Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-08-11

lSCers 20 llen Ism ls absolutely
impossible"
This is the dictum of Ii Hung
Chang. 1t was transmitted last
evening to Mr.. VIM. Pritchar<f
Morgan, member of parliament
for Merthyr Tydvll, by his agent
at Shanghai. The agent had car.
r'ed TO Earl Ii a message from
Mr.. M"i 4Hn urging that the al
he'd troops be allowed to enter
the capital aud otating that a set.
tlement could be made at Tien
Ism, whereby war Of the world
against China would be averted;
but even the optimistic Ii failed
to hold out the slightest hope of
its feasibility, although he reiter.
ated to Nr. Morgan's agent his
declaration that the ministers
had left Pekin, fixing the date of
their departure as Aug. 2. The
.agent makes this comment: "The
consuls are without 'confirma-
tlon."
These messages have been sent
to Lord Salisbury accompanied
by statement by Mr.. Morgan,
urging that the allies should take
no step to endanger the lives Of
the ministers.
A message from the Belgian
minister. dated Pekin, Aug. 2,
seems effectusllv to dispose of
the rumors that the ministers
have either left or are intending
TO leave Pekin.
The Chinese minister in Lon
don says he has received a tele
gram from China announcing
that long imperial edict was
Issued on Aug. 2 authorizing the
immediate and safe conveyance
Of all Europeans in Pekin to Tien
Tsiu.
Several dispatches are printed
giving hearsay accounts of Sun
days battle. The Daily Mails
correspondent at Chefoo. tele.
graphing Monday, says: "The
fighting lostcd seven hours, and
the allies, when my report left,
were pursuing the Chinese; but,
owing to the floods, progress was
difficult"
Thus the Chinese will have
time TO reform and recover from
the effects of battle. Only a small
garrison, with IA guns, remains
at Tien Tsin, where some anxiety
is felt because of a report that
$4,000 Chinese are said to be
moving two days march to the
southeast.
All the correspondence agree
In praising the bravery and or
ganIzatiOn of the Chinese, but
none of them brings the story
much beyond Gen. Chaffee's re-
port.
LII Ping Hong, according to the
Shanghai correspondent Of The
Standard, has been appointed
generalisslmO of the Chinese
forces and has left Pekln to com
mand the troops outside the city.
"a Shanghai special says that
official advices from Toxic an
nounce that armed collisions have
occurred between parties Of Rus
SLAMS and Japanese outside Taku.
This, however, as it comes by way
of Shanghai, must await confirm
alton before being credited.
The Shanghai correspondent of
The Daily Mail confirming the
massacre Of missionaries at Chu
Chow Flu, SAYS that two Ameri-
can women were among the vic
Tins.
The Sebastopol correspondent
of The Daily Telegraph asserts
the Russian government will send
125.000 additional troops from
Odessa TO the far east before the
end Of the year.
Berlin dispatches say 1T is ru.
mored there that an agreement
has been reached between En-
peror Nicholas and Emperor Will.
liam whereby the German troops
will he permitted to proceed to
China by way Of Siberia.
The royal arsenal at Woolwich
has been ordered to send three
million pounds of small arm am
munition TO China.