The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-21

the same time, but intercepted by the
Chinese.
The Chinese legation at London has
been notified by Sheng. Chinese admins
traitor of telegraphs at Shanghai that the
| Governor of Shan Tung has received a
| message from Minister Conger for trans
mission to washington.
1000 OF ALLIED FORCES KILLED.
London July H.-tSaturday)-The
Daily Express has received the follow
| ing from Tien Tsin, dated July 18th:
''The casualties of the allied in the
| three days fighting before the native city
| of Tien Tsin exceeded 1000. 1t is now
| certain that there were several Russians
| and Frenchmen fighting on the Chinese
side. The Chinese killed their own wo-
men wholesale to prevent them falling
into the hands of the Russians
Yesterday the whole native city was
in flames and the stencil of the burning
thousands of corpses was unspeakably
horrible.
THE GERMANS SUSPICIOUS.
Berlin, July 20.-The German Govern
ment feels confident that the present at
tempts by the Chinese officials to deny
the Pekin massacre are insincere and
dictated solely by desire to hamper and
retard the powerful joint action of the
powers. At the Chinese legation here
where also denials of the massacre have
arrived from the Viceroys, the statement
was made today to the correspondent of
the Associated Press that the Chinese
Minister himself, Lu Hal Houan placed
small reliance upon them. Lu Hal Houan
has in no wise replied to the recent pro-
hibition by the Foreign Office of his use
of the telegraph for secret messages, but
he has since sent to Count Won Buelow
several kilograms for approval which
has been granted that the question Of
who is to be the commander chief in
China is now engaging the attention Of
the powers.
Regarding this a Foreign Office official
said today:
THE suggestion to make Lord Wolseley
or some other English officer the Com
mander-in Chief does not meet with ap-
prevail anywhere. This is hardly strange
because the British land force in China
is rather insignificant, as well authentica-
ted information shows The proposal to
make German the chief commander
would not be accepted by Germany unless
unanimous wish to that effect we're ex-
eTClSeu ny the pOWeTS lHI6TeSLeu.
The semi official Militair Wochenblatt
asserts from alleged authentic figures that
the number of allied troops now in
China is $1,000. OF these, however, 20, 900
Russians are located in Lao Tung PENN
sula and Kwan Tung Province, and 600
Germans, with Is field guns, II heavy guns
and machine guns, at Kiao Chou. Now
on the way from Germany, France and
England there are about Is 600 men, and
the first part of a Japanese division is
also en- route
Arrangements have been made for the
departure of 1900 men with 144 guns
and altogether there will be from pres
ent arrangements in China by September
$4,000 Germans, $4,000 English, 60, 900
French, $4,000 Russians, 2100O Japanese
I 1000 Americans, 1000 Italians and ITO
Austrians, together with 81 guns and sc
machine guns.
GEN. HUMPHREY, CHIEF QUARTER
MASTER.
Washington, July 20.-OrderS were is
sued this Afternoon assigning Brlgadier
General Charles F. Humphrey, now chief
quartermaster at Havana, as chief quart
ermaster on the staff of General Chaffee
in charge of the Chinese expedition. Gen
eral Humphrey distinguished himself as
chief quartermaster of General Shafter
during the Santiago campaign.