The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-10
MORE HOPE FOR
THE LEGATI0NERS

London. July 10, 1925 a. m.-Admiral
Bruce has sent telegram to the ad-
miralty department from Taku. under
date Of July I. to the effect that there
are grounds for hoping that Prince
Ching, with his army is at Pekin pro-
tecting the legations against Prince
Tuan, his army and the Boxers.
With the foreigners in Pekin proba-
bly, safe amid civil war, with Prince
Ching on their side: with the powers
united and their forces constantly in
creasing. the outlook in China is now
rather more hopeful than it has been
for month past.
1t appears from the cautious state
ment given out by Tao Tai Sheng in
Shanghai, that the reasons that the
guns bearing on the legations at Pekin
were not used is that Prince Ching
who is served by 10000 troops, secured
all the artillery ammunition. Sheng
likewise intimateS that Yung Lu, com
mander-in-ch of the northern army,
Is associated with Prince Ching in op-
posing Prince Tuan's ferocious designs
and dictatoriaI ambition.
Sheng. who appeared to be the sole
Shanghai conduit Of Pekin news. cheers
the foreign consuls by those confiden-
siYe precautions to prevent the Chinese
from thinking him friendly to the for
eigners.
London Times Not so Hopeful.
A less hopeful view is taken by the
Times. which says this morning:
Some Chinese officials are evidently
DESTROYS TO have it believed in Europe
that the legations in Pekin are still
Of
the Chinese army. But that only makes
it more remarkable that they should
not employ the only convincing argu-
ment by allowing direct commUnica-
ton TO the ministers
We don't wish to insist too strongly
upon this aspect. but the circumstan-
tial rumors lack the confirmation so
easily supplied if they are true"
The feeling of unrest in the south
ern and central provinces continues.
The members Of the official classes in
those provinces strive to remain neu-
tral, with a leaning toward the foreign
ers. until they shall see whether the
moderate or extreme factions will win
in Pekin.
Prince Ching seems to be standing
for the dynasty and the old order
against Prince Tuan's inordinate am
bitiou.
From a foreign view point. the cap
ture Of Pekin is the key to the stu
alton according to the Daily Nails
Shanghai correspondent. Delay now
means 100 recruits for the Boxers for
every soldier killed in the land.
British Envoy Heard From.
Two couriers arrived at Tien Tsin
July 1 from Peain. One brought a let
ter from Sir Claude Macdonald. the
British minister, to the same effect as
that previously received from Sir Rob-
ert Hart. The cOuriels confirm the re-
ports of the death of Baron Won Ket-
tier. 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 re-
ported by the couriers to have been as
sassinated.
Sir Claude MacDonald's letter is
dated four days earlier than that Of
Sir Robert Harris.
Dowager is Still. Active.
A dispatch to a news agency. dated
Tien Tsin, July 2. says:
The empress dOwager, so far from
being dead, is actively striving TO keep
the factions from fighting. Prince
Ching has informed her that he would
rather lose his head than be RESPONSE
bic for the consequences Of prolonga-
tiOn OF the present anarchy. Prince
Tuan is quite willing that Sheng should
be decapitated, but the dowager will
not allow this.
prince Tuan has decided that he
viii take fun responsibility. He pur-
poses to retake Tien TSin and Taku
Outside of Pekin. except in the Pe-Chi-
Ii and Shan Tung country, the people
are supremacy Indifferent"