Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-08-09
CHRISTIANS KILLED.
Five Foreign Priests and 10000
Native Converts Murdered.
ENGLISH WOMEN BEHEADED BY MOB



London, Aug. 3.-No word comes
this morning regarding the fortunes
of the comparatively small body OF
troops believed to be forging their
way toward Pexin. The silence is
probably due to diligent censorship
rather than TO any lack Of develop
ments.
A Shanghai special announces the
receipt of an official telegram from
the Tsung-li-yamens asserting that
the ministers were all well on July 80
and that vegetables, fruits and other
supplies had been sent TO the lega-
tons on several occasions. Friendly
intercourse" the official telegram
says, lis now being carried on be-
tween the ministers and the imperial
government"
According to the Daily Express,
however, cablegrams from Che Foo
announce that the imperial troops,
advancing to oppose the relief force,
have completely wiped out a Christian
town near Pekin, killing five foreign
priests and 10000 native Christians.
Gen. Gaselee-so says this CORE.
spondent-was strongly opposed to
an immediate advance, but he was
overrulcd by the other commanders
and Influenced by Washingtons order
to Gen. ChafFce to proceed without
an lnstant's delay"
From Shanghai the Daily Express
has received confirmation of the re-
ported murder of so missionaries in
the province of Shan-Si with the adj
ditional information that eight Eng
lish women were dragged out of the
mission buildings by Chinese mob,
who beheaded them in the streets of
Chu Chou.
The Tien 'rsn correspondent Of the
Standard says: "A heartrending let
ter has been received from the Jap
anese legation, dated July 20, stating
that the casualties number 60 per
cent, that only rs cartridges per man
are left, with sufficient food for five
days and that it is feared the lega-
ton will succumb within week."
Mr.. Broderick's statement in the
house of commons yesterday placing
Great Britain on record as unalter-
ably opposed to the partition of China,
is well received by all the morning pa
pers, which, for lack of other news,
chiefly devote their comments to DR..
Morrisons remarkable message to the
Times, cabled yesterday to the United
States.
The Berlin correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle, who reports Emperor
Williams extraordinary sermon OF
Monday on board the lIohenzollern,
saws that some of the most striking
sentences attributed to the kaiser are
the following: "Once again has the
heather spirit of the Amalekites been
raised in distant Asia, with great
power and much cunning. With de-
struction and murder IT will dispute
the way to European trade and Euro
pean culture. 1t will dispute the vic
torious march of Christian customs
and Christian faith, And again is
heard Gods command, Choose us out
men and go out to fight with Amalek.'
A hot and sanguinary struggle has
begun. Already q number of our
brethren are over there under fire.
Many more are travelling along hostile
coasts.
"Not only should we mobilize bat
talions of troops, but we should also,
and shall, set in motion an army of
trained people to beg and entreat for
our brethren that they may strike
into the wild chaos with sword in
hand May they strike for our most
sacred possessions. We would pray
that God the Lord may make heroes
of our men and lead those heroes to
victory, and that then, with laurels
on their helmets and orders on their
breasts, He may lead them home to
the land of their fathers. Our fight
will not be finished in one day; but
let not our hands grow weary or sink
until victory is secured"
WIN Follow Anglo American Troops.
London, Aug. 3,-'rhe Vienna cor
respondent of the Times says: "rhe
Neue Freie Presse greets the decision
of the British and American govern
ments to advance to Pekin independ-
emily with the greatest satisfaction.
II believes that the resolution Of
these two powers will put an end to
the paralysis occasioned by the un-
solved question of the chief command
and will inspire the combined forces
with fresh life and vigor, 1t says
that, when once the Anglo-American
troops assume the offensive, the
| others will follow suit"