Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-19

Lordon, July l4.-Ihe Shanghai cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says the
following story regarding the position
IN Picking emanates from Chinese Of
| icial sources:
"The two remaining legations, the
British and Russian were attacked in
force on the evening of July 6, Prince
Tuan being in command. The attack
ars were divided Prince Tuan COM
manded the center, the right wing was
led by Prince Tsayin and the left by
Prince Yin Lin. The reserves We're
under Prince Tsin Yu. The attack
commenced with artillery fighting,
which was severe and lasted until
o'clock in the morning, by which time
both
Legations Were Destroyed
and all the foreigners were dead,
while the streets around the legations
lwere full of dead bodies of both TOR
aigners and Chinese. Upon hearing OF
the attack Prince Ching and Gen.
Wang Wen Slao went with troops to
the assistance of the foreigners, but
they We're cutnumbered and defeated.
Both Prince Ching and Gen. Wang
Wen Shae We're killed. Two foreigners
are said to have escaped through the
gates, one With heavy sword wound
in his head. Prince Tuan, in celebra-
ton of the victory, distributed 100000
taels and huge quantities of rice to the
Boxers"
Worst Has Happened.
| A terrible veil of silence enshrouds
Picking and there is nobody but who
| believes the worst has happened. 1t is
taken for granted that all the powers
have exhausted every means to get d.
rect news from their legations, and the
fact that their efforts have been vain
leads to but one Interpretation. Inc
Chinese representative in Berlin denies
the statement that Ii Hung Chang had
sent Kim hopeful telegram. He says,
On the contrary, that no direct telegram
has been received by him from Ii Hung
Chang for some time past. The days
news is again restricted to the usual
correspondence Of Enthusiastically CHI
nese rumors. the most important or
which is reported by the correspondent
Of the Express. and is TO the effect that
Europeans are directing the Chinese
military operations.
Directed by Europeans.
The correspondent says that Capt.
Bailey, of II. NJ S. Aurora. distinctly
saw man in European garb directing
the Chinese artillery operations out
side of Tien-tsin. Foreign refugees
from Tien-tsin openly accuse a Euro
pean official, whose name the Express
correspondent suppresses. and Col. Won
Hahnken. who was formerly en-
ployed to drill the Chinese troops, OF
being parties to a plot TO procure the
escape of Gen. Chang and themselves
from Tien-tsin before the lombard
ment, leaving the other foreigners
To Their Fate.
Statements are in circulation IL
Shanghai accusing the Russians OF IN.
discriminate slaughter of friendly Chi
nese non combatants without regard to
age or sex. The manager of Chinese
steamship company who has arrived
in Shanghai. asserts that he only es-
capped from Tien-tsin by cutting off his
Queoe and Qopning European clothes.
It Is asserted that the 1ao-tai of Shans.
hal protested to the powers against
these Russian slaughters. 1t is assert
ed that the Buddhist priests through
out the empire are propagating Prince
Tuan's anti-foreign gospel.
Crushing Defeat at Tien-fsin.
News is circulating throughout the
Yang-tse valley that Gen. Ma has in
ficted a crushing defeat upon the al
lies at Tien-tsin and that the foreign
army has been cut to pieces east OF
Picking. The actual importance for the
moment of the allied forces nearly
gives color to these stories with the
worst results. The Shanghai cores
pondent of the Express gives Tien-tsln
advices to July s, when the superior
range of the japanese artillery enabled
them to relieve the Russians who were
hard pressed at the railway station.