Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-13

LONDON, August Is, $3.50 a. m.-The
sooner we can be got out of this the
better, for it is convenient for the Chi
nese government and unsafe for our
selves.
This is message received last eve
ming from Sir Robert Hart, dated Pc
king, August 5th and sent in cipher to
the Chinese marine customs officials
in London.
Commenting upon the situation, the
Morning Post says:
1T would seem to indicate that the
Chinese government is anxious for the
safety of the foreigners, or at any rate,
anxious to get them safely out of Pc
king, while Sir Robert Hart evidently
expects that they will get out sooner or
later
Sheng, director general of railroads
and telegraphs, according to a Shang-
hal dispatch to the Standard expresses
grave fears for the safety of the mem
bers of the legations when the defeated
Chinese troops return to the capital.
The Austrian naval commander re-
ports TO Vienna that all allies decided
to rest for three days after taking Yang
Tsrn.
A dispatch to a news agency from
Tien Tsin says
'Junks and stone block the river be-
yond tae advance posts of the allies for
a considerable distance; but the dryness
continues and the country is in good
marching order, subsidiary dykes hav-
ing made the enemy's damming ineffec-
tive
1T is believed that some 500 have
been added to the expedition by the
increase in the numbers of the Brit
ish naval brigade"
Korea, according to Seoul dispatch.
consents to Japan sending troops there
to provide for emergencies.
Gen. Grodekoff reports to the Rus
sian Office the occupation of Santchau
and they passed across the Chingau
mountains. Orders have been issued
for the formation of two additional
Siberian army corps. A semi-official
Shanghai telegram published in st.
Petersburg, describes the sending Of
troops to Shanghai, as without the
least necessity"
Commenting upon the various prop
ositions made by China to the powers,
the Daily News will express the pre-
dominating British opinion as follows:
what the Chinese authorities say in
effect is this:
Stop your advance on Pekin and
we will give your ministers safe
conduct to Tien Tsin. If you don't
at once instruct them to leave Pekin
we cannot answer for the conse-
quences.'
ITO this abominable and not very
thickly yelled threat there can be only
one answer; and NJ. Delcasse has given
it in very convincing terms. The min
listers cannot leave except under
absolutely convincing guarantees of
safety. In the speedy advance of the
allies lies the only real hope of saving
the Minister'S
In the same vein the Daily Tele-
graph says:
American statesmen take up what
seems the only logical attitude when
tfiey tell Mr.. Cong that they have
never for a moment entertained the
idea of his placing himself at the
mercy of a Chinese official pledge
Chang Yin Huan, the Cantonese who
was the special ambassador OF China
at Queen Victoria's jubilee. and who
is now in Punishment at Iii, has been
ordered, according to a Shanghai des-
patch, to commit suicide, an imperial
edict having been issued to this effect
More Missions Destroyed.
HONG KONG. Saturday, August II.
The United States consul general
here, Mr.. r. Wildman, has received a