Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-02
THINK MINISTERS
STILL ALIVE.
The Feeling Of Doubt Nearly DiSSipated
By Recent Developments.
NOT LIKELY TO BE SLAIN.
The Belief in Washington That COunseIs OF
Southern VicerOy's Have Restrained
Those in Power at Pekin.

Washington, July 3l.-Doubt has gwen
way to feeling akin to certainty that the
legationers at Pekin and the gallant ma
rines who managed to reach the Chinese
capital Just in the nick of time, were not
only alive on July 22nd, but in all proba'
bility are still alive and likely to remain so
until they are relieved from their state OF
siege.
The officials here feel certain that the at
tack by the Chinese on the legations will
not be renewed. They are convinced that
the counsels of the viceroys in the great
southern and central provinces and the ad-
vice of Ii Hung Chang have had effect,
and that whoever is in power in Pekln,
whether Emperor, Empress, Ching, Tuan'
or Tung, now has been made to see the
necessity for the preservation of the lega'
tions.
The officials here, while anxious that the
movement on Pekin begin at once, do not
attach credence to the rumor mentioned
by General Chaffee that the forced march
was to begin today. There are two rea'
sons for their incredulty. In the hrst
place. Chafee's force. his splendid cavalry
and his battery of artillery, are exactly
what are needed to strengthen weak spot
in the international column. In the Sec
ond place land information on this point
comes through European channels,] some
OF the foreign commanders are still OF the
cpinion that they cannot begin the cam
paign before the last week in August, at
the earliest.
The United States government never has
acceded to this view, and is relaxing no
effort to bring about change of plans on
this point. But our representations have
been met by the almost unanswerable ar
gument that the decision of this important
question properly should be left to the
military commanders on the spot, who
must bear the responsibility for the out
come of the expedition.
A rather startling proposition was ad'
vanced today which, if adopted, might
put at once to the test the Chinese profes-
sion that the Boxers, and not the Chinese
government, are responsible for what has
happened in Pekin. This was to the effect
that the Chinese government should be In
formed that the international force was
prepared to take the government at lts
word and to join forces with it in crushing
out the insurrection. The kernel of such
a proposition is to be found in the last
condition laid down by the President in
his reply to the appeal of the Emperor
Kwang Su, and there may be a develop
ment in that direction shortly.
ANXIoUsLY AWAITING HELP.
Washington, July S1.-Adjutant -Gener-
al Corbin today received dispatch from
Lieutenant Colonel Coolidge, commanding
the Ninth Infantry at Tientsln. 1t came
by way of Che Foo, and is as follows
.Tientsin, July 27.-The following letter
of Lieutenant Colonel Shiba, military at
tache at legation of Pekin, dated July %,
arrived Tientsin, July %, at 9 O'Clock in
the evening
"Pekin, July %, Evening. are all
awaiting impatiently arrival of reinforcing
army. When are you coming? All lega'
tiops have been blockaded since 18th OF
last month, and since the Goth we have
been attacked continually night and day
by the Chinese soldiers from more than
ten encampments.
"By supreme efforts we are still defend
ing. We are daily awaiting with the great
est anxiety the arrival of the reinforcing
army, and if you cannot reach here in less
than a weeks time it is probable that we
will be unable to hold out any longer. En-
peror and Empress DOwager- appear to be
still at Pekin. Were our reinforcements
to arrive, very probable that they would
flee to Wan Shoshan. Killed and wound
ed up to date, eight killed, one a captain
of infantry and an ambassadors attache
seven seriously wounded, the first secre
tary of legation being one of twenty slight
" wounded. The number of Europeans
killed is sixty in all"
MORE REPORTS FROM PEKIN.
Washington, July 31.-The following
dispatch from Admiral Remey, at Taku
was received by the Navy Department
this morning:
"Chefoo, July 31.-Taku, July 2S.-
Japanese military attache Pekin, lette
July %, reports legations besieged sine
June 13. Continually attacked from jun
90 until July IL. Attack then ceased ant
Chinese soldiers apparently diminishing
Sixty Europeans killed. Telegram fron
Governor Of Shan Tung addressed to con
sular body at Chefoo, says:
"Imperial edict states that variou
ministers except German are well an
provisions have been supplied"
London, July 31.--A special dispatc
from Tien Tsn says:
"a Pekin message dated July 2l, n
ports that tue first outside news reache
there July Is. The failure OF the rell'
expedition made the siege far more peri
Gus. On June 10 the Tsung Ii Yane
broke off relations. June 20 China d.
clared war. Baron Won Kettler an
Francis James, an English professor wei
murdered Over 400 non.combatants o.
cupied the British legation. l unde
stand converts are holding the mort
cathedral. A thousand refugees occupie
the palace of Prince Lu. A truce begs
July IL, after twenty-six days of fierce
sault. One night the shelling was uni
terrupted for six hours.