The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-07-13
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London, July 6.-"Not a single for.
eigner Is now alive in Peglng..'
This Is the latest Chinese report
that has reached Shanghai. Earlier
reports from the same sources de-
scribe the condition Of the British lega-
ton as something awful. It is said
that the rooms Of the legation vert
nlled with sick and wounded, the
Killed lying unburied in heaps. 1t is
believed that many members and Of
hcials Of the tsung Ii yamun persisted
when the German guard,
Maddened by the Murder
OF Baron Won Ketteler, the German
minister, set fire to the building. That
the foreigners Of the Chinese capital.
have been abandoned to their fate
seems no longer open to doubt in the
light of the message received by the
associated Press from Taku announc.
ing the decision Of the admirals re.
garding the hopelessness Of further at
tempts to relieve Picking under the
circumstances. The commanders of
the allies in Tien-tsin inform the cor
respondents that-it
Would Be Suicide
TO attempt to reach Picking with the
troops Tow available in the face Of the
colossal force of imperial troops and
Boxers occupying the country between
Ilen-tsin and Picking. So far from
taking the offensive the 1900 interna-
tlonal troops at Tien-tsin and the 5000
others at Taku and intermediate
points can barely keep up communion
lions, fighting necessarily with over
Whelming numbers, using far more
numerous artillery than the allies.
The correspondent of the Express at
Chefu, telegraphing Wednesday. says
Admiral
Seymour Was Wounded
while sitting in house at Nen-tsin
by Chinese sharpshooters. Official
news received at Chefu shows that the
Chinese have been guilty of horrible
cruelty toward the wounded and cap
tured, subjecting them to what is
known as the ling che, or the slicing
process. Under this hideous rite the
bodies OF the fallen have been mutila-
ted The Russians are retaliating by
the wholesale shooting Of natives. The
situation, according to the express cor
respondent, shows no signs of drifting
into
Barbarism and Snvagery.
Revolving stories are told of barbara
ties practiced upon Japanese and Eu-
ropean prisoDers captured on the way
to Picking, though it was not known
before that Admiral Seymour lost any
prisoners. The Chinese troops march,
ing toward Tien-tsin, the Chinese say,
left behind them trails of rapine, fire
and blood. Native women were raw
ished and children were cut in two.
Direct tidings from Picking end with
the dispatch sent by Sir Robert Hart
on June %. According to roundabout
reports it is asserted by the Chinese
that Prince Tuan is
Personally Directing
the assault upon the legations. He
conferred honors and gave large sums
of money and other presents to the
leaders Of the Boxers and the CON-
manders Of the troops who drove back
Admiral Seymour, and also gave
mcney to every soldier taking part in
the operation
A dispatch to the Express from
Shanghai says that according to the
best military estimates 100000 men
will be necessary to subjugate North
ern China, and even then it will take
two or three years. The forces of the
Chinese empire have gathered such
motion that even Japan's full strength,
launched now, will be unequal to the
task of restoring order.
Washington Without News.
Washington. July 6. - The admins.
tration was without news dispatches
from it's representatives in China yes
terday. Some surprise is manifested
that noting came. Secretary Hay said
at 8 o'clock last night that there had
been no word at all received during
the day, and Secretary Long was also
without advices from Admiral Kempff
or from the battleship Oregon. The
officials accept as correct the press dis
patches that the Oregon has been
f1Oated.