The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-07-18

To add to the grimness of this sug-
gestion all advices from Ten Tsin tend
to confirm the reports of the perlous
condition of the al led forces and belle
the optimistic Chinese rumors. I'm.
less reiniorcemehts speedily reach Tien
| Tsin another disaster may be expected.
1t appears that the Russian censor
ship suppressed all references in this
matter and it trsnspires that 900 reg
ular troops have already arrived from
Port Arthur and Amur to protect the
Manchuraln railway and that other
troops are now on their way to Man.
chnria. ALI kinds Of stories come from
Shanghai, which it /: impossible to ver-
ify. Ii is stated thai the Boxers have
murdered The chancellor of the Pekin
university and sixty of the members of
his family and retainers.
The Chinese representative in Ber-
lin denies the statement that Ii Hung
Chang had sent TO him a hopeful tele-
gram. He says that on the contrary,
no direct telegram has been received by
him from Ii Hung Chang for some
time past.
The days news is again restricted TO
the usual crop of untrustworthy Shsug-
hal rumors, the most serious of which
is reported by The correspondent of the
Express is 10 The eff ect that Europeans
are directing the Chinese military OPP
erations. The correspondent asserts
that Captain Bailey of II. M. S. Aurora
distinctly saw man in European garb
directing the Chinese artillery opera
tione outside Tien Tsip.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-The Japan
ese legation has received a dispatch
from Toxic giving briefly the details of
the assassination of Baron Won Ket-
teier at Pekir and the fighting around
Tien Tsin. The dispatch was sent
from Toxic July 4, but was in some
way subject to great delay along the
Siberian route. 1t states that the Ger
man minister was killed by shot and
that it is not known whether the mob
element or the soldiery is responsible
for the shooting, The Japanese report
of the fighting around Tien Tsln is SIM
liar to that already conveyed in the
press dispatches.
Concerning today's reports from
Yokohama that the government is
being urged TO send $4,000 troops to
China, Mr.. Nabeshima, the Japanese
charge, says this is little more than
press conjecture, and that there is no
present evidence that the government
has the slightest purpose of sending
more than one army corps, or $4,000
men to China. While the popular
sentiment in Japan might favor the
despatch OF large army to China, he
feels that the government will act
quite conservatively, particularly in
view of the uncertainty as to the terms
on which Japan ia to undertake Tho
mission.
LONDON, July 10. - The Central
NeWS asserts that an official message
has been received in London today an
pouncing that all foreigners in Pekin
were murdered July 6. A member of
the japanese legation con firms this ru-
NOR to your correspondent. Govern.
ment officials refuse to talk.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-The State
department al 1915 received a bulletin
from Consul Gooduow at Shanghai that
the worst has happened at Pekin. His
information ls Indefinite and comes
through the governors of Shantung.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-Instead of
| publishing the text of Consul Good
now's dispatch the state department
has issued the following statement.
The stale department has received
dispatch from Consul Goodnow at
Shanghai saying that Governor Shan
tung wires mat the Boxers and SOL
diers were bombsrding the legations
for the final attack on July 7. He is
extremely anxious for the safety of the
ministers and our Chinese fliends in
Pekin. The consul adds fears of the
worst are generally entertained.