The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-17
ALL EUROPE
NOW CRYING
FOR REVENGE.
Incredible Bnrbarities of the Chinese
Have Set the World on Fire-our
Perils Arc Increasing Daily.
ARE We AT WAR WITH CHINA?
No Passports Issued Their Ministers.
They Insist the outrages Are
Due to Rebels.

LONDON, July 16.-"Reyengc to-day,
mourning Tomorrow Is practically the
universal cry of Europe, but 1t is sor-
rowfully admitted that there can be no
revenge to-day. nor perhaps for many
to-morrows, for the Incredible barbarit-
les that are reported to have marked
the last scenes within the legations at
Pekin. Nothing Is clearer than that
the anti-foreign connagration in China
Is rapidly permeating even hlther to
quiescent provinces; and though 1t is
recognized that every day which leaves
Pekin In the power OF the mob Increases
the perils and difficulties Of the situa-
ton, nothing comes from the diplomats
of Europe to show that the powers
have overcome the jealousIes resulting
in general impotency. to which is COM
monty ascribed the sacrifice Of the
handful. OF women, children and men
comprising the International colony In
Pekin.
No Reliable News Received.
Nothing has been received to-day that
adds to the information previously OBJ
talned regarding the massacre. The
only ray of light extricable from the
Pekln message appears to be the state
ment that Ching and his followers did
their utmost in defense of the legations.
The rebels. however, are evidently
greatly In the majority, and the few
loyalists are helpless before the hordes
who have Joined and are daily Joining
the blood-stained Camarilla who have
usurped authority at Pekin.
The fate Of the capital appears to
threaten other towns like Tien Tsin,
Che Foo and even Shanghai. The defeat
of the allied forces at Tisn Tsin seems
| to place that town in desperate straits
and II retreat to Taku is necessitated
observers consider. that 1t will be likely
1 ,tq dsciaes the policy Of wavcring Wee
roys. tx. rsgc 2
The departure Of Admiral Seymour
from Tien Tsln and the movement OF
warships toward Shan Hal Kuan, on
the gulf OF Linotuns. are taken to indi-
cate that this route may be adopted for
an advance on Pekin, which is some
distance from Shan Hal Kuan.
Chinese Legation Heard Nothing.
The members Of the Chinese legation
this morning still assert that they have
no Information concerning the fate of
the foreigners in Pekln.
The war Office to-day issues q dis
| patch from General Dorward, dated
Tien Tsin, July II, which adds little to
previous information. The Chinese, nc-
cord!ng to this dispatch, attacked the
station the morning Of July II and were
repulsed after four hours of hard fight
ing. In which five hundred OF the en-
emy were killed. On July . General
Dorward. commanding force OF one
hundred Americans, $50 British and 400
Russians, and General Fukushina,
commanding 1000 Japanese. attacked
the Chinese and captured their posi- .
tions southwest Of the city, killing $50
and capturing four guns. American
and japanese troops subsequently
rushed and took the western arsenal.
General Dorward adds that the days
honors rested with the Americans and
Japanese. There were no casualties
among the Americans or the Russians.
Think British Minister Killed.
The foreign Office has received no nd
vice from China. Although Lord Sails
bury, the premier. and minister for for
eign affairs. docs not doubt that Sir
Claude Macdonald, the British minis-
ter Mt Pekin, has been murdered, he
has not yet taken any steps regarding
International relations ns regards Chi
na. There Is at present no incllna-
tlon to give to the Chinese minister his
passports. Lord Salisbury has seen or
heard nothing OF this functlonury for
several days. In fact not since his lord
ship made the request that he transmit
n message to Sir Claude Macdonald.
The Chinese minister agreed. but moth
Ing further has been heard OF him.
An official at the foreign office suid TO
the Associated Press to-day:
I'VE are still wondering whether we
are at war with China. TIL we asccr-
tain, we cannot take any action against
Its diplomatic representative. The
whole thing is so CHASTITY. so utterly
unprecedented. TINT we are Mt loss
what course to follow except to send to
China as many troops MS we can spare"
Nothing Definite From Pckin Mas
sacre.
Since the definite news or the massn-
ere nj Pekln has been received. no COM
municnt!ons have passed between the
powers regarding the necessity for fur
thcr action OF the ndvlsabllity OF de-
clarlng war upon the Chinese govern
mcnt.
Tomorrow the secretary OF the Chi
nesc legation will have nn Interview
with Lord Salisbury.
Nothing is likely to come OF It, as the
Chinese representatives In Europe con-
tinue to Insist that the outragcs arc
due to rebels and discountenanccd by
! the government. Judging by all signs,
1t seems probable the powers viii con-
tlnuc their present relations with China
suspcndlng action or declaration of In
tention, until the forces OF the allies
reach Pck!n and are able TO report to