The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-18

Is as follows:
| THE utmost efforts have been made e
| protect foreign Ministers. who were wei
| on the 18th (Chinese calendar correspond
| ing to our July ~. II Tien-Tsin city should
be destroyed It would be difficult TO restore
! the same In 100 years. Request the Power
to preserve ii. as the Consequences would
affect Chinese and foreign commerce.
| Earl ii Hung Chang is transferred &c
! North China as NiCeruy to Chi Ii Please
! transmit this dispatch 10 the Ministers at
| other capitals"
| This dispatch. which Is dated July l6. was
| signed by Niceroys Liu Kun VI and Chang
| Chih Tung. Of Nankin and Wu-Chang. re-
! spectively. and also by Sheng. Director of
| Posts and Telegraphs at Shanghai. 1t was
1 addressed 10 the Chinese Minister I'm London
| and by him transmitted to Minister WI
| under to-day's date.
| IN accordance with the request contained
| In the cablegram. Minister Wu asked Sec
retary Hay to agree with the other Pow
ers 10 preserve Tfen-Tsin from destruction.
! The Secre;ary's answer was not made pub
| lie. but Minister WI fears that the dcstruc-
| ton has already occurred. He regards the
cablegram as perfectly authentic.
Asked tn Spare TIen-Tsin.
Besides presenting TO Secretary Hay
the contents Of his dispatch. Minister WI
| also officially executed the direction for an
appeal to the Powers not to destroy the
walled city OF Ten-Tsia. So far as the
United States are concerned. there has been
| no purpose wantonly TO destroy this walled
city, although the latest news from the
scene of action indicates that the walls
! themselves have been battered down and
| a considerable portion CT the city destroyed.
Mr.. WI said that he feared the destrac-
tion of the city was little short of COM
plete.
The Minister expressed the most complete
- n .
showing that the foreign Ministers were
well on the 9Th Inst. When a bystander ex-
pressed some doubt on this subject. Mr..
Wu inquired. with some warmth:
why is 1t that you believe the exagger-
ated reports coming from unknown
sources. and yet you choose TO doubt this
report signed by our highest officials and
containing inherent evidences of accuracy 80
The Minister went on TO show that this
dispatch contained three distinct state
ments. One OF them. the appointment Of
Ii Huns Chang as Viceroy of Chill, had
been confirmed already by the State De-
partment. Moreover, he said all three state
ments bore evidences of having originated
at Pekin. including that as TO Ii Hung
Chang. whose appointment necessarily must
originate with the Government at Pelin.
An Important Development.
The appointment of Earl Ii as viceroy
OF Chi-H is considered by Minister Wu as
one OF the most important developments in
the entire situation. Chi-E Is the great
Province I'm which Pekin is located ana is
the very heart OF the Boxer movement. so
that the great Niceroy now assumes su-
preme power at the point of greatest dan
ger. Minister WI Is satisfied that IL Ii
Hung Chang had been al Pekin there would
have been no such outbreaks as have oc-
CURED. as the Viceroy Is stern military
man who believes in nipping such move
Inents in the bud.
Gfara
ious TO accept Wu's message as accurate,
but there are some clouds of doubt abou,
H. The question naturally arises, as Il has
many TINES In the past two weeks. II the
Chinese Government can communicate in
this way with It's representatives abroad
why can IL not permit the foreign Ministers
represented to be under its protection also
10 communicate with their Governments? In
answer 10 other questions as TO what pur-
pose would be served by a misrepreserta-
uon OF facts in this fashion, IL is pointed
out that one result desired by the Chinese
would be the preservation of Tien-Tsin and
another would be the abatement Of III. non
uiar resentment against the Chinese. tenn
porarily. at least.
Ii Hung Chang will replace as Vicerov Of
the great Province OF Chilli a man who
has been no;oriously anti-foreign in b.s
sentiment and actions
The summons to Ii is regarded as a
hopefui sigp. 1t could have been Insured
by two motives. First the great VIceroy
may have been called to Pekin by the I'm
perfai Government In order that II might
avail itself of his wisdom and experience
with foreigners to extricate II from, the
present position. The second mot;ye-and
one not so promising for a speedy settle
meut OF the trouble-is that old Ii has been
called upon to establish Communication
with the foreign commanders and dip
lomatic representatives with the deliberate
III
and paralyzing all efforts at Joint action
Tne officials here are perfectly satisfied that
any such move this would coIine TO
naugbt.
.'NO HOPE FOR LEGATIONS.
Paris. July 1.-THE French Consul at
Shanghai teiegraphs under date of July Is
that the Taotai OF Shanghai had comrnunf-
Gated to him dispatch from the Governor
OF Shan-Tung stating that the foreign le-
cations at Pekin were again attacked July
Z BY troops under General Ting Guam
after sortie by a European detachment.
and that an nope of saving the foreigners
seemed lost.
WHITES SAFE on THE FOURTH.
New York. July 1.-THE Reverend Doctor
c. G. Cregan. general agent OF the Amer
lean Board tConsregationalisfJ. received to-
Gay copy or a cablegram received at his
nome onics In Boston yesterday. This ca
blegram was from the Reverend Henry ID.
Porter. NJ. D.. ID. D., missionary al Panr-
Chuang. some 150 miles south of Tien-Tsin.
He cabled from Che-Foo. under date of July
IL. as follows:
Information has been received Pekin
fourth day of July. Think they are safe
up to present. Paper Pao-Ting-Fu, twen-
ty-hfth day of June. position not danger |
Gus. Ewing, Perkins. sailed on Monday for
Japan. Will probably remain some time 1t
is reported Wright, Pekin.
(signedD PORTER"
II Is not known what Is meant by the
word Paper" The two missionaries re- |
ferred TO as having left for Japan are the |
George H. Ewing of Pao-Ting-Fu.
and the Reverend Henry p. Perkins of |
The Reverend Doctor f. z. String the
editor Of the Missionary World. who for
warded the cablegrau. says that II is known |
from other sources that Professor George 1
Frederick Wright was at Vladivostok, and |
not at Pekin. and is probably safe. Pro-
lessor Wright is a member OF the faculty OF |
Oberlin University.
SHENG DENIES.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Shanghai. Tuesday, July If-(Copyrteht
1910. by the New York Herald Company)-
Taotai Sheng. the Director OF TeIegraphs.
DENIES that he has received confirmation OF |
the reports OF massacre In Pekin.
BELIEVE MASSACRE OCCURRED.
SPECIAL BY CABLE
Paris. July N.-tCopyrisht. 1890, by W. r.