Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-15
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FENG Is OPTIMISTIC.
A dispatch 20 the Tribune from Lon
don says. The Chinese minister In this
orraL Sir Chih Chen Lo Feng Luh,
sticks TO his guns and is as resolutely
optimistic as ever He has made an
cher statement in which he relterates
DIS conviction that the ministers IN Pc
Bin are safe and positively rid.cules the
aa that they can Doe ia any jeopardy
Th. report that il Heng Cheng has
hmbarIai the legations, he says cam
Do, Dee true. u 10 were the legation
tIIugs would have been reduced 90
ruins no Iu hour OF two.
Side by side with the Chinese minis
ts reassurng statement comes Sir
Claude NaCDJuald.s cipher dispatch Of
August G. in which the British repre-
sentative describes the situation MS des-
late states that food supply viii not
is. more than ten days. ana declares
that unless relief arrives speedily
general massacre Is Imminent. Between
these contradictory statements. anxiety
and suspense are again reused 10 fever
heat, and WIi. so remain for the rest Of
this week and until the relief force has
actually arrived Do Pekiu. on the whole.
however somewhat hopeful DISPOSE
ton prevails. though The gravity OF the
aS messages from Macdonald and
Coae.r IS admitted IL ia thought that
even tha MauChu 1esperddOes boo COM
ulri u. tla Chinese s0ldicry In Pekin.
WI hesitate 90 proceed 90 eXtremities
q" H.. O.
most sounding 20 their ears. There a
significant variation in the two versions
o. Sir Claude Mac D0nalds message Of
tta sixth as published yesterday morn
Et I.I afternoon respectively. In the
dispatch as forwarded by the Hong
kong correspondent OF a news agency.
sI Claude merely says THE Chinese
offered escort o. Ilen Tsin. but IL was
refused
DO The version c1bled by a correspond
on. 0f tha Daily Telegraph. Sir claude
Macdonald adds that he refuses 10
quiz Pak.u under Chinese conduct. RE
u.Wt.r.ug NUHuuOre' and impressive
.,al...a, suggesting appalling possi-
bIues
Great satisfaction Is felt at the prog.
fass Of tha relief force. NotWlthgtaudl1g
u. comparatively heavy losses of the
allies it Yang IsIng. the military au-
th.ll.s consider the Chinese have
made poor showing. and Il Is NOT
'Il-Al iaey VIII be able 20 impede
seriously lhe entry Of The relieving col
u50. mo F'h.ul. u Is generally expect
=. .H1' lne allies viii march into the
4'..a' tIll ana rescue the foreigners
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". "' t-,,g. Uy sunday or Monday.
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So. ."s NHlhese operations. |
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