Evening journal., 1900-07-17
Washington officials Credit
Stories of Pekin Massacre
WAR HAS NOT been DECLARED
But Prompt and Adequate ReparatiOn
Will be Demanded for Slaughter
Of The Americans

London, July 17.-Up to this hour
no further news has been received re-
garding the reported massacre at
Pekin from any source. In the house
of commons last evening beyond an ad-
mission that there was no ground for
hoping that the report was not true,
William St. John Brodrick, parliamen-
tary secretary to the foreign office, had
nothing to communicate. An unusual
hush fell upon the chamber when the
subject came up. A few members
doffed their hats, but otherwise there
was no demonstration.
No question was put to Lord Sails
bury in the house Of lords, probably
by a preconcerted arrangement, it be-
ing considered that at the present
stage of affairs it would be only en-
barrassing to force the premier to
make statement.
1t was whispered on the ministerial
side OF the commons that the next
vote on account for military under
takings in South Africa and China will
be startling in amount.
The most alarming dispatch came
from Tien Tsin. July 13, via Shanghai.
July 16. II is as follows:
AT o'clock this afternoon 1000 of
the allied troops were attempting to
storm the wall OF the city. The at
tack began at daylight. Its success is
doubtful. The Chinese on the walls
are estimated conservatively at 10000
They are pouring a terrific hail of ar
tillery, rife and machine gun FIRE upon
the attackers. The American. Jap
anese, British and French troops are
attacking from the west and the Rus
slams from the east.
The Americans suffered terribly. As
the press representatives left the field
the chief surgeon of the Ninth infantry
said a conservative estimate was that
70 per cent of the Americans were hit.
Col. Emerson II. Liscum is reported
killed as he was walking in front of
the troops. Major Regan and Captains
Bookmiller, Wilcox and Noyes are
among the wounded. The marines
losses include Capt. Davis, killed. and
Butler, Leonard and several others
wounded
When the correspondent left the
Americans were lying in the plain be-
tween the wall and the river under an
enhlading and a direct fire. It was
equally difficult for them to advance
or retire. The correspondent counted
800 wounded men of all nationalities."
Another dispatch says the allies
were repulsed and compelled to retreat
with a loss of more than 100 killed, the
British losing 40 and the Japanese 60.
Inc Americans and Russians, it is
added, also suffered heavily. In ad-
dition to Col. Liscum, of the Ninth in
fantry, Russian colonel of artillery
was also killed. The dispatch adds
that the Cinnamon fought with great
desperation and that their marksman-
ship was accurate and deadly.
Other kilograms from Shanghai and
Chefoo indicate an increasingly seri-
GUS state OF affairs. 1t is alleged that
the foreign consuls at Shanghai have
cabled their governments that there is
urgent need of more warships to pro-
tect that port, owing to the menacing
attitude of the Chinese and the TENN
tation to loot the vast stores of mer-
chandise recently accumulated there.
1t seems that the Chinese have already
threatened to fire the great oil tanks
on the PaO Tung side of the city.
From Chefoo comes the report that
the entire adult male population OF the