Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-16
Has Russ1A,s CONSENT.
n. De GIers, Russian Minister at PeIxfns
Given PermE-sIOn To Leave Chinese
Capital Under safe Escort.


Capital Under Safe Escort.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 72.-The Off
cial Messenger to-day publishes the
following: The foreign office re
ceived a telegram to-day direct from
NJ. DeGiers (the Russian minister at
the Chinese capitaD from Pel1in. The
dispatch was evidently taken by spec
ial courier to Tsi-Nan from the cap
ital of Shan Tung, and was thence tel
egraphed August Z by the local Yamen.
NJ. DeGiers announces that the
siege of the legations continues, the
besieged still having some provisions
left. The Chinese government pro-
poses to transmit the minister's mes
sages and that they leave Pellin. AS
the ministers had not sufficient guar
antee they replied that they must re-
ceive the permission of their govern
ments before leaving the city.
The Messenger then announces that
the cars approval has been given for
| NJ. DeGiers to start for Tien Tsin
| with his entire staff and the marine
guard on condition that existing gov
| eminent at Pekin and the emperor af-
ford them sure guarantee that the
| journey can be undertaken without
| danger.
At the same time NJ. DeGiers is ex-
pected to call attention to the heavy
responsibility the Chinese government
will incur should there be the slight
est infraction of the volatility of
the persons accompanying them to
Tien Tsin.
France Replies to China.
Paris, Aug. 13.-The tsung-li-yamen
forwarded through the Chinese min
lister in Paris, Yu Keng, a message to
the French government complaining
| of the Hardness of the foreign min
listers in Pekin in replying to the Of
/ fer of the Chinese government to con-
duct them under escort The mes
sage proceeded to say that the tsung-
| li-yamen declined to be responsible
for any casualties which might follow
these delays and insisted that the Eu-
rOpean governments order their rep
! resentatives to leave Pekin.
To this communication, NJ. Del
casse, minister of foreign affairs, sent
the following reply: mo order to
depart from Pekin will be given to
our minister so long as the route is
sponsibility will be entirely with the
| Chinese government. It's strict duty
is to protect foreign ministers even
more than its own. If it be true that
the Chinese government has great diff
ficulty in defending them and in de-
| Tending itself against rebels, it should
order it's troops to stand aside before
| the allied forces. This would render
free the road from Tien Tsin to the
capital and would accomplish the
work of protection which is incum-
bered."
seven Thousand Christians KILLED.
Paris, Aug. 13.-According to dis
patches received yesterday from Vice
Admiral Courrejels, of the French ma
val command, native Christians and
missionaries on the line to Hanllow,
| 500 kilometers from Pel<in, are in
| great danger, the point being entirely
outside the sphere of the allied opera
tions. He has also received bad news
regarding New Chwang, captured Au-
| gust 4, which, as he is advised, has
since been evacuated. According to
| his advices from the French colony in
Pe5in, eight marines, one cadet and
one customs employee have been
killed
The Patrie publishes the following:
''The procureur general of the con-
gregation of the Lazarist missions,
Mgr. Bettembourg, informs us that
he has just been advised by NJ. Del
casse that, according to a dispatch
from the French consul general at
Shanghai, received yesterday, 1000
Christians have been massacred at
Pao Ting, east of Pellin. No other
details are at hand. If such startling
news has been received by the foreign
Office it has been kept secret, as the
usual news channels have not been
made acquainted with anything of
the kind.
ITAIV,C MEM pI1rEp