The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-17
PRINCE CHING HEADS COUNTER
REVOLUTION.
BY This Means He Has So Far Been
Able to Protect Foreigners-Twan's
Ferocious Designs.

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| ing in league with the Boxers, Prince
Ching and Imperial troops have been
| aiding the legations. This fact is the
most gratifying news that has been
received from Peking for with the
| powerful Prince Ching leading Il Coun-
| ter revolt the career of the Boxer re-
bellion must be brought to a speedy
| termination as soon as the Allies are
| in a position to cooperate with his
forces.
For the present, the fate of the Min
listers rests in their own hands and that
of Prince Ching for the Allies have ad
mitted the utter futility of attempting
the relief of the Peking legations with
| the inadequate force of troops now un-
! der the command of Admiral Seymour
| who was reported as having been
wounded by a Chinese sharpshooter.
! Fears are entertained for the fate of a
! force of 5000 Russians who left Tien-
! tsin for Peking, June II. Nothing has
been heard from them for the past "a
! days and the general opinion is that
they have been annihilated.
| Previous to July 3 the reports from
| Peking concerning the Ministers were
| most diScOuraging. 1t was even re-
ported simultaneously at Cheefu,
| Shanghai and Tientsin that the enor-
nous force of Boxers had carried all of
| the legations and massacred all of the
| foreigners. This was further corrobor-
ated July 4 when three servants were
| said to have escaped from Peking with
! the news of the total destruction of all
! the foreign legations. The press cor
! respondents are unanimous in saying
| that if the officials at Shanghai desired,
J they could furnish the latest news from
Peking. The fact that they are silent
| arouses grave fears for the fate of the
| legations.
On July the foreign consuls met az
| Shanghai and officially announced that
| the legations were safe on July 4. On
| the 9th however the Shanghai cores
pondent of the London Express wired
that a mistake had been made in this
announcement and instead of it being
July 4, it was the day previous.
| The correspondent points to the
fact that the announcement by
| the consuls is not certain by
any means as the courier from
whom the news was received left Pc
king on June 2S and according to Chi
nese reports, circulated simultaneously
| at Cheefu, Shanghai and Tientsin, the
| destruction of the Christians occurred
on June 30 and July l.
| With one exception however the news
| since July has been more reassuring
and the general impression in official
circles seems to be that the legations
are yet safe. This disquieting
dispatch was received from Sir
| Robert Hart and was sent from
Canton, July 3, and publishing in
London July I. 1t announced that the
British Legation was in flames and all
of the Ministers killed.
The Ninth Regiment of United States
Infantry arrived at Taku on July 7.
LONDON, July THE Daily Tele-
graph publishes this dispatch from its
special correspondent:
CANTON, July (via Hongkong,
I July 6-O-Intense excitement has been
4 Ixv tnl fVAr
Robert Hart to the effect that the Brit
ish Legation is in flames in Picking.
Il Fears are entertained that the foreign
ministers have been massacred.
I LONDON, July 7, 3 a. m.-Details of
further horrors in Peking gathered by
correspondents at Shanghai from Chi
neSe sources, especially of the slaugh-
ter in the Chinese and Tartar city of
thousands of native Christians, say that
the capital reeks with carnage. The
correspondents aver that If the Chinese
officials in Shanghai wished to throw
light on the real state of affairs in the
capital they could do so, and, there
e fore, the worst reports are accepted as
true.
The Cheefu correspondent of the EX-
press telegraphing on Thursday, says
, there is no longer any doubt that dis
) aster has overtaken the Russian force
of 5000 that left Tientsin for Peking
gun complement and carried their own
transports.
LONDON, July 10, 1925 a. m.-Witt
: the foreigners in Peking probably safe
, amid civil war with Prince Ching by
, their side with the powers united anC
their forces constantly increasing, the
| outlook in China is now rather more
hopeful than it has been for month
past. 1t appears from the cautious
statement given out by Taotai Shene
: in Shanghai that the reason that the
heavy guns bearing on the legations al
Peking were not used is that Prince
Ching, who is served by 10000 troops
seized all the artillery ammunition. He
likewise intimates that Yung Lu, com
mander in chief of the northern army
is associated with Prince Ching in op
! posing Prince Tuan's ferocious design!
and dictatorial ambition. Sheng, whC
appears to be the sole Shanghai condui
of Peking news, cheers the foreign con
suls by those confidential communlca
tions, but takes excessive precautions
to prevent the Chinese from thinking
: him friendly to the foreigners.
LONDON, July 9.-The Times says
this morning: I'VE learn from private
message from Canton that Ii Huns
| Chang has telegraphed direct to tn,
Chinese Minister i'm London urging hin
TO request the British government tC
approach the United States government
with a view to a joint Invitation t
Japan to cooperate in the maintenanc
Of the Chinese empire and the estab
lishment of a strong government on
solid basis the three then uniting In an
appeal for the support of all the othe
powers"
BRUSSELS, July S.-A dispatch from
Shanghai received here says that, ac
cording to high Chinese official, tn
3 two legations which We're still holding
: out on July 2d We're the object of in
cessant attacks. There had been som
losses among the troops guarding tn
legations, but the diplomats were safe
The dispatch also says the loya
d troops under Prince Ching, who is lead
ing a counter revolution, had attack
ed the rebels in Peking,
The Governor OF Shantung, accordin
to the same authority, is reported t
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