The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-18
ILEY.LEUNG CHETSO LEAVES. IS A Chinese PUZZLE.
MORE DISPATCHES THAN NEWS
FROM THE ORIENT.
Still Uncertain of Anything Except
That Things are in a Bad Way
Chinese Cunning Shown.

SHlllGSe cunning CIlOWU.
LONDON, July Ii, 2:O2 p. m.-Al-
though Shanghai today repeats the
statement that both the Emperor and
the Dowager Empress are alive and
kilograms from Chinese officialdom
again testify to the safety of the lega-
tions, the assertions no longer stimulate
hope here, and pessmism will prevail
as long as the Chinese authorities, who,
on their own showing, are able to get
messages to the coast, fail to send con-
firmation of the safety of the foreigners
from some of the legations in Picking.
London sees in the disappearance and
temperance of prominent people at
Peking, and the efforts apparently
making to shift the blame from one to
the other, and in the attempts to repre-
sent themselves as victims of, instead
| of principals, in the recent occurrences
| only preparations for albis and de-
| fenses in view of the approach of the
| troops of the powers and the tragedy
they may discover on reaching the Chi
nese capital.
NEW YORK, July ia dispatch to
| the Herald from Shanghai says:
An edict of the Empress Dowager,
promulgated on June 80, has just been
published in Shanghai. Her Majesty
! expresses sorrow for the death of Bar
on Won Ketteler, the German Minister,
| who, she says, went to the Tsung-li-
Yamen on the day of his death against
! her wishes.
Her Majesty expresses regret that
| the capture of the Taku forts should
have complicated matters, but orders
| that the Boxers be suppressed and the
| foreign legations in Peking protected.
| The whole tone of the edict is to hold
the foreigners blamable for the gravity
| of the crisis.
| Two hundred and fifty white refugees
| from Tientsin have arrived in Shang-
! hal
| LONDON, July 11.-According to tie
| Shanghai correspondent of the Express,
| it is war to the knife between the Dow
! aEer Empress and Prince Tuan. In n
recent edict the latter boldly discards
| his mask and signs himself as Emperor
! He warmly commends the prowess of
his faithful Boxers" and in flowery
| language appeals to their cupidity and
| fanatiCism. In the same decree, Prince
| Tuan appoints Prince TSuan, the Iron
Capped Prince Tsaishan his imperial
clansman, and Kan vi to command the
| three chief wings of the Boxer army.
| LONDON, July n.--According to a
dispatch from Shanghai, the fighting at
Tientsin on July was the heaviest
which has yet, occurred, this .IeusSans
| alone buTying 200 men. The allies are
becoming exhausted by constant fight
| ing.
A dispatch from Canton says Ii
| Hung Chang is keeping excellent order
there. Robbers and pirates are exc
cuted publicly and frequently, and the
people are cowed and afraid to disturb
the peace.
PARIS, July 1.-THE Chinese Minis
ter here informed NJ. Del Casse that
Ii Hung Chang had cabled him from
Canton, under yesterdays date, say
ing that he had just received a tele-
gram from Peking asserting that the
soldiers and rebels who surrounded the
legations had gradually dispersed.
BERLIN, July 1.-THE German Con-
sui at Che Foo telegraphs that the
Governor of Shantung announces that
according to report on July 4, the for
eign Ministers at Peking were out of
danger and the revolt was decreasing
! BERLIN July 1.-THE German Con-
sui at Tientsin cables that the foreign
settlements were continually lombard
ed by the Chinese from July to July
Is. On July 6, 2000 Boxers attacked the
French settlement and We're routed by
the Russians. The British and Jap
anese forces on July Z bombarded the
Chinese batteries. Toward evening
Chinese shells penetrated the roof OF
the German Consulate, and caused ar
outbreak of fire, which was eXtinguish-
ed after slight damage had been done
On July the Peipeng sailed fol
Tdku with the German wounded. RlVel
communication between Tientsin and
Taku has been safe since the Chinese
fort midway between the two towns
was captured. The railroad from Tons
Ku has been repaired to within three
miles of Tientsin.
Nearly all the families of foreigner!
, left Tientsin for Taku on July 4.
LONDON, July 11.-According to {
, Che Foo dispatch, the fighting arounC
J Tientsin on the Sd and 4th was the Sc
. verest yet experienced. The British
casualties We're thirty or forty killed
or wounded. The Chinese had 5,00(
men attacking simultaneously from the
T north, east and west, and made excel
lent practice with over 100 guns. Th'
: defenders number $4,000, with scan
supplies, and it was only the presenc,
r of the newly arrived Japanese anC
Russians guns that prevented a disas
ter. One Russian company of infantry
! numbering 120 men, had 115 killed o
wounded. The German contingent ais
suffered heavily. BY the evening o
the fourth the situation was very crit
I ical. The allies narrowly escaped tota
defeat. Provdentially, when thing
! were at their worst, a torrential rain
, fan compelled the Chinese to retire.
On July 6, the rain having abated
the Chinese renewed the attack, open
: ing fire on Tientsn with two batterie
of 4-inch guns, but the allies, aided b.
II. b. S. Terrible's guns succeeded i
silencing the artillery after eight hours
fighting