The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-16

Vlnu6s Inc Wllol5 country is UerrOflZeus
Trade is paralyzed.
1.-The speedy restoration of order and
retribution are duties pressing upon all
civilized powers. The consequences of
delay will be disastrous. Not only are
foreign lives and property placed IN
jeopardy, but the loss of influence win
be incalculable.
sGive no credence to statements Of the
situation sent by the Chinese. govern
ment to it's ministers abroad. The pres
ent outrages are the result of the weak
and vacilIating policy Of the powers in
the past. We urge Immediate energetic
and concerted action"
The Shanghai correspondent OF the
Daily Mail says:
II can assert positively that the Chi
nese authorities had the dreadful news
from Pekin q week ago and that Sheng
knew all the foreigners in Pekin were
dead when he asked the American con-
sui to cable Washington q proposal to de-
liver the foreigners In safety at Tien Isin
on condition that the allies would sus-
pend their operations to the north of
Pekin."
The correspondent adds certain details
of affairs at Pekin after June %. Ac-
legations made daily sOrties, some times
by night and so successfully as to compel
the Chinese to retreat from the immedi-
ate vicinity. These reverses had q dis
heartening effect upon the Chinese; and
there soon began to be open signs Of dis
affection followed by desertions to Prince
ChinQ's army which was endeayOring
to cooperate with the besieged. Ulti-
mately Prince Tuan decided to make Il
night attack in three powerful columns.
At O'Clock in the evening of July
g, says the correspondent, fire was
opened with artillery upon the British
legation where the foreigners were con-
centrated.
s'For two hours the walls were bat
tered with shot and shell and huge
breaches We're made IN them. Then
general advance was ordered and the Chi
nese infantry ,V0lley1ng constantly, moved
toward the gaps. The lire OF the defen-
ders, however, was so accurate and steady
that hordes Of Chinese soldiers and Box.
ers broke and fed in the widest confu-
sion, leaving large numbers of dead and
wounded around the legation. They
could not be rallied until they were out
OF rifle range OF the foreigners. Then
Prince Iuan, making Q desperate appeal,
Induced them TO stand and return to the
attack. ARTILLERY fire was then resumed;
and at the middle watch a second attack
was attempted. But before the attackers
could accomplish their object they
were met by Prince Ching and Gen. Wang
Wen Shao, with their troops, who were
going to the aid Of the foreigners. A
desperate battle ensued between the va
rious forces of Chinese and Manchus.
Unfortunately many Of Prince
Ching's troops deserted to Prince Tuan.
Prince Ching fell and was supposed TO
have been killed, but as the search for
his body was unsuccessful, it Is now be-
hot he x4ftC w aH md
was carried off and secreted by his
faithful followers.
s'Gen. Wang Wen Shao, gray haired
and 20 years old, vallianbly led his troops
in person. He was killed, and his force
which was completely outnumbered, was
routed.
: Throughout the night, repeated at
tacks were made on the legation, but
these We're invariably repulsed with
heavy losses. Toward the end of the third
watch about 8 am, the allies had practt-
cally defeated the besiegers, aswho were
wayering and gradually withdrawing.
But just then Gen. .Iung Fuh Slang ar
rived from the vicinity of Iien Tsin with
a large force of Kan Su braves. BY
this time the walls of the legation had
been battered down and most of the
buildings were in ruins. Many of the
allies had fallen at their posts and the
small band that was left took refuge in
the wrec ked buildings which they en-
deavored hastily to fol tify.
Upon them the fire of the Chinese
artillery was now directed. Toward
sunrise IL was evident that the ammuni-
tion of the allies was running out and
at 0 clock as the advances Of the Chi
nese in force failed to draw repulse,
a rush was determined on.
Thus, standing together, as the sun
shol1e, the little remaining band, all
Europeans met death stubbornly. There
was a desperate hand to hand encounter.
The Chinese lost heavily, but as one
man fell others advanced and finally
overcome by overwhelming odds every
one of the Europeans remaining was
put to the sword in the most atrocious
Manner
The Shanghai correspondent of the
of couriers who brought the story gives
a very sensat onal account. He says:
'sAIaddened with hunger, after having
been without food for many days, the
members Of the legation and the guards
made a sOrtie on the night Of June 80
and killed 300 Chinese in an un expected
attack. General Yung Fuh Slang, en-
ragged over the loss of so many men
brought up heavy guns and Prince Tuan
gave the order that every foreigner must
be destroyed.
I'm the final attempt to cut their way
through the legationers formed square
with the women and children in the
centre. When the Boxers realized that
they were being attacked they became like
wild beasts and shot each other in the
darkness.
1.-The foreigners went mad and killed
all their women and children with revol-
vers.
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