The age-herald., 1900-07-11

Che Foo-Secretary of State: Chan Tang Governor reports Fourth of July all lega- tionists Pekin safe, except German.
 FOWLER, Consul.
 London, July Il, 4:15 a. m.-"No authen- tic news from Pekin" is still the burden of the dispatches from the far east, and, ala though the disposition is to believe the op- timistic reports of the Chinese source, no real confidence Is possible until the legas tons, if they still exist, are permitted td communicate with their governments.
 If, as is alleged. the Boxer movement is losing ground in Pekin, it might have been supposed that the Boxers would have erf$ deavored to send up endorsements from Tien Tsin; but instead of that they ara still in great force in the neighborhood of the latter place, and are assisted by the imperial Chinese troops. with ample, eff. fcient artillery.
 According to a special Che Foo dispatch the fighting around Tien Tsin on the Sd and 4th was the severest ever experienced. The British loss alone was thirty killed and wounded. The Chinese had 75,000 men attacking simultaneously from the vest north and east, and made excellent pracA tice with over one hundred guns, the des lenders numbering 14,000, with scant supa plies, and it was only the presence of the newly arrived Japanese and Russian guns that prevented disaster. One Russian com. pany of infantry, numbering 1S0 men, had 115 killed or wounded. The German conr tingent also suffered heavily. By the evens ing of the 4th the squadron was very crite. ical. The allies narrowly escaped total de- feat. Providentally, when things were at their worst torrential rainfall compelled the Chinese to retire. On July 6 the rain having abated, the Chinese renewed the attack, opening fire on Tien Tsn with twelve batteries of four inch guns, but the allies aided by two of H. M. s. Terrible's AZ guns. succeeded in siencing the Chinese artillery after eight hours of fighting.
 Dispatch Date an Error
 At Shanghai it seems now to be the gen- eral belief that the date of the dispatch of July asserting that two legations were still standing. was error, either acci- dental or intentional. The couriers must have left Pekin at least five days earlier making the real date of the message June 2S, while the alleged massacres are said to have occurred on June 30 Until this point can be cleared up the greatest anxiety will be felt as to the fate of the Europeans.
 According to the Shanghai correspondent of the Express 1t is war to the knife be- tween the Dowager Empress and Prince Yuan. In a recent edct the latter boldly discards his mask and signs himself Em- peror. He warmly comments the prowess of "his faithful Boxers and in fiowery language appeals to their cupidity and fanaticism. In the same decree Prince Yuan appoints Prince Tsuan, the Iron Capped" Prince Tsaishan, his imperial clansman, and Rang Vi to command the three chief wings of the Boxer army. Three hundred European refugees from Tien Tsin have arrived at Shanghai in a state of Restitution after terrible suffering.
 The Daily News Tien Tsin correspondent says: The allies have decided to lombard the native city which they have hitherto hesitated to attack. owing to the heavy commercial interests involved. The London Daily papers comment favorably upon Sec retary of State Hays circular.