Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-07-27
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
lErom China

London. July GA dispatch from
Shanghai dated July q, 5:42 q. NJ, aou
received at noon today, brings the latest
ne VS.. known 10 be authentic. concern
inc the situation In Pekin. Toe news
comes jn the form OF a letter from OF
Claude Macdonald, the British minis
tar at Pekin, which is dated July o.,
and which has just been received a'
Shanghai. presumably By the BRUSH
consul. This ia the second letter nom
Macdonald to reach the outside worio'
the first one, which was dated July f.
being received on July 81 by the Brit
ian consul at Tientsin. The latest lei
ter resembles the previous one, put
contains more details, and also the im-
nortant fact that when the letter was
sent the foreigners were receiving no
help from the imperial authorities. Ire
letter reads as follows: I'VE are re-
ceiying no assistance from the autbotl-
ties, Three legations are still stand
ing, including the British. we also
hold part of the city walls. The chi
uese are Smelling us from the city WI d
three.inch guns and some smaller ON s.
We may be annihilsted any day. Our
ammunition and food are short and we
would have persisted by this time only
the Chinese towards have no organized
plan of attack. If not pressed we may
be able to hold out for fortnight
longer. Otherwise, not more than Tour
DAYS at the utmost. l anticipate only
a slight resistance to the relief force,
which | advise approaching by tht
eastern gates or by the river. Our
losses until today have been forty Kill
ed and eighty wounded"
Berlin. July 27.-The German consul
at Tientsin cables that Chinese ser
want of the late Baron Won Ketteler, the
German minister at PekiD, has arrived
there and reports that the embassies
were safe on July 8 on which date they
successfully resisted the attack OF the
Chinese. German officials consider the
statement of the Chinese servant to be
true.
A dispatch from Tientsin dated July
"a says it is reported there that mes
senger who left Pekin on July 10.
brought news to customs officer thai
Prince Ching's soldiers had been fight
ing those of Prince Tung and that the
former (pro-foreigD) had been defeated
The message is further alleged to have
reported that when he left the foreign
ers were defending themselves in the
Northern cathedral near the forbidden
city,"
Brussels, July 27.-The Belgian vice
consul at Tientsin reports that .
Chinese servant, formerly in the en-
ploy of the late Baron Won Ketteer, in
Pekin, has arrived at Tientsin, The
Chinamsn says he left Pekin on July 8.
At that time the foreigners were sub
sisting on horse flesh. The Chinese
were only attacking at night. The dis
patch does not state whether the date
July is reckoned according to the
Chinese or western calendar. II the
former, then the Chinese servant left
on July 4, western reckoning.
London, July N.-According to 3
statement by the under foreign secre-
tsry, Mr.. Broderick, in the House Of
Commons, this afternoon, the govern
ment has not received official coDfrma-
tod of the report that letter from the
British Minister, dated Pekin July Oh,
has been received at Shanghai. Nj.
Broderick said that the government TO.
day was without fresh news from
China. Regarding the plans to relieve
Pekin, Mr.. Broderick said that the in
ternational column was as yet unable
to start, although preparations for The
q ivanpa were cOmnletad