The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-18
NEWS FROM CHINA.
The Situation Said to Bear
Most Oninous Aspect.

Most Ominous Aspect.
ALLIED TROOPS DEFEATED.
Stories Of Wholesale Murder
Continue to Come. Conflict
ing Accounts of the State
of Affairs.
Affairs in China do not improve
much. No authentic news has been
received from Pekin, and the impress
sion is that all foreigners in that city
have been massscred. Over twenty
days ago Sir Robert Hart dispatched
his last message declaring that the sit
uation was desperate and since then no
word has come from the Europeans in
Pekia.
The London Daily Mail Tien Tsin
correspondent says: ''The situation is
about as bad as it can well be. [ only
trust that We shall not soon want re-
lieviDg ourselves. A forward move
ment is impossible. From 10000 to
10000 troops are wanted, and there
are only 10, 900 here. The foreign troops
are working well together, but it is in
convenient that there is no supreme
commander. In some quarters the feel
ing is, Let US rescue Pekin anG then
clear out in favor Of Russia.
All kinds of stories come from Shang-
hal, which it is impossible to verify.
1t is stated that the Boxers have MUIR
dered the chancellor Of the Pekin uni
versity and 80 of the members of his
family and retainers. A confidential
officer of Gen. Yung Tu, disguised as a
Boxer, is reported to have crept into
Prince Tuan's tent while the Prince
was sleeping with the intention Of stab
bing him. He was caught by the SEN
tries, so the story goes, decapitated on
the spot. His head was sent, with
Prince Tuan's compliments, to Yung
Lu as warning to him to beware. The
French consul at Shanghai has news
that the Chinese rrefect at Moukden
himself murdered the Catholic bishop,
Guillon, in his yamen. Beside Bishop
Guillon, Fathers Crunoet, Corbet, Bor-
guois and Veuillenot and two sisters of
the French mission and numerous ma
tive Christians were massacred.
ALLIES DEFEATED.
A dispatch from Tien Tsin says:
"Gen. Ma has defeated the allied
troops and reoccupied the Chinese east
ern arsenal, after inhicting great loss
upon its defenders. The engagements
lasted six hours, and was fought with
great determination by both sides.
The Chinese were eventually able to
use the effective guns Of the fort abut-
ting on the city walls near the Taotals
yamen, the allied troops suffering Sc
verely from lack Of guns and cavalry.
The Japanese commander sent an ur-
gent appeal to hurry reinforcements, as
the allies were in imminent danger Of
a general defeat.
The Shanghai correspondent Of The
Express gives the text of long edict
Of Prince Tuan, dated June 29th, and
addressed to the Chinese ambassadors,
which The Express declares is Identical
with the message from Emperor KWang
Su, mentioned by the Shanghai CORES
pondent of The Daily Mail, and what
the Chinese edict public had done in
Washington. The Express considers
that the edict proves that Prince Tuan's
army is making no attempt to disguise
the fact that the worst that could be
anticipated has happened. The edict
contains the following paragraphs:
''The anger Of our people knew no
bounds. They could not be restrained.
The task of guarding the legations,
which before was difficult, was made
impossible. :"
Elsewhere, referring to the desire to
protect the legations still unharmed, it
says: "If it is impossible for US to
continue this protection, let it be rep
resented to the powers that We must be
held blameless, for the anger Of the
people grows with the rising Of each
sun that sees more and yet more for
eigners and soldiers coming to overrun
and lay waste our country and slay our
people" The correspondent says the
edict is intended to pave the way for
a final lifting Of the veil over the re-
cent history Of Pekin.
The German consul ct Tien Tsin ca
bles that the foreign settlements were
continually bombarded by the Chinese
from July 5 to July s. Ga July 9Th
two thousand Boxers attacked the
French settlement and were routed by
the Russians. The British and Japanese
forces July 9Th bombarded the Chinese
batteries. Toward evening Chinese
shells penetrated the roof of the Ger
man consulate and caused an outbreak
of fire, which was extinguished after
slight damage had been done. On
July 9Th the Peiping sailed for Taku
with the German wounded. River
communication between Tien Tsin and
Taku has been safe since the Chinese
fort midway between the two towns
was captured.
PEARS THE WORST.
A terrible veil of silence enshrouds
Pekin and there is nobody but believes
the worst has happened. 1t is taken
for granted that all the powers have ex-
hansted every means to get direct news