The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-07-21

London, July 14.-But scanty cable
dispatches were received to-day to add
to the knowledge In London Of the
Chinese situation
The Tien-Tsin correspondent Of the
Express, telegr1phing under date Of
July 0, asseetu that the Chinese are
daily driving In the allies. They have
mounted, says the correspondent,
twelve fresh guns In advantageous po-
sitions. with which they are sweeping
the streets Of the foreign settlement,
the incessant IRE rendering position at
ter position quite untenable.
The Mails ct. Petersburg CORE
spOndent says that in the last six
hours battle outside of Tien-Tsin the
COssacks captured six Krupp guns and
killed numbers Of fleeing Boxers. The
Chinese lost 5000 killed, including
Gen. kek.
Washington, July 13.-The short ca
blegram received to-day from Consul
General Goodnow at Shanghai, an
bouncing the beginning Of the final at
tack on the legations at Pekin. terri
bly, depresses officials here. All along
they have suspected that the communi-
cations received from various Chinese
sources have been preparing the way
for the announcement Of the extermi.
nation OF the foreign ministers, their
wives and children. dependents, at
taches and guards. The consul gen
erals message, tits understood, is but
n repetition of the latest press reports
from Shanghai, but the State Depart
ment has come to place high estimate
on Mr., GOOdnOw's advices.
It appreciates the fact that he does
not send every piece Of unreliable Cos
sip afioat In the sensational news cep-
ter at which he Is stationed. but uses
good Judgment In sitting out the prob
able from the other kind of news.
Moreover, his advice this time is from
the Chinese governor OF the province
wherein Shanghai is situated, and 1t
IL hard to conceive Of an adequate
reason for the Justification of the facts
by that official.
Therefore the State Department.
which has all along been hopeful OF
the ultimate rescue OF the ministers
at Pekin, has now Joined European
chancellories in the belief that they
have all been killed.
Berlin, July 13-According to a semi
Official telegram from Canton. dated
July IL, IL Hung Chang, July re-
ceived written imperial edict, dated
June II, and sent overland, in which
all the governors were urged to dis
patch troops with the utmost speed to
help against the rebels, among whom
Prince Tuan was clearly indicated.
Acting on this edict, which is said to
be undoubtedly genuine, Ii Hung
Chang is sending some thousands OF
troops to Pekin, and the other gov
ernors are probably doing the same.
San Francisco, July 13.-Consul Cen
eral Ho Vow Of China has sent to the
Chamber Of Commerce n communica-
.tion expressive of his regret at the out
breaks In China which have broken
the cordial relations of the two peo-
pies. He says:
Happening as the occurrence has at
q time when the United States showed
itself to be recovering from past re-
verses In the trade Of China, and when
Immense business between this coast
and China, 1t il exceedingly unfortu-
nate that these conditions Of growing
favorableness should be in any way
menaced by anything transpiring in
China.
'.This rapid and vicious onslaught in
discriminatory made by the mObs Of
certain districts OF north China upon
the western peoples must for the mo-
ment stultify and stagger the trade
with those particular localities, but in
the turmoil 1t Is comforting to know
that the Imperial government has at
all times been earnest In Its desire to
suppress the assailants, has shown Mt
terly no sympathy with the mobs, Its
views and its purposes, and will I'M
dc.htedly, when order is again re-
stored, punish the offenders with the
severity which is their due.
1.-THE government of China, as much
as 1t may be misrepresented in the
West, is favorable to progress, and It
is DESTROYS Of extending throughout the
empire the light Of western knowledge
and Of adopting and applying to the
industrial and strategicai advantages
of the country those marvellous bene-
dts which western thought las wrested
from nature aud brought under the
control of man.
"Iet not our minds be diverted from
the grea. scheme of commercial acQui-
sitiOn and exchange by any acts which
Ignorant mObs may commit in any part
Of China. That which concerns us
here is the commerce of what is prac-
tically the Orient. No band of robbers,
Of marauders, Of anti.Caucasians or of
fanatics should swerve lis in this great
project. We are dealing not with the
moment, but with the ages. We are
dealing not with units, but with popu-
latiOns. ~
cit Is my devoted hope that when the
atmosphere of north China Is again
cleared It shall be found that no in
juries have been inflicted upon Amer
lean citizens"