Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-04
NOT ONE ALIVE
Every Foreigner in Pekin
Said to Be Dead.
APPALLING TALE OF ATROC|TY
Allies Apparently PoWerless
Against Chinese Hordes.
THE SITUATION AT TEN FSIN
Foreign Settlement Surrounded
and Bombarded.
The SITUATION AT FIEN FSIN
REVIEW CONDITION. S

LONDON. July T. 1852 p.m.-"Not a
single foreigner is now alive in Pekin,' Is
the latest Chinese report which has reach
cd Shar ghai- Other early reports from the
same sources describe the condition of the
British legation as something awful 1t is
said that the rooms of the legation were
filled with sick and wounded the killed
lying uEburied in heaps. 1t is believed tnat
many members and officials of the tsunS
Ii yamen perished when the German guard
maddeEed by the murder of Baron Won ket-
teller. the German minister set fire to the
buildir gs. That the foreigners at the Chi
nesc capital have been abandoned to their
horrible fate seems no longer open to doubt
in the light of the message received by the
Associated Press from Taku this morning
announcing the decision of the admirals re-
garding the hopelessness of further at
tempts to relieve Pekin under the circum-
stances
Apparent Conformation of Worst.
SHANGHAI, July 4.-Another message
from Sir Robert Hart, the inspector general
of customs. dated Pekin. Monday June 25
reiterates that the situation was then des-
perate. and that the Chinese troops were
Smelling the British legation, where all the
members of the diplomatic body had con-
gregaIed.
PeriIOus Times at Tien Tsin.
The same message seems to foreshadow
the evacuation of Tien Tsin by the inter-
national forces pending the arrival of q
fully equipped army, and while the arrival
of a comparatively small garrison at Tien
Tsin at point under the protection OF
naval guns would relieve much of the anx-
fa-y- ~ &c FaTt
troops is likely to set afame the provinces
at present quiescent.
Advices from Shanghai today say that
there is continued fighting at Tien Tsfn
while the German consul at Chefoo tele-
graphs to Berlin confirming the report of
the renewal of hostilities. He says the for
eign settlement at Tien Tsin is again sur
rounded and is being bOmbarded, and that
the women and children are to be removed.
Chinese Advancing to Attack.
He eGds that the Chinese troops have
again advanced against the railroad and
that the bridges have been destroyed. but
that communication by water with Taku is
maintained.
The consul confirms the report that the
mission buildings at Moukden have been
burned and that many native Christians
have been killed
1t is reported that Gen. Nieh-si-chang is
advancing for attack on Tien Tsin with
S0.Uo troops.
Another report has been received at Taku
to the effect that the German guards
rescued the body of Baron Won -Ketteler, the
late German minister to China, after he
was murdered by the Chinese
viceroys Still Promise Peace.
SHANGHAI. July All the viceroys of
he
TO keep the peace The governor of the
province of Che-kiang alone is showing
anti-fore:gn tendencies.
Shanghai is safe. The protecting force
is increasing in strength daily, but un-
eas.ness is felt.
The Chinese and Allied Forces
LONDON. July A dispatch from Taku
dated Saturday. June 30. and Chefoo, Tues
day. July 3. says that the British and Rus
sian aGmirals at a council of war held on
June ~ decided that It was impossible 10
attempt 20 relieve Pekin without greatly
Increased forces. They also concluded tha;
II would be possible TO hold Tfen Tsin but
In the event OF this not proving feasible
they will endeavor to retain possession OF
Taku. One hundred and forty Thousand
imperial troops are stationed between Pekir
and Tien Tsln. while the total of the allied
presen; barely numbers 10000
Suspicious Concentration.
RERLIN. July 4.-The German consul al
Chefoo. telegraphing Tuesday. July 3, after
reiterating that General Tung-Fu-Li- Star
and Prince Tuan have seized the entire
power at Pekin, under the motto .'Exser.
minatOn Of the Foreigners" ADDS:
''The governor OF Shan Tung is al Tsinar
with $3.50 troops, ostensibiy for the pur
pose of resisting German attack. A5ou
1900 Of his troops are OF the frortler o
Chilli"
This concentration Is regarded with niue:
suspicion
Another Chefoo dispa sch. dated to-day
says that all missionaries from Chin Min,
are their way :" Ts!nan.
DowaG~r Empress Issues Edicts.
A dispatch from Canton, dated Tuesday
July 3. gives the gist OF two edicts OF tn
dowager empress dealing with the BOX
ers" the attack of the foreign powers Of
China and the latter's position. The edict
declare that reconciliation with the Chris
tfans. against whom the whole nation, in
Guiding the princes. military officials liter
All and mobiles. were united and are no,
stamping out, is quito impossible. 1t
asserted that the powers began the figh
by the attack on Taku, thereby snhancin