Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-30
LEGATIONS ARE SAFE
Austrian. italian, Dutch and Spanish Ministers
Are Not Killed as Reported
CHAfFEE ARRIVES At TAKU
The HOPE of Rescue Of American Consul Has Now
Materiaized.

London, July 3O.-The Shanghai
correspondent Of the Daily Telegraph
says he is still firmly convinced that
the ministers are safe, but with the
exception of an alleged message from
the japanese legation in Pekin, dated
July 10, brought by runner, saying
that the legation was still defending
itself, nothing has yet been published
giving anything in the nature of
proof.
On the other hand, the daily in
creasing reports of the massacre of
missionaries and foreigners leave only
the most slender thread upon which
to hang hope. ,
The general situation is steadily be-
coming darker, and crisis is said to
be fast approaching. 1t is rumorcd
in Shanghai that ten thousand Chi
nese troops have been secretly moved
into that vicinity and that the COM
mander of the Kiang-Yu forts has
been ordered to fire, ifany further ad-
di,i ion is made to the number of for
eign ships ascending the river. Riot
ing has already occurred at I<lu- u-Kiang
the mobs threatening death to for
eigners.
With the arrival of the second Jap
ancse division the allied forces at Ia
ku and Tien-Tsin will number 1000.
The river floods near Tien-Tsin are
diminishing.
IT is rer.rtAd that Russians from
Harbin have arrived at a point $50
miles north of Pekin after severe
fighting.
London, July 30.--The Shanghai
correspondent of the Times yester-
day says:
81 learn that Ii Ring Hong and Lu
Chuan Lin, governor of Kinag Su,
both rabidly anti-foreign, are advanc-
ing toward Pekin with large bodies of
troops. Their advent must seriously
affect the situation there.
Today the consular body decided
that the situation demands the pres
ence of military force in Shanghai
and the consuls have notified their
governments accordingly
Washington, July 30.--Chaifce Ca
bles that he has arrived at Taku on
the 2S.
Washington, July 30.-American
Consul Fowler at Che Foo, cables on
the 29th, "a letter from the German
legation on the 21st is received at
Tien Tsin. The German loss was ten
dead; II wounded"
The Chinese ceased the attack on
the twelfth. Baron Ketteler's body
is said to be safe. The Austrian,
italian, Dutch and Spanish legations
are destroyed, the French partially.
The enemy is decreasing. The Jap
anese have food for six days but little
ammunition. The Emperor and En-
press are reported at Pekin.
Brussels, July 80. - A despatch
from the Russian Admiral Alexiell
dated ut Tien Tsin July 30th states
that the latest news confirms the re-
port that the foreign ministers at Pc
kin are out of danger.
Berlin, July 3o.-A despatch from
the German legation at Pekin dated
July 21, reports all we'll.
London, July 3O.-At last the
British government is convinced that
the ministers at Pekin are safe.
All doubts vanished when the Brit
ish consul at Tien Tsin confirmed the
Brussels, Berlin and Washington des-
patches.
The feeling of relief and gladness,
as shown by the officials, can scarcely
be described. The dispatches are re.
garded with almost as much as a
triumph for Secretary Hay as relief
for international anxiety.