The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-07-07
LEGATIONS ARE GIVEN up
NOT ONE IS LEFT ALIVE,
Legations and Foreigners ut Peking
Have Fallen Victims to the Boxers
All Hope of Rescue to BE ADAM
doned-May Not BE Able to Hold
Even Tientsin.

London, July 5.-"Not single foreigner
is alive in Peking" is the latest Chinese re-
port which has reached Shanghai. Earlier
reports from the same sources describe the
condition OF the British legation as some
thing awful 1t is said that the rooms OF
the legation were filled with sick and
wounded, the killed lying unburied in
heaps. 1t is believed that many members
and officers Of the tsung Ii yamen persisted
when the German guard, maddened by
| the murder of Baron Won Ketteler, the
German minister, set fire to the buildings.
| That the foreigners at the Chinese capital
have been abandoned to their horrible tate
seems no longer open to. doubt in the light
Of the message received by the Associated
| Press from Taku this morning, announcing
the decision of the admirals regarding the
hopeicssness Of further attempts to relieve
Picking under the circumstances. The same
message foreshadows the evacuation OF
Tientsin by the international forces pend
ing the arrival OF fully equipped army
and while the arrival of comparatively
small garrison at Tentsin at point under
the protection of the naval guards would
relieve much of the anxiety, it is felt here
that retreat of the troops is liable to SCI
aflame the provinces at present quiescent
Advices from Shanghai today say thai
there is continued fighting at Tientsin
while the German consul at Chefoo tele
, graphs to Berlin confirming the report o
! the renewal Of hostilities. He says thu
. foreign settlement at Tientsin is again sur
: rounded and is being bombarded and tina
g the women and children are to be removed
t He adds that the Chinese troops have agail
q advanced against the road and that tn
t bridges have been destroyed, but that com
d munication by water has been maintained
: The telegram from Taku confirms the re
b port that the mission buildings at Mouk
g den have been burned and that many ma
tive Christians have been killed.
!. Shanghai, July 5.-Another messag
e from Sir Robert Hart, the inspector 9
d customs, dated Picking, Monday, June p
n reiterates that the situation was then des
, perate and that the Chinese troops wer
+ shelling the British legation, where a
t the members of the diplomatic body ha
congregated.
It But uneasiness is felt at Hang Cho
ic Capital of province of Chekiang). Wit
y the view Of emphasizing his agreemer
It with the Europeans, Viceroy Lin hs
!; stopped mounting guns on the Yang Il
il Kiang forts. He has also stopped 9TH
r. anti-foreign war preparations and has r
le fused to assist Ii Ping Hing with trool
10 / fov IL 4ho LAT
IN being the cause of the Germans takir
a Shan Tung. Consequently Ii Ping Hir
Of has left Nankin with only 800 soldiers.
London, July 5.-A dispatch from TAX
Ill dated Saturday, June 80, and Chefo
s. Tuesday, July 8, says that the British al
IN Russian admirals at a council of war, he
's- June 80, decided that it was impossih
~ to attempt to relieve Picking without grea
OF ly increased forces. They also conclude
that it would be possible to hold Tientsi
1t, but in the event of this not proving fea
IN BILE, they will endeavor to retain possessi'
Id, of Taku. One hundred and forty thousal
in imperial troops are stationed between Z
op king and Tientsin. while the total of t
lal allied forces which can be concentrated
the present barely numbers 10000. It
reported that General Mich 81 Chang is a
vancing for an attack on Tientsin wi
ng 10000 troops.
m Won Ketteler's Body Rescued.
Of London, July ga report has been
ng ceved at Taku to the effect that the G.
ne man guards rescued the body of Baron V
me Kettler, the late German minister to Chi
ny after he was murdered by the Chinese
DIS Not Confirmed MT Paris.
he Paris, July 5.-No news is reported
=, the foreign office this morning of the
:. mored assassination Of the French minis
or the members of the legation at Peki
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