The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-31
The Viceroys WiII.Answer With Their
Lives for Failure
NO FOREIGNERS SHALL ESCAPE,
It's Believed That All Foreigners in
Chilli Have Already Been Massa-
cred, and the Wave Is Spread
ing Toward Ming Pc and Hong
Chow-Ordered to Exter-
inmate All Christians.
CIV Associated Press.l

10Y 5taSSOCiiteu IlSSS.J
LONDON, July sO-The Shanghai corre-
spondent of the Daily Express, telegraph
ing Sunday, says:
"a new Imperial edict promulgated this
evening urgently orders all viceroys and
provincial governors to endeavor to ne
gotiate peace with the Powers whose MIN
listers are held as hostages pending the
result of the overtres for the abandon
ment of hostilities against China
"The viceroys are also commanded to
guard their territories vigilantly against
attack and to prevent by all means in
their power the advance of the foreign
troops, especially along the Yangtse kians.
The decree says that the officials will an
swer with their lives for any failure to
execute these orders.
Commands are also given that not a
single foreigner shall be allowed to es-
cape from the interior, where there are
still fully 1000 Europeans, connected with
missionary work. in isolated situations.
when the Governor of Shan Tung COM
municated to the consuls the Imperial de-
cree OF July o4th he omitted the following
important passages addressed to Ii Hung
Chang:
IL 10 diiiiillcolS iictuSi iStibiS " ALL OIL
the ministers, but it is equally unwise to
send them to Tien Tsin. 1t will be much
wiser to keep the survivors at Pekin as
hos stages.
a. You are commanded to hasten to Pc
kin. You are incurring Imperial displeas-
ure by delay. You have been appointed
viceroy of Chi Ii. because, with your mill
tary experience, you will successfully lead
the Imperial armies against the foreign
in, hi t1-oir VIZ, TN, 10 mr.
viceroy, Is unable to do, owing to his ig-
norarce of military affairs
eli Hung Chang replied to this edfct.
asking to be allowed to retire on account
of his age.
sHENG ADMITS DUPLICITY.
"Sheng now admits that he has had tele-
grams since July 10th announcing that
every foreigner in Paotng Flu was murder
ed. including forty British, French, and
American missionaries; and announcing
also that two French Jesuits and a thous
and converts have been nassacred at
Kwang Ping Flu on the borders of Shan
Tung and Chi Ii. A majority of the con-
suls favor strong measures against
Shens's dupicty.
Local officials assert that the italian
priests murdered in Hu Nan were wrap
ped in cotton which had been soaked with
kerosene. and were slowly roasted to
death. II is believed that all foreigners in
Chilli have by this time been massacred !;
and the wave of massacre is spreading to-
ward Ming Pc and Hong Chow from
which point thirty English and American
missionaries are endeavoring to escape in
boats down the river to Kiang Su. Of
ficials here anticipate a general rising
along the Yangtse Kiang about ALI
gust l.
AN astounding American intrigue has
been revealed t" the corsuls here in the
shape Of a skillful attempt to get the
maritime customs placed in the hands OF
an American missionary named Ferguson,
who. although he was an active ally of
Sheng in the latter's endeavors to hood
wink the world with regard to events in
Pek!n, was supported by the American Of
ficials in his claim to the appointment Of
inspector general"
THE WAR OF DIFFERENTIATION.
A special dispatch from Shanghai says
that the English mission station north of
Ming Po has been destroyed, and twelve
missionaries have been murdered.
The Chinese general. Ii Ho Keh is now
marching on Pel1in. He has ordered his
troops to exterminate all Christians. AL
ready ore French priest and from 1000 to
5000 natives have been slaughtered.
The general situation is steadily becom-
ing darker and crisis is said to be fast
approaching.
1t is rumored IN Shanghai that 10000
Chinese troops have been secretly moved
into that vicinity. ard that the command
er of the kiang Yu forts has been ordered
to fire if any further addition is made TO
the number of foreign ships ascending
the river RiOting has already occurred
at Iliu kang, the mobs threatening death
TO foreigners.
With the arrival of the second Japanese
division. the allied forces at Taku and
Tien-Tsin will number 1000. The river
floods near Tien-Tsin are diminishing.
It is reported that Russians from Har-
bin have arrived a a point $50 miles
north Of Pekin after severe fighting.