The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-09
SAFE ON The FOURTH.
voRrIGN CoNsULS so ANNOUNCED
OF THE LEGATIONS.
TIE STATEMENT is DOUBTED.
IT Is DECLARED COURIER DID NOT
LEAVE LATER THAN JUNE IS.

III
Thought the Foreigners should
Re Able to Hold Out Yet Longer.
II Allies VIII Probably Have $4,000
N Wen Ashore SOon-Chinese Con-
tnue Active Operations, Though
Fl peace Is Predicted by July IL.
London, July 9, 2:45 a. m.-The foreign
Il ,,ssuls at Shanghai met on July 7 and
9 oH,tslly announced that the legations at
pekin we're safe on July 4.
TIE foregoing statement, read with Con-
4 st Warren's dispatch to the foreign Of
a fee on Saturday, makes it possible to be-
4 leye that the legations will hold out for
4 number of days yet. Having fought to
q ,st.n3still the first outbreaks of a fanati-
3 cal fury, it is believabl that something
4 nav intervene to save them. The news,
after the sinister rumors of the last ten
y d9vs. is enough upon which to build up
Il hopes
The Shanghai correspondent of the Ex-
n press telegraphing on Sunday, at $40 p
n m however throws doubt upon Consul
Waueus information. He says:
n Tao Tai Sheng now admits that there
N was an error in his communication to Gen
Warren. The date of the couriers arri-
val at Chinen Flu was July 8, which does
not apply to his departure from Pekin.
Il The journey from Pekin to Chinen Flu
Il occupies fve days. The courier, therefore
n could not have left Pekin later than June
II q The date of the massacre there, as
81 given by Chinese reports, was June 80 or
q July j."
b Tan Tsn is still hard pressed. A Chi
nese force, numbering from eighty thou
n sand 10 one hundred thousand men, as
estimated by inconclusve reconnois-
sances floods the country about Tien
Tsin. Communication between which place
s and Taku is, apparently, possible by
river only.
n Che Foo dispatch to the Express says
N the Russians have landed 5000 men at
Iaku and the Japanese have discharged
N several transports. The japanese pushed
N on to Ten Tsin, leading in the subse-
n qaeat assault upon the native city. in
II which their commander was killed. Ten
n more transports are engaged az Japanese
4 ports. With the 10000 British India
troops aAoat and fresh japanese contin-
n gents ii is quite probable that the allies
\. wiL soon have $4,000 men ashore
The disorders in the provinces appear
II TO be increasing in violence Chinese
army Is Within forty miles of New Chang.
aNl me foreigners are preparing TO aban-
don thcir homes. The southern part of
. toe province is swept by raiders destroy
e Ag all works of the white men, except
q 10 spots garrisoned by Russians.
81 Pro.umations have been posted in all
. villages near Che Foo, calling upon ghe
"A loyal Chinese to rise. and expel the for
eenar for introducing among the pious
"a Chinese an immoral religion. Every good
Buddhist is expected 90 kneel three hours
o'ly, knock his head upon the floor
# nree and pray earnestly that sudden,
FL GAoI death may overtake all aliens.
81 The foreign settlement at Che Foo is
n al lAe mercy of two Chinese forts, equip
n ped with Krupp guns which command
VI Two sides of the city. Six warships, in
N cuoins the United States gunboat Nash
N VIE. are constantly cleared for action.
III The provisional government at Pekin
appears to have designs upon the south
ern provinces. Besides having ordered
hWan Shi Kai to advance upon Nankin,
ri woi'n Kwan Shi Kai says he will not
# 40 Prince Tuan has sent an army along
FL me route of che Grand canal.
Nankln is on the south bank of a river
nearly a mile wide The British cruisers
M He1mione and Pique will assist in repelling
attempts to cross. Six Chinese cruisers
"a are here, and 1900 troops are at the dis
iosal of Viceroy Liu. Kun vi. The forts
"a mount thirty-four high-power modern
IL, bai
.feomins uneasy. Everything depends
'he' feel, on Viceroy Liu Kun vi.
refugees from Tien Tsin arriving at
shanghai say that only five civilian for
S'snais were killed during the long bonn
q oirtn"nt The foreign women became
# no indifferent that they walked through
oe streets not needing the shells. Most
me civilians We're depcrted to Taku,
".eo'e to be conveyed to Shanghai.
He courier mentioned in Consul War
VI 'H dispatch gives a strange picture,
ri 'ISs the Daily Malls Shanghai CORE
81 SIonIeut, of how life jostles death in
e"in. Business apparently goes on as
1'', The shops and theaters are open,
VI aug 'Ae streets are full of people. No i'm
# ~ ''al troops, except those of Gen. Tung
Nn slang, took part in the fighting The
V13er even asserts positively that pro-
NoN@ are being supplied to the legations,
' "F whom he does not say. The Box
'ud Gen. Tung Fuh Slang do not get
l'1s well. The Boxers assert that they
aH the fighting and the latter all the
"oIhs and nothing else.
N r''H hWang Shi Kai, governor of Shan
uU-' correspondent of the Daily Mail
Y9 predicts that by July II the Boxers
-' o'soand and negotiations will be begun
peace. Nevertheless, circumstantial
Il "N'IS OF dark things 10 come are in cir-
clladon.
Defeated Chinese.
me correspondent at Shanghai, which
Fl ENl the clearing house of all Chinese
4 "s eay that a combined force of Rus
Ds ana Japans has left Tien Tsn, fol-
"I- The railway as far as Lang Fang,
thence swept swiftly to the west. at
@1s the Chinese eighteen mites north
- i'eu 1sln and killing 1000 of them.
onaghai correspondent says Re
o from Tien Tsin, from Chinese
cay a great battle has taken
TT'ee in which the Chinese lost heavily.
& &s allies at Tien Tsin are short of pro-
r,'OHs and suffer considerably from
me Daily Mails Tien Tsin correspond
1 u. dispatch dated July g via Che
o2 july 4. says:
4 Ny forward movement is possible with
fo, ,"1I $1,000 men. A document has been
toiE signed by British resident, on be-
w. 'l British manufacturers Offering
r,,''y Cnan Chi Tung complete arma-
4 an w. ana officers for any army corps Tor