Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-20

| thousand British interests requiring
resolute protection. A break in the ca
BILE at Shanghai would cut off the
world from information regarding the
| great struggle now in progress.
In a long cable from London anent
the uprising in China the London cor
respondent of the Journal and Adver-
tiser asserts that having satisfied itself
that the imperial government in China
is not only countenancing the acts
of the Boxers, but directing their move
ments. and that regular Chinese troops
have invaded Siberia, the Russian gov
eminent, yesterday. handed the Chi
nese envoy at St. Petersburg his pass
ports and requested him and the men,
bers of his mission to leave the coun-
| try. 1t is also asserted that Lord
Roberts will be sent from South Afrl-
ca to China as being the only COM
| mander of sufficient fame, rank and
experience of Asiatic warfare to render
the allied commanders and their troops
willing to serve under his orders.
Continuing. the correspondent says:
The importance of this Chinese decla-
ration of war against Russia and of
| this bold invasion of Russian territory
lies in the fact that, as the matter now
stands. it virtually releases the Tsar
from his obligations to the foreign
powers to act in concert with them in
China.
| Should a Russian army. proceeding
| from Siberia, reach Pekin and capture
it before the allies could get to it from
| the Pacific coast. the car would be
! able to dictate terms to China indie
pendently of the other powers, and
without any regard to their wishes
virtually establishing himself as mas
! ter of the country.
The British and German govern
| ments are alarmed at the idea of this
eventuality. having. today. decided to
abandon the policy which they have
pursued until now. and to declare war
upon the Chinese government. thus
placing themselves in a line with Rus
STA. France and the United States are
expected to Immediately follow suit.
Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 1S.-Li
Hung Chang and his suite arrived here.
yesterday evening. and landed. this
morning. The viceroy was received
| With Il salute DI Ii guns anu WIN IL
guard of honor from the Welsh Fusil-
iers and a band proceeded to the gov
| eminent house. where he was received
by the governor. Sir Henry A. Blake
Gems. Gaselee. Barrow and other Of
ficals. Ii Hung Chang was extremely
| reticent. He stated that he had re
ceived definite news that the minis
| tiers and foreigners at Pekin with the
exception of Baron Won Ketteler. the
German minister, We're safe, July s. The
imperial edict recalling him To Pekin,
| the viceroy said. was due to the Emp
| ress and Emperor. and not to Prince
| Tuan.
Gov. Blake exerted all possible power
to induce Ii Hung Chang to remain in
Canton, but the Chinese viceroy pro-
| ceeded. ostensibly for Shanghai City.
The governor of Canton is regarded as
an exceptionally weak official and the
| natives fear he will never succeed in
maintaining order. Transports with a
| portion of the Bengal Lancers. a ma
| tive field hospital and Generals Case
| lee and Barrow have proceeded to
Taku. The deck protected cruiser Dido
has gone to Woo Sung.
San Francisco. July ia Chronicle
special from Victoria b. c.. says: Ad-
vices received from North China con-
! tain particulars of the awful torture
inflicted on Rev II. V. Norman. who
with Rev. c. Robinson was among the
first of the American missionaries to
| become victims of the Boxers. A cor
respondent writing from Tien Tsin.
| LnI
arrived there gathered from Chinese
the CHASTITY details of the torture in
ficted on Norman.
| 1t seems that he fell into the hands
of Ii. the head man of little town
near the Anglican mission. where he
| and Robinson had their headquarters
| Ii had short time before lost a son
in quarrel between Boxers and Chris
| tons. when the converts had driven
off the Boxers from the mission, ana
he vowed vengeance. This he took in
a horrible manner when Norman was
thrown into his hands.
| After his capture by the rioters, from
whom Lii took the captive. the mission
| airy was stripped by the retinue of Ii
| and a collar of iron fastened on his
Sneck. A short chain was attached and
| he was tethered to a stake. The Chi
| nese men. women and children then
poked sharp sticks into his flesh and
jabbed him with tridents
When he sank down. weak with loss
of blood and half crazed by the awful
| torture, he was unable to get upon hi:
knees even. the chain being made too
short. and he was slowly strangled.
| Molten lead was then thrown on his
body and as he writhed in agony he
was stabbed to death. His body was
cut to pieces.
Robinson. the other missionary. was
slaughtered without lingering so long
in agony. He was cut down by mob
and hacked to pieces almost instantly.
\ number of the mission converts We're
slaughtered.
| Vancouver, b. c., July 19-Oriental
advices by the steamer Empress of In
Ola brings the news of another political
Teri is in Korea. According to the Kobe
Chronicle, the Japanese Prince Ii Chun
Yo We're implicated by the confessions
Of Hi Wong and An, who We're tortured
and Strangled at Seoul for having been