Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-07-20
ANOTHER MASSACRE.
Ii Hung Chang Talks OF His Mission
TO Pekin-Hopes to Save the Lives
ofthe Ministers and Arrange Terms
OfPeace with the Allied Powers =
The Suppression OF the Boxers and
Reparation for Damage Done and
the Lives Lost

London, July 1s.-Acording 70 a dis
patch from Shanghai to the Daily Mail,
dated yesterday, a massacre occurred
on July 9Th at Tai Yuen Flu, capital
of the province of Shan ST, forty for
eigners and hundred converts being
killed.
The Daily Telegraph has the follow
Ing from Canton. dated July 18th:
In an interview with the foreign
| consuls to-day Ii Hung Chang said
that his mission to Pekin was two-fold
listers and to arrange the best possible
terms of peace with the allied powers.
/ The American and French consuls,
. while congratulating him upon these
commendable purposes. reminded him
of his pledges to protect foreigners and
to preserve peace IN Southern and Cen
trail China
Earl Ii replied that he must obey
the summons to Pekin. but that he had
taken all necessary precautions. He
added that he had received important
cables from Lord Salisbury and NJ Del
+ casSe, demanding protection for the for
!
take life for life OF the high officials
responsible if the Ministers were MUIR
| dered. He told the consuls that he
was the only man in China who dared
! transmit such messages to the Empress
| but that he had sent them Varbatim
and that he did not doubt they had
exerted a powerful influence in saving
the Minister'S lives.
He went on to say that as the
nf Wiz H.,
! induced all the other viceroys, except
two, to join in a lengthy memorial to
the throne, asking security for the for
/ eigners, suppression Of the Boxers and
J full reparation for the damage done
and the lives lost
Ito the American, who inquired
about the actual safety of the foreign
ministers 1t Pe<in. Ii answered that he
had received no news from Pekin within
/ the past week, but that, if they were
alive. he was almost certain matters
could be satisfactorily arranged with
/ the allied powers.
If they are dcad'-here he shrugged
his shoulders significantly and added
with lowered VOice-'it is hard to tel
, what may happen. l am going to Pc
kin practically unarmed, except for my
! bodyguard of two hundred men. and
! that ought to lie evidence to the whole
and of my pacific intentions. l am old
and i'll very poor health, and it is a
! great personal sacrifice to undertake
. such journey in this hOrrid weather.
After a moments thought he said
If your Ministers are killed, do you
think my life may be taken in retalia
tiOn en- route?
This question received genera
strong negative reply. He then asked
the consuls to wire to their respective
Admirals to respect his own flag and tC
allow him a safe conduct to Pekin. He
was evidently extraordinarily anxious
about the Ministers, for, returning Il
| the subject, he said: My heart Is sore
about them. l know them all person.
ally; and | am on the best Of goOC
terms with them
| He added that he realized his gov.
ernment had done wrong and that II
| was to show his grave displeasure thai
he sent the cablegTams from Lord Sal.
isbury and NJ. Delcasse to the Empress
word for word as he received them
He concluded by asking the co-Opera.
| the success of his mission, and saiC
| emphatiCally that he depended upor
them"
The Moscow correspondent Of the
Daily Mai! says: Leading firms here
have learned that their tea and silh
J warehouses a Kalgan Gn the province
of Chi Ii, near the great WalD have
been plundeied and burned by Chinese
rioters and trCors, goods worth seventy
million taelS EeiT% destroyed.