The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-08-03
C0NGER IS ALL RIGHT
AMERICAN MINISTER ~ PEKlN
SENDS ANOTHER MESSAGE.
SIN Hssisgsd hy Chinese Troops sud In
rrrituus Position Advance ~ Relief
foroe stay rrecipitste War

The war department has received the
following dispatch from 1ien Tsin
from Colonel Daggett, an American
officer. dated August ].
Message just received from Congcr
says. "sinor 10th, by agreement, no
firing Have provisions several weeks,
little ammunition al safr. well. Re-
port allied forces soon advance. Prac-
ticaily no looting by Americans, no
unnecessary KILLING
The following letter OF Lieutenant.
Colonel shiba. military nttache at the
legation Of pckin. dated July 90. ar
rived at flen Tsin on the a5th, at Q
o'clock Ia the evening.
We are all awaiting impatlently the
arrival Of rclnforccments, aud " you
can not reach here la less than "a weeks
time IL IA probable that We will be I'M
able to hold out any longer.
Emperor aud Empress Dowager APP
pear to be still at Pckin. We're our
forces to arrive II IL very probable that
they would Zee 10 Wan shoshan.
Killed aud wounded up 10 date. Eight
killed. one a captain Of infantry aud
an ambassadors attachc; seven seri-
ously wounded. the first secretary Of
legation being one Of twenty slightly
wounded. The number Of Europeans
killed IL sixty Ia all.
Important additional confirmation
Of the safety Of the legations has been
received In London by Mr. DUNEDIN
Campbell, representative iu Europe Of
the Chinese customs service, from the
commissioner of customs at Che Foo,
In the shape Of a Prltin dispatch, not
dated, but believed to have been writ
ten on July 20, signed by both Sir
Robert Hart inspcctor.gencral Of Gus
toms, aud Mr. Robert llrrcdou, deputy
nspcctor.gcncral, TO the following eff
feet:
"siniI and family still safe"
This has been confirmed by the com-
missioner Of customs In Shanghai.
A sensational Shanghai corresponds
ent still hints that the Chinese arc
Juggling with dates, but, In face Of the
constantly accommodating evidence that
the ministers were safe ON July 20,
and dispitc the omission from all the
dispatches ~ nnNiously desired infor-
nation regarding the real situation,
political and otherwise, at Pekin there
are very few la London who do not
believe the dispatches genuine and re-
liable.
The allies now confront a most dlfii-
cult and dangerous problem. Without
doubt the ministers are held by the
Chinese as hostages, aud the outcome
of the advance ON pelsin which, In ALI
probability, has already begun. viii DO
awaited with Intense anxiety.
The Chinese ARE strongly lntrcnched
at Wang Tsun, from which position,
however, II Ia believed they can DO
elected without great difficulty. The
danger Ia that, II defeated there, the
Chinese will retire on Pelsin and put
the remainder OF the Europeans to
death.
II Is also possible that the advance
of the allies will be the signal for tho
Chinese authorities to eoupel all for
eigners To quit the capital, In which
event they might become tho prey OF
the fanatical lioNers.
The feeling is that nothing whatever
should now delay the advance, aud
that no negotiations ofany kind should
be eountenanecd until the allied troops
reach Pekin aud assure themselves re-
garding the fate OF the foreigners.