The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-18

Imierru pt.d-Thc Ch nese Capital and
Te,n-Tsin SIN Isointed-No Official
Information Yet Received by Any or
the Powers Hundreds of Native
Christians Nsassacreed an Pekin-Many
Buildings Burned.
London, June 1S.--There is not cab
met in Europe apparently that knows
what has been transpiring in Pekln for
five days or in Tien-Tsin for three days.
Nor is there any that knows what diff
culties the the small and inadequately
equipped international column is con-
tending with between these places.
The German foreign office upon learn
ing Of the report Of the murder of Bar
on Won Ketteler, the German minister
at Pelsin sent telegraphic inquiry to
st. Petersburg, the Russian govern
ment because Of its wires to Manchu-
ria being supposedly in better posi-
tion than the other governments to op-
| tain direct news. In reply the German
| foreign office was Informed that moth
| ing whatever was known on the sub
| iect, as communication with Pekln was
| interrupted. The report spread world
wide from Shanghai that the legations
had been attacked and that one minis
ter. probably the German, had been
murdered and has been traced to the
| rr, bp FOR n faN HlVS as
the empress dowager's agent, has been
| censoring kilograms at Shanghai. Ihe
| Shanghai correspondent of the Daily
| Express says:
| "Sheng, as head of the telegraph ad-
| ministration, pretended that the line
| connecting Shanghai with Pekin mad
| been down since June 8 and that the
| wires to Tien Tsin were cut on June 10.
| Nevertheless 1t is notorious that con-
| stant communication have been pass
| ing from Shanghai to Pekin over the
| northern and western routes, although
| Shene has refused both ministers and
| consuls the privilege of using the line
| 1t is known that last Friday Sheng re-
| ce;ved message from either Pekin or
| Tien Tsin
This dispatch said that General Tung
| Fuh Siangs troops aided the Boxers in
an organized attack on the foreign la
cations, and that in the course of the
attack of the legations buildings were
reduced to ruins and one foreign minis
ter sliced to pieces.
Why In the cables it should have been
added that the murdered minister was
Baron Won Ketteler is not explained.
According to another telegram from
Shanghai dated June II, at 7:25 p. m.
Sheng had fled fearing that the foreign
authorities We're about to arrest him
because of his stoppage Of kilograms.
A third cablegram asserts that the re-
ports of the murder Of the German min
lister emanated from London and quite
unconirmed and are discredited at
Shanghai.
"The German minister has been cap
tured" Is the announcement to the
Morning Post from Pekin in dispatch
dated June 13, s p. M, via Tien Tsin
June Is.
This is the latest press message known
to have left Pekin. 1t continues as fol.
lows: "a crowd of Boxers occupies le-
cation street, cutting off communica.
| t1On between IHe Dullul1lSS, "A lew Dun
ers are parading in the city. Their su.
perstition in regard to foreign arms Il
piiable. The Boxers hold the officials
of Tung Chau for redemption. Anarchy
reigns at that place. The Americans
in the interior of the two neighborins
provinces have been advised to leave
but several have no means of doing so
Unless relief force is sent there is dan
ger of a massacre Of native Christians
A large Chinese army is ready to oppose
the relief column on the way here. Tht
Chinese government cannot decide
whether to adopt the policy of rigidlJ
suppressing the boxers Of that Of defy
ing the world. The decision rests will
the dowager empress.