The age-herald., 1900-07-16
PREPARED ID
 HEAR TH[ WORST Least Doubt Jan No Longer
 be Entertained. WOMEN ARE IN THE LEGATIONS Europeans Kill 400 Chinamen
 and Capture Guns. HEAVY COMMANDMENT CONTINUES Americans in China Appeal to the Gov ernment to Send More Troops
 for Their Protection--For
 Is Disproportionate
Europeans Kill 400 Chinamen
 and Capture Guns.
HEAVY COMMANDMENT CONTINUES
BULLETIN

Shanghai, July 15.-An official telegram was received tonight from the Governor of Shan Tau saying that a breach was made in the wall of the British legation at Pekin after a gallant defense and when all the ammunition had given out. All foreigners were killed.
 London July 16 3:3O a. m.-It seems im- possible to entertain any longer the least doubt as to the fate of Europeans in Pekin. The Associated Press learns that Lady Hart, wife of Sir Robert Hart, director of Chinese imperial maritime customs, on July received the following telegram from her husband:
 Our people, including the women, are in the legations. Prepare to hear the worst
 The European governments have received from their representatives at Shanghai dispatch from the governor of Shan Tung, dated July 2, reporting that the European troops made a sortie from Pekin and killed two hundred of General Fun Siang's forces and that the Boxers were mounting guns to make a breach in the defenses.
 Under date of July 12 the governor of Shan Tung wires as follows:
 Native soldiers and Boxers have been attacking the legations for some hours but have not yet effected an entrance They are now all bombarding with cannon to make a breach for a heavy onslaught. l fear that all the ministers, and the gov ernment as wel are in great danger. The government is intensely anxious
 Admiral Seymour's dispatches give the latest news regarding the situation at Tien Tsin. Telegrams to the Associated Press show that the operations on July Il were brilliant success. The Japanese cavalry and d mobile mounted battery did splendid work. It was unfortunate that the allies did not have more cavalry to pursue the flying enemy. Four hundred Chinese were killed and six guns captured. At noon the settlements were again vic- iously shelled from the native city, and the hospitals and other buildings were re- peatedly hit. The moral effect of the sue cesses of the allied forces upon the Chi nese is believed to be very great
 Proceeding to Talsu
 General Gazelee and staff, with force Of Punjubas infantry, arrived yesterday at Hong Kong and proceeded toward Taku.
 The French Consul at Shanghai, at re- ception Saturday, made an impassioned speech. He said:
 ."rhe history of the world can show no parallel to such a situation, and if the abomnable crime the mere thought of which makes us shudder has been perpe- trated then it is our desire that swift and summary punishment shall fall upon the perfidous nation which committed it."
 Following is an appeal of Americans in China, assembled in mass meeting In Shanghai, to their fellow citizens at home:
 Urge the government to send adequate forces to act effectively in concert with the other powers. At present the Ameri- can forces quite disproportionate to the interests involved Our commercial inter- ests in the northern provinces are para mount and we consider it a humiliating policy to entrust to other powers the task, that of protecting Americans.
 ''Anti-foreign outrages are multiplying daily. Officials and missionaries are mas sacred. The fate of the ministers and their families in Pekin is not known, but gen. eral massacre is apprehended. Wholesale massacres of native Christians continue. The whole country is terrorized. Trade Is paralyzed.
 The speedy restoration of order and retribution are duties pressing upon all civilized powers. The consequences of de- lay wall be disastrous. Not only are for eign lives and property placed in jeopardy, but the loss of influence will be incalcula- ble
 Give no credence to statements of the situation sent by the Chinese government to it's Ministers abroad. The present out rages are the result of the weak and vac- illating policy of the powers in the past We urge immediate energetic and concert ed action.,'