Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-09
HOPE FOR LtG}liUNS.

London. June "a a. 4 M.-The for
ei%u consuls II Shanghai. met. on July
:. ami officially announced that the lc-
cations at pckin We're safe on July
1. The foregoing statement. read with
Consul Warren's dispatch T. the for
-iSn Office ou Saturday. makes il pos
sblr tl believe that the legations Wili
hold out fur number III days yvt.
Having fought tu standstil the first
nutbursts If fanatiCal fury. il is be
lrVeablr that something may intervene
t, save them. The news after the sin
lister rumurS Of the last ~ days is
enough upon which to build up hopes.
The Shanghai correspondent Of the En-
press, telrIraphing on sunday. at 5.1u
T. NJ. .WoVor. throws doubt upon
Consul Warrrn's information. II,
SAYS: Tao Tai SlcnG now admits that
there WAS an error in his cummunica-
tion - Gen. Warren. The Gate NJ the
cnuriers arrival At Chicn Fu was July
,. which does not apply to his depart
ure from Pekin. The journey from
P"kin To- Chen Flu occupies five day.
Tn" courier therefore. could not have
left Prlin later than June -. The
date Of the massacre there. rs given
by Chinese reports. was June 20. july !.
Tien Tsin is still hard pressed. a chi
n"se force numbering from $4,000 tn
100000 men, rs estimated 10y incnnclu-
sive "Reminiscences. floods the cnun-
try round about Tim Tsin. communi-
cation between which place and Ta1u
is apparently possible by river only.
a che Foo dispatch to the Express
men at Taku and the japanese have
discharged several transports. The Jap
ancsc rushed on to Ticn Tsin. leading
in the subsequent assault upon the ma
tive city in which their commander
was killed. Ten more transports ara
engaged at Japanese ports with the
10000 British India troops aflult ana
fresh Japanese cOntngrnts it is quite
probable that the allies will have .0e0
men ashore
The disorders in the provinces APP
pear t. BE- increasing in violence. tn"
{ chinese army is within 40 miles If New
ChWang ana the foreigners are pre-
pairing To abandon their homes The
southern part Of the province is swept
hv raiders, destroying all works Of the
white man, except i'll spots garrisonrd
by Russi ms. Procllmations have been
posted in all villages near Che Foo.
calling upon the loyal Chinese to ris.
and eXpcl the Foreigners for introduce
ing among the pious Chinese an i'm
moral religion. Every good BUDDHIST is
expected to knecl three hours daily.
knock his head upon the floor thrice
ana pray earnestly that sudden. cruel
death may ovcrtakc all aliens
The foreign settlement at che Foo T.
At the mercy of two Chinese forts
equipped with Krupp guns which com
mand two sides of the city Six warShips |
including the United States gunboat |
Nashville. are constantly cleared for ac- |
ion.
The provisional government at Pckin |
appears tD have designs upon the south |
'rn provinces. Besides having orI"rcl |
<Wln Shi kai u advance upon Nankin, /
which Kwan Shi kai says ne will not a..
Prince Tuln has sent an army alon; the /
cute II the grand canal Nankin is on !
he south bank Of river nearly 4 mile |
vide
The British cruisers Hermione and |
)iquel will assist in rcpelling attempts to
ross. Six Chinese cruisers there ana IL
80 Chinese troops are At the disposal NJ
Iiceroy Liu Kunyi. The forts mount a
ligh power modern guns. The Foreigners
n Shanghai are becoming uneasy Ey-
,rything depends. they feel on Viceroy
.iu. Kunyi. Refugees from Tien Tsin ar
living at Shanghai say that only five
ivililn foreigners were killed during the
ong Chinese homblrdment. The foreign
women became so Indifferent that they
walked through the streets. unheeding
he shells Most OF the civilians were de-
'orteI u Taku, thence u be conveyed 10
Shanghai.
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