The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-07-05
FEAR War TO BITTER End.
Officials Alarmed by News o.
Slain Minister
EXECUTION OF FOREIGNERS
Goes on Publicly in China-French Priests
at Pekin Administer Last Rites to
Condemned ones-China Cali. for De-
lenders.

London, July 3-O61cial dispatches
received by the consular body at
Shanghai, an Express cable dated
Shanghai, July 1, says, confirm in the
fullest manner the report of the butch
cry Of Baron Won Ketteler, the Ger
man minister, June IS. The ambassa-
dor was riding in Legation street when
he was attacked by Chinese troops
and Boxers, and dragged from his
horse and killed. His body was hacked
to pieces with swords. The German
LEGATION and six other buildings were
burned and a number of servants of
the legations were killed and their
bodies thrown into the flames.
Powers Declare for War.
Official confirmation of this has Gre
ated the utmost CONSERVATION among
the consuls general of the powers, who
expressed fears that war loutrance
will be declared against the Pekin gov
eminent. The consuls entertain little
hope that any foreigners are left alive
in the capital. There were 100 foreign
ers connected with the legations, fifty
In the custom house, English and Am
erican tourists and others to the num-
Der Of $50, and nearly 500 legation
guards. The British foreign Office, the
Daily Mail learns, has received news
from the British consul at Chee-Foo
that Baron Won Ketteler has been
killed, but no other information.
Public Executions in Pekln.
A dispatch to the Express from Nam
kin, June 80, says: French priests
here have received reports from Pekin
that the public executions of foreign
ers has been in progress since June
20. The news comes by runners from
French priests at Pekin, who state that
they administered the last rites to the
condemned men" Nankin cables,
dated Sunday, say that Viceroy Liu
Yum Yih received telegram from Cen
eral Yulu Saturday stating that the
German minister had been murdered at
Pekin. Yulu, who escaped from Tien-
Tsin to Pao-Ting-Fu, also wired:
Position desperate. Implore your
help. Foreign troops Of eight nation
alities entering Pekin to the number of
10000 or 100000. cannot hold out
four days."
Liu-Yin-Yih has received this from
Viceroy of Yunshikai: Foreign troops
victorious at Tien-Tsin. They will en-.
ter Pekin Immediately"
China Calls for Defenders.
Two secret imperial DEGREES hav,
fallen into the hands of foreigners, ac-
cording to special dispatch from
Shanghai, dated Sunday, which says
the first, dated June 80, recites events
around the capital and attributes the
trouble to religious fanaticism against
Christians, leading to violent outs
breaks, which the government is un-
able to suppress. Foreign troops are
between Taku and Pekin, and the for
eign relations have reached desper-
ate point. The government, therefore,
calls upon all the viceroys and COVER
nors to show their loyalty to the
throne and to raise armies and funds
III u0l0uSc VI ehlu dllu W uclcdL lO1e
eign dictation.
Empress Unable to Give Aid.
A dispatch from Shanghai says:
1.-THE British consul at Che-Foo tele-
graphs that Baron Won Ketteler, Ger
man minister at Pekin, was murdered
by native troops June 18. Three le-
gations--it is not stated which-were
still undestroyed June %. The Ameri-
can consul here states that Yung Luz
telegraphed June rs that the other
ministers were safe that morning, but
the situation was desperate and he
doubted whether the ministers could
hold out twenty-four hours longer, as
he and the empress could not longer
give protection
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