The sun., 1900-07-06
ABANDONING ALL HOPE
RepetitiOns of the Report of a Massa-
Gre In peking. !. -.
EMPEROR SAID TO BE DEAD.
A Shanghai Dispatch Has 1T That He
and the Empress Took Poison
Under CompuIsfon From
~ Prince Tuun.

London, July j.-The off repeated
story of the massacre of all the foreign
ers III Peking is being retold with cir
cumstantiality that well nigh convinces
those who have hitherto refused to credit
the slckening reports. The only hopeful
feature of the evil news is the fact that
1t comes from Chinese sources at Shang-
hal, but it is realized that, even if the
tragedy has not yet been enacted, it can
not be long delayed unless help comes
Even the holding of Tien-tsin against
the overwhelming hordes now seems to
be very remote possibility, while the
safety of the other treaty ports is seri-
ously threatened.
a grain of comfort is found in a dis
patch received by a news agency of this
city from Shanghai, under date of July
1, which announces that the British lega-
tion at Peking, with 1,600 refugees, was
still safe when the message was sent.
A dispatch from Chefu voices a fear
that in view of the imminence of the
summer rains it will be impossible for
the joint forces to advance to Peking
until autumn.
According to reports from Shanghai,
the Chinese army, on march southwark
from Peking, has reached LOfa. This
IS presumably General Mich 81 Chang's
force on its way to attack Tien-tsin. An
other force Of 10000 Chinese from Lutai
has appeared northeast of Tien-tsin and
lS ytportcd to have been driven back by
the combined forces of Russia and ia
pan. The losses OF the International
forces were heavy, The nativp citv..
when captured, was horrible spectacle.
Chinese bedtes lyiup thick around the
guns. -
RumOr of Tien-tsin's Fail.
a statement is published in Berlin that
the Chinese have already taken Tiep-
ts'n, but q cable dispatch from Shanghai
dated July i shows that, according toy
the latest adyices, the city is still in the
haiids of the international troops. though
the Chinese forces continued their at
lempt to isolate them, rs they did at
pehlhg. They were receiving constant
acceSsions, many troops arriving from
ManchuIia. The dispatch adds that Colo
mel Wogack, commanding the Russians
at llen-tsln. was almost exhausted. He
had been three days and nights in the
saddle, directing the operations around
'nT 9r,,s guns, ''....,. 70
Inc situation in Kwangtung Tor east
ern province) grows worse. Ii Hung
Chang is said to he trying to raise a force
Of 100000 militia. Anarchy is wide-
spread in the province Of Shangtung IN
spite Of the efforts of Yuan-Shkai.s the
governor. to control the revolt. Happily
band of 80 American and other mis-
sionaries reached Tsin-Tau safely July 3.
Niceroy Liu is reported to be freely ex-
ecuting disturbers of the peace at Nan
kin.
The German chamber of commerce of
Shanghai has warned Emperor William
not to underestimate the gravity of the
situation, but to send troops proportion
ate with the forces of the other powers.
a dispatch from Shanghai says that it
has been officially reported to the Ger
man consular staff that Emperor Kwang-
Hsu committed suicide by taking opium,
under compulsion from Prince Tuan, on
June l9 and that the empress dowager
also took poison but is still alive. though
TO be insane from the effects of
The drug.