Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-07-04
BIG MASSACRE
AT PEKIN
Not a Foreigner Alive In Chinese
CapItol-Terrlhle CondI-
tIon In British Le-
cation.
EMPRESS RECRUITS ARMY
Imperial Messages Sent Over
the KINGDOM Calling Out a
Larger Force.
TEN TSIN TO BE EVACUATED


eigner is now alive in Pekin is the
latest Chinese report which reached
Shanghai. Earlier reports from the
same sources describe the condition
of the British legation as awful. 1t
is said the rooms of the legation were
filed with sick, wounded and killed
lying unburied in heaps. 1t is believ-
ed many members and officers at
Tsung Ii Yamen perished when the
German guard, maddened by the mur--
man minister, set fire to the building.
That foreigners at the Chinese capital
have been abandoned to their terrible
fate seems no longer open to doubt
in the light of the message received
by the associated press from TalSu
this morning, announcing the decis-
ion of the admirals regarding the
hopelessness of further attempts to
relieve Pekin under the circumstances
The same message foreshadows the
evacuation of Tien Tsin by the inter
national forces, pending the arrival
of a fully equipped army and while
the arrival of a comparatively small
garrison at Tien Tsin, under the pro-
lection of naval guards would relieve
much anxiety, it is felt here that the
retreat of troops is liable to set
afame provinces at present quies-
cent.
Shanghai, July All the viceroys
in the Yange Use Kiang region are
determined to keep peace. 'Fhe gov
ernor of the province of Che Kiang
alone is showing antiforeign tenden-
scies. Shanghai is safe. Another
message from Sir Robert Hart, in
spector of customs, dated Pekin, Mon
day. June %, reiterates the situation
then desperate and Chinese troops
were shelling the British Legation
where all members OF the diplomatic
body congregated.
New York, July "A dispatch to
the Herald" from Shanghai says:
''The following imperial decree dated
Pelzin June 25 tn, has been sent by
courier to Pao Ting Flu thence tele-
graphed broadcast: We are now war
ring with foreigners. Boxers, pa
triots, and people have combined with
government troops and have been re
peatedly victorious in battles with our
foreign enemies. We have already
sent imperial commissioners to trans
NIT imperial praise and exhortations,
to repeat these successes. There must
be ment similar in patriotism and
bravery in all provinces of the en-
pire. We therefore command all
| viceroys and governors to enlist such,
organize them into troops. Let this
decree be sent to all high officials
in the empire at the rate of zoe
miles day"
High Chinese officials stated today
that they received a message from
Pekin saying twenty-four hours would
decide the fate of the remaining for
eign legations. Severe fighting con-
tinues at Tien Tsin. Proclamations
urging the massacre of foreigners anC
native Christians have been posted or
the walls of the missions.
London, July "A dispatch from
Taku says: "The accommodating part!
under Lieutenant Commander Keye
4 of torpedo boat fame destroyed tn
new city and port twelve miles from
Taku, June 2Sth. There was little 3
no opposition Two blue jackets wer
! injured by the explosion and man
Chinese killed. The river is practt