Evening journal., 1900-08-27
Starvation COnfrOntS Those Refu-
gees Who Are in Tien TSin
Seeking Protection
CHINESE ARE AGAIN SUSPECTED
Oh Delaying Official Messages Which
AcQuaint the Powers With Real
Conditions in China

London, Aug 27.-The latest news
from Pekin indicates that the situation
there IS unchanged. The imperial city
is still invested, but has not yet been
occupied. The allies, when the last
message left, were still refraining from
aggressive action, pending instructions
from their governments.
An attack from 1000 Boxers was an
ticipated, and to meet this the whole
American force and the British artil-
lery, according to a dispatch to The
Morning Post from Pekin, dated Aug.
is. were moved to the outer city wall.
The Boxers were reported coming from
the south.
Gen. Dorward, in his report of the
engagement outside of Tien Tsin Aug
10, when the Americans. British and
Japanese signally defeated a large force
Of Boxers, killing over 300, says, in
dispatch dated Aug 25:
"The lines of communication near
Tien Tsin are now free from danger.
The enemy had been treating the vii.
layers badly. Several decapitated bodies
were found near their camp. The viii
layers are now focking to Tien Tsin at
the rate Of about thousand a day.
AS there is not more than a months
food supply, there is every prospect Of
a famine shortly"
This declaration that a famine is i'm
minent in consequence OF the made
quacy OF provisions for the hordes Of
refugees at Tien Tsin adds new ele-
ment Of peril to the situation.
Shanghai adYices say that the report
OF the capture Of Emperor KUang Su
by the japanese was erroneous. It was
case Of mistaken identity.
The Pekin correspondent of The
Daily Telegraph, wiring Aug. 10, reas-
serts that the empress dowager fled
westward, and adds:
She has a bodyguard of 1900, and
as the mountainous character of the
country would prevent artillery fol-
lowing II is believed that she will not
be pursued"
This correspondent reports every
thing quiet on the date of his dispatch,
but telegram TO the same paper from
Tien Tsin, dated Aug. "a. asserts that
thousand Russians. Germans and
japanese had pushed forward from Pc
kin with the intention, II is assumed.
of pursuing the fleeing empress dow
ager
at a conference Of ministers and gem
erals held at Taku Friday II was de-
cided, according to The Daily Tele-
graph. to refer the fate of the forbid
den city to Europe.
Tien Tsin dispatches to Berlin. dated
Aug. %, say:
The Japanese troops are in pos
session of the wall around the inner
most part of the Forbidden City, but
have not yet made their way to the
imperial palace, owing to lack of gov
ernment instructions"
Lieut.. Gen. Linevitch, commander
of the First Siberian army corps, ca
bling to St. Petersburg, under date Of
Aug. 16, says:
There are no longer any Boxers in
Pekin. They were driven out today
by the French and Russians, whose
flags are hoisted over the Imperial
City The empress dowager, the en-
peror, the heir apparent and the whole
court have fed to the province Of Shen
ST."
The Shanghai correspondent of The
Times, wiring Aug a. says:
Mr.. Morgan. of the China Inland
Mission, who has arrived here from
Si-NganFu reports that 81 foreign
missionaries and 30 converts have
been massacred at Tai Yuen Flu.
The Japanese government has no
titled Earl Ii that negotist ions will be
impossible until plenipotentiarie ac
ceptable to the powers are appointed.
Japan suggests the vieeroys Of Nankin
and Wu Chang and Earl Ii. If these
are appointed, and China expresses a
willingness to make full indemnity.
Japan is ready 10 assist to tne utmost" "