The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-03
Legations Fired and Bodies of the
Murdered Food for Flames
FOREIGNERS OPENLY EXECUTED
littlc Hope Entertained for The Safety
of ANY Europeans in the C'l'''eSo
Capital and Boxer Outbreaks
Imminent at Canton.
Russians Accused OF
Awful Barbaritics.

LONDON, July SIS a M.-The allies are
not advancing for the relief of Pelin. ~ MS
announcement 10 The House OF Commons
nv William St John Broderlck. Under Sec
eetary OF State for Foreign Affairs, was re
reived with ordinations Of astonishment
and dislnay. Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett
inquired If any information had been re-
reiyed from the Legations at Pellin, or as
"a the composition and command of the
relieving force and its present position.
a1r. Broderick read the dispatch received
ro-lav. and sid the total allied force avail
able is now about 1900, as troops have
l1een rapidly arriving, addins:
we do not yet know what arrange
snents have been made locally regarding
,he command of an expedition, pai II mas
,lof vet been thought possible to attempt
a further advance. The Consuls nave oeeh
in communication with the Niceroys IN
the Yang Use region, and they are qu!Ne
.,,,a,, -i9a+ sr1pport will be given them by
Her Majes1ys government III +t,e he
order. Ii is obviously impossible th2t 'he
,.ar,rssa1,tafiyeS OF the powers al fekIIl
,ho,,f5 hs. consulted as no communications
are passing with them.
SITUATION DESPllR-AL y
..The situation IS desperate i11s 81
sThese words from Ihe message u o-'
4ssr-ar a 1uerlli,er Of the German Les2-
-5o,, al Pelzin. counteTsiEned DE SlE
jir2ol,4rt Hart. nspector-general OIL Gus
t-or,s ard dated nine days ago, are tii7
theme OF all private comment 1liSS a. :
,,--.,.,ir7,- for rlt!yS OF fTiShttul traseus'
@~Zina days ago the aIlm munltlon ol tue ~ tl-S
3rar-risoil defending the foreigners W
7,7r7,7inr low and their food was nearly
exhausted. while around lIShi
l,5~7o ~ ban-Su braves, having at ineir
s,1trs TzI.lnp guns and repeating fliles-
Tat5i,, vas in the hands OF the feNeiu-
I57sF,A KING or EMPIRE.
while nothing but sinister news comes
from Northern China, Southern emma Is
seemingly breaking away from the I>lii-
.,fra An the provinces soutn Oh ii4S
yellow River, whose NiceroEs ana tol
s1ror= maintain friendly relations Win
1ra mowers through rhe conSuls, nave
-, ;-,fSrp,alIv constituted into q con-
fe5erag.v. with Nankin IS the cdpIlaI.
According 10 an Express capie rom
.cl,angt,ai dated July ID. the southern
yfceravs wholly disayow Prince uai' .
government They have pfactlcalE con
et7trra5 an fndependent State. e&lrii"'"S
1,-, III. T4oane-He TO the British ana
I-rgT7.4, frontiers. Little else to lliumlhe
+ba ,,rofound obscurity Of the s!tuan'h
- -sI,i,, r,of,7+z The Chinese wires
+, che Zoo appear TO he uninterrupted
kETTI.ER BUTCHI1fF.l}
9ilc-a4 $50 - c,-,s,7rrl7ai con
consular 'o1s ,,ar he report
llIin II ~ -, ,.o,, Kattier. the
u lhs pGsl-is' " I,,-,a 7Ssh The Min
ltar was riding on Legation Street Nhe4
he was attacked pS - 5,S,,sl and XIII
Boxers, dTaSSsu ION "a - ,,;a,es with
,o 10 - -, Tar4tion and six
swords. ne ' ,.' l,..''. ,,,,,I,e5 and a mum
othef pu-.u-i-79 ~, 1sr,+ion were killed
ber o. ST ans - ~ 80 -l,a flames.
and lhelr hoaaes tiitoN" ~ rhastiv
ofticiai cHll4iI md @ - -,,-+ re,7s-ar-
business mas eI ~ s,,i-7,,1 of the,
nation a.non5 'i'S - -5at war
powers WIo sNi .7,a5s',5 ,g.inst the Pc
oll-i!iisa W., Nv .T,a cnns,IIs entertain
aIivr in the eap:ial. t,,, Mons. fifty
elgIaels ceiH1e'5" =" ~ I-I:zb aud Arleri-
IN the custom nus - IA number of
can sehl-sSS' - -, 2.,z,,j,,, Guards.
l9N, ana ilE@i-S - otffs. has received
mo httt4slI -, ,,,,,z,,l al Chefoo
lew4 iiohl t-' ,L..tIar mas been killed,
mai BARON N'it
but 40 oiil-f IN. @ ~ ii,,, lI, 1r5.>-I-I7S
f>i iL-'Li-<sf from Nanking,
a at.4 80 ,i1'
Juns 5Wn' saSS. +a,.a received re-
fTenef irleSls ~ H. ,,,I,lir execu-
pHfts .i3ii s'N' - 49,, il, proEress
ioa o. lois-5llsin = ~, co,,,as hv run
snG' juno "a. ~ ~ ral,fn vino
ntT5 from fieisit 4,.,.'s@.a ra last rites
sta'' 'ha- lilsl a"'l,,,.-S - ;,
u mo S'lll1sl,i.'e" - c.,,,7av saw that
Nank3ns e4t..5S' 80 o3,-S tsiesrarn
N3csroE la l ui' =. .+atf,7cr that
from '1et. ~ -. "a -, murdered
ms German -NiH-sNs1 --'e
az 1fh5n ,,,,s from the
l-lu ua IA has 80 ~
NicereF OF J iaii71ilizlt, li5l- =. -,;a, Tsiu.
fore.sh tNoi'S W! .-,,s'sSia.aI,. 80
IheT W3E elter s5.it t.,,,;rant at
ontoreahS o. lnsAgts +. ~, ,,,ayrr
Canton t5oNei' rom li.t .riSs Governor