Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-14
SALISBURY MAKES
A STATEMENT.
Says There IS no News Whatever
from Pekin,
DISPTCAH FROM EMPEROR.
No Ground for CrltIclsing the Powers
An Indian veteran Thinks Hart
and COnger are safe.

New York, July IA dispatch to the
Tribune from London says.
When Lord Salisbury stated In the
house OF lords that there was no news
whatever from Pekin, the spectators
were painfully impressed with the
solemnity OF his manner This was
small matter In comparison with the
ominous fact that the legations had
kept silence for nineteen days Nh.
Broderick explained IN the house Of
commons ,hat the wires were not
working between Shanghai and che
Foo. and that the admirals could not
communicate with their governments.
Shanghai had virtually become the only
center of news and the northern
provinces were cut on.
Mr. Broderick admitted that q dis
patch purporting 10 come from the em-
peror Of China had been received at
the foreign office ana this was regard
ed as an indirect confirmation of the
correctness Of the version previously
published Of the edict holding the
AAAI WNtNAl NVW FA p IfNA AAN lNAA"i'NN ava
the anarchy at Pekin, since they had
ordered the bombardment of the Taku
forts There Is no ground for critics.
ing the action Of the powers in this
respect but we'll Informed men here do
not hesitate 10 say that Vice Admiral
Seymour's course In marching from
Tien Tsin to Pekln with am inadequate
force and insufficient supplies, was "a
fatal mistake which excited the Chinese
mobs and brought ON the catastrophe
The news at midnight was meagre
and the situation was virtually UNI
changed Another day had passed with
out a message from the legations and
the good faith OF the Chinese govern
ment. or whatever has taken It's place.
was generally distrusted boy members
OF parliament. Nearly every one feared
that the worst had happened and that
the foreigners had been massacred. The
only hopeful man with whom your cor
respondent talked was an Indian vet
eran who considered Il impossible that
Sir Robert Hart had lost HIS life when
he was a mandarin and could wear the
peacocks feather and the red button.
This officer expressed Abe belicf that
Sir Claude NJ Macdonald, Mr.. Con-
ger and the other ministers were in
hiding either In the palace or else
where and explained that the Chinese
officials could not give TO the
foreign governments assurance Of
their ministers safety without exposing
them TO a fresh attack from the mohs
This veteran asserted that an official
with Sir Robert Harts experience and
influence would have succeeded without
doubt in Tescuing most Of the prominent
members OF the embassies. He also
was disposed TO credit the report that
there was a secret passage between the
British legation and the imperial pal
ace. All other public men were hope
less
There We're frequent references 20
China IN the twelve hours prayer meet
ing I'm Wesley chapel. City Road. with
which the Christian EndeavOr Worlds
convention was opened.
The scanty cable dispatches received
today add nothing 20 the knowledge in
London Of the Chinese situation. II is
stated positively from Canton that II
Hung Chang Will remain there until
the allied troops have defeated Prince
Tuans forces. and win then so north 10
lend his powerful aid In arranging
terms Of peace. cooperating with
Prince Ching, Yung La and the other
pro- foreign viceroys For the present
Ii Hung Chang considers that he can
best control ana direct the viceroys
from Canton. and also keep 81 check
the turbulent province Of Kwang Tung
All the foreigners and missionaries
have evacuated Wen Chau. and have
arrived at Ming Pc. Large bodies OF
Boxers appeared at Wen Chau and
threatened 20 extermlnate the foreign