The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-07-10
RELY ON PRINCE CHING
Believed He Is Assisting In
Protection of Legations.
BOT FIGHT1NG AT T1EN Ts1N.
Allies Are Having an Exceedingly I'm
pleasant Observation-Disclosures Ru-
mors All That Emanate From Pekins.
Empress Dowaser Again Active.

pseasa"t Observation-Disclosures Ru-
Mors All That Emanate From Pekins.
Empress Dowaser Again Active.
LONDON. July 1o.-With the foreign
ers i'll Peking probably safe amid civil
war, with Prince Ching on their side.
with the powers united and their forces
constantly increasing, the outlook in
China is rather more hopeful than it
has been for months past. 1t appears
from the cautious statement given out
by Taotai Sheng i'll Shanghai that the
reason that the heavy guns bearing on
the legation in Peking were not used is
that Prince Ching, who is served uy
10000 troops, seized all the artillery
ammunition. Sheng likewise intimates
that Lung Yu, communicative chief of
the northern army, is associated with
Prince Ching in opposing Prince Tuan
ferocious designs and dictatorial am
bltlons. Sheng, who appears to be the
sole Shanghai; conduit of Picking news.
cheers the foreign consuls by these con.
fidential communications. but takes ok.
cesslve precautions to prevent the Chi.
nese from thinking him friendly to the
foreigners.
The feeling of unrest in the southern
and central provinces continues. The
members OF the official classes in those
provinces strive to remain neutral, with
a leaning toward the foreigners, until
they shall know whether the moderate
or extreme factions will win in Peking.
Prince Ching seems to be standing for
the dynasty and the old order against
Prince Tuan's inordinate ambition.
From foreign viewpoint the capture
of Peking is the key to the situation.
as there is fear that delay now means
100 recruits for the Boxers for every
soldier of the allies in the land.
Two couriers arrived at Tien Tsin on
July from Pekin. One brought let
ter from Sir Claude Macdonald, the
British minister, to the same effect as
that previously received from Sir Rob
ert Hart. The couriers reconfrm the
reports Of the death of Baron Won Ket-
teller They say that Prince Ching is
doing his utmost to protect the foreign
ers but that the native feeling against
the whites is strong. The officials op.
posed to the Boxers are reported by the
couriers to have been assassinated.
Adispatch to a news agency here
dated Tien Tsin, July 2, says: "The
empress dowager, so far from being
dead, is actively striving to prevent the
factions fighting. Prince Ching has
informed her that he would rather lose
his head than be constantly obliged to
warn her of the consequences of the
prolongation of the present anarchy.
Prince Tuan is quite willing that Ching
should be decapitated. but the dowager
empress will not allow this. Prince
Tnan has decided that he will take full
responsibility. He proposes to re.ake
Tien Tsin and Tallu. Outside of
PelSing, except in the He Hal Ii and
the Shang Tung country, the people
are simply Indifferent.
Fighting at Tien Tsn.
However this all may be, the allies at
Tien Tsin are having an exceedingly
unpleasant time. The last engagement
of which news has come through oc-
CURED on July g. The Chinese artil-
8 lery opened at dawn. Their fire WAS
more accurate and their ammunition
better, the SELLS exploding with pre-
cision and setting fire to several build
ings. H. M. S. Tcrrible's guns again
quieted the Chinese, who, shifting their
artillery, reopened the attack i'll the
afternoon, but thunderstorm break
ing. the Chinese suddenly quit. The
allies Immediately attacked and drove
the Chinese from their works, but lost
30 killed or wounded in SO doing. The
non combatants are leaving Tien Tsin,
and the opinion of a minority favor the
military leaving also. Stories of coloa