Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-10

BY Prince Ching and His Army
Heavy Guns Bearing Upon the
Legations Have Not Been Used
Because Prince Ching Seized the
Ammunition-Yung La Said to he
Operating With Ching-The For-
eign Troops at Tfen Tsin Believed
TO be in Tight Place.
LONDON, July 10.-With the for.
eigners in Pel1in probably safe amid
civil war, with Prince Ching on their
side. with the powers united and their
force constantly increasing, the outlook
in China is now rather more hopeful
than has been for a month past It
appears from the cautious statement
given out by Taotai Sheng in Shang-
hal that the reason the heavy guns
bearing on the legation at Pekin were
not used were that Prince Ching, who
is served by 10000 troops, seized all the
artillery ammunition. Sheng likewise
intimates that Yung Lu, commander in
chief of the northern army, is assoc
ciated with Prince Ching in opposing
Prince Tuan's ferocious designs and
dictatorial ambition. Sheng, who APP
pears to be the sole Shanghai conduit
of Pekin news, cheers the foreign con-
suls by these confidential communion
tions, but takes excessive precautions
to prevent the Chinese from thinking
him friendly TO the foreigners.
The feeling of unrest in the central
and southern provinces continues
The members of the official class in
those provinces strive to remain neu-
trail with leaning toward the foreign
ers until they see whether the mod
crate or extreme factions will win in
Pekin. Prince Ching seems to be
standing for the dynasty and the old
order against Prince Tuans inordinate
ambition
KEY TO THE SITUATION.
From foreign view point the cap
ture Of Pekin is the key to the situa-
ton, as there is a fear, according to the
Daily Nails Shanghai correspondent
that delay now means one hundred re-
cruits for the Boxers for every soldier
of the allies In the land.
Two couriers arrived at Tien Tsin
on July from Pekin. One brought a
letter from Sir Claude Mcdonald, the
British minister, to the same effect as
previously received from SIR Robert
Hart. The couriers confirm the re-
ports of tlAs death of. Baron Von Ket-
teller. They say that Prince Ching Is
doing his utmost to protect the for
eigners, but that the native feeling
against the whites is strong. Two
high officials opposed to the Boxers are
reported by the couriers to have been
assassinated.
Sir Claude MacDonald's letter Is dat
ed four days earlier than that of Sir
Robert Harris.
EMPRESS NOT DEAD.
A dispatch to News Agency here
dated Tien Tsin, July g., says:
THE empress dowager, so far from
being dead. is actively striving to pre-
vent the factions fighting Prince
Ching has informed her that he would
rather lose his head than be constants
ly obliged to warn her of the conse-
quences Of the prolongation OF the pres
ent anarchy. Prince Tuan Is quite
willing that Ching should be decapitat-
ed but the dowager empress will not
allow this. Prince Tuan has decided
that he will take full responsibility. He
purposes to re-take Tien Tsin and
Taku. Outside Of Pekin, except in the
Pc Chilli and Shan Tung country, the
people are supremely Indifferent"
However all this may be, the allies
at Tien Tsin are having an exceeding
ly unpleasant time The last engage
ment OF which news has come through,
occurred on July 6th. The Chinese ar
tillery opened at dawn. The fire was
more accurate and their ammunition
better, the shells exploding with pre-
cision and setting fire to several build
ings. r. NJ S. Terrible's guns again
quieted the Chinese, who. shifting their
artillery. reopened the attack In the
afternoon, but, a thunder storm break
ing, the Chinese suddenly quieted.
DROVE THEM OUT.
The allies Immediately attacked and
drove the Chinese from their works
but lost thirty killed or wounded In
so doing. The non-combatants are
leaving Tien Tsin and the opinion of a
minority favors the military LEAVING
also Stories OF colossal Chinese arm
les gathering continue to worry not
only the rank and file. but the COM
manders. who admit the uncertainty
of reconnaissance. and the complete
absence Of an effective intelligence de-
partment- Chinese information Ia re-
ceIved with extreme distrust
II lis abYious that though there ara
many thousands of Chinese camped be-
hind the guns, nothing can be dons