The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-09

ions are being supplied to the legations, | but by whom he does not say. The
 Boxers and General Tung Fun Slang do
 not get along well. The Boxers assert | that they do all the fighting and the { latter all the footing and nothing else. 1 General kwan Shiki, a corresponent
 of the Daily Mail predicts that
 by July 11th, the Boxers will disband and negotiations will be begun for
 peace. Nevertheless, circumstantial
 rumors of dark things to come are in
 circulation. The correspondents at l Shanghai, who are still the clearing house of all Chinese news, say that a combined force of Russians and Japan | ese have left Tien Tsin, following the ! railway as far as Lang Fang and have then swept swiftly to the west, attack ing the Chinese eighteen miles north of Tien Tsin and killing 1000 of them. The Shanghai correspondent of the Standard says reports from Tien Tsin from Chinese sources say a great bat tie has taken place in which the Chi
 nese lost heavily. The allies at Tien Tsin are short of provisions and suffer considerable from "sniping."
 The Daily Mails Tien Tsin corre- epondent in a dispatch dated July 2, via
 Che Foo July 4, says: "No forward movement is possible with less than 30.-
 900 men. A document has been found,
 signed by British resident, on behalf of British manufacturer, offering Vice. roy Chang Chi Tung complete arma- ments and officers for an army corps
 for 4 453,000 sterling. The messages of British correspondents at Tien Tsin are censored by the British authorities, but there is no censorship exercised over the other correspondents"
 The Daily Telegraph's Canton corre- spondent wiring Friday, via Hong Kong Saturday, says: Iii Hung Chang was formally notified to-day that Pres ident Mckinley cordially appreciates his assurances of friendship for the al- lied powers. Now that anarchy con- trols the capital, President Mckinley trusts to the responsible provincial au- thorities to carry out the international obligations of the Chinese government.'
 The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, under date of July z. says: Boxer emissaries are coming to the south, disguised, for the purpose of enlisting men. The situation is grave"
 Emperor William, says a Berlin dis patch, to-day received the following from the governor of Tien Tsin with reference to the promise of reward to any one who should accomplish the de- livery of foreigner from Pekin: "Be- ing notified of your msjesty's telegram, the governor of Shan Tung replied: From the outset I have been full of anxiety regarding the Europeans in Pekin, and l have made repeated at- tempts to send a messenger and get help to them, but in vain. Now all roads to Pekln are beset with rebels, and therefore whatever measures are taken now offer even less prospect of success than before. Nevertheless, shall consider 1t my duty to move for their help
 Several correspondents at St. Peters, burg send out egrams-censored, of course-to the effect that Russia, Japan and England agree as to their policy in China, their interests dominating there
 General Orloff, brilliant soldier, has been appointed chief of staff of the Russian forces in China.
 The Shanghai correspondent of the Express, cabling on July ', says: "The Russian, French and German admirals have had a long conference. They ex- pressed themselves as averse to seeing large Japanese forces landed in China in advance of the other powers