Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-28
WERE BOABARDED july X
MESSENGER FROM pEK1r
Ching Defends MISREPRESENTATION :.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Goes tn W..
Use RiVer-AdVance DeIayed-N
tificatiOn to ChOate.

London, July 26.-Another version .,
the story which reached General Ii, com.
manding the Pei Tan forts, by runner
from Pekin, who brought to him yester.
day a report of anarchy in the Chinese
capital, says the British legation was bonn.
barded when the messenger left Pekin
July IA. Prince Ching, this report saws
was assisting the ministers, and his palace
was protected by 10000 Chinese troops
Prince Ching, according to this report
considered himself able to cope with the
situation.
According to a dispatch from Chefoo
received here today Admiral Seymour has
started for the Yang Use river to ARRANGE
for the protection of the local ports, which
are threatened with attack
The Austrian warships kaiserin Eliza
beth and Aspern have sailed for China.
Hope Is Revived.
London, July 26,-The tone of the
European press with regard to the message
dated July I, received here from the Brit
ish minister at Pe<in, Sir Claude Melon.
aid, continues pessimistic and the endless
and extraordinary succession of Chimes
dispatches puIportlng to describe the sit
uation at Pekin only serves to bewiha.
However the earlier ulquestioning belief
that a massacre took place has to some
extent been shaken, and it is now admit.
ted, despite the heavy load of evidence
supporting the reports of the massacre,
that as Sir Claude AIcDonald's letter dis
posed of the first story alleging that the
crime occurred June 80, so Minister Con.
gers dispatch and other stories reporting
the legations safe July 10, ii and IS, give
some ground for assuming the possibility
that the second reports were also un'
founded.
There is some fear in London that the
Russian claim to control the railway from
Taku to Pekin will delay the proposed
advance of the allies to Pekin. 1t is
thought that this claim is in pursuance
of Russia's alleged fixed principle to pre-
vent any power but herself from penetrat
ing to Pekin, and to procure for herself
sole occupation, either as a conqueror or
peacemaker.
Special dispatches received here today
from Berlin counteract the replies OF Pres
ident Mckinley and the German minister |
OF foreign affairs, Count Won BueOW, TO /
the Chinese emperor's appeal, from the
standpoint obtaining at Berlin, that Inc
object of all Chinese assurances Is to gam
time for military preparations and uhaa'
mine the unity of the powers lhe
Morning Posts Berlin correspondent as
serts that the attitude OF the UnIeu
States government is regarded as de-
cided triumph for Chinese diplomacy
while the Daily News says the attltuu9
of the Washington authorities Is Regarded
in Berlin as a regrettable error Similarly /
the London morning papers regret lM
the president of the United States Has
taken a line that can hardly fail to Ell,
courage the Chinese to further dupllcn'
The British premier and minister OF w
eign atflIairs, Lord Salisbury, today ho'f
fled the United States ambassador lFlT
Joseph II. Choate, that it was Hp
possible to accept the evidence so far SUI
mitted by the Chinese or transmitted "
the United States regarding the safety III
the foreign ministers at Pekln. ana tH'
until their safety was fully estaDll'pu
the British government would be una"
to discuss any question OF medla'loH
kindred matters.