The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-07-24

t is not genuine, have the 1lmsiest
Oundations.
On the other hand, there are strong
evidences of the gen
lineness of the dispatch, as follows:
Consul Fowler at Chefoo, telegraph
I'd July 20, to Washington, repeating a
received by him that day from
Yuan, the Governor of Shan Tung:
81 have just received definite infor-
nation that the various Ministers in
Peking are we'll, and the Chinese au-
thorities are devising measures for
their rescue and protection"
Consul General Goodnow telegraphed
to our Government, "The Governor of |
Shan Tung informs me that he has
sent you today a cipher message from |
COnger, of the 18th. This supplies the
date of the dispatch and shows the
channel through which it came.
If the dispatch is genuine, as we be-
lieve it to be, then the foolish stories
about the massacre were pure fabric
ations. That they are so, is evidenced
by the absurdity of some of them, by
the fact that none of them give any
news as to what became of the $50 for
eign troops that reached Peking on the
31st of May, without hindrance or dis
turbance, and that such events as the
uprising of the Boxers, the danger to
the Legations, the murder of the Ger
man Minister and the Japanese consul,
actual happenings, have all been ad-
mitted and deplored by the Chinese
Government, though to it's discredit.
In addition, the Chinese Government
has sent out an Imperial decree TO all
its cities, to protect foreigners, to keep
a record Of all lives and all property de-
stroyed, and to assist the Government
in putting down the insurrection.
The details of the fight at Tien Tsing
show that the army of the Boxers there,
was not the regular soldiers of the EN-
pire, but was made up of employees OF
salt works, mercenaries and Boxers.
If the dispatch is genuine, then the
stories of the massacre were false, and
the foreigners were alive on the 18th.
But Conger says "Quick relief only can
prevent general massacre" showing
they were in great danger. Our Gov
ernment has urged upon the allies an
immediate movement from Tien Using,
with the force we have there. The
English and other foreign powers say
it cannot be made before the middle OF
August. Gen. Miles says an army
could march from Tien Tsin to Pekin
in three days, and the army officers at
Washington say that the force at Tien
Tsin is sufficient, and that just now,
after the defeat and rout of the Chinese
at the latter place, is the time to strike.
This is the view taken by the REPUB-
LICAN, Friday. A rapid movement on
the heels of a victory is almost always
decisive.
Our government seems inclined to
"push things" as Grant told Sheridan
at Appomattox; and we could not be
surprised to hear OF the United States
troops and the Japanese-the yankees
of the West and the yankees of the
East making march on Peking
before the firstsef Augusts whether the
other powers .ioin- them or not The
others can keep up communications in
the rear, if they want psss, ~
If our army moves,sit will be to re:
lieve the foreign Legations and help
the Chinese Government overthrow
the Boxers.
We will hope for the best, SO long as
there are no advices that appear prob
ably authentic, to confirm the pessi.
mistic stories that have flooded the
sensational press. sssss