The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-02

London, July %. All the powers ap-
pear to have received an Identical
Chinese appeal for mediation, but ~
the absence of definite news regarding
the fate Of the ministers or OF any
definite news from Picking 1t seems
that Lord Salisbury, the premier, con-
siders 1t not even necessary TO pubiisl
the fact that the appeal has been re-
ceived or to do anything beyond
formally acknowledging it, with posi-
bly, the intimation that nothing couic
be done till definite news was re-
ceived. MI
The Chinese continue to insist that
the reports of a massacre at Peklng
were unfounded and there is dispor
sition here to believe that the minis
tiers after all are held as hostages
Lord Salisbnry's policy would incline
to
The ConciEiatory Course
attributed to Washington rather than
to the revengfnl course ef Berlin But
while there is TIC cessation TO the uel-
uge OF run ors il is beginning to be be-
lieved at Shanghai, Canton and other
points that the viceroys are as com,
spletely In the dark as to affairs In Pe-
king as the European powers them
selves. Meanwhile the doings OF u
Hung Chang are regarded with IN.
creasing suspicion, while the situation
in the southern provinces daily grows
worse. With the report that the allies
will begin to advance upon Pek1ng ~
a fortnight, and in view of, Admiral
Seynour's visit Of inspection to the
Yang-tse Kiang, the feeling is that no
great time will elapse before matters
assume more definite shape. The
viceroy of Marking still processes to
be able, with the aid Of the Yang-tse
|viceroys,
To Keep order,
but he declares that If Europe sends
warships this will assuredly lead to an
anti-foreign outbreak. If it be true that
the japanese have started a campaign
from Shang Hal Kwan, that also VIII
precipitate matters, but the report TO
this effect lacks confirmation. lit is re.
ported from Tien-tsin that the Chinese
forces are concentrating at the village
Of Getsang, ten miles north Of Tien.
tsin, where, 1t is said, large quantities
of rice are stored The Russian and
Japanese cavalry are keeping in close
touch with the enemy. The river is
still low and water transportation
would be difficult.
4 There is an unconfirmed Chinese re-
port that sixty Protestant and Catholic
missionaries
Have Been Mnssacred
in ri Yuan Flu and the vicinity.
The Daily Mail explains that the
Chinese employee Of the British lega-
ton who, according To its advices yes
terday. escaped from Picking to Niu
Chwang and reported there that when
he left Picking most of the members of
the legations were dead and the con-
5dition Of the others hopeless, did not
actually leave Picking until July s, and
this goes to show, If his statement IS to
be relied upon, that a general massacre
had not occurred on July 8, as has
been reported.
There is little fresh news regarding
the situation in Manchuria. The Rus
slams inflicted another serious defeat
upon the Chinese at Fort Echo on
July %. From Kobe comes report
that eight battalions Of Russians have
been compelled to leave Vladivostock
and Tien-tsin on account Of the Man
churian troubles.
Origin OF the Trouble.
kilograms have arrived at st. Peters
burg by circuitons route, dated Pc.
king. June 10 and Is, describing the
origin of the trouble. They come from
the director Of the Russo-Chinese bank
in Peking. He says in part: The Ger
man legation on June 13 arrested an
anti Christian brlgand. This was the
signal for an anti~C Christian uprising,
and at & o'clock in the evening the anti
Christians set fire to the American
church and burned it to the ground.
The Europeans then barrlcaded the le-
cations and the rioters sacked the
houses in the. European quarter.
1t appears from these advices that
the legations were surrounded by
June is, and the government invoked
the aid of M. de Giers, the Russian
minister, and Mr.. Conger, TO prevent
the advance Of Russian troops to Pc
king.
SOME HAVE LEFT PEKING.
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