Show ISTILL LIVING STILLLIVING TleSlay kst Ministers at Pekin Except One Were Alive l1 ONE DIPLOMAT SlA N German Official Baron Von Kelteler Killed PRINCE TAUN IN COMMAND Father of the HeirApparent Appears to be Absolutely in Control in the I Chinese Capital He Has Issued an Edict Ordering all of the Viceroys to Attack tho Foreigners in Their Respective Provinces This Order Had Not Been Obeyed Edict However How-ever Fixes Clearly the Responsibility Responsi-bility for the Happenings the Past Three Weeks Upon the Peking Government Gov-ernment Admiral Kempff Cables the List of Casualties to the American Casuates Amer can Forces Who Were With Relief Expedition I Washington July 1 Todays advices to the State department made up of two cablegrams from ConsulGeneral Goodnow at Shanghai brought the foreign for-eign Ministers at Peking a day further fur-ther along In safety showing that they were all alive with the probable exception excep-tion of the German Minister who It seems likely has been murdered I I The following message from Admiral Kemftrf givirfg Tlfcf casualVlea toJHfer ll lief expedition Juno 25th was received at the Navy department KILLED Boatswains Mate Thomas Gunners Mate Bcdson Apprentice Bronian Landsman Severson WOUNDED Boatswains Mate Holyoke t Machinist Handford Landsman Kelllsky I Cadet Taussisr Cadet v Capt McCalla j < Fireman Rowe Landsman Garrlty Coxswain Ryan Quartermaster Conway Coxswain McClay Fireman Flaherty Seamen Lloyd Child Anderson Jansen Jan-sen Bolmuller and McKervoy Coxswain Thomas Llndbohm Apprentices Johnson Rasmussen and Welch Private Ordeff Coxswain McClays name could not be found on the rolls Possibly he hade had-e n transferred from some other ship since the rolls were returned The name Mclvervey also Is not to be found on the rolls RECORDS OF KILLED The records of the killed as shown at the Navy department are as fol follows Thomas Thomas enlisted at Mare Island Cal In 1590 IIe was born In I Copenhagen in 1SCO His next of kin Is Mrs T Lannigan of 603 South Front street Philadelphia I Benjamin Benson was born in Man dahl Norway in 1S7I Next of kin IS Anna Benson mother living at MandahK Norway Harry A Broman was born In Du lulh Inn in 1SS2 Next to kin Ida M Broman mother living at 1127 West Superior street Duluth Harry Severson was born Norway in ISiS and enlisted at Chicago Next of kin Laurence Severson father liv 1 ing at 1031 West Ablnsia avenue Chicago Chi-cago ADVICES FROM GOODNOW Two Important cablegrams were received re-ceived by Secretary Hay today from I United Stairs ConaulGeneral Goodnow I at Shanghai The date Is understood to be tilt of last night The text ia I withheld but the Consul states In substance sub-stance us follows GERMAN MINISTER KILLED lI Is rumored In Shanghai that the German Minister o Peking Baron von Ketteler was killed at Peking on the 18th of June On the 23rd of June three of the legation buildings were still standinG The others have been burned OTHER MINISTERS SAFE On the 26th of June a dispatch was i received at Shanghai from Yung Lu I believed to be the Viceroy of the province prov-ince of Chile where the principal troubles trou-bles have occurred stating that other Ministers wore safe PRINCE TAUN CONTROL Dispatches to Shanghai from different I differ-ent sources indicate that Prince Tuan father of the heir apparent seems to be absolutely l In control at Peking and that his attitude Is thc worst possible I possi-ble and moat hostile to foreigners I is oven said that lIe Issued an edict as far back as rjic 20th of June ordering all of the Viceroys to attack the for cignora in I their respective provinces an ordor which has so far not been obeyedPRINCETON PRINCETON AT CANTON The department has been informed that the Princeton has arrived at I Canton i Some encouragement is drawn by the officials from the fact that other Ministers I isters were alive on the later date for officials believe that diplomatic representatives repre-sentatives at Puking could not have I been preserved through the fury of the first stages ot time outbreak only tp fall victims to sober second thought There Is also at least the Indication that the Chinese Government itself was protecting them I GJLIAVIS DEVELOPMENTS On the other hand the statement that the notorloutlv antiforeign Prince fuap ytap Jn complete controj at R 1 king was regarded as an exceedingly grave development as tending to fix clearly responsibility for the happenings hap-penings the past three weeks directly upon the Peking government An ameliorating condition Is the refusal of the great viceroys themselves of almost al-most absolute power in their provinces to be controlled from Peking in their attitude toward foreigners BUT ONE COURSE TO FOLLOW A high official of the State department depart-ment said today that there is nothing now to do but to follow out the course the State department has already I adopted namely to have the United States Consuls put themselves in communication com-munication with the viceroys of the provinces treating the central government govern-ment at Peking as Incapacitated for administrative ad-ministrative work and meanwhile do lug all In their power to protect the foreigners In their respective districts TIme signs of amicable disposition on the part of these viceroys Is probably tho basIs for the hope that they can bo induced at least to stand neutral and keep their own provinces in order If It shall be necessary to direct hos I JlUtifis government pnersetlcally against the Poking MUST PUSH RELIEF FORCE There is authority for tho statement that our Government feels that what must be done at once is to drive forward for-ward a relief force to Peking regard less of the strength required So far it has not been regarded necessary to I more In the way of military prepara tons to this end than has prpara done and consequently no further reinforce ments have been ordered to Taku KEMPFFS MESSAGES VAGUE There Is much doubt here as to the sufficiency of the force now there to undertake the work Admiral Kempt yesterday reported that 11000 men of all arms were ashore without stating definitely where they were I is not known whether or not the second expedition ex-pedition directed against Peking has yet started from Taku or Tien Tsln CANNOT ACT INTELLIGENTLY In this state of Ignorance as to the military situation it is not possible to act intelligently from Washington In the direction of adding to our naval andrnfiltarystrengtii mltar strength beyond the I I unuto nannies unu regular soldiers already under orders for China lt would seem that to accomplish effec tire work some kind of an understand ing must be reached among the powers pow-ers Interested beyond the vague one under which they are now proceeding AS TO CONVENING CONGRESS This Government has not yet regarded re-garded the developments as demanding the assembling of Congress in extraor dinary session to declare war and it is possible that the dispatch of more reinforcements to China from Manila and the United States may not require Congressional action as long as the ob feet is strictly to succor Americans In distress and danger NO CABINET COUNCIL While there was no formal Cabinet council today Secretary Hay had at various times with him members of the Cabinet for the discussion of the condition of affairs In China I is understood no change of policy was delormingd upon Minister Wu said tonight that he had not received any dispatches during the day from any part of China |