The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-06

London. July 4. 1880 p. m.-Not a
single foreigner IS now alive in Pekn."
is the latest news which has reached
Shanghai Other Shanghai reports de-
scribe the condition Of the British le-
cation as awful. 1t is said that the
rooms OF the legation were filed with
sick and wounded. the killed lying I'M
buried in heaps II is believed that
many members and officials OF Tsung
Ii Yamen persisted when the German
guards, maddened by the murder OF
Baron Won Ketteler, the German min
lister. set fire TO the building.
That the foreigners at the Chinese
capital have been abandoned TO their
horrible fate seems no longer open TO
doubt. The Associated Press cable
gram from Taku seems to foreshadow
the evacuation of Tien Tsin by the in
ternational forces, pending the arrival
of a fully equipped army. II is felt
here that a retreat of the troops is
likely to set afire the provinces at
present quiescent.
AdviceS from Shanghai toda report
continued fighting at Tien Tsin, while
the German consul 1t Chez Foo tele-
graphs TO Berlin confirming the report
of the renewal of hostilities. He says
the foreign settlement at TIen Tsin is
again surrounded and is being bonn
oarded and that the women and chill
dren are TO be removed.
Berlin, July A telegram from
shanghai says the British legation at
Pekin was still besieged July LIST, but
the date, July 1st, is questioned.
London, July A special dispatch
from st. Petersburg says: Vice Ad-
mlral Alexieff's official announcement
OF the impossibility of advancing on
Pek1n without reinforcements and the
necessary pontoons and stores has
caused despair and il is regarded as
to abandoning the Euro
peanS.
London, July A dispatch from
Taku dated Saturday, June 3Oth and
Che Foo Tuesday July 3rd, says that
the British and Russian admirals al
a council of war held on June Both de-
,clded that it was impossible to at
tempt to relieve Pekin without great
ly increased forces. They also con-
Guided that it would be possible 10
hold Tien Tsin, but in the event of
this not proving feasible, they will en-
deavor TO retain possession of Taku.
One hundred n forty thousand i'm
perlal troops are stationed between
Pekin and Tien Tsin, while the total
of the allied forces which can be con-
centrated at the present barely num-
berS 20, 600.
1t is reported that General Nieh-Si-
Chang is advancing for an atteack on
Tien Tsin with 90, 900 troops.
Another report received at Taku is
that the German guards rescued the
BODY Of the murdered Baron Won Ket-
i teller.
Shaghai, July ALL the viceroys Of
the Yang Use Kiang region have de-
termined to keep alOof. The governor
of the province of Che Kiang is show
ing anti-foreign tendencies.
NO CHANCE TO RELIEVE PEKIN
LEGATIONS.
London, July 5, 2:3O a. m.-The com
handlers of the allies in Tien Tsin in,
form the correspondents that it would
be suicide to attempt to reach Pekir
!, with the troops now available, in the
face of the colossal force of Imperial
troops and Boxers occupying the coun-
try between Tien Tsin and Pekin. Sc
far from taking the offensive the Il
900 international troops at Tien Tsir
and the 5000 others at Taku and in
termediate points car barely keep VI
communication, fighting necessarily
with overwhelming numbers, using fal
more numerous artillery pieces thar
the allies.
his telegram has been received:
Shanghai. July 4, 11:10 a. m, via
Che Foo.-Tien Tsin city fell between
l Z and 8 O'Clock on the morning of JUNE
30"
It is understood that Shanghai un.
dOubtedly referred to the native city
of Tien Tsin, from which the Chinese
: have been bombarding the foreign
quarter, n the dispatch is k L
mean that the allies are more thar
holding their own.
More advices received by way o
: Shanghai aver that the Chinese losses
ri around Tipn TSin are between z 0N
:. and 5000 according to official estimates
The correspondent of The Express
at Che Foo, ~telegrahing Wednesday
says Seymour was wounded while sit
Ell ting in a house at Tien Tsin, by Chi
e. neSe sharp shooters.
BARBARITIES ON BOTH SIDES.
; Official news received at Che Foo
{ shows that the Chinese have beef
guilty of horrible cruelty toward tn
wounded and captured, subjecting then
to what is know as ling che, or tn
slicing process. Under this hideoI
rite, the bodies of the fallen have beel
mutilated. The Russians are retaliat
ing BY the wholesale shooting of na
r tives.
The situation, according TO The Elk
r press correspondent, shows signs o
drifting into base barbarism and saw
el agry.
Shanghai, July 4.-another messag
III " SAA AhODNA 1850 80 ~
general Of customs, dated Pekin, Mon
day June 18th, reiterates hat the sit
d uation was then desperate and tina
the Chinese troops were Smelling tn
British legation, where all the mem
q bers of the diplomatic body had con
Ell gregated.
THE POWERS AT VARIANCE.
Berlin, July 1.-THE representative c
the Associated Press learns from a re
r liable diplomatic source that, despit
r repeated official assurances, the CT
tente between the powers is rattle
shakey, especially between Russia an
Japan, and England and Russia RI
spectively. Russia strongly opposes ia
pans acting for the powers and Japa
q wants assurances that her efforts wi
not result as they did in 1895
n London, July 5.-The Times ShangnS
correspondent, ~telegaphing unoer da'
of July 3rd I p. m. say
'sl The following mas Dee
q communicated to me from a trus
Isl worthy quarter. II was brought oy
II special courier, VINO left Pekin Jul