The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-08-04
CHINA SEEKS PEACE.
10 Negotiate Terms = Ministers
Are Held az Hostages.

evening urgently orders all viceroys and
provincial governors to endeavor to nego-
tiate peace with the powers, whose minis
tiers are held as hostages pending the re-
suit of the overtures for the abandonment
OF hositilities against China. The viceroys
are also commanded to guard their
territories vigorously against attack
and TO prevent, by all means in
their power, the advance of the
foreign troops, especially along the
hangtse-k iang. The decree says that the
officials will answer with theF lives for any
failure to execute these orders. Commands
are also given that not single foreigner
shall be allowed to escape from the inte-
rior, where there are still fully 1000 Eu-
ropeans connected with missionary work,
In isolated situations.
when the governor of Shan Tung COM
municated to the consuls the imperial de-
cree of July q, he omitted important pass
ages addressed to Ii Hung Chang:
ut is admittedly inadvisable to kill all
the ministers, but 1t is equally unwise to
send them to Tientsin. 1t will be much
wiser to keep the survivors at Picking as
hostages. You are commanded to hasten
to Picking. You are mourning imperial dis
pleasure by delay You have been APP
pointed viceroy of Chill because. with
your military experience, you will sue
cessfully lead the imperial armies against
the foreigners in Chilli which Yu Lu. the
his ignorance in military affairs.
Lii Hung Chang replied to this edict,
asking to be allowed to retire on account
of his age
"Sheng now admits that he has had tele-
grams since July 10 announcing that every
foreigner in Pao Ting Flu was murdered,
including 40 British, French and American
missionaries. and announcing also that two
French Jesuits and thousand converts
have been massacred at Kwang Ping Flu,
on the borders of Shan Tung and Chilli.
A majority of the consuls favor strong
measures against Sheng's duplicity."
Berlin, July 30.-The Chinese lega-
ton in Berlin has received message
from Sheng, director general of rail-
ways and telegraphs, saying that he
has received II dispatch from Peking
announcing that Gen. lung Fuh Slang
threatens TO kill all the members of the
legations if the international forces
advance upon Picking. Evidently the
legation is embarrassed by the receipt
of this dispatch. as the Chinese minis
ter hiss not communicated ii 10 the
German government. The legation has
cabled the yiceroy of Nankin request
ing him to try to get information as to
whether the widow of Baron Won ket-
teller, the murdered German minister, is
still alive.
London, July 3O.-The Shanghai
correspondent of the Daily Tele-
graph says he is still firmly convinced
that the ministers are safe, but, with
the exception of an alleged message
from the japanese legation in Picking,
dated July 10, brought by a runner,
saying that the legation was still de-
Tending itself, nothing has yet been
published giving anything in the
nature of proof. On the other hand,
the daily incoming reports of the
massacre of missionaries and foreign
-ers leaves only the most slender
thread upon which to hang n hope.
The general situation is steadily be-
coming 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, and that the commander
of the Kiang Yu forts has been or
dered to fire if any further addition
is made to the number of foreign
ships ascending the river. Rioting
has already occurred at Kin Kiang,
the mobs threatening death to for
eigners.
With the arrival of the second Jap
anese division the allied forces at
Taku and Tientsin will number 10000.
The river floods near Tientsin are
diminishing.
q. f,.Ax
Hardin have arrived at point $50
miles north of Peking, after severe
fighting.
Toxic, Saturday, July 30.-It is re-
ported that the Boxers attacked the
missionaries and native Christians at
Pao Ting Flu on July s. A foreign ply
stefan and 1900 converts were massa-
cred.
The Chinese general, Ii Ho Keh, is
now marching on Peking. He has or
tered his troops to eXterminate all
Christians. Already one French priest
and from 2,CC0 TO 5000 natives have
been slaughtered.
London, July 30.-The Daily Mails
Shanghai correspondent te.egraphs
tnul Il huSSIull NHo iNl' NhihS
July and arrived at Shanghai Wednes-
day, July 25, says that when he left
Peking all the legations had been de-
stroyed and all the foreigners muir
dered. The ministers, seeing death
was inevitable, shot their families.
Washington, July 30.-The secretary
of state has received dispatch from
Mr.. Fowler, the American consul at
Chefoo, dated at midnight on the goth:
This morning. by request of the allied
admirals, | wired the governor Supposed
10 be the governor of Shantung) their wish
10 get news from ministers themselves.
The governor now replies
.''Have received to-day edict from en-
peror saying that the ministers are well.
They are sending provisions to the lega-
tions Am confident ministers out of dis
tress and reuqest you tFowler) transmit
this preliminary announcement to admir-
ais
(Sisned) "'YUAN, Governor
Secretary Hay also has received a
rablegram from United States Consul
McWade. at Canton, stating that the
viceroy. TAX, assures him that the min
isters were al alive and well on July "a.
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