Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-03

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PlTlFUL CRY FOR HELP.
Letter From Japanese in Tckin Ex-
presses tile Greatest Fear.
London, Aug. S.-The Tien Tsin CORE
spondent of the Standard says:
"A heart-rerding letter has been re-
ceiyed from the Japanese legation,
dated July %, stating the casualties
number SO per cent, and that only!
Twenty-Five cartridges per man are left,
With raticns sufficient for five days, and
that it is feared the legation will sue
cumb within week.
No word comes this morning regard
ing the fortunes of the comparatively
small body of troops believed to be
forging their way toward Pekin. The,
silence is probably due to diligent CEN
sorship rather than to any lack of de-
Nelopments.
Shanghai special announces the re-
ceipt of an official telegram from the
tsuns-l t-yamen asserting the ministers
We're all Well on July 80, and that veg
esables, fruits and other supplies had
been sent to the legations on several
occasions.
Friendly Intercourse the official
telegram says, lis now being carried on.
between the ministers and the imperial
government. According to the Daily
Express. however. cablegrams from
Che Foo announce that imperial troops
advancing to oppose the relief force
have completely wiped out Christian
tpu y cl.i LII
priests and 10000 native Christians.
Gen. Gaseiee, so says this corre-
spondent, was strongly opposed to an
immediate advance. but was overruled
I by the other commanders, Influenced by
sWashineton's orders to Gen. Chafree to
proceed without an instant.s delay
From Shanghai. the Daily Express
has received confirmation of the re-
ported murder of fifty missionaries in
the province OF Shan 81 with the addi-s
Etional Information that eight English
women We're dragged out OF the missions
buildings bs- i Chinese mob, who be-
headed III IN the streets Of Chut
Chou.
French troops are reported to have
occupied Meng Tsze, in the province of
Yum Nan.
l3foderck's statement in the house Of
commons yesterday, placing Great
britain on record as unalterablys OPP
posed to he partition of China, is we'll
received BY all the morning papers,
which, for lack Of other news. chiefly
devote their comments To DIR. Morri-
son sreInarkab BILE message to the Times,
#cabled yesterday to the United States.
/ ESAISERiS REMARKABLE SERMON.
i The Berlin correspondent of the Daily
fChronicle Who reports Emperor Will
liam = extraordinary sermon OF Monday
on board the Hohenzollern, says that
some OF the MOST striking sentences at
ltributed tosthe kaiser are the following
Once again has the heather spirit of
the Amalekites been raised in distant
Asia, With great power and much cum
ming With destruction and murder 1t
will dispute the way to European trade
4 and European culture. 1t will dispute
the victorious march Of Christian GUS
| toms and Christian faith.
And again IL heard Gods command
Choose ua out men and go out and
fight with Amalek.' Hot and sanguin-
AIRY the struggle has begun. Already a
/ number of our brethren are over there
under fire Many are travelling along
hostile coasts
"You have seen them, the thousands
\ who. to- the call OF volunteers to the
/ front who will guard the empire, have
assembled Themselves TO battle with
victorious banners We Who remain at
i home are bound by other sacred duties.
Woe unto US if we remain slothful. and
sluggish while they are engaged in their
difficult and bloody work. And woe, II
! from our place of security, we only Gus
i riously look on while they wrestle in
I battle.
i Not only should we mobilize battal-
ions Of troops, but we should also and
snail. set in motion an army Of trained
1 people 10 beg and entreat for our breth-
rem that they may strike into the wild
chaos with sword in hand.
May they strike for our sacred posses-
slons. We would pray that God, the
4 Lord, may make heroes of our men and
lead those heroes TO victory, and that
& then with laurels on their helmets, and
4 orders on their breasts, He may lead
them home to the land Of their fathers
Our fight Will not be finished in one
/ day but let not our hands grow weary
q or sink until the victory is secured. lie,
our prayers be s.s wall of fire around
THE camp of our brethren. Eternity will
reveal the fulfillinen: cs our promise
q .call upon Me In trouble, and will de.
liver thee Therefore, pray continue
ously."
Franco has kcnt eOD. 600 TONS az Goa