The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-04

ment that as fighting is going on in
Tien Tsin it is inexpedient to send
cipher kilograms to the foreign minis
ters in Pekin. In this particular the
persent telegram agrees with Consul
General GOOdnow'S report received yes
terday that Earl Lii Hung Chang had
told the French consul at shanghai on
the 3rd that no messages would be de-
livered to the ministers because the for
eigners were advancing on Pekin- The
Tsung Ii Yamen's cablegram of July
80 is as follows:
Foreign ministers in Pekin are all
safe and well. Recently vegetab bles,
fruits and provisions have been repeat
edly supplied to them. Relations most
friendly. At present consultations are
going on Tor the protection of various
ministers going to Tien Tsin for tenn
porary shelter which will soon be con-
cluded satisfactorily But as fighting
is going on in Tien Tsin 1T is inexpedient
that cipher kilograms should be sent
Different consuls have been notified so
that they may inform their respective
governments. Please inform the for
eign office. Besides wiring to others
ministers L transmit the above to you.
"YU LIEN YUEN."
RUSSIAN BULLETIN.
st. Petersburg, Aug. A dispatch
from Shanghai dated Thursday Aug.
?. received today, says that after Ii
Hung Chang left Canton, the imperial
troops Joined the boxers
The dispatch adds that the provincial
quiet, owing to the promise of the vice
roy of Nankin to the foreign consuls-
Boxers it is further stated in this
dispatch, ARE numbering missionaries
in south China. but are not disturbing
treaty ports. Troops are being secretly
brought to treaty ports" Batteries OF
the Yang Use river, the dispatch says,
are being repaired and new ones are
being erected at WI Sung. Despite the
declaration of the viceroy that the work
would be stopped, five guns have been
mounted.
The dispatch accuses the British of
a secret understanding with the vice
roy in accounting for the Indifference
of the British fleet to the strengthening
of the Chinese forces at WI Sung
JNEASINESS AT WASHINGTON.
Washington, Aug. 4.-Taken in con-
nectiOn with what has preceded them,
tOday's cablegramS from China place
the Chinese government in the unique
position of denying liability for what
the Chinese troops have done at Pekin,
while assuming responsibility for what
thay are now doing in the neighbor-
hood of Tien Tsin- That points ought
to be made automatically Is regarded
here as of the utmost Importance in
the Chinese settlement.
The Tsung Ii Yamen's polite intima-
tion that it is inexpedient to allow
communication between our govern
ment and it's minister because fighting
is going on near Tien Tsin, leaves little
doubt to who is responsible for the
resistance De1nS O1rereQ TO the progress
of the international forces. The en-
pcror himself by edict, already has in
dicated that. while reparation might
be afforded the powers for injuries sus-
tained by their citizens before the at
tack on the Taku forts, the Chinese
government will not assume response
bility for what has happened or will
happen a result of the military oper-
atiOns following that event OF course
this notice from the Tsung Ii Yamen
can be construed as an answer to Sec
retary Hays demand upon Lii Hung
Chang that free communication be
opened with the ministers at Pekin and
their own governments and in sconse-
| qUence the negotiations which were
about to be instituted had that request
| been complied with. may be regarded
as indefinitely postponed.
Meanwhile the Chinese ministers in
| Europe and Mr.. WI in the United
states are still making a. last combined
effort to make plain to the imperial
4 government the faulty in the course
/ now being followed by the Tsung Ii
/ Yamen, respecting the continued isOla-
/ ton of the foreign ministers, and it
! may be that their representations will
4 meet with a favorable response, if not
4 now, then certainly after the first deci-
sive victory achieved by the interna-
4 tional column.
Strict censorship, strongly reinforced
by. immense difficulties in the way of
| speedy communication between Tien
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