The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-18
@RE Of YANG TYAN THE HOTTEST ON RECORD WILL NOT TRUST @NGW RNSH NNO%
MINISTER'S WANT ESCORT OF
EUROPEANS.
A Guard of Imperial Troops Would
Mean Massacre-Double Dealing of
Chinese Authorities.

WASHINGTON, August 1O.-In the
light OF the latest dispatch from Min
lister Conger, received by the State De-
partment through Minister WI today,
the attitude of the Administration is
that there is but one thing to do in the
present cumstances-namely to
press on to the relief of the besieged
| legations at Pelxing.
! The Conger dispatch was received be-
fore daylight at the Chinese Legation
and as soon as the official day opened
Minister Wu presented il to acting Sec
! retary Adee at the State Department
1t was in the American cipher and was
found to be an identical note with that
| OF the other Ministers at Pekng (that
| OF the French Minister NJ Pichon, al
ready having appeared), with the ad-
ditional fact that seven members of the
American guard had been killed and
sixteen wounded. The text of the mes
sage as given out by the State Depart
ment is as follows:
Secretary of State Washington:
| The Tsung-li Yamen states to the dip
lomatic body that the various foreign
governments have repeatedly asked
| through the respective Chinese
Ministers that we Immediately depart
from Peking under suitable escort. The
Yamen asks us to fix a date for our de-
| parture and to make the necessary ar
rangementS to do so. Our reply is that
we will seek instruction from our gov
ernments and that in the absence of
such instructions we cannot quit our
posts.
Il must inform you that i'm order to
insure our safe departure foreign troops
only can safely escort us, and they must
be in sufficient force to safely guard 500
foreigners, including 200 women and
children, as well as 5000 native Chris
! tians, who cannt be abandoned to GER
| tain massacre. We cannot accept a
Chinese escort under any Circumstan-
ces. All my colleagues are dispatching
the foregoing to their respective gov
ernments.
"Of the American marines seven have
been killed and sixteen wounded,
among the latter Captain Myers and
Doctor Lippett who are getting along
well. CONGER."
This messagesis undated, but is sup
posed to have been sent on or after the
9th of August, when the imperial edict
removing the inhibition against the
Ministers sending cipher messages was
received by the Tsupg-a Yamen
BERLIN, August 9-The Govern
ment has received another telegram
from Herr Buelow, first secretary of
the German Legation in Peking, which
is not dated, but says THE French
Legation building, although destroyed
by the Boxers, not only affords shelter
to the members of the French Legation,
who are all in good health, but also to
the members of the Austrian Legation,
who sought refuge there after the COM
plete destruction of their own building,
The French Legation building is sur
rounded by Boxers"
Herr Buelow does not mention the
Belgians, but 1t is supposed that as
they took refuge in the Austrian Lega-
ton, they are now in the French.
u II
Office has received the following from
DR.. A. Won Rosthorn, secretary of the
Austro- Hungarian Legation at Peking,
dated August 4th:
THE Austro- Hungarian Legation,
with the archives, was burned June
21st. Since June goth we, with the
French detachment, have been defend
ing the French Legation, which has
been bombarded by cannon and rifle
fire. Part of their building was destroy
ed by the mines. We deplOre the loss
of Captain Thomas and three sailors
killed and two sailors severely wound
ed. Since July 10th the Chinese attacks
have not been severe. The Chinese
Government wishes to induce us to
leave for Tientsin under safe conduct,
but until now we have not fallen in
with this offer"
ST PETERSBURG, August 10.-The
Russian Admiral has received the fol-
"NEWCHWANG, Sunday, August 3.
The Chinese town of Newchwang, on
the Gulf of Liao-tong, was captured
August 4th, two war ships taking part
in the bombardment The inhabitants
were disarmed
The Russian War Office has received
the following dispatch from Grodekoff:
"KHABAROVKA, August General
Rennekampf, August 7th overlook and
defeated the enemy beyond the Amur
river, capturing two guns. The battle
was continued as far as Jgest During
the evening of August 7th the Chinese
assumed the offensive on both our
flanks. They We're driven back with
great loss. Rennekampf has been re-
inforced with infantry, artillery and
cavalry.
"The railroad north of Tashi Tsao is
in the hands of the Chinese, who des-
troyed the station at Haicheng August
9Th, and damaged the line. Haicheng
was recaptured after an obstinate fight.
The mountain floods interfere with the
reconstruction Of the line"
1t is officially announced that the
Russian troops captured Kharbin Au-
gust Cd.
TO BE MARRIED.