Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-06
LEGATIONS ARE GIVEN UP
Legations asd Foreigners ~ Fektss
Have FaIieA Victims 20 the noHeSs
-Al1 Hope nj Rescee to he Aban-
asneA-say Not Ne Able 20 Hold
EseA Ttestsln.

London, July 5.-"Not single foreigner
IL alive in Picking is the latest Chinese re-
port which has reached Shanghai. Earlier
reports from the same sources describe the
condition VI the British legation as some
thing awful. II ia said that the rooms OF
the legation were filed with sick and
wounded, the killed lying uBburied IN
heaps. 1t is believed that many members
and officers Of the tsung Ii yamen perishcd
when the German guard, 'aadaened 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 fate
seems no longer open to doubt in the light
VI the message received by the Associated
Press from Taku this morning, announcing
ths decision Of the adInirais regarding the
hopeiessness III further attempts to relieve
Picking under the circumstances. The same
message forcshadows the evacuation Of
Tientsin by the international forces pend
ing the arrival Of fully equipped army,
and while the arrival of a comparatively
small garrison nj Tientsin at point under
the protection II the naval guards would
relieve much Of the anxiety, II Is felt here
that retreat Of the troops Is liable to sci
afiame the provinces At present quicsceiit
Adyiccs from Shanghai today say that
there Is continued fighting at Ticntsin
while the German coiisul at Chefoo tclc
graphs to Berlin confirming the report OF
tho renewal Of hostiltiss. He says the
foreign settlement at Tientsin Is again sur
rounded and il being bombarded and that
tue women and children are to be removed
lie adds that the Chinese troops have again
bridges have been destroyed, but that com
mInication by water has been maintained
The telegram from Takn confirms the re
por; tina: tn. mission buildings a. Monk
den have been burned md that many ma.
tive Christians have been killed.
Shanghai, july 5.~~Another message
from Sir Robert Hart. the inspector OF
customs, dated Picking. Monday. june Is,
rciscratea that the situation waa then des
peratc and that the Chinese troops were
Smelling the British legation. where all
the members OF the diplomatic body had
congrcgated.
Tut nneasiness Is felt ut Hang Chow
tcapital OF province Of Chekiang). With
the view Of emphasizing his agreement
with the Europeans, Viccroy lin has
stopped mounting guns on the Yang Use
kiang forts. He has also stopped other
anti-forcign war preparations aud has re
fused to assist IA Ping Hing with troop.
for the north. lie accused the latter of
being the cause Of the Germans taking
Shan n,ng Consequently Ii Ping Hing
has left Nankin with only 800 soldiers.
London. july "a dispatch from Taku
dated saturday. June M. and Chefoo
Tuesday. July ;. says that the British and
Russian admirals at a council Of war held
June 30. decided that il was impossibl,
to attempt 10 relieve Picking without great
~ increased forces. They also concluded
that II would be- possible to hold rientsin
hut In tho event Of this not proving feast
BILE, they will cndcavor to retain I,osscssio,
81 hku. Ono hundred and forty thousand
imperial troops are stationed between Pc
king and Tcntsin. while the total Of tn.
allied forccs which can be concentrated Al
the present barely numbers 10000 II i
reported that General Mich ~ Chang is al
vsncing Tor an attack on Ticntsin Will
$4,000 troops
vss kettei~r's ueay Rescued.
london, july "a report has been ~
ccsed at Taku to the eifect that the Ger
man guards re-cuea the body of haron Va,
kettler, the late German minister to Chin.,
after he Was murdered by tho Chinese
Not COsaras~d ~ Paris.
Paris. July $40 news Is reported a
the foreign office this morning Of the III
morrd assassination oi the French muistc
OF thc mcmhrrs Of the legation at rekinp
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sAiuwssckra People saved.
Portland. Ore, July l---Word wa