People's voice., 1900-07-12
A SCARE STORY FROM CHINA.
Report That Every Foreigner In Pekin Has
Been Murdered.

London, July 4.-"NOt single for
eigner is now alive in Pekin," is the
latest Chinese report which has
reached Shanghai. Earlier reports
from The same sources describe the
condition OF the British legation as
something awful. 1t is said that the
rooms Of the legation were filled with
sick and wounded, the killed lying
unburied In heaps. Its believed that
many members and officials of the
Tsung Ii Yamen perished when the
German guard, maddened by the mur-
der OF Baron Won Ketteler, the Ger
man minister. set fire to the building.
That the foreigners at the Chinese
capital have been abandoned to their
fate seems no longer in doubt in the
light OF the message received by the
Associated Press from Taku this
morning announcing the decision OF
the admiralS regarding the hopeless
ness Of further attempts to relieve
Pekin under the circumstances.
The dispatch which is dated Sat-
urday says that the British and
Russian admirqls, at a council of war
held On June 30, decided that it was
impossible to relieve Pekin without
greatly increased forces. They also
concluded that 1t would be possible to
hold Tien Tsin, but In the event OF
this not proving feasible, they will
endeavOr to retain possession OF Taku.
One hundred and forty thousand i'm
perial troops are stationed between
Pekin and Tien Tsin, while the total
Of the allied forces which can be con-
centrated at the present barely num-
bers 10000. 1t is reported that Gen.
eral Niehsi-Obang is advancing for
an attack on TieD Tsin with 80 900
troops.
Another report has been received
at Taku to the effect that the Ger
man guards rescued the body OF Baron
Won KetJeler, the late German minis
ter to China, after he Was murdered
by the Chinese.
The message seems TO toreshadOw
the evacuation Of Tien lsin by the
international forces, pending the ar
rival of fully equipped army, and
while the arrival Of a comparatively
small garrison at Tien TSin at a point
under the protection Of naval guns
would relieve much OF the anxiety, il
is felt here that retreat OF the troops
is liable to set afame the provinces
at present QuleScent.
AdviCeS from Shanghai today say
/ that there is continued fighting at
TieD TSin, while the German consul
at Che Foo telegraphs to Berlin con-
t1rming the report of the renewed Of
hostilitieS. He says the foreign
settlement at Tien Tsin is again sur
rounded, aud is being bOmbarded and
that the women and children are to
be removed. BE a6ds that the Chinese
troops have again advanced against
the railroad and that the bridges have
been destroyed. but that cOmmuni-
cation by water with Taku is main.
tanned.
Another message from Sir Robert
Hart, the Inspector general OF Gus
toms, dated Pekin, June 25, reports
that the situation WAS desperate and
that the Chinese troops were then
shelling the British legation where
all the members Of the diplomatic
body had cOngregated.
Shanghai, july All the viceroys
of the Yang Use Kiang region have
determined to keep the peace. The
governor Of the province of Che
Kiang alone is showing anti-foreign
tendencies. Shanghai is safe. The
protecting force is increasing in
strength daily, but uneasiness is felt.