The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-05

SHANGHAI, July q, P. H.
Three Chinese servants of foreign
eigners have, 1T is rumored from o
good source, escaped from Pekin.
They report that all the foreigners,
one thousand in number, including
four hundred soldiers, one hundred
members Of the Chinese customs
staff, and number of women and
children, held out till their ammuni-
tion was exhausted in the Brit
ish legation. The legation was finally
burned and all the foreigners were
killed. It is reported that Kwang
Nsu and the dowager empress have
been poisoned.
LONDON, July 4.-l2:52 p. m.-"Nott
single forcignc. Is now alive in Pekln"
is the latest Chinese report which has
reached Shanghai. Earlier reports
from the same source describe the con-
dl,Ion of the British legation as some
thing awful. 1t is said that the rooms
of the legation wera filled with sick
and wounded, the killed lying unburied
lin heaps 1t Is believed that many
members and officials of the. Tsung Ii:
Yamen perished when the Germans
guard maddened by the murder of Bar
on von Ketteler, the German minister,
set fire to the building. That the for!
eIgners at the Chinese 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 Tnku this morn
ing, announcing the decision OF the ad-
mlrals regarding the circumstances.
Foreshadows Evacuation of Tien
Tsin.
The same message seems to foreshad-
ow the evacuation of Tien Tsin by the
international forces. pending the ar
rival of fully equipped army. and
while the arrival of comparatively
small garrison ut Tien Tsin at n point
under the protection OF naval guns,
would relieve much OF the anxiety, 1t
Is felt here that retreat OF the troops
Is liable to set ailnme the provinces at
present quiescent.
Advices from Shanghai to-day say
that there.is continued fighting at Tieh
Tsin. while the German consul at Che
Foo telcgraphed to Berlin, confrDlins
the report OF the renewal Of hosttlitles.
Foreign Settlement Surrounded.
He says the foreign settlement at
Tien Tsin is. again surrounded and Is
being borrbarded and that the women
and children are TO be removed. He
adds that the Chinese troops have
again advanced against the railroad
and that the bridges have been de-
stroyed, but that communication by
water with Taku Is maintained.
NThc consul confirms the report that
the mission buildings at Moukden have
been burned and that many native
| Christians have been killed.
100000 Men Required.
A dispatch TO the Express from
Shanghai says that, according to the
best military estimates. 100000 men Will
be necessary to subjugate Northern
China. and even then 1t will take two
or three years. The forces OF the Chi
nese empire have gathered such
motion that even japanese full
| strength, launched now, would be un-
equal to the task of restoring order.
Taotai Sheug, of Shanghai, issued n
proclamation on Wednesday. which
practically forbids foreign warships ap-
preaching the yang Use Kiang, saying
| that ir they do so. the Chinese author-
tiles will not hold themselves response
bic for thcl consequences. 1t Is consld-
l,ered that the Chinese officials are pre-
pairing way to evnde responsibility ff.
an outbreak occurs. Even Ii Hung
Chang is suspected. The foreigners are
simply aBhast at the extent of the
Chinese armaments which have been
systematically accumulated.
The declaration OF the ndmirals not to
attempt the relief OF the besleGcd lega-,
tion forces has filled the entire Euro
pean community, the Daily Mails
Shanghai correspondent says, with BIT
terness and despair, Few, however af-
firm that any other course is possible.
The weakness OF the allied forces left
no other course open. II Is pointed out
that the Chinese opposing Admiral Sey-
mour We're only fraction OF the hugc
force now. cutting OF the capital from
Tien TsIn and which numbers 100000,
nearly all well armed. The allies have
no real means OF transport and there Is
NO food In the country MS 1t Is being
laid waste. The question of ammunition
is also serious one. Only Japan, and
! TO lesser extent Russia, are able TO
push up war material In the vast guam
tItcs made necessary by the continuous
fighting. Though transports will soon
arrive at Taku, the present pressure is
not relieved. The conccpsus OF opinion
among military and naval authorities is