The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
MAKE A BRAVE ST AND.
Legation Guards in Peking Are
/ Fighting Desperately.
std to Have Killed More Than 1000
- chinese-F Frem=7chinese Sources =
~ It !. .;RepcFts@ That the Lssa-
tlOns Were Safe ON July 4.

- sChtnese,- From Chinese Sources
~ tl.RepcFte4 That the Lsse- =.
ton. Were Safe ON July 4.
|? London July 9.--The foreign consuls
qt Shanghai met on July rand officially
announced that the legations atPekipg
were safe on July 4. The foregoing
stateme ut, read with Consul Warren's
dispatch to the foreign Office |Ao 81, l. sat.
urday, makes it possible to believe that
the legations will hold OUT for an u111n.
ber Of days yet:: HaVing fodght to /
standstf1f tie first ooiuft Bursts 81 fanati.
cal fury, it IS believed that something
may intervene to save them. The news,
after the sinister rum1ors of the last
ten days, is enough upon which to
build up hopes. - =" - :. -
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Tientsin is still hard pressed: A Chi.
nese force numbering from $4,000 I'd
100000 men, as estimated by inconclu.
slve "Reminiscences, floods the country
roundabout Tientsin, communication
between which place and Taku is an
parently possible by river only.
Refugees from Tientsin arriving at
Shanghai say that only five civilian
foreigners were killed during the long
Chinese bombardment The foreign
women became so Indifferent that they
walked through the streets, not heed
ing the shells. Most of the civilians
were deported to Taku, thence to be
conveyed to Shanghai.
Reports . Great Battle.
The correspondents at Shanghai,
who are still the clearing house of all
Chinese news, say that combined
force of Russians and japanese have
LETT Tientsin, following the railway
as far as Lang Fang, and have thence
swept swiftly to the west, attacking
the Chinese IS miles north of Tientsin
and killing 1000 of them.
The; Shanghai correspondent of the
STANDARD Says reports from Tientsin
from Chinese sources say a great bat
tie has taken place, in whic the Chi
nese lost heavily. The allies at Tien-
tsin are short of provisions.
The Daily Nails Tientsin corre-
spondent, in a disp patch dated July 2,
via Chefoo, July 4, says: 'No forward
movement is possible with less than
10000 men,"
President to Ii Hung Chanr!
The Dany Telegraph's Canton cor
respondent, wiring Friday, via Hong
Kong, Saturday, says:
LII Hung Chang, was formally notified
to-day that President Mckinley cordial
ly appreciates his assurances Of friend.
ship for the allied powers. Now that
anarchy controls the capital, President
Mckinley trusts to the responsible 'pro.
vincial authorities to carry out the in
ternatlonal obligations Of the Chinese
government"
Seeks Our Help.
The Times says:
I'VE learn from a private message from
Canton that Ii Hung Chang has telc-
graphed direct to the Chinese minister
In London, urging him to request the
British government to approach the
United States government with. view
to joint invitation to Japan to cooperate
IN the maintenance of the Chinese en-
pire and the establishment of a strone
government on a solid basis, the three
then uniting in an appeal for the SUP.
port OF all the other powers.'
Legation Guards XIII 1000.
London, July 9.-The foreign office
has issued the text of telegram from
Acting Consul Warren, at Shanghai.
confirming from thoroughly trust
worthy sources the news received bv
courier from Peking July 3, by way of
Shanghai, to the London office of the
inspectorate of Chinese maritime GUS
toms, saying that two legations were,
the day the courier left, holding out
against the troops and Boxers, and
that the troops had lost 1000 men and
the Boxers many leaders. Mr.. War;
rem adds that the messenger says the
troops were much disheartened by
their losses, and that the Boxers claim
their mystic powers have been broken
by the foreigners, and that they dare
not approach the legations. 1t is fur
ther asserted that the foreigners at
Peking ought to be able to hold out for
a long time, as they have sufficient food
and ammunition.
MORO nOpe1U1 Eeel10&s
Washington, July "a slightly
more hopeful feeling for the safety Of
the legationers in Peking is apparent
in official circles. The hope is not
founded on any official dispatches
which have reached the state depart
ment, as nothing was received during
Sunday from the consular representa-
tives of the United States in China.
The cumulative statements, however,
which are daily printed from various
portions of the empire reporting the
diplomatic corps with the exception
of the German minister as safe up to
within certain specified time, together
with the absence of any corroborative
proof of their murder, is partially re-
sponsible for the slight hope which
prevails that they (the minlsters) are
yet alive. The statements purporting
to come from Sir Robert Hart, the
English Chinese inspector of customs,
are regarded as the best information
which has been received. While show
ing that conditions were desperate,
the dispatches have not been entirely
without hope.
German Exports.
Berlin, July 9.-The exports from
the northern half of Germany for the
fiscal year recently ended amounted to
$57, ,563, an increase of S.. goa. .461. i.