The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-13

accuse a European official, whose name
the Express correspondent suppresses,
and Col. Won HanrSkin, who was former
ly employed TO drill the Chinese troops,
of being parties to a plot TO procure the
escape of Gen. Chang and themselves
|. from Tien-Tsin before the bombardment,
leaving the other foreigners 10 their fate.
Statements are in circulation i'm Shang-
hal accusing the Russians OF indiscrim-
mate slaughter of friendly Chinese non
combatants, without regard 10 age or
sex
The manager of a Chinese steamship
company. who has arrived in Shanghai.
asserts that he only escaped from Tien-
Tsin by cutting off his queue and donning
European clothes. 1t is stated that the
Taotai of Shanghai has protested to the
powers against these Russian slaughters.
Ii Is asserted that the Buddhist priests
throughout the empire are propagating
Prince Tuan's anti-foreign gospel
News is circulating throughout the
Yang Use valley that Gen. Ma has in
flicted n crushing defeat upon the allies
at Tien-Tsin and that the foreign army
has been cut to pieces east of Pekin
The actual impotence for the moment
OF the allied forces naturally gives color
TO these stories. with the worst results.
The Shanghai correspondent of the Ex-
press gives Tien-Tsn advices TO July g.
when the superior range OF the Japanese
artillery enabled them 10 relieve the
Russians, who were hard pressed al the
railway station.
SAYS 1T is STRAIGHT"
Washington. July 1s-The good impress
sion made by the edict OF the Chinese
government, given out by Minister Wu
yesterday. threatens TO be Offset To some
extent by the reports from London stat
I'm ha eIo
OF this edict, and that some of its most
forcible anti-foreign language was omit
ted from the version given out here
But at the Chinese legation these init
nations from London are dismissed as
groundless.
Following al invariable custom In time
of disorder the war officers at Pekin
were intrusted with furnishing the run
ners TO carry the message TO the imperi-
al treasurer of Chill. who In turn got IL
to Shanghai
From that point II was sent direct to
the various ministers the world over.
coming 10 Washington direct instead OF
by the usual route OF London.
Under the foregoing circumstances the
Chinese officials regard IL as established
beyond the slightest question that the
edict Is bonafide expression from the
imperial government OF China. and more
over that IL Is complete as given out
here. without the anu-foreign addcnda
sought TO be put into Il In other quarters.
BUT ONE ARMY CORPS.
The Japanese legation has received "A
dispatch from Toxic. giving briefly the
details OF the assassination OF Baron Won
Ketteler at Pekin. and the lighting
around Tien-Tsin
The dispatch was sent from Toxic July
I, but was In some way subject 90 great
delay along the Siberian route
IL stntes that the German minister was
killed by shot. and that "a n not known
whether the mob element or the sOldlery
H. responsible for the shooting
The japanese report OF the fighting
around Tien-Tsln is similar 90 that al
ready conveyed In the press dispatches.
CONCERNING the report from Yokohama
that tho government is being urged 90
send 5000 troops 20 china. Mr.. Nabcahi-
ma. tho Japanese charge d'snaires. saws
this is little more than press conjecture,
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