The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-13
TERRIBLE VEIL OF SILENCE
FEAR GROWS THAT WORST HAS
HAPPENED IN PEKIN.

News, However, Restricted Mostly TO
The Usual Crop of Untrustworthy Ad-
Woes from shanghni-Ono of tho Lat
Ter Declares the Legations Have Been
Demolished and tho Foreigners Killed
Another Fixes July @ as the Date of
tho Tragedy.
London, July 13-4:1O a. ma terri
BILE veil of silence enshrouds Pekin, and
there is nobody but believes that the
worst has happened. 1t is taken for
granted that all the powers have ex-
hausted every means to get direct news
from their legations, and the fact that
their efforts have been vain leaves but
one Interpretation. The Chinese repre-
sentative in Berlin denies the statement
that Ii Hung Chang had sent to him
hopeful telegram. He says, on the con-
trary, that no direct telegram has been
received by him from Ii Hung Chang
for some time past.
The days news is again restricted to
lHS USUAL CIOp VI uLtl uSlWpllIS iolldilS-
hal runners, the most serious of which,
reported by the correspondent of the
Express, is to the effect that Europeans
are directing the Chinese military op-
erations. The correspondent asserts
that Captain Bailey of the H. M. S. Au-
rora distinctly saw man in European
garb directing the Chinese military op-
erations outside of Tien Tsn.
Foreign refugees from Tien Tsin
openly accuse a European official whose
name the Express correspondent sup
presses and Colonel Won Hannekln, who
was formerly employed to drill the Chi
nese troops, of being parties to plot
to procure the escape of General Ching
and themselves from Tien Tsin before
the bombardment, leaving the other for
eigners to their fate.
Statements are in circulation in
Shanghai accusing the Russians Of in
discriminate slaughter of friendly Chi
nese non -combatants, without regard of
age or sex. The manager of a Chinese
steamship company, who has arrived in
Shanghai, asserts that he only escaped
from Tien Tsin by cutting off his queue
and donning European clothes. 1t Is
stated that the Taotai of Shanghai pro-
tested to the powers against these Rus
sian slaughters
1t is asserted that the Buddhist
priests throughout the empire are prop
agating Prince Tuans anti-foreign gos-
pei. News is circulating throughout the |
Yang Use valley that General Ma has
inflicted crushing defeat upon the al |
lies at Tien Tsin and that the foreign |
army has been cut to pieces east of Pc |
kin. The actual impotence for the mo-
lnent of the allied forces naturally give |
color to these stories with the worst re-
suits.
The Shanghai correspondent of the |
Express gives Tien Tsin advices to July |
s. when the superior range of the jap
anese artillery enabled them to relieve
the Russians who were hard-pressed at
the railway station.
London, July 13.-The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says the
following story regarding the position
in Pekin emanates from Chinese Off
cial sources:
1.-THE two remaining legations, the
British and Russian, We're attacked In
force on the evening of July s, Prince
Tuan being in command. The attack
ers were divided Prince Tuan COM
manded the center, the right wing was
led by Prince Tsai Yin and the left
by Prince Yin Lin. The reserves were
under Prince Tsin Yu.
1.-The attack commenced with artillery
fighting. which was severe and lasted
until o'clock in the morning by
which time both legations We're de-
stroyed and all the foreigners We're
dead, while the streets around the le-
cations were full of the dead bodies. of
both foreigners and Chinese.
Upon hearing of the attack Prince
Ching and General Wang Wen Shao
went with the troops to the assistance
of the foreigners, but they were out
numbered and defeated. Both Prince
Ching and General Wang Wen Shao
were killed.
1.-TWO foreigners are said to have es-
capped through the gates, one with
heavy sword wound in his head.
prince Tuan in celebration of the
victory, distributed 100000 taes and
huge quantities of rice to the Boxers"
Shanghai, July Pit is reported that
a Chinese merchant here has received
letter from Pekin, dated June 80 say !
ing the legations were demolished and {
that the foreigners had been killed It {
is announced from good source that
30. 900 Russians are marching on Pekin
from the north
I71LY'S ERM.d NY'SATTITUDE !
Official statement by Former and Semi 3
Official Statement by Latter. t
Rome, July 12.-The Marquis Visconti !
minister Of foreign affairs, re-