Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-03
If Allies Advance the Foreign Minis
ters Will Be Killed.
DECLARATIONS OF SHANGHAI RULERS
Late Advices From Pehn Recently
Brought to Chefoo.
CHASTIS EMENT OF CHINA

Sndnghdl, nave DOtn declared ofnclally ttlat
the foreign ministers are held by the Chi
nese government as hostages, and that If
the allies march TO Pekin they will be killed.
1t IL stated that only the Russians and
japanese, 23,OGO strong. are starting for
Pekin.
Another Chinese exodus from Shanghai
has commenced. 1t was caused by disquiet
ing runners published in the native and some
foreign newspapers
JunE-Lu and Prince Ching Prisoners.
Copyright 1900 by the Associated Press)
CHEFOO, July %. via Shanghai, August
2.-The latest reports from Pekin were
brought by disafected officers of the Chi
nese army. They are considered reliable.
The officers left Pekin July Is. They
say anarchy had reigned in Pekin for
months. and the streets ran blood. the Chi
namen fighting among themselves. jung
I4u, commander-in-chief of the Chinese
forces, and Prince Ching eSpoused the
cause Of the foreigners. and endeavored
with the part Of the army loyal to them to
expel the Boxers. Later. with the majority
or the imperial troops. under anti-fOreign
leaders. Prince Tuan and Gen. Tung-Fuh-
san were Victorious ana Jung-Lu and
Prince Ching. with their followers were
prisoners in their yamens when the bearers
of these reports left Pek.n.
Prince Tuan and Gen. Tung-Fuh- Sian s.p-
pear TO control the government. according
to the officers. and issued edicts. printed in
the Gazette. exhorting the Chinese to kill
all Foreigners and native Christians. One
officer says that there are 16nsi troops in
Pekin. including Tungs army. and $500
more at Yung-tsun.
Foreigners Depending on Rifles.
The soldiery hold all the streets within a
mile Of the Legations. The foreign troops
when the officers left Pekin had burned
and abandoned the Chenmen gate Their
ammunition appeared u be failing and
hei itE fri bod
for some days before July -. and they were
using their rifles only when hard pressed.
The officers said that every foreign bullet
kills a Chlnanln. The reports state that
the American and English troops defeated
Gen Ma in a night battle on July 10
The reports from chinese sources are to
the effect that all of the legations forces
were killed. Cinnamon caught a messenger
who was trying To leave the legations on
July 10. with the foreign message:
To any foreign commander: Make all
haste If You intend to save US. We can hold
out but a few days
Alleged Note From Tsuus Lii Yameu.
Governor Yuan-Shi-Kai states that he has
received a note from the tsung Ii yamen
dated July 30, reporting that the ministers
at the German legations and others were
well, and that their relations with the gov
eTnlnent were friendly. They were con-
ferring. the note said. with a view nf ar
ranging measures to protect the ministers
To Tien Tsin-
Want to Punish Chinese Severely
Public opinion and the foreign press Mt
the treaty ports are alarmed at the possi-
blilty that the Chinese would prevail upon
the powers to consent to the establishment
OF peace without tntticting punishment be-
fitting the Chinese governments crime
officials, persons engaged in commercial
pursuits and missionaries of all nationau-
Ties are remarkably united, They believe
Pekln should be destroyed as object les
son. ana thdt II the dynasty is continued,
should be forced to establish the capital
al some accessible city. the Americans sug-
gestlng Nankin This is considered i'm
pprtant, as the Chinese always believed
that China defeated the powers in 1860 be-
cause the capital remained intact. II is also
thought that guarantees to prevent exces-
S!Ne armament should be demanded and
that china should he compelled publicly
and definitely. to renounca the fiction that
the foreign ministers are representatives of
tributary powers. There is a strong de-
rland for unusual punishment IiE. The Do
struction OF the kiIigs tomb-
Inc American and English missionaries
advocate a program similar to the fore
going
Hitter Feeling against Lii Hung Chang
All foreigners believe that the Chinese
goNernrneHt engineered the outbreaks and
is trying t" call on its troops after the
downfall Of Tien Tsin and the receipt of
reports that the powers are sending armies
10 China \ German legation telegram say
ing mat the humbarlment Of the. legation
ceased On July Ii supports this theory
The foreigners think that The ministers
VINO suffered should, if rescued conduct the
settlement with the government for The
effect IL would have the populace
An intensely bitter feeling prevails against
l. Hung Chang. The papers denounced the
h"Hur paid nm at hong Kong and Shang-
hal and call him the most corrrnt anil
foreign official IN China. and express the
belief that he proposes to save China from
the penalty OF her acts by embroiIing the
powers
,,,n rhe destruci'3n IN, of foreign property con-
tinues United States Consul Fowler esti-
mates that the losses Of the American mis-
si"ns amount 20 81 100000. The trade losses
through the suspension Of trade are enor-
Women Burned Alive
Chinese bring many stories Of horrible
outrages upon native Christians. who have
been murdered. tortured or compelled to
renounce their religion. Several have been
skinned alive Two French nuns at New
Chwang were deliberately burned alive Dr.
ing. graduate Of the American college,
refused to renOunce Christianity after re-
ceiving 1900 lashes.
A cable is being laid betwssn Cheroo a,5
Taku- The land line between Chefoo and
Shanghai Is managed and operated by Chi
namen and is inefficient The line is over
crowded with work and business is in hone
less confusion. Messages over the line are
public property. There should be a cable
between Chefoo and Shanghai managed by
foreigners so as 10 give satisfactory service.
Important Russian Victory.
ST. PETERSBURG. August 3.-General
Grodekof telesraphs from Khabrovsk Au-
gust 1 that fourteen Hotchkiss and ten
other guns were captured at Hunghun nv
the Russians, who. storming the fortress
MONDAY. July 30. drove 1900 Chinese be-
fore them
Awful Tale of Japanese Newspaper.
VICTORIA. B. c.. August 9-The Nas.-
sai Press says Admiral Seymour's force
was obliged to eat mules and drink from
wells filled with putrid corpses. The allies
lost their field guns. They were on junks
which were sunk by Chinese regulars
Plague was feared at Tfen Tsin Forty
dead bodies had been found in the water
supply and hundreds of corpses were
lying on the field