Show BELIEVES ALL ABE DEAD England Moro Firmly Convinced that Ministers Wore Slaughtered London July 28 Copyright 1900 by the Associated Press This week of rumors edicts and Chinese protestations protesta-tions by the score ends with England as firmly convinced as ever that the foreign Ministers at Peking have been massacred Not only that but Jn the determined attempts on the part of the Chinese authorities to convince the world of tho truth of their assertions prominent organs of public opinion are unanlmptis In seeing 3 desperate plot on the part of tho Chinese Government to delay the day of retribution In the hope that the powers will become cm broiled among themselves The Chinese declarations have In fart aggravated rather than ameliorated the feeling against the Eastern empire Archibald Ross Colquhoun the distinguished dis-tinguished geographer and correspondent correspond-ent of tho Times during the Franco Chinese war of 1SS3S1 in an able review re-view of the situation technically declares de-clares What we want Is not knowledge knowl-edge however profound of the Chinese Chi-nese rather would we strengthen the hands of Admiral Seymour or some other commander throw ourselves boldly into the breach and if neces sary bolll take some risks No bIG thing has over been done without a certain amount of risk Bernard Shaw comes out with a scathing protest against retaliation J such a the suggested execution of sucl I Prince Tan the razing of Chinese cities etc which Mr Shaw says I characterizes the most horrible cowardly cow-ardly mobocracy that can be imagined Revenge under any extremities of provocation must be absolutely I barred Quietly but steadily Japans three war vessels building at Elswick are I being pushed toward completion The Id2umoa powerful armored cruiser I Is nearly ready and COO Japanese sailors I I sail-ors are aboard of her patiently wait I IngJJie word to sail The average opinion t opin-ion is that they will be needed for a deadlier conflict than the suppression I of the Boxers JSven the unhistorical Spectator this week pessimistically inclines to the belief be-lief that the Interests at slake in the far East are too varied and conflicting to enable the powers to Indefinitely preserve the thin Ice of harmony on which they arc standing at present |