The age-herald., 1900-08-13
THE SOONER THE BETTER
1nconvenient for Chinese Government
 and Unsafe for Ministers

London, August 13.-G:30 a. m.)-'The sooner we can be got out of this the bet. ter, for it is inconvenient for the Chinese government and unsafe for ourselves. ' This is a message received last evening from Sir Robert Hart, dated Pekin, Au- gust 5, and sent in cipher to the Chinese maritime customs office in London.
 Commenting upon it, the Morning Post says: Tt would seem to indicate that the Chinese government is anxious for the safety of the foreigners, or at any rates anxious to get them safely out of Pekin, while Sir Robert Hart evidently expects that they will get out sooner or later"
 Sheng, Director General of Railroads and Telegraps, according to a Shanghai dis patch to the Standard, expresses grave fears for the safety of the members of the Legations when the defeated Chinese troops return to the capital
 The Austrian naval commander reports 10 Vienna that the allies decided to rest for three days after the taking of Yang Tsun.
 A dispatch to a news agency from Tien Tsin says: "Junks and stones block the river beyond the advanced ports of the al- lies for a considerable distance, but the dryness continues, and the country is in good marching order, subsidiary dykes having made the enemy's damming inef- fective.
 Tt is believed that some 800 men have been added to the expedition by the in- crease in the number of the British naval brigade"
 Korea, according to Seoul dispatch, consents to Japan sending troops there to provide for emergencies.
 General Grodekoff reports to the Russian war office the occupation of Santchaq and the passes across the Chinqau mountains Orders have been issued for the formation of two additional Siberian army corps. A semi-official Shanghai telegram published in it. .."tersburg, describes the sending of British troops to Shanghai as without the least necessity
 The reception of the message from the Italian minister in Pekin effectualy dis poses of the report that he had started for Tien Tsin.
 Interview With Chinese Minister
 The Daily Mail publishes an interview with the Chinese minister in London Sir Chin Chen Lo Feng Luh, quoting him as urging the foreign ministers to leave pe- kin.
 Some people say" remarked Sir Chin Chen, that the Europeans are still be- seiged It is not so When you are beseiged you are not allowed communca ton with the outside world but here you are receiv- ing messages, cipher messages, from Sir Clauds Macdonald"
 Commenting upon the various proposi- tions made by China to the powers, the Daily News well expresses the predominant ing British opinion as follows:
 What the Chinese authorities say in ef- feet is this: Stop your advance on Pekin and we will give your ministers a safe con- duct to Tien Tsin. If you do not at once instruct them to leave Pekin, we cannot answer for the consequences.
 ITO thls abominable and not very thickly and M. Delcasse has given 1t in very .ogni- zant terms. The ministers cannot leave ex- cept under absolutely convincing guarantee of safety. In the speedy advance of the allies lies the only real nope of saving the minister's"
 In the same vein the Daily Telegra ph says: American statesmen take ua what seems the only logical attitude when they tell Mr. Conger that they have never for moment entertained the idea of his placing himself at the mercy of Chinese official pledge.
 Cheng Yin Huan, the Cantonese, who was the special ambassador of China at Continued on Fifth Page.)