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ESCORT TO THE SEA
China Promises to Deliver Pc,
kin Ministers Safely.
NOTHING PROVES THEM ALIvE
Another Account Comes Through Of
Treir Massacre-Rumors About
Ii Hung Chang's Mission.

London, July 20. - The Chinese min
lister, Sir Chi Chen Leh Feng Lob, ha
communicated to the press the follow
ing dispatch from Sheng, director o
the Chinese railways and telesraphs
and Tao Tai, of Shanghai, dated Shang
hal, July %:
Information from Pekin. dated JULY
IL, says that the Tsung LII Yamun de.
puted Won Jui, an under secretary o.
the department, to see the foreign min
listers, and he found every one we'll
without any missing, the German OK,
cepted. General Yung Lu is going to
memorialize the throne to send then
all under escort to Tien Tsin, in the
hope that the military operations will
then be stopped" Z"
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Mail, telegraphing July 28, says;
"A letter from Chinese official in
Shang Tung has been received by an
active functionary here, containing the
following passage:
AT the beginning of the month
the foreign missionaries made several
attempts to send messages out of Pelxin.
but, thanks to the strict watch kept OH
the city, the bearers were all caught
and executed. On the 4th inst. only
400 foreigners were left alive in Pekin,
and one night, when the big guns were
incessantly fired, it was known that all
the legations and foreigners were fin
ished, although pretended teleglams
contradicted these facts.
The st. Petersburg correspondent OF
the Daily Mail asserts that there are
differences of opinion in the Russian
council of war. The minister OF war,
General Kuropat1in, wishes to send
100000 men to clear the rebels out Of
Manchuria. On the other hand, ac.
cording to this correspondent, Emperor
Nicholas wishes the operations limited
to the defense and pacification of the
frontier districts. Let two strong
armies. one of the allies in the south
and the other OF Russians in the north.
confront the Chinese, and the rising
so the czar is said to would
be bound TO collapse. "We want no
conquests," he is reported to have de-
clared at the conclusion of the sitting
of the council. "What we desire is to
protect our frontiers and to steer into
smooth waters the Chinese ship of
state, now buffeted by the waves o.
civil war"
There is nothing further this morn
ing that throws any light upon the mys-
ferrous situation. Two urgent dis
patches were addressed yesterday by
the Chinese minister to the Pekin gov
ernment and the administration OF tel
strongly recommending the
restoration of telegraphic communica-
tion, SO as to enable the powers to
learn OF the safety of the foreign MN.
listers. Until such proofs are secured,
no one here is inclined to alter the
opinion that the Chinese are merely
Juggling to gain time.
Rumor circulates briskly around the
of LII Hung Chang. He is
:redited with mission to offer to cede
% the allied powers two provinces as
indemnity for the Pekin outrages and
llso to offer to restore order and give
ABILITIES for trade with the outside
world, on condition OF the surrender Of |
liao Chou, Wei Hal Wei and Man
'huria by the powers and the with.
travail OF all missionaries.