New-York tribune., 1900-07-14
EEETEEN DAYS OF SILENCE
70 WORD FROM TIE MINISTER'S u
THE CHINESE CAPITAL
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London July T. a. m-Wheu Lord Sails
Bury z-z-=E in the House 0f Lords yesterday
tza5 rh=-= was 10 news whatever from Psktng
-1= SPECTATORS we're painfully Impressed with
he s7-e-zz-y Of his manner This was a small
matter IL comparison vt-a the --1--ous fact that
TIE legations had kept silence for nineteen days.
Il E-7l-rz explained in The House Of Com
mons char --e wires were not working between
Shanghai and Cze-Foo. and that The Adui-als
could --- communicate wiki thel- Governments.
saaaz-z. had r.--ualrv become The only centre
otI=vz. and The northern provinces were cur Of.
II E-11-rk admitted that dispatch pur-
porting 70 come from -he Emperor Of China had
been received a- The Foreign once. and This was
regar5-- as an indirect confirmation Of the cor
Fze-aess oE The version previously published OF
rle edl-r holding The European Powers partly
E=SGcE= --- The anarchy II P=kng. since
hey had ordered -le Ho-rna-51.le-- Of the Taku
t-T-@ -1=-= IS no ground for c-l-tct=iug the ac-
Ion o1 ,-s Powers In This respect. bur wen in
formed u=z mere 90 not hesitate 10 say that
t1s-Ad---a. seymour,s course in marching
-u -i=---sl1 % Pekirg with an Inadequate
-a71e and insufficient supplies was a fatal mis-
-Ee which excited rhe Chinese rnobs and
brought o- The catastrophe
-7e Central News gave currency to the alarm
-s reE7-- that a massacre Of all the foreigners
% July had been conceded by the Chinese
Government. bur this story was discredlted at
-= various embassies in London There was
1l1-Her-a. echo Of the American report that
Ne Governor of shan-Tung had learned that
= legations We're srtI under fire on last sat
--s and dispatches from Berlin indicating
ID --@ f-e=-0ys r The southern provinces were
--as troops 70 PeI1ug operate against the
-7L-z- oc Prince Tuar-s victory.
-- -eEs ar midnight was -eaEre. and the
--...1 7.as virtually unchanged Another day
- passed without q message from The Iega-
s and The good faith Of the Chinese Gov
-ae1t " whatever has taken its place, was
-7-a--T l-s--usred by Members u Parliament
every one feared that the worst had
-+p=7e- ard that -he foreigners had been
r1Fe1 The only hopeful man with whom
-=- Yesterday was an Indian veteran, who
--i-l = impossible that Sir Robert Hart
-'e- 1ls --re when he was Mandarin and
Wear the Peacock's Feather and the Red
This officer expressed the belief that
----1e I- Macdonald. Nj Conger and the
ministers u hiding either IN the
a-t 9r elsewhere. and explained that the
7s= 9f1clals could NOT give to the Foreign
'-I2e1-s assurauc= ~ their Ministers
- without exposing them Il q fresh attack
- ne rlo1s. This veteran asserted that an
R-tl Sir Robert Hart's experience and
E-le T0l.d have succeeded without doubt
ese1-ng most u the prominent members OF
- embassies He also was disposed 10 credit
'=p9rt thar there was d secret passage be-
lhe British Legation and the Imperial
- al other pubs, -aeE whom met yes
10y "ere hopeless
mere Were frequent references ro China IN
- we've hours prayer meeting IL Wesley
City Road. with which the Christian
ePor WORLDS Convention was openeI yes
s with q fresh leader every hoUr
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