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Announced From London That They Are Safe
and Are to Proceed at Once
to Iien Ts;n
United States Asked by China to Mediate
With the Powers to Settle Disturb
ances in China.

LONDON, July 23-l1:3O P. M.-sir Hal
bday Mccartney, counsellor and English
gecretary to the Chinese legation in Lon
Son, asserted this evening that the Pekin
legations were safe and about to proceed
30 Tien Tsin.
LONDON, July PA A M-The Chi
nese minister, Sir Chih Chen Lo Feng
Luh. has communicated to the press the
following dispatch from Sheng, director
general Of Chinese railways and tele-
graphs and taotai Of Shanghai, dated
Shanghai. July %:
Information from Pekin, dated July 18,
says that the tsung yamen deputed
Wong Jul, an under secretary Of the de-
partment, to see the foreign ministers,
and he found everyone well, without any
missing, the German excepted.
Gen. Lung Lu is going to memorabilia
the throne to send them all, under es-
cort. to Tien Tsin in the hope that mill
tary operations will then be stopped"
THIS LOOKS UGLY.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Mail, telegraphing July %, says:
"A letter from a Chinese official in
Shan Tung has been received by a ma
tive functionary here containing the fol-
lowing passages:
At the beginning Of the month the
foreign ministers made several attempts
to send messages out Of Pekin, but,
thanks to the strict watch kept on the
city, the bearers were all caught and
executed.
On the 4th inst only 400 foreigners,
much exhausted, were left alive in Pekin.
and one night, when the big guns were
necessarily fired, it was known that all
the legations and foreigners were finished
although pretended kilograms contradict
these facts "
The st. Petersburg correspondent of the
Daily Mail asserts that there are differ
ences Of opinion In the Russian council
OF war, Gen. Koupatkin wishing to send
1oO,OOO men to clear the rebels out Of Man
churia. On the other hand, according to
this correspondent, Emperor Nicholas
wishes the operations limited to the de-
tense and pacification of the frontier dis
Irlcts' Two strong armies, one of the al
lies In the south and the other of the
Russians in the north, confront the Chi
nese' and the rising-so the car is said
10 argue-Would be bound to collapse.
WANTS NO CONQUEST.
We want no conquests," he is reported
60 have declared at the conclusion of q
sitting of the council. What we 5aeira
Is to protect our frontiers and to steer
into smooth waters the Chinese shin Of
state, now buffeted by the waves of civil
war" "a O@'''
Rumors circulate briskly around the
mission Of Ii Hung Chang. He Is cred
1teo "1th mission to offer to cede to
tle AIMED powers two provinces as in
utsInTlty for the Pekin outrages and
also olIer to restore order and to give
aaclIltles for trade with the outside world
on condition of the surrender of Kiao
Chau' Wei Hal Wei and Manchuria NV
the powers and the withdrawal of oil
missionaries. Little attention bo1,a,,o,
need be paid to any of these r,,o,o.,- -
In private message from sanoto, !.
Is said that Ii Hung Cbane go '.l :.
the OBJECT Of his journey is to nlaoa 49,
regular army in line with no -, !iis
troops Tor the suppression of the Ro~ars
WASHINGTON, July 28.-Adminis+ra
Htt.I UIllcla4s are more hopful over tho
situation in China as q resn1t oe o tt the
patches which have come in The 1ar+ Us
udys' and more particularly tho r7,,,.o,,lo1'
NiceS OF tonight, asserting that 49,
-1liiiiste Is are safe. If an answer &c -
S9iNeu TO TIE second telegram which 10,
Deeh sent through the Chinese roir;.+
mere, TO Mr.. Conger, and that ane1yo,
should pear internal evidence of eenTinol
AtSs' the situation will be matario11,S ~
proved ana the government. with the
Huultlonal information which Mr. So,
may transmit, may be able 70 mo- 81
.eihgenuy toward the rescue of the he
4eaguered foreigners.
AS TO MEDIATION
Mr. WI, the Chinese minister is busi,v
engaged In preparing for transpoiesio,, -
his government the reply of Tho 49,. -
tary Of state to China, reouestintr 80
.Chlted states to mediate in the present
troubles between the Chinese .cmpire end
the powers. He declined to saw tonipbt
Wbelfler the reply was satisfactory tn
MIN or would be to his government: nor
would he indicate IN any way what 3ts
nature was. There is considerable worl,
TO De done on the reply before it can he
sent TO emma as 1t has to be reduced To
cipher. In addition to this the minister.
VIII prepare communication to accor,,
pany what the president has to saw. He
expects, however, to have the document
ready Tor transmission early tomorrow.
RUSSIANS AND CHINESE FIGHT
ST. PETERSBURG, July 2a.-Two en-
counters are reported to have taken
place between British and Chinese forcee
near Wei Hal Wei. The latter. IT is re-