El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-18


experiment has received a dispatch
from United States Consul Fowler al
Chez Foo saying that the governor
wires tha: his courier left Pekin on the
9th, a. the leg ATOMS were still hold
ing out.
BY this story the ministers are re-
ported we'll two days after the allee ed
slaughter, but hope is lost
amid this confusion of dates. Knowing
Chinese dupiicity, remembe ring Min
lister Conger's urgent appeal for more
guards. and his description of the great
danger menacing his legation, and re-
calling the history of centuries of
Chinese bsrbsrities the Off cials of the
state department refuse to place entire
credence in Nj mister Wu'- Information.
Why, they ask, If the foreign minis
ters were safe could not come message
from them have been brought out of
Pekin to q waiting world at the same
time and by the same courier ss the
dispatch from Chinese sources? The
state department has decided to rely
on none of these dispatches emanatiDg
from purely Chinese sources, and in
this estimate OF the value OF these
messages the British foreign Office
seems to concur.
Lord Salisbury has adopted similar
means of getting direct news from Sir
Claude Macdonald, British minister at
Pekin, to those originated by Secretary
Hay in his efforts to communicate with
United States Minister Conger. He
required the Chinese minister in Lon
don to transmit q cipher message that
Macdonald could read, and is awaiting
a reply.
Secretary Hay does not expect to
hear from his message to Copger
until about August 1st, because of
Chinese official circumlocution. But
In the meantime the American secret
ary has adopted another method by
which absolutely authentic news o
the foreigners at Pekin, 1t is hoped,
may be obtained. The precise channel
through which this inform alton Is ex-
pected is being kept close secret, so
that the object may not be defeated.
but Hay hopes that any hour may
bring him news for whica the whole
civilized world is waiting eagerly.
WI HAS NO NEWS.
WASHINGTON. July 18--The Chinese
WI, called at the state de-
partment early this morning. Before
entering the secretary of states office
ho haA ieh
from Pekin OF Tien Tsin or any other
part of China. 81 am looking for In
he said. He appeared to
be more encouraged over the situation
as g result of yesterdays dispatches.
THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE PEACE
ST PETERSBURG, 1S.-A Tien Tsin
Gays Prince Tusu has organiz-
IN anti-foreign army of $50, 900 Chin
ese. The northern corps has been
to expel all foreigners from
Amur distict, and one division has
gone to operate there. General Crib
Xxi reports from Belagovestchensk XII
capital of Amur district) that the
Chinese along the Amur river have
brown up pentrenchments twenty vers,s
about IL miles) long and have moved
% more guns.
MORE WARSHIPS.
SHANGHAI, July 18.-In view of the |
threatening attitude of the Chinese,
he powers are increasing the number |
# warships in this vicinity. There |
ire now nine warships between Shsng.
lai md Woo Sung. Eight more lie off |
he native city. The British cruisers |
3oDaventure and Dido are now en-
quite here.
REVISED REPORT.
WASHINGTON, July 1S.-The follow
ng dispatch from Admiral Remey |
vas received at the navy department
his morning:
CHEZ Foo, July 1S.-To bureau Of
Washington: The latest |