El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-08
Minister Conger's Message
Disposed Of the TissuesOf
yellow FaIsehoods.
ALLIES TO PRESS ON
And Rescue the Legations At
Whatever Cost, Since
There Remains No
Other Course.

WASHINGTON, August s.-Conger'i
dispatcn to the state department II
which, among other things, he declared
that to leave Pekin would be certain
about which there has been more or
less doubt.
It positively disproves the numerous
"Imperial edictsr aud alleged official
telegrams saying that the Chinese gov
ernment had been furnishing the lega-
tions with provisicps: that measures
hal been taken to safely conduct them
to Tien Tsin, nd that they had air eady
started on the journey. 1t shows that
all correspondence from Pekin pre-
tending friendliness to foreigners is
nothing but mass OF lies.
fiesta blishes beyond question that
the Chinese imperial government is
encouraging the anti-foreign demon
stration, and allowing its troops to aid
the Boxers in their attacks on the
legations. 1t demonstrates that
there is nothing now for the allied
army to do but to press on to Pekin at
any cost, and rescue the ministers as
speedily as possible.
MINISTER MCDoNALD'S REPORT
LONDON, Aug S. In the house of
commons today, Mr.. Broderick. under
secretary for foreign affairs, read a
telegram from Sir Claude Mcdonald,
Britien minister at Pekin, which was
dated at Pekin Angus: 3.The message,
which was received at the foreign
Office this morning, follows:
81 today received your telegram for
warded by the Chinese minister. Shell
rifle fire from positions held by Boxers
and government troops has continued
Internationally. The casualties since
then have been slight"
The message gives list of wounded,
the number of whom had been sent
previously, and continues: "All
wounded doing well. Total Losses are
sixty killed and ITO wounded. We have
strengthened our Notifications. We
have over 200 women, children, and re-
fugees in the legation. The Chinese
refused permission to telegraph in
cipher until now
FROM THE BRITISRsADMIRAL.
LONDON, Aug. S.-The first official
British mott i6cation of the battle at
Pei TsanR on Sunday was received to- |
day from the British admiral at Che
Foo. His telegram was dated August |
6, and read as follows:
"The allies, about II 900 strong, at |
tackled the Chinese in an entrenched |
position two miles out of Tien Tsin. |
The Chinese we're driven out and re-
tired northward, the allies pursuing |
and occupying their position. The |
transport followed. The advance on
Pekin by road and river has begun"
The above dispatch was read In the
commons following the transmission
to that body Of McDonsld's telegram.
SHENG'S HEAD IN DANGER
LONDON, Aug. S.-A Shanghai dis
patch to the Daily News says q secret
sdict has been issued at Pekin ordering
The decapitation of Director Of Tele-
graphs Sheng, also, OF Yu Yin
1iu, viceroy OF Hankow,. and Liu
Kun vi, viceroy of Nankin. The
dispatch adds that seven Chinese Off.
,ials have been executed in Pekin.
REFUGEES ARRIVE u
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. S.-The
United States army transport Logan,
which sailed from Nagasaki on July Il,
8 in port with the frat load of refugee =,
to reach the United y
States from the country between Pekin
Ind Tien-Tsin. There are Il mission
,ries in the party,
The refu gees tell of the trials aud
Genes through which they passed
Charles McIntosh OF New York was in
he thick of the fighting On the road to
'ekin.