New Ulm review., 1900-07-11
'R[P)RISIR[ CONTDgHNG
News from China Leads to Hope
That Massacres Have Not
Yet Occurred.
LEGATIONS REPORTED SAFE JULY 5.
Apparent Confirmation, However, of
the Awful Stories of the Butchery
of Foreigners at Peking and the
Burning of the LegatiOns-Japan
~ to Act at Once.

I London, July 9.-"The massacre of
the foreign ministers, the women, the
! children and the European guards at
Peking, after 1s days of hopeless re-
| sistance, is confirmed says news
agency dispatch from Shanghai dated
! July 6 and received in London Satur-
day.
| 'When the ammunition and food
were exhausted" continues the dis
! patch, ''the Chinese fiends closed in
| upon the legations and butchered all
! those who remained alive. Afterwards
| they set fire to the legation buildings,
in which the remains of the victims
were consumed in one horrible holo-
! caust."
| The dispatch does not state the
| source from which the news of this con-
| firmation is received, but it is thought
that this is indicated by another Shang-
hal dispatch which states that the
taoti,' or officer in charge of several
| departments at Shanghai and vicinity,
now admits that no legation exists in
Peking. They are said to have been
| eXterminated and it is admitted that
no foreigners have been left alive.
l. Atrocities of Prince Tuan.
Reports of the atrocities committed
| by Prince Tuan upon the Chinese are
| appalling. He had 4,OO0 leading Chi
nese butchered, it is said, for merely
daring to petition him to control the
orgie of blood and restrain his follow
| ers.
| The dispatch concludes with the an
nouncement. that ex-Viceroy Chi Ii
Wang Wen Chao has been killed by
the Boxers.
( Reports from natives who left Pc
king June 24 continue to arrive, but
they are, to large extent, merely vari-
ations of the stories already published.
Last Message from Conger.
A dispatch from Taku says that the
last message from Mr.. Edwin II. Con-
| ger, the United States minister at
| Peking, brought there by runners
| reads as follows:
| I'VE are besieged The provisions are
| becoming exhausted. and the situation is
| desperate. The relief force should ad-
I vance and give us notice by signal
! Runners also confirm the report of
the burning of the native city of Pc
king.
| Believe Worst Has Happened.
In London it is hardly doubted that
the worst has happened, though the
| friends of those who were besieged al
| Peking cling to the last slender hope
that Sir Robert Hart (the inspector
| general Of customs) who was thor
| oughly trusted by the Chinese, man
aged by the promise of bribes to in
| duce the Boxer leaders to protect the
| women and children from the violence
of the mobs.
Were Safe July 3.
London, July "a cable dispatch
dated Thursday, July S, five p. ~, re-
ceived Saturday at the London office of
the inspectorate of Chinese maritime
customs, from Shanghai, says:
| Courier left Peking July 5, when two
legations were holding out against troops
and Boxers. Troops had lost 1000 men
and Boxers many leaders,"
Jardine, Matheson & Co., of Shanghai,
have telegraphed to their London house
as follows:
|
ton was standing July 2. There are re-
| assuring reports regarding the lives Of
| the Europeans
Report from Consul Goodnow.
| Washington, July GA cablegram
was received at the state department
Saturday morning from Consul General
Goodnow, at Shanghai, dated July 7,
saying that the legation were standing
on the Sd instant, and that the recent
attack of the Boxers had been slight
They seemed disposedto adopt starva-
tion methods.
Prince Tuan's Latest Order.
Shanghai, July 6.-Prince Tuan has
ordered Gen. Yuan Shi Kai to march on
Marking with $4,000 German-drilled
troops. 1t is doubtful if he will obey
but. in any case, Viceroy Lui is believed
to be able to safely hold Marking. He
has IS warships on the Yangtse-Kiang
and Great Britain is ready to assist this
opponent of the rebel government. The
departure Of the antiforeign taoti,
Sheng, for Marking is causing anxiety
Quiet at Canton.
/, Canton, Friday, July 6.-Quiet contin-
ues here. Ii Hung Chang has stationed
troops in the streets to prevent disturb
ances. A steamer intended to convey
Ii Hung Chang northward sailed Sat-
urday ostensibly bound for Kiu Kuang
She TOOK. $50 packages of Ii Hung
Chang's goods.
l. Japan Ready.
London, July 9.-The Japanese min
lister, Kato Takaaki, received a cable
dispatch from Toxic Saturday morning
giving his governments reply to Great
Britain's question as to whether, with
the consent of the other powers, Japan
is willing to send large reenforcements
to China. Japan replied that she was
i prepared to carry out the suggestion
and that one division would be dis
patched Immediately. ~ ~
d Revives Hope.
Washington. July 9.>-An important
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