubts that nigh
have existed regarding the genuine
= ness of the dispatches. Owing TO al
:, error In transmission the message falli
to show the number of wounded. TIT
. message fails to mention the other lie
cations and other matters of pressing
y Importance to know; but it should b.
Il borne in mind that the British minis
!. ter may not be aware that all his pre-
>, vious dispatches have been suppressed
i SHANGHAI, July 31.-According to
= the governor of Shan Tung an imperial
q decree announces the safety OF all the
II ministers. The rebels attacked the
v British legation on July 8, but were re
4 pulsed with The loss of 1000, Through
= the intermediary of the governor o.
Ia Shan Tung, telegram from the Rus
n sian Admiral Alexieff has reached the
"a ministers in Pekin. Chinese sources
soy that the Europeans were holding
o ont on July "a in the Catholic cathe
n dral..