Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-20

LYNDON, July 20.-4 a. m-"The
Washington idea of sending Mr. Rock
hill to China" says the Standard, edi-
torially, this morning, SIS an excellent
one and might advantageously be imi-
tated by the British and other govern
menta''
The Standard then proceeds to COM
ment upon the great ignorance preva-
lent in Europe, not only of recent
events, but OF Chinese affairs generally.
The cabinet council convened by
Lord Salisbury yesterday came a day
earlier than usual, and it is expected
that it will be followed by a statement
in parliament throwing light upon the
situation. The Chinese assertions that
the members of the foreign legations
are still safe, have been so often re-
peated that they are again beginning
TO raise hopes in some quarters. Ac-
corulng to the Daily Telegraph's ST.
Petersburg correspondent, however. the
Russian government is already in pos
session of definite news that all the
Foreigners in Pekin We're massacred on
July 6.
M. Delcasse's circular only goes to
prove that so far the powers have fail
ed TO arrive at any concerted plan of
action.
Very little further news is available
this morning. The Yokohama CORES
pendent of the Daily Mail, who repeats
his statements regarding the jealousy
felt among the allies of a Japanese
commander in chief, and the lack of
unity among them, adds:
The Japanese correspondents charge
the Russian soldiers with appalling
barbarity toward the Chinese. They
declare that the Pie Ho is full of corpses
OF women and children, and that the
Russians loaded 800 bodies on a Junk
and burned them
Shanghai reports that three mission
stations on Pc Yang Lake have been de-
stroyed, but 1t is believed that the mis-
sionaries escaped. All the missionaries
at A-She-Ho, KERN and Kuan Cheng
Tzu, in Chinese Machuria, have arriy-
ed in safety at Vladivostock.
1t is rumored that Yu Lu, the miss
ing viceroy OF the province of Chi Lu,
has committed suicide. Various con-
ficting stories are published of the
manner of Gen. Niehs death. 1t is
stated that when the allies entered the
city of Tien Tsin they found the
Chinese dead piled breast high and it
was feared that this would result in
au outbreak of pestilence. Sixteen of
the captured guns are quite modern
weapons.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times expresses doubt that the south
ern viceroys will be able to withstand
the pressure of the provincial officials
MT y,ef
thinks that already there are signs of
Wayerlng on the part of the viceroy of
Nan Kin, Liu Kun Yih, and saws:
1T Is admitted at Nan Kin that LIS
authority is now insufficient to guar
antee the maintenance of law and Or
der north of the river. Hence the con-
suls at the Yang The ports are arrang-
ing for the departure of women and
children.
1T is inevitable that the mandarins
as a body should sympathize with
Prince Tuan's movements"
This correspondence confirms the
statement of the correspondent of the
Daily Express regarding the indigna-
ton caused by the British reception of
Lii Hung Chang at Hong Kong. He
says 1t is interpreted by the natives as
weakness on the part of the allies and
he asks why Ii Hung Chang could not
have been detained until information
had been received from Pekin.
The Times understands that the chief
representatives of the Mohammedan
clergy in Constantinople have issued a
strong protest, based upon the koran,
against palace sympathy with the Chi
nese massacres.
According to the Canton correspond
ent of the Daily Telegraph, six Chinese
soldiers have been beheaded for as
saulting an American medical mis-
sionary.