Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-03
British, German and Italian Lega-
lions Still Standing,
NO RELIEF FROM TEN TSIN
Prayers Of Beleaguered Unanswered
Iieipation in the BombardmenL

Washington, July 5.-Secretary Hay
has received a cablegram from Consul
General Goodnow at Shanghai, dated
July ?, which is practically a conden-
saton Of the report brought TO Shang
hal by courier from Sir Robert Hart,
inspector general Of customs. The dis
patch says;
The diplomats and missionaries are
! in the British legation under rifle fire,
| Cannon command the legation but they
| are not being used. The British,
| German and italian legations are still
| standing
NO RELIEF FROM TEN TsIN.
London. July 9, 2:SO p m.-The fact
| that q relief column has been unable to
leave Tien Tsin in response to the pa
thetic prayer of the beleaguered lega-
tons at Pekin is generally regarded in
London as destroying almost the last
vestige OF hope from the unfortunate
foreigners pent up in the Chinese capt.
tai. The worst is feared and the mass
acre Of Crawnpoor Is in every mans
mind. 1t is beginning to be felt here
that the plausible fiction that no state
of war exists is no longer tenable, and
a fully equipped army belonging to a
single nationality is necessary to deal
with the situation instead OF an as
sorted expedition Of a half dozen nat
iOnallties Hence arises the demand
that Japan shall be given a mandate to
complete the work left undone in 1894
with proper security that she shall not
be again squeezed out when the costly
task is over.
2:40 p. m.-While the general British
comment severely crlticises Americas
participation in the bombardment
Of the Taku forts, several Of the Lon
don papers are beginning 10 find out
that Admiral Kempff had better fore
si-ht than was possessed by the allied
chancellories Of Europe when he pro-
tested AGAINST an attack on the Taku
forts on the ground that 1t would throw
the Chinese government into the arms
OF the Boxers and make all the other
nations technically az war with China
And the inadvisability Of attacking
Taku when the international forces
were manlfestly insufficient even to
guard the legations and the Europeans
In the interior from retaliatln-, is now
generally acknowledged,
From the Far East there Is pract-
cally no additional news, Rumors cur.
rent in Paris that the Brtisht embassy
has received notification Of the French |
and German ministers az Pekin. but |
there is no confirmation Of the report
Shanghai reports that the interna- |
tional forces at Tien Tsln are suffering |
from lack Of good drinking water, ow- |
ing 70 the Pei river having been choked |
with the cornses Of Chinese and other |
victims OF the bombardment
According TO the same dispatch the |
international troops so far from being |
stron- enough TO advance towards |
Pokin, are not sufficiently numerous TO |
attack theChinese stil surrounding Tien |
Tsin and are Keeping up a desultory |
fire on the place. Thousands OF Chi
nese are said 20 be arriving from Lutai
and TO be desperately attempting 20 re-
occupy the bridge leading 10 Taku.
The British first-clas cruiser Ar
gonaut. with crew OF GS7 men, left
Shearness for China today.
FROM CONSUL GENERAL GOOD
NOW.
Washington, July a.-seeretary Hay