Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31
Letter From German Lega-
tion Says Foreigners
Alive July 81.
MINISTER'S HOLDING OUT

Brussels, u : = dispatch from
the Russian a i Alexieff dated,
Tien Tsin, July so.communicated to
foreign office, states that latest news
confirms the report that the foreign
ministers at Pekins are out of danger.
Berlin, July 20-A dispatch from
the German legation at Peking dated
July 81 reports all well.
Washington, July 2S-The secretary
of state has received the following
from Consul Fowler at Che Foo, dated
July 20, noon: ia letter from the Ger
man legation dated July 81 has been
received at Tien Tsin. The German
last is ten dead and twelve wounded.
The Chinese ceased their attack on
the twelfth. Kettelers body is said
to be safe. The Austrian and Spanish
legations are destroyed and the
French partially. A letter from the
Japanese legation dated July %, ar
rived at Tien Tsin July 25. Ten bat
talions of Chinese shelled the lega-
tion consecutively from the twentieth
OF June. They stopped on the 18th
Of July but may renew. The enemy is
decreasing. The German, Russian and
American, British and half of the Jap
enese and French legations are still
defended. The Japanese say they
have food for six days, but have lit
tie ammunition. The emperor and
empress are reported to be at Pek-
ing"
Text of the Letter.
Berlin, July 3O-The German con-
sui at Tien Tsin telegraphed under
date of July % to foreign office as fol-
lows: "The German secretary of lega-
tion at Peking, Herr Below, writes on
the 2Sth: Thanks for your news. On
theSlegation are all right. The detach-
ment guards have lost 10 killed and IA
wounded. The houses of the legation
are much damaged by cannon fire but
are held by the guards. The attack of
the Chinese troops on us ceased on the
10th. The speediest possible advance
of the relief troops is urgently neces-
sarysary. According to trustworthy
report, the body of Baron Won Ket-
teller has been buried by the Chinese
government" -
Cordes mentioned in the above dis
patch, is second interpreter of the le-
CATION. He was with Ketteler when
the latter was murdered and was him
self wounded. He escaped to the lega-
ton.
Legations Safe July %.
London, July 30.-The British con-
sui at Tien Tsin telegraphs the foreign
office today that letter from jap
anese colonel in Peking states that
the legations were safe on the 22nd
There had been no firing on the lega-
tions since the 18th.
The consul adds: "a reliable mes
senger who failed to enter Peking, but
sreached there, returns stating that
there was no firing on the legations be-
tween the 18th and the 18th"
In view of this evidence the British
government is convinced the legations
are safe.
chaffee at Taku.
Washington, July 30.-The war de-
partment has received the following
from Major General Chaffee:-"C Che
Foo-Left Nagasaki at daybreak on
the 26th and arrived at Taku at 10
O'clock on the night of the 28th.
Wires Are Working.
New York, July 30.--The Gable Com
pany announces that communication
! between Shanghai and Che Foo is re-
storeds
Spare No One.
Berlin, Jul y2s.-Addressing the
troops at Bremerhaven yesterday be-
fore they departed for
China, Emperor William, ac-
cording to the Lokal Anzeiger,
employed this extraordinary language:
"If you close with the enemy, re-
member this Spare Nobody. Make no
prisoners. Use your weapons SO that
for thousand years hence no China