The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-16
FEELING. !. w. VA. NJ oNDAY, JULY IS. 1900.

reached the end OF their resources, made
u DESPERATE sortle and then bravely met
their fate. Tho details OF the horrible
story Will probably never be known.
Admiral seymour's dispatches give
the latest news regarding the situation
ut ilen Tsln. Telegrams to the Asso-
clated Press show that the operations
on July Ii were q brilliant SUCCESS. The
Japanese cavalry and a mobile mouhted
battery did splendid work. It was un.
fortunate that the allies did not have
more cavalry to pursue the flying ene-
my. Four hundred Chinese were killed
and six. guns captured. At noon the
settlements were again viciousiy she'll
cd from the native city and the hospl-
tails and other buildings were repeated
ly hit, The moral effect OF the sue
cesses of the allied forces upon the Chi
nese Is believed to be very great.
Force Of Punjab Infantry Arrives.
General Gasplec and staff, with a
force Of punjab infantry, arrived yes
tcrday ut Hong Kong and proceeded for
Taku.
The French consul at Shanghai at a
reception Saturday made an lmpasslon-
ed SPEECH. He said: ls.'
"The history of the world can show
no Parallel to such a situation and IL
the abomInable crime, the mere thought
OF which makes US shudder. has been
perpetrated then 1t is our desire that
swift and summary punishment shall
fall upon the perfdious nation which
committed 1t. Our government is fully
a%are Of the danger in which We arr
placed and can assure YOU that we
are doing all In our power to avcnge the
noble victims OF Chinese barbarlty."
Following Is the text Of an, appeal to
Americans in China, assembled In mass
meeting in Shanghai, to their fellow
citizens at home: I,
Urge the government to send ade-
quate forces to act effectively in con.
cert with the other powers. At present
the American forces are quite dispro-
portlonate to the interests Involved.
Our commercial interests in the north
ern PROVINCES are paramount. and we
consider It q humilistlng policy to en-
trust to other powers the chief task.
that Of protecting Americans.
outrages Are multiplying Daily.
Anil foreign outrages are multiply
Ing daily. officials and missionaries
are massacred. The, fate of the minis
ters and their families In Pakin is not
known, but general massacre Is ap-
pretended. Wholesale massacres Of
native christians continue. The whole
country Is terrorized. Trade is para
lyzed.
The speedy restoration OF order and
retribution are duties pressing upon all
civilized powers. The consequences Of
delay will be disastrous. Not only are
foreign lives and property placed in
Jeopardy but the loss of influence will
be incalculable. ~ ,g..s-.3
Give no credence to statements OF
the situations sent by the Chinese gov
ernment to It's ministers abroad. The
present outrages are the result OF the
weak and vacillatlng policy of the pow
ers In the past. We urge immediate
energetic and concerted action"
The Shanghai correspondent Of the
Daily Mail says:
L Gun assert positively that the Chi
nese authorities had the dreadful news
from Pekin week ago and that sheng
knew all the foreigners in Pekin were
dead when he asked the American con-
sui to cable Washington a proposal to
deliver the foreigners in safety to Tien
Tsln on condition that the allies would
suspend their operations to the north OF
Pelsln."