Show CONVERTED INTO BTJLIETS Every Scrap or iletal in Legations I Used for Ammunition i London Aug According to the II Peking correspondent ot the Daily Mall turing Augunt Ifith when on the approach i I ap-proach of the allies the TsungHYa men asked an interview with the besieged I m be-sieged four of the Ministers opposed i and seven favored complying1 with the p request An appointment was made for the next day but the Chinese Ministers I did not come During the siege every scrap of metal Including candlesticks and ornaments vas converted into ammunition A wa ammuniton gun sn was made froma fireextinguisher Ten thousand sandijans Avere made of silk erela brocade valued at So per bag Sir Claude Macdonald the British I Minister sent a message recommending the watergate for the entry or the f 4 troops 1 From CheFoo It Is announced that the telegraph offices overwhelmed f with work and that immense accumulation i i accu-mulation transmission of dlspat9ho8 is awaiting 1 I I There Is a great panic in Amoy according I 1 ac-cording to the Hongkong correspondent r n orrcjpqndcnt of the Dally Mall AvJriug yesterday I owing to the landing wrluS Japanese I I The Chinese arc leaving and thieves are I I looting indiscriminately The British cruiser Iris WllLJand I sixty marines at the British WItland slon I In Amoy The transport Formdsa will proceed to Taku though Gen Gaselee commander of tho British forces at Peking wires that he does not require any more troops except 1 cavalry Warship En Route to China Berlin Aug 30In response lo an i appeal from tho Germans In Hankow Emperor William wlrtd the German Consul there as follows Tell the Gel man tr lnh community In answer to their telegram that protection for the Yangtse valley will be provided the arrival of nine warships now on the way to China |