The Topeka state journal., 1900-07-04
ALL DEAD.
Not a Single Foreigner Now
Alive in Pekin.
That is the Latest Report
Reaching Shanghai.
GERMANY'S REVENGE.
The Guards Attacked Tsung Lii
Yamen, Killing Many.
Allied Forces Can No Longer
Hold Tien Tsin.
Chinese Army of 10000 Men
Marching to the Attack.
WAR is DECLARED.
An Imperial Decree Issued
From Chinese Capital
Urging People Everywhere to
Take Up Arms.
Chinese Army of 10000 Men
Marching to the Attack.
WAR is DECLARED.
An Imperial Decree Issued
From Chinese Capital
Urging People Everywhere to
Take Up Arms.

London, July 4, 1852 p. m.-'Not q
single foreigner is now alive in Pekin,''
is the latest Chinese report which has
reached Shanghai. Earlier reports from
the same source describe the condition
of the British legation as something
awful 1t is said that the rooms of the
legation were filed with sick and
wounded, the killed lying unburied in
heaps 1t is believed that many mem
bers and officers of the Tsung Ii va
men perished when the German guard
naddened by the murder of Baron Won
Ketteler the German minister, set fire
to the building.
That the foreigners at the Chinese
capital have been abandoned to their
horrible fate seems no longer open to
doubt in the light of the message re-
ceived by the Associated Press from
Taku this morning announcing the de-
cision of the admiraIs regarding the
hopelessness Of further attempts to re-
Heve Pel1in under the circumstances.
The same message foreshadows the.
eEacua4ian of Ten Tsin by the interna-s
tional forces, pending the arrival of a
fully equipped army. and while the ar
rival of a comparatively small garrison
at Tien Tsin at a point under the pro-
lection ef naval guns would relieve
much of the anxiety, it is felt here that
q retreat OF the troops is liable to set
afiame the provinces at present quies-
cent.
Advices from Shanghai today say
there is continued fighting at Tien Tsin,
while the German consul at Che Foo
telegraphs to Berlin confirming the re-
port of the renewal of hostilities. He
says the foreign settlement at Tien
Tsin is again surrounded and is being
bombarded, and that women and chill
dren are to be removed He adds that
the Chinese troops have again advanced
against the railroad and that the
bridges have been destroyed, but that
communication by water with Taku is
maintained.
the mission buildings at Moukden have
been burned and that many native
Christians have been killed,
LATEST FROM LEGATIONS.
Shanghai, July Another message
from Sir Robert Hart, the inspector of
customs, dated Pekin, Monday. June 25,
reiterates that the situation was then
desperate, and that the Chinese troops
where all the members of the diplo-
matte body had congregated.
London, July 4, 12:45 p. ma dis
patch from Taku dated Saturday, June
that the British and Russian admirals
at a council of war held on June 30 de-
cided that it was impossible to attempt
to relieve Pekin without greatly in
creased forces They also concluded
that it would be possible to hold Tien
Tsin, but in the event of this not prov
ing feasible they will endeavor to re-
tain possession of Taku. One hundred
and forty thousand imperial troops are
stationed between Pekin and Tien Tsin,
while the total of the allied forces which
can be concentrated at the present
barely numbers 10000. It is reported
that General Nieh-Si-C Chang is advanc-
ing for an attack on Tien Tsin with
10000 troops.
Another report has been received at
Taku to the effect that the German
guards rescued the body of Baron Won
Ketteler, the late German minister to
China, after he was murdered by the
Chinese.
WAR IS DECLARED.
New York. July A dispatch to the
Herald from Shanghai, July 3, says:
The following imperial decree dated
Pekin, June 25, has been sent by courier
to Poa Ting Flu and thence telegraphed
broadcast:
1--WE are now warning with the for
eigners. Boxers, patriots and people
combined with the government troops
have been repeatedly victorious in bat
ties with our foreign enemies. We have
already sent imperial commissioners to
transmit the imperial praise and exhor-
tations to repeat these successes.
These must be men of similar patriot
ism and bravery in all the provinces
of the empire. We therefore command
all viceroys and governors to enlist such
and organize them into troops.
Let this decree be sent to all the
high officials in the empire at the rate
of 200 miles per day"
High Chinese officials here stated to-
day that they had received message
from Pekin saying that "a hours would
decide the fate of the remaining foreign
legations.
Severe fighting continues around Tien
Tsin. Admiral Seymour is reported to
have been wounded in a pitched battle
Reports from the surrounding country
show that proelamations urging the
massacre of foreigners and native
Christians have been posted on the
walls of missions.
RIVER CLEARED TO ITEM TSIN
London, July 4.-10:25 a. ma dis
patch from Taku, dated Friday, June
29, and Shanghai. July 3, says a recon-
noitering party under Lieutenant Com
mander Keyes of the torpedo boat Fame
eau ured and DESTROYED the New City