The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-18
LACK OF NEWS FROM JAPAN,
Although Near the Scene OF Chinese
Horrors, Japan Can Get No Re-
liable Information.

YOKOHAMA. July 6, via Victoria, p. c.,
Of The foreigners in China. sim unrelieved
by word of reliable news from the be-
leaguered city. III the burden of the hour.
The community Is a prey TO the widest
OF rumors. and the Japanese press is
beginning to surpass that of the West
In the sensational character OF its dis
patches. Divested so far as possible from
everything of that nature, the facts of
the situation up to this date appear to
be that to the foreign residents and min
listers in Picking there seems little of hope
left. The allied forces are plainly made
quate for the task Of reaching the capt.
tai. IL being as much as they can do to
hold Tientsin and to keep open the line
of communication with Taku. II is, in
deed, easily conceivable that the handful
OF resolute foreign soldiers In Picking
could hold out indefinitely. even against
artillery, as that possibility has been again
and again demonstrated in recent war
fare. But the mystery OF mysteries to
all Of us here Is how 1t can be within the
range of the possible that the thousand
or more of the residents and refugees
cooped up within the narrow limits of the
British legation have been provisioned
during all this time. and II by some
strange chance that has been done thus
far, how much longer the supplies will
last
The report OF the murder of the German
minister. now confirmed. has excited the
most intense indignation. The coseness
OF the relations of all the foreign commu-
miles in the orient was never more clear
outrage and the horrors impending over
the rest ~ the devoted band, have cast
over us all.
The merger details OF Admiral SEYMOUR
extraordinary attempt to relieve Picking
are beginning to come IN, and show that
although he was Obliged to retreat. the
whole contest was evidence of what odds
tho foreign soldiery can fght against with
success Nevertheless, the standing won
der now Is the new spirit which seems
TO animate the Chinese troops, and the
pluck with which the nation has defied
the whole world, this being placed In
such striking contrast 20 the ease with
Japan few years age. The fact. how
ever, Is called to mind that this war
T. TO all intents and purpose Of re-
ligious nature. and that the element OF
fauattcal zeal has entered into 1t. Al
an events tho press here Is not hack
ward In placing tho responsibility for
The present state Of affairs upon the
western eInissaries If religious aREres-
sion. aud u Is NOT slow or measured in
expressing the hope that something may
he done la the future 70 put "a curb upon
the Western instrumenlalities which ara
continually sowing the seed OF religious
strife. In this position the press has
strongly backing 10 the Intelligent senti-
ment Vt the foreign communities"
From what Is known here uE Prince
/ Tuan. who has assumed the dictatorshir
% china, and vino now signs the imperial
fes-rlpts, uo hope rs entertained for ths
lives of the foreigners VINO may fan into
his hands re has long been recognizes
I as the uuccmproWising and truculent Head
~ or the auti-flrcieu party. ready 20 gr
60 any length ga his defiance Of tn,
world
o. the fate 90 the empress dowaEer. and
rho dppose3 emperor nothing ~ known
Tho only fact which appears 20 persist
ot tho mass ~ runners. BE- that Primes
Itnn has absolute ana undivided control
Eennrts have tust come 20 hand tina,
Virrian has nRatn been surrounded anl
Z taH god aat the land communication.
wfth rnku have been cHt oY The for.
{ ,iru community h7t }ust been ordered Ul
; the cuusris tn leave. hut that is now I'm
practicable tar the present nt least. aue