The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-18

London. June 1S.--There Is not Cabi,
net In Europe apparently that knows
what has been transpiring in Pekin
for hv days. or in Tien-Tsin for three
days. Nor is there any that knows with
what difficulties the small and made
quately equipped international column
is contending between these cities.
The German Foreign Office. upon
learning of the report OF the murder
OF Baron Won Kettelcr. the German
minister at Pekin. sent telegraphic
inquiry to ST. Petersburg, the Russian
government, because OF it's wires to
Manchuria being supposedly in better
position than the other governments to
obtain direct news. In reply the Ger
man foreign office was informed that
nothing whatever was known on the
subject as communication with Pedn
was interrupted. The report spread
world wide from Shanghai that the le-
cations had been attacked anS that one
minister probably the German, had
been murdered, has been traced TO Tao
Tai-Sheng. who, for few days, as the
Empress Dowager's agent. has been
censoIing kilograms at Shanghai. The
Express says:
,"sheng. as head OF the telegraph ad
ministration pretended that the line
connecting Shanghai with Pekin had
been down since June o. and that the
wires to Tien- -Tsin were cut on June 10.
Nevertheless, IL is notorious that con-
stant communications have been passed
from Shanghai 10 Pegin over the north
ern and western routes, although Sheng
has refused both ministers and consuls
the privilege of using the lines. IL is
known that last Friday Sheng received
message from either Pekin or Tien-
Tsin.
"Ths dispatch said that Gen. Tung
Fuh Siang's troops aided the Boxers
in an organized attack on the foreign
legations, and that in the course OF the
attack some or the legation buildings
were reduced 20 ruins. and onesforeign
minister sliced TO pieces"
Why, in the cables. IL should have
been added that the murdered minister
was Baron Won ketteler is not ex-
planned.
GERMAN MINISTER CAPTURED.
According TO another telegram from
Shanghai. dated June IL, at I.25 y. m,
Sheng had fled, fearing that the for
eign authorities were about TO arrest
him because OF his stoppage of tele-
grams. "A Inifu tdDittIdfii dSctiNH tidt
the reports of the murder OF the Ger
man minister emanating from London
are quite unconfirmed and are discred-
tied at Shanghai
"The German minister has been cap
tured." is the announcement TO the
Morning Post from Pekin, in dis
patch dated June IL, D. M, via Tien-
Tsin, June 15. This IL the latest press
message known TO have left Pekin. 1t
continues as follows:
"A crowd OF Boxers occupies Lega-
tion street, cutting off communication
between the buildings. A few Boxers
are parading I'm the city. Their super
stition about foreign armies is pitiable.
The Boxers hold the officials OF Tung-
Chau for redemption. Anarchy reigns
al that place. The Americans In the
interior of the two neighboring prov
inces have been advised To leave. but
several have no means OF doing so.
Unless relief force is sent there
IS danger OF massacre OF native Chris
tians A large Chinese army is ready
10 oppose the relief column on the way
here. The Chinese government cannot
decide whether to adopt the policy OF
rigidly suppressing the Boxers or that
OF defving the world. The decision rests
with the Dowager Empress"
NEWS" FROM SHANGHAI
During the isolation Of Pekn and
Tien-Tsin. Shanghai is supplying a be-