The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-16
HOW THE END CAME.
-.opEsPONDENTS' DESCRIPTIONS
OF THE PEKIN MASSACRE.
Foreigners FOUGHT N0BLY.
uur STORIES LACK ONLY OFFICIAL
CONFIRMATION.


i,a,s in other Chinese Cities Beg
ri rheir Country for Aid-The Plea
& rbev ualxe-This Country should
NJ uovra Force Commensurate with
the Needs.
ordon July 16, $3.50 a. NIT seems i'm
nossble to entertain any longer the least
s,cb+ as TO the fate of the Europeans in
N ,-.,,ic The Associated Press learns that
1,dv Hart. wife of Sir Robert Hart di-
rector Of the Chinese imperial maritime
customs. on July 5, received the following
n telegram from her husband:
"our people, including the women, are
q :, the lesation. Prepare to hear the
worst"
The European governments have received
q from their representatives. at Shanghai a
d,sp5tch from the governor of Shan Tung,
\ dated July Z. reporting that the European
,roops made a softie from Pekin and
killed 200 of Cen Tung Fuh Siang's forces,
and that the Boxers were mounting guns
10 make a breach in the defenses.
Under date of July 12 the Governor of
Soan Tung wires as follows:
Native soldiers and Boxers have been
! attacking the Legations for some hours,
4 but have not yet effected an entrance.
They are now all bombarding with large
I cannon TO make a breach for heavy on
slaugat I fear that all the members, and
The government as well, are in great dan
ger. The government is intensely anX-
ious."
Finally Dame the news from Shanghai
that breach had been made and the for
eisners killed. All the dates probably re-
fer to a much earlier period; but the pre-
sumption is that the successive dispatches
give an outline of what has happened.
The Europeans, having reached the end
Of their resources, made a desperate sortie
and then bravely met their fate. The de
tails of the horrible story will probably
never he known.
Allies Won Successes.
Admiral Seymour's dispatches give the
latest news regarding the situation at
A Tien Tsn. Telegrams to the Associated
N Press show that the operations on July II
N were brilliant success. The Japanese
cavalry and a mobile mounted battery did
splendid work It was unfortunate that
N the allies did not have more cavalry TO
n pursue the flying enemy. Four hundred
H Chinese were killed and six guns cap
turod A noon the settlements were again
vi,iousy shelled from the native city,
and the hospitals and other buildings
were repeatedly hit. The moral effect OF
Il the successes of the allied forces upon the
j. loI n No
Gen Gaselee and staff, with a force of
Punjab infantry arrived yesterday at
Hong Kong and proceeded for Taku.
The French consul at Shanghai, at a
reception Saturday, made an impassioned
speech. He said:
The history of the world can show 10
parallel to such situation, and if the
abomnable crime. the mere thought of
4 which makes US shudder, has been per
. p-trated. then il is our desire that swift
n and summary punishment shall fall upon
4 the perfidious nation which committed it.
4 Our government is fully aware of the
| danger in which we are placed, and can
/ assure you that we are doing all in our
power to avenge the noble victims of
Chinese barbarity."
Americans Appeal.
Following is the text of an appeal of
4 Americans in China, assembled in mass
meeting in Shanghai, to their fellow cit
izens at home:
n "Cr-e the government to send adequate
1orces to act effectively in concert with
the other Powers. Al present the Ameri-
can torCos are quite disproportionate to
ne interests involved. Our commercial
Interests in the northern provinces are
par amount, and we consider it a humi-
launs policy to entrust to other Powers
a 'o chief task, that of protecting Amerl-
cans
AnNioreign outrages are multiplying
udly. Officials and missionaries are mas
sacred The fate of the ministers and
4 lher families in Pekin is not known but
general massacre is apprehended
wholesale massdcres of native Christians
continue. The whole country is terrorized
Trade is paralyzed.
The speedy restoration of order and
ieuiouJlon are duties pressing upon al
ClNhzed powers. The consequences of de-
'aF VIII be disastrous. Not only are for
,Ish lives and property placed in jeopardy
able
Give no credence to statemeus of the
.'uauon sent by the Chinese government
" Ha ministers abroad. The present out
,'EeS are the result of the weak and vacil-
I"HnS policy of the Powers in the past
we urge immediate, energetic and con-
c'fled action"
no" they Fought for Their Lives.
lae Shanghai correspondent of the
Da.F Mali says:
can assert positively that the Chi
authorities had the dreadful news
lr lon Pekln week ago, and that Shene
5" an the foreigners in Pekn were
n ~" "hen he asked the American consul
~ 'Npe Washington proposal to deliver
N co,ao o'e'sners in safety at Tien Tsin or
tb"Uoh that the allies would suspend
TH operations to the north of Pekn."
NJ M correspondent adds certain details
N irc '''"S al Pekin after June %. Accord
tlor' ms story, the members of the iega-
r,G made daily sorties, sometimes by
Chin una so successfully as 10 compel the
ci,b 20 retreat from the immediate vi
W inc hese reverses had dishcarten-
Soon 'lect upon the Chinese, and there
ton san to be open signs of disaffec-
C5in moved by desertions TO Prince
Coo. drmy, which was endeavoring &c
Prrc, II, with the besieged. Ultimately
tacl uan decided TO make a night at
a. " 'hfee powerful columns
Save H clock In the evening of July 6, >
with ue correspondent, fire was opened
wbc. artillery upon the British legation
For b. we foreigners were concentrated
WIN TWO hours the walls were battered
wore io, and shell, and huge breaches
Il y.no. ".1Ie IN them. Then a general ad
faB,r. was ordered. and the Chinese In.
war5 Nolleying constantly, moved to-
Il hovay'. gaps. The fire Of the defenders