The sun., 1900-07-20
Relief Force Marching There State
Of War Declared in Siberia.
MASSACRE AGAIN REf0RTED.
Positive Statement From St. Petersburg
That II Occurred on Jlly6.

Nicero' Of Nankin, Like Ii Hang Chang. sam.
J m"ned to Pektn-Bs Has Been Guardius
| Foreigners and There May he New Danger
In This Move Canton B.ss Ii Hung Chass
to Remain. bat He Goes North Shanghai
| suspicious Of His Intentions and Suggest,
Holding Him Until Positive Inrormstios I,
Received About the Fate Of the Ministers
The Native CITY Of Iien.Tsin Destroyedf
Special Gable D"Ditchcsto THE SUN
ST PETERSBURG, July io.-The Chinese have
been completely routed from, their position at
Blagovestchensk. and It is now occupied by a
strong body Of Russian troops.
The Government has ordered all Provincial
Governors to stop migrations to Siberia, the
railway line being wanted for the use Of
troops
Cen Gerngross, commander OF the Man.
ohurian Railway guards, and Chief Engineer
Yougovitch are surrounded by Chinese at Har-
bin. where they are Isolated as completely a. the
foreigners In Pekin Harbin il a considerable
| settlement In the centre OF Nanchuria and ia
the principal station and starting point Of the
railway now under construction.
Three detachments Of troops are rapidly con-
verging there from the north. east and west,
and 1t ia expected that they viii siIrpr,ss-the
Chinese.
Certain portions OF the Amur territory, conf
prising the first division Of the Khs barovsk
district. the towns OF Blagovestch tchensk. Khaba.
rovsk and Nkosk. Ussur. and vladivostock
have been dec ared in a state OF war from
July H.
ANOTHER REPORT OF THK MASSACRE
LONDON July 2o,-Rumor is still busy with
the fate OF the foreigners In Pekin. Each cay
furnishes reports tending alternately to en-
courage and crush hope The latest assurances
Of Ii Hung Chang and Chefoo rumor coming
by way Of Berlin, reporting their safety arc
now Offset By despatch to the Telegraph from
its St Petersburg correspondent. who says be,
has learned from thoroughly trustworthy
source that the Russian Government is in DOS
session Of definite official news confirming the
reports Of the massacre and stating that none
Of the foreigners survives. The massacre 90
CURED on July g. he says. and 1t is noteworthy
that news of 1t reached st. Petersburg the
same day.
ANOTHER vIckRoY CALLED TO PENN.
OF to-day's fresh news from China rerhaps
the most mpor ant is a sta iement that Liu Kun
VI. the pro-foreiSn and apparently trusted
Vioeroy Of NankIn. has beef. :! ke Ii Hung Chang,
summoned to Pekin by an Imperial edict, and
that he has been instructed to hand his seals To
Sung Shou. the Manchu Governor OF KianRsi
The report comes from Shanghai and 1. trans
mitted by correspondents who can usually bs
depended upon. One OF them however, docs
not assert the truth Of the report positively.
The importance OF the step. II true, lies In the
removal Of moderating influence from Nankin
and the consequent creation OF alarm amons
the foreigners. who seem to appreherd inden-
mite dangers.
BEGGED Ii HUNG CHANG TO STAY IN CANTON.
The Withdrawal Of Ii Hung Chang has
aroused extraordinary alarm in Canton and tho
Itseems to be taken for granted
that TAX Shu Governor Of Canton. will be un-
able to hold the rabbe In order. The wealthy.
educated Chinese are quite as much alarmed al
The foreigners.
On Tuesday last the Cantonese merchants
caused placards to be posted in the streets pro-
testing against Ear Lis departure and invok-
ng the responsible sden,s TO induce him to
stay in Canton. They thronged the yiceroys
samen AT dawn and begged him on ther knses
20 remain Thousands Of lanterns inscribed:
We humbly and respectfully entreat your
,Hoelency to stay" we're suspended about the
1ameE and at the city gate..
Ii Hung Chang appeared TO be much moved.
lie declare ed tina, he did not dare to disobsy the
,dct summoning him to Pekin. He urged his
petitioners to use their influence to induce the
Inferior elias rs to respect the laws.
Ii BELIEVES MINISTERS ARE sAyI.
The petitioners then tried 10 block the streets
md TO keep the gates OF the city shut to pre-
rent his going but soldiers cleared passage to
he quay.
Before sailing III Hung Chang told Mr..
hcwade. the American Consul, that the
)owager Empress had appointed him vlceroy
u Chill and that he would never return to
anton. He sl.o positively rsttsratsd his be-
LEI that the Ministers were safe In Pehin.
All the Chinese shopkeepers In Canton havs
smovsd their English sCnhoards The voalsAr