Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-17
MORE BAD NEWS.
Minister WI Receives . Reply 90 = Nss-
sage sent Requesting the Latest.


Washington. July i6.-such news a.
came 70 Washington sunday from China
was very bad. II consisted Of cable
10 Minister WI from Sheng the imperial
director Of posts and telegraph At Shang-
hai and according to the minister, was
IN reply % the urgent message he him.
seli had sent 10 that official asking him
% try 10 secure some news from the
Chinese capital. This oablegram Minis.
ter WI regarded "a ~ such imr stpnce
70 carry in person directly 20 se.tftary
Hay, who was waiting at his home for
news. This message was As follows:
"PeKin news Of July Z. says that Gen.
Tuan Fuh Slang. in disobedience 10 i'm.
periAl orders. was about TO use guns.
legations and the government will b. In
peril.
This news l. corrobatiye Of that con-
tanned In recent oablegram from
Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai.
although the consul generals dispatch
gave his Pekin news the date Of the sixth,
saying that the final attack upon the
legations with guns was about TO begin
ON July 7. IL is snrmised here that Mr..
Goodn0w got his news from Sheng. who
Is certainly In u position 20 BE- able 10
secure the news from Pekin. Aside
from the gloomy forecast given Of the
end Of the terrible struggle Of the lega.
tons against the inevitable. the agnif-
cant feature Of the measure is the coup
ling Of the fate Of imperial government
with that Of the foreign ministers.
Officials here get some satisfaction
from this portion Of the dispatch as IL
sustains them in the position they have
held from the first that the Chinese
government l. not at war with Chris
tendon, but Is confronting formidable
instruction. There still remains a sus.
picion that while Mr.. WI is undoub,od-
ly acting with perfect sincerity. Sheng,
who Is represented 20 b. "a clever and
adruit man, may know more " tho go.
tual happenings at pekin than he Is will
ing % reveal az once. Il Is feared that
he Is trying 20 prepare the way for the
disclosure of terrible news. hoping that
by letting Il come out gradually the
blow will not fall with such severity
( and perhaps with such disastrous results
10 his own people ~ might BE- the case
II the whole story were impaired 10 the
world AT once. This news, it may be
noted, comes entirely from Chinese
sources
l. now 81 days since word has come
directly from any Of the unfortunates
besieged in the legations az Pekin. Tho
last message from there was from Min.
lister Robert Hart. the Englishman in
charge Of the Chinese customs service,
and was Of undoubted authenticity.
II represented the situation OF the lega-
TONERS a. desperate and implored help
The last word from Minister Conger
came 70 the state department from Pc.
kin under date Of June ". At that
time he asked that Seymour's interna.
tional relief column, which was even
doomed 10 fail. should signal It's APP
proach when near Pekin. This was
one month and three days ago and it
. would b. al unprecedented defense for
such an inadequate and illfitted and pro.
vlsioned force a. was az the command Of
the foreign ministers. to hold out for
that length % time
Minister Wu's cablUg ram from Sheng
could not BE- taken a. an answer 10 the
cipher message he forwarded at Secre.
tary Hays request 20 China. In the a..
fort 20 get IL through 20 Mr.. Conger.
That was a message was sent 10 Yon
shia Kia. the governor Of the province
I Of Shan Tung. That official has replied
, informally that he has no news himself,
but II il assuring that he will take
prompt steps 20 forward the cipher mes.
sage Ills status at this critical juncture
is unfortunately not beyond suspicion,
though Mr.. WI retains full confidence
, In him.
The government here has taken note
Of the efforts made In some quarters h
, stir up an agitation against the peace,
able Chinese In the United States. II
feels II Is imperatiyely necessary 10 use
T. the entire resources Of the government
20 suppress any movement that would
jeopardize their safety. Anything like
n massacre Of the Chinese In the United
States would wreck the whole cause Of
% the United States government in the
settlement which must come OF this Chi
: noso trouble. Our government could
not demand reparation or indemnity
from China for whatever happens nj
Pekin or elsewhere IN China IL the Chi
nese government through the violenc,
Of our people were put in a position 4
claim a set OF growing out Of yiolenc,
shown to this people in the United
States
IA Mr. WI says that all the Chinese in
q the United States come from south Chi
=. ma and are altogether out Of sympathy
T with the northern Chinese. In fact
y they do not even speak the same Ian
guage. He Is sure that there is not d
single one Of these northern Chinamer
In the United States and u there wer,
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