Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-02
CHINA WAR NEWS.

Cnefu, udleu noon, July 80 vi. iON-
Ter says: "A letter from the German
legation, dated the 21st, received at
Tien Tsin. German loss is 10 dead and
II wounded. Chinese ceased their at
tack on the 12th. Baron Won kettelers
body said 10 be safe. The Austrian,
Italian. Dutch and Spanish legations
DESTROYED and the French partially.
A letter from the Japanese legation,
dated The 22d. arrived at Iien Tsin on
/ the 25th Ten battalions of Chinese
shelled the legations consecutively
from the goth of June and stopped on
the nth OF July, but may renew. The
enemy are decreasing. The German,
! Russian. American British and half
the japanese and French legations still
defended. japanese say they have
food for six days but little ammuni-
! ton. The emperor and empress are
reported at PeIin.'
Surgeon-General Sternberg, of the
/ L. 5. navy, has made every arrange
inent for the care of the sick and
wounded soldiers on Chinese soil.
/ Provision has been made by the quar-.
| termasters department for the immedi-
! ate transportation of an abundance of
medical stores and supplies, including
full supply of hospital tents with
| flooring, stoves, etc. The nature OF
the situation precludes the establish
ment of general hospital. 1t has
been decided to confne present efforts
| to the establishment of "A suitable field
| hospital in the immediate vicinity of
military operations. Major Hotf, sur
| geon. has been charged with the estab-
| lishment and care OF the proposed hos
pital. There already is n large corps
of medical officers in China and others
will be sent 10 the assistance Of Major
! Hoff. He will take the first available
steamer across the Pacific
While the latest impression derived
from the array of conflicting kilograms
from the far east is that "A portion of
the foreign colony at pellin may have
escaped slaughter until recent date,
general consensus Of the best in
formed opinion of Europe seems to con
tinue to favor the acceptance of the
worst news and prompt action thereon,
the contention being that the only
possibility of definitely ascertaining
the truth is by the allied commanders
inquiring at Pel<in. Judging from the
news from Tien Tsin, however, record
ing divisions among the admirals there,
the prospects for speedy advance
seems to be endangered unless the gov
ernments speedily agree on supreme
leader.
The Chinese legation in Berlin has
received message from Sheng, direc-
tor general of railways and telegraphs,
saying that he has received dispatch
from Pekin announcing that Gen.
! Tung Fuh Slang threatens to kill all
the members of the legations if the in
ternational forces advance upon Pelin.
Evidently the legation is embarrassed
by the receipt of this dispatch, as the
Chinese minister has not communi-
Gated it TO the German government.
The legation has cabled the viceroy of
! Nanlliu requesting him TO try 20 get
! information as TO whether the widow
of Baron Won Kettcler, the murdered
German minister, is still alive.
Count Won Buelow. the minister of
foreign affairs, made reply on the gath
to the appeal of the emperor of China
for German mediation between the
powers and the Chinese government.
In substance, Count Won Buelow said
he would not submit the telegram from
the Pekin government so long as the
fate of the legations and other foreign
ers were not ascertaincd, and as long
as the Chinese government had not
atoned for the murder of Baron Won
Ketteler and given guarantee that in
the future its conduct would be in har-
mony with international law and the
usagcs OF civilization
A dispatch from missionary sources,
dated Shanghai. July 26, says: Riot
ing has broken out at Al. Yueu-F Flu, the
capital of the province of Shan-Si.
There are no details Rioting has also
occurred at Huai-Luh. south of Chih-Li
All the missions have been destroyed.
Our friends safely escaped to the coun-
try, but are still i'm danger. 1t is re-
ported at Shanghai that Russia has
borrowed nearly 100000 900 sterling
from the Imperial bank of Russia since
| the commencement of troubles in
China.
An Italian priest who recently ar
rived at Hong Kong from Hen Sien Flu,
in southern Hu An, says the Italian
bishop and three priests were mas
sacred after revolving torture This
took place on July 4. Six hundred con.
verts were massacred after the women
had been subjected TO hideous brutal
ties. Six other priests fled to the hills,
| where they were probably killed The
priest who escaped had a perilous
journey to Hong Kong He hid in a
coffin on board n river boat for II days.
Unless some authentic assurance as
to the condition of the Americans in
Pellin reaches the state department
within day or two. the administra-
ton is likely TO abandon whatever
faith it has manifested thus far in the
| truthfulness Of Chinese information
The supplementary estimates neces-
STATED by the proongation of the war
in South Africa amount To Eli 800, 600,
making total Of e34, 500. 900 voted for