The true northerner., 1900-07-11

at shanghai met on July ana oIllcldlly
announced that the legations at Peking
were safe on July 4. The foregoing
statement, read with Consul Warren's
dispatch TO the foreign office on Sat
urday. makes it possible to believe that
the legations will hold out for a num-
ber of days yet. Having fought 10
standstill the first outbursts of fanati-
cal fury, it is believed that something
may intervene TO save them. The news,
after the sinister rumors of the last
ten days, is enough upon which 10
build up hopes.
Situation at Tientsin.
Tientsin is still hard pressed. y Chi
nese force numbering from $4,000 TO
100000 men, as estimated by inconclu-
sive reconnaissances, floods the country
roundabout Tientsin, communication
between which place and Taku is APP
parently possible by river only.
Refugees from Tentsin arriving at
Shanghai say that only five civilian
foreigners were killed during the long
Chinese bombardment The foreign
women became so Indifferent that they
walked through the streets, not heed
ing the shells. Most of the civilians
were deported to Taku, thence to be
conveyed to Shanghai.
Reports a Great Battle.
The correspondents at Shanghai,
who are still the clearing house of all
Chinese news, say that a combined
force of Russians and Japanese have
left Tientsin, following the railway
far Enr nd
swept swiftly to the west, attacking
the Chinese Is miles north of Tentsin
and killing 1000 of them.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Standard says reports from Tientsin
from Chinese sources say great bat
tie has taken place in whic-l the Chi
nese lost heavily. The allies at Tien-
tsin are short of provisions.
The Daily Mails Tientsin corre-
spondent, in a dispatch dated July 2,
via Chefoo, July A, says: mo forward
movement is possible with less than
10000 men,"
President to Ii Hung Chang.
The Dany Telegraph's Canton cor
respondent, wiring Friday, via Hong
Kong, Saturday, says:
eli Hung Chang was formally notified
to-day that President Mckinley cordial
ly appreciates his assurances of friend
ship for the allied powers. Now that
anarchy controls the capital, President
Mckinley trusts to the responsible pro-
vincial authorities to carry out the in
ternational obligations of the Chinese
government"
Seeks Our Help.
The Times says:
''We learn from a private message from
Canton that Ii Hung Chang has tele-
graphed direct to the Chinese minister
in London, urging him to request the
British government TO approach the
United States government with a view
to joint invitation to Japan to cooperate
in the maintenance OF the Chinese en-
pire and the establishment of a strong
government on a solid basis, the three
then uniting in an appeal for the SUD-
port of all the other powers"
Legation Guards XIII 1000.
London, July 9.-The foreign office
has issued the text of a telegram from
Acting Consul Warren. at Shanghai.
confirming from thoroughly trust
worthy sources the news received bv
courier from Peking July 3, by way of
Shanghai, to the London office of the
inspectorate of Chinese maritime Gus
toms, saying that two legations were.
the day the courier left. holding out
against the troops and Boxers, and
that the troops had lost 1000 men and
the Boxers many leaders. Mr.. War
ren adds that the messenger says the
troops were much disheartened by
their losses, and that the Boxers claim
their mystic powers have been broken
by the foreigners, and that they dare
not approach the legations. 1t is fur
ther asserted that the foreigners at
Peking ought to be able 10 hold out for
a long time, as they have sufficient food
and ammunition.
More Hopeful Feeling.
Washington, July "a slightly
more hopeful feeling for the safety of
the legationers in Peking is apparent
in official circles. The hope is not
founded on any official dispatches
which have reached the state depart
ment. as nothing was received during
Sunday from the consular representa-
tives of the United States in China.
The cumulative statements, however,
which are daily printed from various
portions of the empire reporting the
diplomatic corps with the exception
of the German minister as safe up TO
within certain specified time. together
with the absence of any corroborative
proof of their murder, is partially re-
sponsible for the slight hope which
prevails that they (the minIsters) are
yet alive. The statements purporting
to come from Sir Robert Hart, the
English Chinese inspector of customs,
are regarded as the best information
which has been received. While show
ing that conditions were desperate,
the dispatches have not been entirely
without hope.
Bombarded Tientsin.
Berlin, July "a dispatch from
Tientsin says the Russians unsuccess-
fully bombarded the native town on
July 2. The strength of the allied
troops is about 10000. There is no
fresh news regarding the situation in
Peking.
Intended for China.