Show iRE IN PERIL I Bal d N W fIUM Adffllla1 Amial K1llIff Regarliog Kmlpf Rearln I 5 Lgat1Ulls0I I I i I I jTuAflolIDESPERATE Worst Stories Which Have Emanated are ConfirmedS I DIPLOMATS ARE WORRIED I I Officials from Both the German and 5 French Embassies Have n Conference Confer-ence with Secretary Hay Admiral 1 < XempfEs Cablegram which was from Che 3foo but Undated Stated that tho American Italian and Dutch Legations had Been Burned That 20000 Chinese Soldiers 5 were Outside 3000 More Reported Bound There from Tien Tsin He Also Stated that Fighting was Continued I at Tien Tsin and that Communication by Rail and River rt was Insecure 1 S Washington July 2 Bad news came this morning from Admiral Kempff I confirming thc worst stories which have emanated from China relative to the conditions at Peking and a feeling of disfjnlet was noticeable among administration ad-ministration officials and diplomats The Admirals cablegram which was without date follows S KEMPFFS CABLEGRAM Che Foo Secretary of Navy I Washington Runner from Peking re jiprts legations are besieged provisions nearly exhausted situation desperate Gorman Minister going to Tsungli Yamen murdered by Chinese soldiers American Italian Duty C 1 legations burned Twenty thousand Chinese soldiers sol-diers Inside 30000 outside Peking 3000 reported bound Tien Tsin still fighting at Tien Tsin Communication Tie Tsln by rail and river InsecureKEMPFF KEMPFF The word Duty in Admiral KempfCs dispatch Is taken to mean Dutch in reference that legationS legation-S GERMAN EMBASSY ANXIOUS The German embassy showed particular partic-ular anxiety for Information respecting the sad end of Baron Kettler and in the course of the afternoon Secretary Hermann of the embassy paid a special spe-cial visit to the State department M Thiebaut the Charge of the French embassy also called in quest of information infor-mation it was said These visits revived re-vived rumors that an effort Is afoot lo reach an international agreement respecting re-specting the conduct of the forces of the powers In China WELCOME JAPANS OFFER I was said this afternoon at the State department that the only news was that there seemed to be an unanimous unani-mous agreement on the part of the powers to welcome with the utmost cordiality Japans offer to furnish reinforcements re-inforcements for the forces now operating oper-ating along the PelHo liver in the effort to reach Peking as Japan alone of the powers is prepared to throw into China whatever number of troops maybe may-be needed The news to that effect had come to the State department from all directions and particularly from England Eng-land RussIa and France As far as the State department Is concerned It had previously accorded Japan a free hand In the matter of the number of troops to be employed in China upon a voluntary and courteous statement bf the purpose of the employment oc ployment of these forces SENSATIONAL STORIES TOLD A gathering In Secretary Hays latIn lat-In the afternoon of Secretary Root and Secretary Hitchcock taken hi connection connec-tion with the fact that Secretary Long had been conference earlier In the day with the Secretary of State led to the circulation of rumors that complete developments were to be expected connected with the sticngthenlng the United States forces now In China These rumors however were speedily set nt rest by tho statement from one of the participants that the conference had nothing to do with the Chinese affair but related to some Indian troubles trou-bles In the Northwest Secretary Root did not hesitate ro enter into a specific denial of some of the sensational stories stor-ies which are persistently circulated every day regardless of facts NO MORE TROOPS TO GO He said that he had not ordered any troops to China beyond the Ninth Infantry In-fantry from Manila now on the way to Taku and possibly the Sixth cavalry about to start from San Francisco for Nagasaki Tho destination of the latter lat-ter would depend upon developments lIe said he had not ordered the Fourth and Eighteenth regiments of Infantry to China as had been reported in some quarters nor had he mad the slightest S slight-est preparation for their dispatch KEMPFFS CASUALTIES The Navy department tonight received re-ceived tho following cablegram from Admiral Kempff Che Foo Secretary Navy Casual tics to date Corp James F Lannlgan I privates J K Mlllci W H Morris Ed Provcnsal John Hunter W H f Nichols boatswains mate T Thomas gunners mate B Benson apprentice II I A Bioman landsman H Soverseh I Seriously wounded Cadet Tausslg Boatswains Mate Holoyokc Coxswain I I Thomas and thirtyfour others slightly slight-ly l wounded Ship crews all nations re I ombarklng Soldiers and marines remain I re-main ashore Capt MeCalla on duty KEMPFF Capt McCnlJa was repqrted wounded I In a previous cablegram so the latest nci indicates that he was not badly Frenchman Killed Pars July 2j The French Consul at Tien Tsln telegraphs under date of June 26th as follows Several shells were fired into the town yesterday evening one of them falling on the French consulate and damaging the building without injuring injur-ing the residents The secretary of consulate who was active as surveyor for the town and two French sailors were S killed at the town hal |