The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-11

ness section about us Is q waste OF ruins.
tho Chinese having destroyed millions ~
dollars worth OF property ga thclr effort
10 reach and cNtermnate us
The one messenger who has succeeded
~ making his way 20 Tien Tsin and back
brings us word shut So 0w troops are row
certainly on the way 20 our relief. and the
rumors OF their victorious progress are
now coming so us from the outside Chit
ncse. who are on most peculiar terms with
us.
Ten days AGO there came back to as
messenger who had tried 60 so 10 Tien
Tsin, had been captured by che Chinese.
beaten almost 20 death. taken 20 the
state department" given mes 1gc ana
sent back 10 us. The state department
slid N was glad to hear the foreign min
listers were well. and sorry the Boxers had
treated them 80 badly They were anxious
to protect US, and requested that We stop
firing. They suggested that an the
ministers and their families go in small
companies. uncscortcd. TO the state depart
meut for protection. The reply was made
that We were willing 10 cease firing when
the Chinese ceased. bur could not accept
the invitation 60 che Namtn. The next
day came another gracious message, &C
compauied by cipher telegram irom the
state department az Washington. Com
ing as 20 the source OF this telegram az
had no signature or date a copy Of a tele-
gram from Wa Ting Fang the Chinese
Minister In Washington, was sent. ana tho
transmission % Minister Consers reply
was promised.
Chinese Becoming Gracious.
The next day nriug practically ceased.
ana there has been but little of q since.
There also came. in the name Of the En-
peror. q large number OF watcrmclons'
squashes. egg plants and Cucumbcrs.
am very sorry that the ministers accept
Cd the present. for il will make the hnai
punishment OF the Chinese tess dignihed
To have men Try 20 Kill YOU. ana then,
while SIN keeping you besicged. 90 SEM
In watermelons and squashes, e. about a.
ludicrous "a performance as I have heafd
OF. Surely 80 will stand unique In the
worlds history The purpose Is manifest
Taku and Tieu Tsln have been taken ana
the foreign troops are well on their way
10 Pekin The state department. nrst triea
to coax the ministers 20 a place Wheie
they could he held as hostages. Now y Is
irving 20 placate them with presents, 80
as 10 keep the foreign troops from enter
ing Pekin More recently, they nave been
again urging the ministers 70 90 20 llen
Tsln. and again to-day One -'tnl tney
and ricel "For ways that are dark ana
tricks that are yain.r there Is 10 doDot
about the pre-emiuence OF the Chinese.
Julv a-And now our heurts so down
again. as "a youngstor who went out as
a bcggar boy bearing q message 70 lien
Tsln comes back with single letter OF
ahout a half dozen sentences from the
British consul. the quntcssence OF amoig-
uous uncertainty. dated July q ara lead
ing US to think twhile not saying 500 that
no troops have yet left Tien Isln Tor our
relief lie writes. There are plenty OF
troops on the way. II YOU can keep your
selves IN food" but the rest Of the letter
Indicates that "on the way may mean
anywhere on the face Of the earth
Native Treachery.
August e-suH me rain holds of. but
our relief does not come. For the pas.
week We have lived on news purchased
daily from q Chinese soldier ana other
outsider. which. though accepted with
much suspicion came 90 be somewhat ne
reyed. These several men were evidently
Iu coinsson. They told us step hy step
Of the victorious progress OF our troops
until they had brought them so near
that We should hesin 10 hear the cannon.
when they reported retreat This aroused
more suspicion. which was confirmed
Tien Tsin. stating that tho troops were TO
start In TWO or three days.
The extracts from the Pckin Gazette
for the past two months afford very IN
teresting reading. testAying 10 the msln-
certify OF the Chinese prOtestatious FREUD
shin BEFORE things came 90 head ana
we were beeieEed here. The eiicts com
manded the putting down Of the Boxers
In, as soon as they got US where we
"a
tone changed Ministers ana princes were
amounted 10 command the Boxers, who
were given hundreds Of thousands or taeis
as A reward for their patriotic services
After ,he capture OF Tien Tsin they be-
Gan 10 be scared and wished 70 paaeat"
foreign Powers, 30 that they actuAhy
nublish memorial Of Chang shun. layins
inc whole trouble on the Boxers.
Hardshtps Of the children.
Tho time OF quiet is over and We are
ared at more or less during the day and
heavily at night Yet the state depart
ment'' s,ill sends peaceful messages. the
milk is gone. save q little Tor the hanie-'
the hutter ana sugar are aiready gone
the white rice Ga small remaindefl' T. kepl
COR invailds and wounded. ana our usual
bili Of fare IL horse meat. old musty tlce'
coarse brown bread. without butter we
still have tea ana AoWfr, hNN ANA 800
fast have either cornmeal o. cracked
wheat. By eth further cutting We can
keen on until Sept J. ! think. hut some
az ms will be hungry. II is very nara
~ ana anything for che babies, os We
cannot get eggs or any broth except the
rather strong horsemeat broth. fortu-
uateiy We had many horses and mules
mere. but they are East going OF course
we are all losing woign,. some as mucn
az thirty pounds.
The other DAY We took possession OF the
buildings next us on the southwest, nnd-
ing much good furniture clothing. food
ana four dead bodies. dead for I'VE or SIX
weeks. with a tin OF opium lying by three
% them. indicating self-roisoning az the
limo OF the fearful fret attacks on us
They were fearful sights. AnothHr TOT
elgn baby has died, two more seem I'M
likclv 90 live. while In the last two weeks
a, least twenty-five Protestant Chinese
f,lnost an Of them children) ana many
more Roman Catholics have been lsia
awav Tho sanitary conditions arc 1~thi'
cenecially. OF course. among the 'hinf 90
August B-Wc are saved! Ntsiefdsy
r,ornlna az O'Clock We began 10 near 'h
sonna 81 cannon and machine guns, ail
ar soldiers cot IN IA the afteroon. VII
,,rite an about a. but must send TINS IL
49, 49, t.a heen good. indeed.