The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-04
Japanese Withdrew from a ReconnoIs-
sance With Loss.
IA MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS.
Imperial Troops Have Butchered
Between Ten and Fifteen Thous-
and DefenscIess Converts.
Pro-Forcisn Officials
Bcheaded by Order
oftbe Empress.
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LONDON. August 4.-3:55 a. Mac
codns to a special dispatch from Shan-
sshai. dated August Sd, the advancing
column of the allies was reported there
Yesterday to have reached a point thirty
tive miles beyond Tien-Tsin. Nothing from
any other point corroborates this state
xnent. In fact the Standard goes so Tar as
to say that it fears the real advance,
apart from preliminary measures, has not
yet begun.
Tien-Tsin dispatches. dated July Sofh. tel
of an action which is termed a Recon
noissance between the japanese ano
Chinese" two miles beyond the hsiho
arsenal, in which the japanese wlthdre"
after suffering thirty casualties
The Tien-Tsn correspondent Oh the
Standard, under date OF July -'1l, ,'ts.' ueet1s 20
chat the Americans and Germans nave oeen
ordered TO move forward without waiting
for the British.
AGREED TO a TRUCE.
A Che Foo special. dated August 1st, an
.1ounces the safety of all the Americans III
Pekin and the reception of a letter iioiiA
Or Cheltrnan, dated Pel1n. July 2otn, say
ing that on the previous day Sir oiauus
Macdonald the British Minister, hao
agreed to truce pToNlueu 'he S'
came no closer. and adding:
I'VE hone this means relief, but having
aefeated the Chinese we are fearful OF
treachery All are exhausted with con-
stant watching. fighting and digging
trenches The greatest credit IS Que 10
Mr.. Squires, secretary of the United states
iegat ton, whose military experience ana
energy are invaluable.
The Shanghai correspondent of the DAILY
~, y,-.,t !. N
dependent action taken by the American
association and the China association. on
the ground that il is injuiicious. He says:
THE settlements being international, petty
jealousies must disappear. The China as
ISOLATION is Of little influence"
Presumably he refers to the American
.Asiatic Asspciation.
The Hong Kong correspondent of the
Daily Express announces the arrival there
from San Francisco of Homer Lea, for
some time secret agent in the United
States of the Society for the Reformation
Of the Chinese Empire, with 10000,
which viii presumably be utilized
In connection with the revolutionary move
snent against the Empress Dowager-a
movement duiescsnt since 1888 until within
the last few weeks
WHOLESALE MASSACRE.
Nearly all the correspondents confirm
the reports OF wholesale massacre of
Christians outside of Pekin, correspon-
dent OF the Daily News giving the number
OF Killed as Between ten and fifteen thou
sand, all defenseless converts. Imperial
troops, SO Il IS stated, did the CHASTITY
work
According 10 the Shanghai correspondent
OF the Times, one OF the members of the
Tsung Ii Yamen. mentioned by United
States Consul Goodnow as having been be-
headed for rro-foreign tendencies. was Hsu
Ching Cheng. former Minister to Russia
The correspondent says the Empress
powager ordered the execution on the ad-
vice OF Ii Ping Hong.
Ii Hung Chang has been informed from
Pelztn that Prince Ching's only prominent
supporters in his peace policy are General
Eung Lu and Wang Wen Shao, president
o. the Boari Of Revenue, whose influence
Is small