Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-04
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The consular body at Shanghai is
of the opinion that the food and
ammunition of the besieged Legal
ton forces at Pekin, having become
exhausted, they must be dead or i'm
prisoned. and that it would be futile
to make desperate effort for their
relief with an inadequate force. 1t
is regarded at Shanghai as appall-
ing that nothing is being done for
the relief of the besieged foreigners
and that they should be abandoned
to horrible fate. The inability of
LOGO men-the latest estimate of the
number landed-to advance, is ex-
planned by the statement that the
Chinese army between Tien Tsin
and Pekin has been heavily rein
forced and that it has abundant ar
tillery and numerous cavalry, Civ
ing it large advantages over the
allies. accommodating parties run
a great hazard of being surrounded,
captured and probably executed by
torture.
A long delay seems certain before an
effective advance can be made. Severe
fighting according to vague reports,
continues around Tien Tsin.
Various accounts OF the murder OF
Baron Van Ketteler reach Shanghai.
The correspondent of the Express says
that Prince Tuan, who is the dictator
at the capitol, tried by means of trap,
to induce the ministers TO leave the le-
cations so that they might be massa-
cred by fanatics, thus evading govern
mental responsibility for their death.
The American, British, French and
russian ministers suspected a plot and
refused to leave the legations. Baron
Won. ketteler, however, accepted the
invitation and left the German lega-
ton with small escort of German ma
rines. Opposite the foreign office
building he was assailed by the Chi
nese soldiery and was shot four times
The foreign Office was burned by the
marines in their endeavor to defend
Baron Won Ketteler, whose body was
hideously mutilated.
Another account has it that all the
ministers were invited to a conference
with the Tsung-Li-Yamen and that
Baron Won Ketteler started out first
and was murdered. The other minis
tiers then refused to venture upon the
street. A British officer and some sail
ors were wounded while trying to de-
fend Baron Won Ketteler. German sol
diers, this account says, set fire to the
Isung-Li-Yamen building.
Emissaries of Prince Tuan are circu-
lating through the southern provinces
and as the southern viceroys assert
through public proclamations that they
will not obey Prince Tuan's decree. a
civil war is considered probable. The
Boxer movement appears to be spread
ing rapidly southwark.
Not too much confidence is placed
by the consuls at Shanghai in the vice
roy's assurances. Their essential con
dition is that the viceroys shall be in
dependent rulers, under the auspices
of the powers. None of the consuls
has as yet pledged his country to de-
finite course.
The action of the Russians and jap
anese at Taku, is strongly antagonis-
tic. 1t seems that the Russians arbit-
rarily claim one of the captured Chin
csc torpedo boats, whic hthe captain
of the British torpedo boat destroyer
Whiting left for the Japanese. II is
said that serious trouble would have
resulted except for the perfect discip-
line of the japanese.
The Canton correspondent Of the
Daily Telegraph. wiring under date OF
July l, says the large Chinese steam
ship company are applying for leave to
transfer their ships to the American
flag. Business is almost at a standstiIl
and another reverse to the allied
troops would precipitate massacre of
foreigners in the south, which Iii Hung
Chang would be utterly unable to d.
vert. He recently outwitted the sun
Vat Sen party by buying thousands Ct
Mauser rifles at Macao. He is using his
troops, the correspondent says. adding
another 1000 guards to those at Canton
and recruiting two divisions to 1900
each.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegrt ph
from its Shanghai correspondent dated
July 2. says that the chief paste al the
Moukden mission has been killed. to-
gether with a number of native Chris
tians.
TOULON. July 3.-The French
steamer Colomb sailed to-day for
China with $50 marines.
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