Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-07-20

to contol the rebels; the Empress Is
getting ready to flee to the mountains
etc, etc.
Eighteen members Of the 9th Reg. Of
{. s. Regulars. and four marines were
killed during the attack on Tien Tsin-
The Shanghai correspondent Of the
London Daily Mail telegraphing on
Monday, said that letter from
Chinese official in Shantung has been
received at Shanghai, which contains
the following:
AT the beginning Of the month the
foreign missionaries made several
attempts to send messages out OF Pekln,
but. thanks TO the strict watch kept on
the city. the bearers were all caught and
executed. On the 4th instant only 400
foreigners, much exhausted, We're left
alive in Pekin and one night, when the
big guns We're necessarily fired il was
| known that all the legations and the
| foreigners were finished, although pre-
| tended kilograms contradict these facts
Sir William Halliday Mccartney,
| secretary of the Chinese, asserted that
the Pekin legations are safe and are
about TO proceed to Tien Tsln. A dis
patch from Paris says that Delcasse.
French Minister of foreign affairs, mas
received telegram from the French
consul at Che Foo, dated July Il, say
| ing: The governor informs me thar,
according TO reliable news from Pekln'
ali the foreign ministers are safe and the
government is taking all necessary steps
TO deliver and protect them
The Chinese minister, Sir Chih Chen
r l. to- iraf rod rn the
press the following dispatch from Sheng,
director general Of Chinese railways and
telegraphs and Taotai of Shanghai,
dated Shanghai, July %:
Information from Pekin dated July
IS. saws that the Tsung Ii Yamen de
puted Won Jul, an under secretary OF
the departmen to see the foreign
ministers and ne found everyone well
without any missing, the German
minister expected Gen Yung Lu Is
going to memorialiZe the throne TO send
them all under escort 10 Tien Tsin, IN
the hope that the military operations
will then be stopped.
On Tuesday our State Dept. made
public an appeal from the Chinese
government, in the name OF the
Emperor, to President Mckinley asking
him to take the initiative in bringing
about a settlement of the trouble, 70
which McKinly sent an answer based
upon the opposed survival OF the foreign
ministers and of violence to them beng
only the work of the Boxers unsupport-
ed by their government
Minister WI received a telegram say
ing that the foreign ministers would be
sent to Tien Tsin, under escort
General Ii commanding the Pei-Tang
forts. pear Taku, reports TO the British
| officers commanding at TongKu that a
runner who left Pekin on July IA, re-
ports that Pekin was in state Of
absolute anarchy, that the regulars Were
| fighting the Boxers, that the latter were
| getting the better of the struggle; that
| the Maxim ammunition Of the legation
| guards was exhausted and that they
| were using their rifles sparingly.
also that the guards recently rushed
| the walls and silenced the Chinese guns
| and that few Chinese Princes were
| desirous of protecting the foreigners,
| but were in a minority.
General Ii il anxious to avoid fighting
the allies.
Sir Claude MacDonald's message,
dated July 4, appealing for relief, Is re
garded in London az only a prelude to
the absolute confirmation Of the mas
sacre. This is the opinion also OF the
Japenese Minister there. The news
papers suggest that the British Minister >
| dispatch was held back and released
| about the same al Mr.. Conger's undated
| message.
Although the American and British
forces are working harmoniously, the
question of communication between
Taku and Pekin gives evidence Of
iealousies between the Powers and otner
dispatches from Tien- Tsin show that the
language difficulty has been hampering
thc military oueratiOus