The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-05
Il HUNG CHANG
MADE PROMISES
Russia to Receive Three
Manchurian Provinces.
FOR WITHDRAWAL OF
TROOPS FROM PEKIN
Other Powers Condemn Idea of
Evacuating Imperial City.

A-O-AaCAAs ACAJN- d 80 d Il--1OudN
dispatches from Shanghai and Tien
Tsin refer to the hopeless confusion and
mismanagement of the Chinese teIe-
graph system which may probably ac-
count in part for the delay in getting
news from Pekin. Another reason for
the delay. doubtless, is the anxiety of
the Chinese authorities to procure the
evacuation of the capital. No effort is
/ being spared by them to bring this
about Their idea is that should the
foreign ministers in Pekin be allowed
free communication with their govern
ments the full extent of the completely
of the Chinese government in the anti
foreign outrages would be revealed and
would leave the allies to decide to re
main until retribution has been ex-
acted.
All kilograms have to be conveyed
| by courier from Isl Nan Flu to Pekin,
| and probably all cipher dispatches have
| been stopped. According to Shanghai
advices, Ii Hung Chang wired the Chi
nese minister in London, Sir Chin Shen
| Lo Feng Luh. as follows:
| Our St Petersburg minister has per
] suaded Russia to leave Pekin. You are
useless if you cannot persuade Eng
| land
| 1t is asserted that Earl Ii has prom
/ ised Russia three Manchurian pro-
/ -
| Of the allied forces from Pekin and IA
vOrable peace terms from the powers.
/ Both the empress dOwager and Ii
| Hung Chang are said to be lavishing
| money TO attain these objects
| There is no sign Yet of any decision
| on the part of the powers regarding
! the Russian proposals. The japanese
! papers unreservedIy condemn the idea
of evacuatinS Pekin. and hint that
! there is a secret compact between Ger
many and Russia to the detriment of
! Great Britain and Japan
! The Moscow correspondent of the
/ Standard, referring to the horrible ac-
| counts of Russian brutality at BlagO-
vestchensk after the bombardment,
says: 1T is rumored that the Cos
| sacks mercilessly butchered men, wO-
! men and children in the villages on the
| Amur river, and flung their corpses
! into the stream. These stories are con-
| firmed by an official order just issued,
! cOuched in a mild note admitting the
| massacreS. which are described as
caused by transportation against the
! Chinese for beginning hostilities and
| threatening the utmost severity of
martial law for any future violence to
| unarmed peaceful Cinnamon. a the
! same time ordering the police through
out the Amur district TO compel the
! town and country populations to drag
the Chinese cOrDses out of the river
and bury or burn them in order to pre-
vent an outbreak of Infection.
| Inc correspondent ADDS InlS or
der reads like a free warrant for the
massacre of any Chinaman whom the
COSsackS NAV provoke into a quarrel
or prove to be in possession of arms"
! Proof that Emperor Kwang Hsu is
! still under the thumb of the empress
dowager is supplied by the Shanghai
! correspondent of the Times, who wires:
| AN imperial edict, dated Aug 19. while
en- route for Tai Yuen Flu. addressed
! to Ii Hung Chang. in the emperor s
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| dangers of a foreign assault on PelNn.
the emperor felt it his duty to COM
ply with the wishes of the empress and
to accompany her westward, after in
structing Yung Lu, Hsu Tung and
Tsung Shi to remain in the capital and
J to carry on the government.
Now, fearing that the powers are
incensed and unwilling to propose a
peaceful settlement, the emperor or
deTS Ii Hung Chang to Use every en-
/ deaVOr to open negotiations He praises
Earl Lis faithful service to the dy-
J J nasty, and assures him of imperial
gratitude
Another imperial edict, issued from
Shan 81. Aug. 20, and more cOncilia-
: tory. urges provincial viceIoys and gov
errors to safeguard their territories
T and bids the Yang Use vicerOys to con-
tinue the policy of securing protection
: for missionaries and merchants and OF
t maintaining the general sense of Sc
- curity."
Hong Kong dispatches report persist
ent rumOrs Of an approaching anti-for-
eign rising, and there is much uneasi
. ! ness there.
Ii Hung's-protege Ma Hi Chung
died at Shanghai Sunday.
= The Russian forces in Manchuria ar,
2 now moving on Kiran. an importan
= | SJrategical position. where there is
: | large arsenal. When Kiran has beef
captured they wiz occupy Mukden-
six months rations for the British
| force" says the Tien Tsin CORRESPOND
| emf of the Standard wiring Aug. p
paper correspondents are seriously han
[ | dicaDped b. the bad arrangement o
n the Chinese telegraphs- Message haV
= been tempered with, and nothing is SAT
Q unless mailed to Shanghai. A goo
q deal Of curiosity is felt here REGARDING
s the fate of the mailbag containing of
3 fetal and press dispatches. describin
; the cntr-r into PelSin, which was sen
$ by an admiral to Che Foo in a Rus
r sian gunbOat, and is reported not I
k have been received there.
e 1.-The proceedings of the Russians i
Il and around Pekin are watched wit
some anxiety. The situation threaten
s to develop many complications. 1t
n said that Russians intend to take Sha
q Hal Kwan. They have assumed com
e | plete possession of the Hal Ku arsene
j. at Ten Tsin. and allow admission I
no one but Russians. The arsenal sti
n / contains thousands of pounds wort
= of guns and ammunition.
e 1.-THE Russians are charged with cut
ting the wire between this point an
Pelin, and with committing variou
other petty annOyances-
Regarding the evacuation of Pekil
says the correspondent of the Times &
s Toxic. the japanese government wi
] pursue the course approved by a ma
e jority of the powers that the empires
y dOwager's anti-fOreign frenzy in Jun
IL according to a special dispatch froI
Y Shanghai. was due to the Dresentatio
/. to her by Prince Tuan of an ultimatui
# which is now known to have been fors
IT J ed n which the powers demanded he
abdication for Emperor Kwang Hsl
& the removal of the seat of gOvernmeT
lie from Pekin. the placing of Chimes