Evening journal., 1900-06-18
News From the Capital is
Carefully Suppressed
:
AMERICAN SOLDIERS FOR CHINA
Ninth Regiment Ordered 10 Proceed
From Manila to the Disturbed
Orient

London. June 18-There Is not
cabinet in Europe apparently. that
knows what has been transpiring In
Pekin for five days or in Tien Tsin for
three days. Nor is there any that
knows with what difficulties the small
and inadeouately equipped interna-
tional column is contending between
those cities The German foreign Of
fee, upon learning the report OF the
murder of Baron Won Ketteler, the
German minister at PelFin, sent tele-
graphic inquiry to ST. Petersburg. the
Russian government because OF its
wires to Manchuria. being supposedly
In better position than the other
governments 10 obtain direct news. In
reply the German foreign office was
informed that nothing whatever was
known on the 9ubiect, as communica-
tiQn with PelIin was interrupted.
The report. spread world wide from
Shanghai, that the legations had been
attacked and that one minister, prob
ably the German, had been murdered,
has been traced to the Tao Tai Sheng,
who for a few days. as the empress
dOwagers agent. has been cencoring
kilograms from Shanghai. The Shang-
hal correspondent Of The Daily Ex-
press says:
"Sheng. as head Of the telegraph ad-
minislrntiOn pretended that the line
connecteing Shanghai with Pekln had
been down since June 3, and that the
wires TO Tien Tsln were cut on June
10. Nevertheless Il is notorious that
constant Communications have been
passing from Shanghai TO Peklh over
the northern and western routes, al
though Sheng has refused both min
isters and councils the privilege OF
using the lines. II Is known that last
Friday Sheng received a message from
either Pekin or Tien Tsln. This dis
patch said that Gen. Tung Fuh Siang's
troops aided the Boxers in an or
ganized attack on the foreign lega-
tions and that In the course Of the at
tack some OF the legation buildings
were reduced TO ruins. and one foreign
minister was sliced to pieces"
Why in the cables II should have
been added that the murdered minis
ter was Baron Won Kettler is not ex-
planned.
According to another telegram from
Shanghai. dated June IL. at 1928 d. NJ,
Sheng has fed, fearing that the foreign
authorities were about to arrest him
because OF his stoppage OF kilograms.
A third cablegram asserts that the
reports Of the murder Of the German
minister emanated from London, are
quite unconfrmed, and are discredited
at Shanghai
"The German minister has been cap
tured." Is the announcement Of The
Morning Post from Pekin. in a dis
patch dated June 10, p. m, via Tien
Tsin, June 10. This is the latest press
message known to have left Pekin. It
continues as follows:
"A crowd of Boxers occupied Lega-
tion street, cutting on communication
between the buildings. A few Boxers
are parading In the city. Their super
stition In regard to foreign arms is
pitiable.
"The Boxers hold the oficials of
Tung Chau for redemption. Anarchy
reigns at that place. The Americans
in the interior OF the two neighboring
provinces have been advised TO leave,
but several have no means OF doing
go. Unless a relief force Is sent there
Is danger OF a massacre OF native
Christians. A large Chinese army Is
ready 10 oppose the relief column on
the way here The Chinese govern
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