The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-14

6c:ally announced that the legations at
Peking were safe on July 4. The fore
going statement, read with Consul
Warren's dispatch to the foreign office
| on Saturday, makes 1t possible to be.
lieve that the legations will hold out
for a number of days yet. Having
fought to a standstill the first out
bursts Of fanatical fury, it Is belieyable
that something may intervene to save
them. The news after the sinister
run.ors of the last ten days is enough
upon which to build up hopes.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Express, t~elegraphiIg on Sunday at
$40 p. M, however, throws doubt upon
Consul Warren's information. He says
Tao Tai Sheng now admits that there
was an error IN his communication to
Consul Warren. The date Of the cour-
ier's arrival at Chienfu was July 8,
| Which does not apply to his
Departure From PekiMg.
The tourney from Picking to Chienfu
occupies five days. The courier,
therefore, could not have left Picking
later than June %. The date of the
massacre there, at given by Chinese
reports, vas June 80 or July 1. Iien-
tsin is still hard pressed. A Chinese
force numbering from 10000 to 100000
men, as estimated by inconclusiy:e re
conEaissaEce, floods the country round
about Tien-tsin, communication be-
tween that place and Taku being ap
p~arently possible by river only. A
Ohefu dispatch to the Express says
the Russians have landed 5000 men at
Taku and the Japanese have dis
charged several transports. The Jap
anese pushed on to Tien-tsin, leading
in the subsequent assault upon the
native city, in which their commander
was killed. Ten more transports are
engaged at Japanese ports. with me
10000 British India
Troops Afoat
and fresh japanese ~contingents it is
quite probable that the allies will nave
SO, 1000 men ashore. The disorders in
the provinces appear to be increasing
in violence. A Chinese army is within
forty miles of New Chwang and the
foreigners are preparing to
their homes. The southern part OF the
province is swept by raiders. destroy
ing all works of the white men except
in spots garrisoned by Russians. Proc
lamations have been posted III all vii
lagos near Chefu calling upon the
loyal Chinese to rise and expcl the for
eigners for introducing among the
pious Chinese an immoral religion. The
Christian settlement at Chefu is at the
mercy Of the two Chinese forts,
Equipped with Krupp guns. which com
mand the sides of the city. Six war
ships, including the United States gun
boat Nashville, are constantly
Cleared for Action.
The provisional government at Pc.
king appears to have designs upon
the southern provinces. Besides hav'
ing ordered Kwan Shika.i to advance
upon Nankin. which KwaI Shikai says
he will not do. Prince Tuan has sen
an army along the route of the grand
canal.
Refugees from Tien-tsin arriving at
Shanghai say that only five civilian
foreigners were killed during the long
Chinese bOmbardment. The foreign
women became so Indifferent that they
walked through the streets. not needing
the shells. Most of the civilians were
deported to Taku, thence to be con-
yeyed to Shanghai. Gen. Kwan Kan
Sui. governor of Shan Tung, h cores.
pondent of the Daily Mail AYERS, pre-
diets that by July II the
Boxers will Disband
and negotiations will begin for peace.
Circulnstantial rumor of dark things
to come are in circulation. The cores
pondents at Shanghai. which is still
the clearing house Of all China news,
say that a combined force OF Russians
and Japanese have left Tfen-tsin, FOL
lowing the line as far as Ii Fang, and
have thence swept swiftly westward,
attacking the Chinese eighteen miles
north Of Tien-tsin, killing 1000 of
them. The Shanghai correspondent OF
the Standard says reports from Tien-
tsin. from Chinese sources, say a great
battle has taken place in which the
Chinese lost heavily. The allies at
Tien-tsin are short of provisions and
suffer considerably from ''sniping."
Ii Hung Changes Scheme.
The Times says: We learn from a
private message from Canton that Ii
Hung Chang has telegrapned direct to
the Chinese minister in London urging
him to request the British government
to approach the United States govern
ment with a view to a joint invitation
to Japan to cooperate in the mainten-
ance Of the Chinese empire and the es-
tablishment of a strong government on
a solid basis, the three then uniting in
an appeal for the support Of all the 9th
er powers"
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