Show THE SILENCE EXPLAINED I j S Secretary Chinese Legation in London Gives Reasons Why Nothing Has BeenI Heard from Peking Rebels Have Cut Wires and Blocked SoldiersCommunication He Says Has Been t eoperied With Chinese Capital and that Messages Mes-sages from the Foreign Envoys May be Expected Almost 1m I mediatelyGreat Mystery He Declares Will Soon be Solved London July 23 S a mSlr Chih I Chen Lou Feng the Chinese Minister In London took tho unusual step yesterday yes-terday of paying a Sunday call at the Foreign Office As Locd Salisbury was absent the visit n without special result but Its importance may be gathered gath-ered from an Interview with the secretary secre-tary ofthe Chinese legation Sir Ilalll day McCartney In which the legation ofllclalsseem to have assumed at least oncasseem something like personal respoptfibillty COMMUNICATION OPENED Sir Hajliday admitted that communication communi-cation had been practically rbopened with Peking and that messages from Sir Claude i MacDpnald the British Minister and the other foreign envoys mlghtbe expected almost Immediately Ho said that he hoped the trouble would soon be over since the Chinese soon Government was doing its utmost to overcomethe difficulties and to control I I the lawless element AMERICAN VIEW SENSIBLE In his opinion the Americans had taken ta-ken the most commonsense view of the situation and he insjstdd that China ought not to be misjudged Against ffie suspicion th TL1 Hung Chang had any but a sincere pacific object in view he protested warmly declaring that all stories about the perfidy per-fidy and treachery of Earl Li were absolutely ab-solutely baseless CAUSE OF LONG SILENCE With regard to the prospects in the southern provinces the secretary admitted ad-mitted that there might be small outbreaks out-breaks but he said there would be nothing serious aud that Europeans would be quite ssafo In the treaty PIts The long silence he explained as duo probably to the rebels who have cut the wires and blockaded the soldiers t DOUBT H1STORIES i < Thusaccordlng to the secretary of the Chinese legation a fewdays more should brlngr BolufloD of the great mystery Nevertheless no one In England Eng-land beleve that the alleged dispatches dis-patches and edicts are anything hut 1 subterfuges to hide the real situation as long as possible and to avert retrij I butlon by sowing discord among the powers TO DECLARE AGAINST FOREIGNERS FOREIGN-ERS From Shanghai comes a report that the Ejnpress Dowager and the court aro moving to Hsian Pu in tire province prov-ince of Shan Si to which large stores of rice are being nt and lhnt when there arrangements are completed the remaining Viceroys will declare against foreigners SEEK TERMS OF PEACE According to the Che Fee correspondent I correspond-ent of the Dally Mail the fall of Tien I Tsln has so disheartened the Chinese that they are seeking terms of peace Ho says that several attempts have been made to send messages to Peking but so far without any known results and adds that rumors are again current cur-rent that the Russians are reaching Peking from the north It Is impossible impossi-ble to confirm or deiiy these statements state-ments but either one might explain Chinas efforts to gain time NO ONE CALLED ON LI Li Hung Changs visit to Shanghai seems to be a complete failure Except Ex-cept the Chinese customs non no-n has visited him Sheng the Tao Tai l chief magistrate gave the Consuls Con-suls a cordial Invitation to mot him at luncheon but all declined WILL REPUDIATE CREDENTIALS The Shanghai uorrespondent of the Dally Express pretends to have authority au-thority for the assertion that Great Britain will repudiate any credentials LI Hung Chang may bring from the Empress Dowager and he adds Russia however Is Willing to mako terms with LI Hung Chang whose real mission Is to sow dissftiitlon amopg the powers The British German and American representatives were resolute reso-lute against receiving him CHINESE OFFICIALS FRIGHT ENED Tho Shanghai correspondent of the Dally Mal declares that the Chinese olUOals are thoroughly frlghlenqd by i the fall of Tien Tsln and desire to open negotiations Therefore he continues contin-ues although nil art aware of the I horrible Peking massacres every official offi-cial down to the humblest retainer has been sworn to secrecy upon the penalty of wholesale executions should the details leak out They hope If the powers once begin negotiations to stop the military operations and that matters might cool down STQR1ES FROM SHANGHAI There Is the usual crop o Shanghai rumors at hand thin morning One Is that Prince Tune has been abducted and that the Empress Dowager Is again supreme Another Is that the notorious Kang YI president of the board of war has been appointed Viceroy of Canton PROCLAMATION OF ALLIES The Tien Tain correspondent of tho Dally News says the allies have issued a proclamation announcing that they aro not lighting China but emily the rebels who have bjcn guilty of attack upon the foreigners The d HlsIon to keep the Indian division divi-sion at Hongkong Is supposed to be due to the disquieting proceedings of the Black Flags at Canton ARMING CHINESE EPRTS I la reported that the Boguc forts are being rearmed by the Chinese with qulckflrlnff Krupps and large stores of Simmunltlon and that Chinese are mounting guns and layingtorpedoes at varloun advantageous points between Woo Sung and Wu ChanG Tho foreigners aud Japanese traders have evacuated NIeu Chwang whero the roads are now guarded by Japan cso marines c 1 foreign wonion and children have torclE been advised to leave the fojils on tho YangtseKIang Slight skirmishes are rciwrtcd from i Manchuria between tho Russians and Chinese LI AT SHANGHAI A dispatch from Shanghai dated Saturday Sat-urday says LI Hung Chang who arrived hpre today on the steamer Anplng from Hongkong was received coldly The1 native officials sent an escort of 300 armed troops but as the Frencji Consul objected to their passage pas-sage through the J French settlemqnt they were withdrawn and Earl LI landed qnOer an escort of twelve French poUce Once out of French Jurisdiction he was handed over to the cosmopolitan settlements police L who j escorted him to his place residence The Anplng having munitionsof von v-on board violated tile harborregula tions by entering and was compelled to leave the limits The Consuls have officially decided not to call upon Li I Hung Chang |