Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-07-26
Comm unication Said 10 Be Practi-
cally Reopened with Prkln.
MESSAGES OF FOREIGNERS EXPECTED
Sir Halliday Macartnry states the Chinese
Government Is Doing It. U most to Com
irui the Law.ess Ei-nnent-Nothing
New Heard HI Washington.

elgn od.ce. AS Lord salisbury was
absent the visit was without special
result, but its Importance may be
gathered from an interview with the
secretary Of the Chinese legation, Sir
Halliday Mccartney, in which the
legation officials seem to have as
sumed at last something like personal
responsibility. Sir Halliday admitted
that communication had been practi-
cally reopened with Pekin, and that
messages from Sir Claude Macdonald,
the British minister, and other for
eign ENJOYS might be expected al
most immediately He said he hoped
the trouble would soon be over, since
the Chinese government was doing its
utmost to overcome the difficulties and
to control the lawless element. In
his opinion the Americans had taken
the most common sense view of the
situation, and he insisted that China
ought not to be misjudged. Against
the suspicion that Lii Hung Chang
had any but sincere pacific object
in view he protested warmly, declar-
ing that all stories about the perfidy
and treachery of Earl Ii were sab
soutely baseless.'
With regard to the prospects in the
southern provinces, the secretary adj
mitted that there ght be small out
breaks, but he said there would be
nothing serious, and that Europeans
would be quite safe in treaty ports.
The long silence he explained as "due
probably to the rebels, who have cut
the wires and blocked the roads"
Thus, according to the secretary of
the Chinese legation, few days more
should bring a solution of the great
mystery. Nevertheless, no one in En-
gland believes that the alleged dis
patches and edicts are anything but
subterfuges to hide the real situation
as long as possible and to avert ret
ribution by sowing discord among
the powers.
From Shanghai comes report that
the empress dowager and the court
are moving to Hsian Flu, In the prov
ince Of Shan 81, to which large stores
of rice are being sent, and that, when
these arrangements are completed,
the remaining viceroys will declare
against foreigners.
According to the Che Foo CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail the fall OF
Tien Tsin has so disheartened the Chi
nese that they are seeking terms of
peace. He says that several attempts
have been made to send messages to
Pekin, but so far without any known
results, and adds that rumors are
again current that the Russians are
reaching Peldn from the north. 1t
is impossible to confirm or deny these
statements, but either one might ex-
plain China's efforts to gain time.
Ii Hung Changes visit to Shanghai
seems to be complete failure. Ex-
cept the Chinese customs officials no
one has visited him. Sheng, the
taotai (chief magistrate), gave the
consuls cordial invitation to meet
him at luncheon, but all declined.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Express pretends to have au-
thority for the assertion that Great
Britain will repudiate any credentials
Ii Hung Chang may bring from the
empress dowager, and he adds: "Rus-
STA, however, is willing to make terms
with II Hung Chang, whose real mis-
sion is to sow dissenson among the
powers. The British, German and
American representatives were reso-
lutte against receiving him."
The Shanghai correspondent Of the
Daily Mail declares that the Chinese
officials are thoroughly frightened by
the fall of Tien Tsin and desire to
open negotiations. therefore" he
continues, although all are aware Of
the horrible Pekin massacres, every
official down to the humblest retainer
has been sworn to secrecy upon the
penalty of wholesale executions,
should the details leak out. They
hope. II the powers once begin nego-
tiations, to stop the military opera
tons and that matters might cool
down"
The Tien Tsin correspondent OF the
Daily Mail says the allies have issued
a proclamation announcing that they
are not fighting China, but only the
rebels who have been guilty of at
tacks upon the foreigners.
Nothing New Heard from China,
Washington, July 23.-With tNe ex-
ception of a brief dispatch from Adj
miral Kempff announcing that the
Newark was going to Nagasaki, there
was nothing received in Washington
yesterday by the state or navy de-
partments regarding China. This was
also true Of the Chinese legation, Min