El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-21
CHINESE FEARFUL
And They Cannot Do Enough
For Foreigners Now That
They See What Pow
er Means.

PARIS. Aug PA dispatch from
Pekin dated August 18th is printed
here. II gives the first details OF the
capture of the oity and OF the oondi-
tions within the capital.
According to the dispatch the
Russians occupied the frst door OF the
east gate on the morning OF August
14th. contrary to the agreement OF tne
allied commanders. They failed TO
force the second door.
The British and Americans entered
the gstes nearest the legations at 2
O'Clock the some afternoon. They met
with only slight resistance.
The Japanese entered at the upper
east gate at midnight on the 14th, after
blowing up the gate. They met with
serious opposition.
People ir the legations were we'll, the
dispascn says, but somewhat starved.
In an interview minister Couger is
quoted as saying: 'They tried to an
nihilase US the day before you got In.
Prince Chang, presidents OF the tsung
ii yamen, sent US word that his officers
had received orders to cease firing on
Us under pain "a death. Nevertheless
at Z o'clock on the evening of the same
Gay the Chinese opened fire.
IF the relieving column had not ar
rived when you did we should probab-
ly have succumbed. The Americans
lost marines killed and Is wounded.
Oae child died. The whole movement
is purely q governmental one"
Conger is alleged to have added,
''The boxers are only pretexs, es
they have army guns. The leader CT
the imperial troops here was the en-
press's confidentia adviser
According to the dispatch the i'm
peri.I city was entered by the allies
on the 18th at noon after sheliing the
walls and forcing the gate
The imperial family is reported TO
have left Pekin on August i.
Among the American casualties was
Captain Reilly, of the 5sh artillery,
killed.
Sir Claude Macdonald, British minis
teri quoted as saying thai the Chinese
broke every engagement with the for
sign ministers and that shere was no
truth IN the report that the imperial
palace had supplied food to the lega-
tons.
THE LATEST FROM CoNGER
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-The de.
partment of state has made public the
following extract from telegram
received last night from Minister Con-
ger:
~. 8. LEGATION, PEKIN, China
(undased), via Chee Foo. received $50
d. m August 20.-Secretary of state,
Washington: Saved. Relief arrived
today. Entered city with little trouble.
Do not know where imperial family is.
Except deaths already reported, all
che Americans are alive and well.
Desperate efforts were made last night
to exterminate US. Mitchell, an Ame-
rican sailor, and q Russian and Japa
Eese we're wounded, a German was
killed. Advise WOODWARD, Chicago;
!Conger, Des Moines Slime, Council
Bluffs; Conger. Pasadena; Porter,
Paris. "CoNGER"
WASHINGTON, Aug 2l,-Wu this
morning, transmitted to the state de-
psrtment an appeal to the powers from
the viceroys of the:provinces of Nankin
and Human, that no violence be shown
to the rulers of China, aud that they
be shown respect and put to no per-
sOnal Inconvenience
They assure the powers that il this
appeal is granted they will see that
quiet and peace continue in their pro-
vinces and that foreigners are protect
ed. On the contrary, If the persons of
the empress dowsger and emperor are
not respected. they fear they will OF
be able to keep the people in restraint,