The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-23
Feeling That the Legations May Be Safe Is
Gaining Favor at the
Foreign Courts
German Missionaries Reported Slaughtered
Turn Up All Right, and There Are
Other Indications on Which
Hopes Are Based.

LONDON, July %, a. m.-Sir Cheh
10 Feng, the Chinese minister in Eng
and, took the unusual step yesterday
Df paying a Sunday call at the foreign
1flce. AS Lord Salisbury was absent
lhe visit was without special result, but
is Importance may be gathered from an
Interview with the secretary Of the Chi
bese legation, Sir Halliday Mccartney.
4 which the legation officials seem to
bave assumed to some respect personal
Responsibility.
MESSAGES ARE LOOKED FOR
Sir Halliday said that communication
would soon be reopened with Pekin, and
that the messages from Sir Claude Mac
Donald and the other ministers. UOight
be expected at any minute. He hoped the
trouble would soon be over, as the Chi
nese government was doing its utmost to
overcome the difficulty and control the
iawless element. In his opinion the
Americans had taken the most common
sense view Of the situation, and he in
sisted that China ought not to be mis-
judged. Against the supposition that Ii
Hung Chang had anything but a, sin
cere pacific object in view he protested
warmly, asserting that all stories about
the perhdy of Earl Ii were absolutely
baseless.
REBELS ARE BLAMED.
With regard to the prospects in the
Southern provinces, the secretary admit
ted that there might be small outbreaks.
but he said there would be nothing Sc
rious and that Europeans would be quite
safe in treaty ports. The long silence he
explained as due probably to the rebels,
who have cut the wires and blocked the
roads"
Thus, according to the secretary of the
Chinese legation, a few days more should
bring a solution of the great mystery
Nevertheless, no one in England believes
that the alleged dispatches and edicts are
anything but subterfuges to hide the
real situation as long as possible and to
lvert retribution by sowing discord
lmong the powers.
IMPERIAL COURT REMOVES.
From Shanghai comes a report that The
empress dowager and the court are NOV
Ing to Hsian-Fu in the province of Shan
81, to which large stores Of rice are being
sent, and that when these arrangements
are completed the remaining viceroys
will declare against foreigners.
According to the Che Foo correspond
ent of the Daily Mail, the fall of Tien
Tsin has so disheartened the Chinese
that they are seeking terms Of peace. He
says that several attempts have been
made to send messages to Pekin, but so
far without any known results, and adds
that rumors are again current that the
Russians are reaching Pekin from the
north. 1t Is impossible to confirm or
deny these statements, but either one
might explain China's efforts to gain time.
Ii HUNG'S VISIT A FAILURE.
Ii Hung Chang's visit to Shangai seems
to be complete failure. Except the
Chinese customs officials, no one has Wis
tied him. Shehg, the taotai (chief magis-
trate), gave the conculs a cordial invita-
ton to meet him at luncheon, but all de-
clined. Tho Shanghai correspondent OF
the Iaily Express pretends to have au-
thoTity for the assertion that Great Brit
ain will repudiate any credentials L.
Hung Chang may bring from the en-
press dowager, and he adds:
Russia, however is willing to make
terms with Ii Hung Chang, whose real
mission is to SOW dissension among the
powers. The BRITISH German and