The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-06
FLEE FROM
THE DRAGON
Navy Man and a Boy
Tell Of China.
WENT THROUGH ON GAELIC
People Of Shanghai Believe Peking
Legations Massacred-- Moth
| ing Known Definitely.

Master 70. Il. Williams, the H-year-old !
son of the Rev. z. T. Williams, former
American Vice Consul at Shanghai, is a
through passenger on the Gaelic from the |
Orient to San Francisco. He is on his
way to attend school In California hav-
ing left his father and mother at Shang-
the Gaelic was in port on Saturday young
Williams made the most of his time
ashore. He has crossed the Pacific four
times already, but this is the first time
he has ever been upon such voyage all
alone. He appeared thoroughly CONVEX
SAINT with the news of the day and talked
lintelligently on affairs in China.
my father has lived twelve years in
China" he said, tand understands the
nese are treacherous. None of the people
in Shanghai believe that single white
man. woman or child is alive in Picking
today. They think that there is absolute
! ly no chance of the legationers escaping
with their lives. Everything is all right
| in Shanghai. There are 1000 militia and
marines on hand in the city and volun-
teers are being gotten together and drill
Ell daily to he prepared for any emergen-
Icy. There are thousands of people, mis-
lsicnaries and others. In Shanghai who
have fled from the Boxers from towns in
the interior and more are pling In day
by day. Some of the missionaries are in
Ipretty sore straits, having no money or
clothes other than those which they are
| wearing. A great number of the Chinese
in Shanghai. Christians many Of them.
ran away from the city fearing that the
Boxers would soon be upon them. They
went back, however, on being assured
that there was no probability of such a
thing.
when the Gaelic sailed from Yokoha-
ma the Japanese Government had i'm
pressed as many as fifteen steamers into
the transport service and was carrying
! troops by the thousands into China. 1
don't believe there Is white man left
now in the interior of China; they have
! either all left to save their lives or have
/ been massacred by the brutal Boxers.
I'VE have several missionaries aboard
this boat. For instance, there is the Rev.
lie w. Pruitt and the Rev. Geo. Worth.
They managed to escape with their fami-
lies in time to reach a port of safety.
! They were only just in time, I assure
you, for the country behind them became
! infiamed so that travel would have been
ming before prairie fire. Then Mr.. j.
NJ. Dickinson, a business man and an
American, is among our passengers. He's
leaving China account of the Boxers,
too.
wv. i. Field. miner and also an
! American, had a narrow escape He was
in the most dangerous part of the en-
! pire, north of Picking, but managed to
get to Tien-Tsin before it was too late.
He got away so suddenly that he had to
leave all his belongings behind him.
NO; don't feel worried about my par
, ents They Will be all right in Shang-
bai.'
Among the passengers from the Orient
who passed through here on Saturday for
San Francisco on the Gaelic was Com
mander F. =. Gilmore. u. S. N. He is on
his way home on sick leave from = the
American fleet at Manila. He went out
to the Philippines last year and took
command of the cruiser Isla de Cuba,
(which was sunk by Dewey in the battle
with the fleet of Montijo in Manila Bay.
The boat was afterwards raised and put
in commission.
When seen by an Advertiser reporter
Commander Gilmore had the following to
say:
''All sorts of wild rumors are heard at
Shanghai about the Boxer troubles. The
papers here seem to have about as cor
rect information as can be had in Shang-
hal; very little is really known there
J about what is going on in the interior,
! though everybody believes that the lega-
TONERS and missionaries in Picking have
been massacred. They know nothing one
way or the other, however. +
I'VE did hear that Ii Hung Chang was
/ to be stopped at Shanghai, but I can't
, believe 1t. He IS accused of being two
faced but l think he is too old and wise
a diplomat to get mixed up in this trou-
BILE. He is a tremendous power at Cam
! ton and should be able to control the
! Chinese there and prevent their uprising.
! The allies declare that 1900 men will be
needed to reach Picking. Even if they
reached there it is doubtful If they would
! remain long, for some military men be-
J llieve 1t would be wiser to retire after Pc
q king Is taken and the fate of the Minis
: tiers Is learned. There was some talk of
the Russians trying to remain there dur
I ing the winter"