Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-21
ALLIES NEEDED MEN.
Urgent Requests Came From
Pekin for More Troops.
CHINESE SURROUNDED AT PALACE
Eoodnow Sent Message That Governor of
shantung Made a Statement That Em-
press Left the Capital ON 18th for sinan
Fu-Ching and Tuan in Picking.

London, Aug. 2l.- News receiv-
ed here indicated that the allies
were in need of reinforcements.
The commander of the Italian
second class cruiser Fieramosca
telegraphs from Taku, according
to the Rome correspondent e. The
Daily Mail, that very urgent re-
quests were coming from Picking
on Saturday for the immediate dis
patch of further troops, and that,
in answer to these, 400 Italian
marines were sent off post haste.
Washington, Aug. 21.-The state de-
partment made public the following:
Che Foo. Aug. 20
Secretary of State. Washington:
Twentieth-Ragsdale reports Chi
nese troops surrounded Ill palace
grounds Fowler"
Ragsdale is consul of the United
States at Tien Tsin.
The state department issued the
following statement: The acting sec
rotary of state made public the receipt
of telegram today Aug. 2o) from
Consul General Goodnow, dated the
Goth inst, reporting a statement of the
governor of Shantung that the EN-
press left Picking on the 18th for 81
nan Flu, in the province of Shensi, and
that Princes Ching and Tuan and
Nieceroy Kang vi are still in Picking.
'.Sinan Flu" appears to be another
phonetic version of the name of the
capital of Shensi-where there is an
imperial palace. 1t is otherwise
spelled Hsi An, ST An and 81 Ngan,
the suffix Flu denoting the city,
which is the seat of administration
Washington, Aug. 21.-The Japanese
legation received several important
dispatches. One received from Toxic,
dated August 10, said:
"After entry into Picking was effect
ed by the allied troops the Japanese
troops on August Is betook themselves
to and remained i'll the imperial palace.
A body of Japanese troops was told
to guard the palace, and here they
met with obstinate resistance by the
Chinese troops. Fighting is sill going
on. The headquarters of the Japanese
army is in the legation and the division
is mainly quartered in the villages
outside of n Ting Men"
Another telegram dated the 10Th.
gave the report of the Japanese consul
general at Shanghai, saying Sheng cred
its the report that the empress dow
ager and probably the emperor also
had left Picking, as the privy council
crossed the Lukon bridge on the 18th,
bearing the banner of the imperial COR
tege. Also that Prince Ching is still
in Picking, although Prince Tuan has
followed the empress dowager.
Washington Aug. 21.-The state de-
partment received a dispatch from
Consul Fowler, dated Che Foo. August
Is. 1t relates to the massacre of
missionaries and others at Pao Ting
Flu. which has been referred to a num-
Der of times in the press dispatches,
and has generally been conceded to
have occurred on June 80. The first
part of the dispatch is so badly man
gled in transmission that it is impossi-
BILE to make much of it, The text is
as follows:
"Che Foo, Received Aug. 10.
Secretary of State. Washington:
Evening. 13th-Reported all Pres
byterian missionaries Pao Ting Flu
killed June 30: premises burned same
(night9: Catholic mission. Rain
stopped work. July LIST attacked Amer
lean (boardY (Pitkin9 shot dead try
ing to keep gang out. Misses Morrell,
Gould taken Boxer headquarters,
killed. Bagnall0 killed near Tem-
ple0 Cooper and Belgians' fate uncer-
tain. Officials bad sent all home from
men. All natives connected foreigners
suffered like fate. Authority: Special
messenger sent by Tien Tsin mission
aries FOWLER"