Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-06
NO HOPE FOR
THE FOREIGNERS
Report of the Massacre in Pekin Believed
Horrors in the Chinese Capital-What
the Powers VIII Do.


director OF the bureau OF American Re
pubics, who served In China as score
tary OF legation when the late John
Russell Young was there as minister,
and who is recognized authority In
Chinese matters, spoke feelingly IN
washington last night of the ndlgnities
which foreigners In Pekin are reported
10 have suffered after capture.
This Is something new In the history
of China" he said. Foreigners have
never before been publicly executed
and we can by analogy imagine what
has happened 70 foreign women and
children IN Pekln. We know that in the
civil wars Of China the greatest bar
barity was practlced, and it has been
the knowledge Of what might be ex-
pected which has given rise to the GUS
toms Of the conquered party putting to
death lts women and children before
surendsrlng
INDIGNITIES WERE HORRIBLE.
"No doubt the dispatch tells but a
small portion of the horrors Of the spec
tacle In pekin. II Is only a matter Of
time. anyway, and what followed was
tho common practice OF barbarlc and
half-clyilzed nations. Had they been
merely imprisoned tn Or condition would |
have been pltlablc enough. Any one
who has read OF the capture and the |
fortunes imposed upon Lord Loeb ana |
SIR Harry Parkes IN 1860. and who |
knows the Chinese prisons have not /
been improved In the last forty years /
can appreciate in part the suffering |
which foreign residents In Pekin must /
have endured IN the last month.
There is little use I'm trying 10 por- /
tray what indignitles were heaped upon /
the victims before death released them /
without question they were horrible 4
beyond the Imagination of civilized j
man Their captors add TO the cruel /
~ of the American the demonac in 4
genuity of a race that Is almost civil /
lied a race which apprOpriates the arts /
OF white men without appreclating |
them. The tale which comes from Pc
kin when entrance is gained by foreign /
troops viii not be equalled in shudder-
forcing qualities since the days OF the
sepoy rebellion"
THE FINAL RUSH.
London. July 6. $3.50 a. m-The story
that an foreigners In Pekin were muir
dered on June 3Oth appears 10 be cir
culating simultaneously at Che Foo,
Shanghai and pien Tsn, but as yet
IL is not affirmed by official dispatches,
and is not traceable TO southern vice
roys. and while communication with
Pekin IS uncertain, there is some basis
for the hope that IL is untrue
Cautious observers at Shanghai
recognize that. even though these re-
ports are rejected events In Pekln
must be gauOping TO a tragic end.
Cores ondents Of the Express at
Shanghai gather details from Chinese
sources, which pieCed together relate
that when the foreigners ammunition
was exhausted. Boxers and imperial
troops rushed the British legation and
poured into the courtyard with fanat-
ical fury The foreign troops We're so
hopeiessIy outnumbered that their fate
was certain The moment the mob
broke 10, the courtyard was converted
into shambles Others OF the invaders
reached the interior Of the building.
CHINESE SPEAK WITH BATED
BREATH.
One correspondent adds: 1T Is only
LETT 10 hope that in the final rush OF
the murderous horde the men OF the
legations had time 10 Stay with their
own hand their womankud aud child
rem
The Chinese are whispering the ter
rible story under their breaths Their
attitude towards the foreigners ou the
streets has undergone a strange change.
The demeanor OF the better class OF
30 va lao 81 !
triumph. Even the rabble I'm the ma
tive quarters are silent
something Of this eliminating
tragedy is CHASTITY. The history OF re-
cent events In Pekln seems 20 per-
wade the very atmosphere here and
C0npes belief against an our hopes
The consuls fear that the report Is too
true. and Chinese officials do not at
tempt 10 seek reason FOR denial"
Staying THE EMPEROR.
Two Manshus who have arrived at
Shanghai certify 10 the truth OF the
statement mat Prince Tuan visited the
palace and offered the emperor and
doWa-er empress the alternative OF
poison Oh the sword. The emperor.
they say, took poison and died within
an hour The empress dowager also
chose poison, but craftily swallowed .
on: q portion Of what was offered her
ana survived. on the same day the
lhIncse customs bureau was DESTROYED.
Sin Robert Hart. Inspector OF customs. J
ana his stan escaping 10 the legations {
intense Indignation Is felt In Shang-
hai against the supposed action OF the
powers To- restraining Japan from send |
ing an army TO Pekin Immediately. J
lhe powers are accused OF being as [
kmIJy Of murder as are Prince Tuan's
,,Shaucs, and Sir Robert Hart Is
.amed Tor not having informed the
foreigners OF the immense imports OF !
arms ana especially a few weeks ago [
STARTLING STORIES TO COME.
The Chinese commanders are prepar- k
ing FOR a long and severe campaien b
anu are putting into operation plans
eIaWn mp BY German officers last year T
t'r resisting an Invasion from sea- (
board by Russia.
me- correspondent OF the Daily Mail :
~ shanghai telegraphlng under date
q. ."iy ON, lI.lV p. m, says he believes
lhai when official information comes
Its'rling Pekln Il may include the
OIL outraging Of English women
N'N torture Of children. II may almost
u M lsken Tor granted he asserts that
wiped out. ''e Oeeh
There are whlsperlkgs Of startling
49, l.'''ls IN native quarters, and Il must
~ ot i9rsotten that telegraph lines
on which alone news can come ara
s s.'iy IN the hands OF Chinese. The
.o...t rumors are likely TO have their
eo se on solid basis. and native
g, sl are believed TO be preparing
ne way for the reception OF news OF .
'I N. greatest crime Of the century. 4
On, ' ,tl , on admitted to the correspond \
palm 1' ,ne case o. the Europeans in
op.h.9n. He believes that N thew have
A., already been massacred IL Is only
'''''er OF course before they win be-
COULD HAVE BEEN PREvENrrn
BY JAPAN. II
DabI,e shanghai correspondent OF tho le
To- d. a.