Show COMPLETELY IN DARK Deluge of Rumors Regarding the Legations in Peking Afloat But No Definite News Yet f Doings of f L Hung Chang are Regarded With Ever Increasing Sus picionSiiuati on in Southern Provinces of China Daily Grows WorseChinese Forces Reported to be Concentrating Ten Miles North of Tien Tsin London July 27th 430 a mAn the I powers appear to have received an I Identical Chinese appeal for mediation but In the absence of definite news regarding the fate or the Ministers and of any reliable indications of the real I origin oC the It I the appeal seems that i Lord Salisbury the Premier I considered It was not oven necessary to publish the fact that the appeal had been received re-ceived or to do anything beyond formally anthinS beyoncor mally acknowledging It with perhaps an intimation tbat nothing could be I done until news from Peking had arrived I ar-rived p rivedVICEROYS IN THE DARK I it could be ascertained beyond doubt that the reports of I massacre 7 at Peking were unfounded and there I is disposition here to believe that the I Ministers may after all be held as I hostagesLord Salisburys policy would I probably Incline more toward the conciliation con-ciliation attributed to Washington than to the revenge attributed to Berlin But while there is no cessation of the deluge del-uge of rumors It is beginning to be believed be-lieved at Shanghai Canton and other I points that the Alceroys are as completely com-pletely In the dark a to affairs In Pc kingas the Europeans themselves I REGARDED WITH SUSPICION l Meanwhile the doings oC LI Hung HunS Chang are regarded with ever increasing 7 increas-ing suspicion while the situation in the southern provinces daily grows worse c Ill the report that the allies will I begin to advance on Peking in a fortnight fort-night and In view of Admiral Sey mOlls visit of inspection to the Yang tseKians the feeling fs that no great 0 time illl elapse before matters assume n more definite shape I i ANTIFOREIGN OUTBREAK i The Viceroy of Napltln stljl processes I r to ho able with the aid of other VIceroys r Vice-roys to keep order bu the declares that If Europe sends warshlpsvjhls vlll 1 nsMirendly lead to an antiforeign outbreak I out-break r It be true that the Japanese have started I campaign from Sang Hal Kwan that also will precipitate l matters but the report to this effect t lacks confirmation I is reported from Tien Tsin that the I Chinese forces arc concentrating at the village oC CJctsang ten miles north of TJen Tsln where it la Bald large quantities of rice are stored CLOSE TOUCH WITH ENEMY The Russian and Tapanese cavalry ars keeping in close touch with the I enemy The river is still low and water wa-ter transport will be difficult With reference to the control of the L1 railway It Is understood that Mr Kinder Kin-der the British engineer Imf arranged with the Chinese General for the protection I pro-tection oC the line beyond Pel Tlang Therefore Russian control could only apply to the Tien TslnTaku and Pel 11 Tang sections I this arrangement is r disturbed It is understood that the destruction de-struction of the line Is Inevitable II There Is an unconfirmed Chinese report re-port that sixty Protestant and Catholic J missionaries have been massacred In Ki Yuan Fu and the vicinity PUT TO THE SWORD The Shanghai correspondent of the Dally Mall describing the massacre at I Mukden says The bishop has armed UOO converts to defend the cathedral and a body of Chinese troops had been I sent to defend the converts but the soldiers were leagued with the Boxers While the Christians were holding a I eorvicc the signal was given and soldiers 1 sol-diers and Boxers surrounded and set JF fire to the church putting the escaping worshipers to the sword The bishop L was captured and taken to the Viceroys jcI Vice-roys Yamcn where he was diabolically tortured and decapitated His head hangs in front oC the Yamen 01 hang NO MASSACRE JULY 6TH Tt The Daily Mall explains that the Chinese employee of the British legation lega-tion who according to KB advices yesterday yes-terday escaped from Peking to Nlu S Chwang and reported there that when he left Peking most of the members oC ic the legations were dead and the condition r condi-tion oC the others wa hopeless did not i actually leave Peking until July Sth F and this goes to show If his statement is I to be relied upon that a general j mannacrc had not occurred on July Cth I as has been reported LI IS ANGRY r0 Shanghai correspondent ot the telegraphing yester Dally Telegraph tctegraphinJ states day says LI Hung Chang now that some members of the legations Q have already left Peking and may be f expected shortly He la becoming ann dtrnntiptam of the Consuls n hn m b Thy impression Is gaining ground I i litre that tho Ministers of the powers Ito I liN to whom China linn applied for media lion may Htlll be alive The rcprcbcnta 8tl lives of France Japan Russia and 1 have visited LI Hung a thf United States vl1ec 1un1 Chang but the others still keep aloof INDIGMANT AT GOODNOWS ACTION 1tk AC-TION The Americans here are Indignant t Amerians over the fact tliat United States Consul a Uat Hoodnow hal colored into relations C ulth Enrl Li but Mr Uoodnow defends Ih ho Is following that his action on the round hr f lowing the Instructions of his Government 6 Govern-ment J Trade in Shanghai Is so paralyzed that the customs revenue will not silt the next firc to secure the payment of qi iiiftlullmont of the foreign loan I PREPARATIONS FOR WAR r Meanwhile active preparations In the YangTge region for war ore In prog r < vs not for war against the rebels but against foreign powers Junk loads o II Chinese soldiers and Boxers dill gulapil as coolies are arriving here daily The arsenal IH full of arms and supplies sup-plies are constantly coming in and the Viceroys admit that they cannot much d longer withstand the pressure brought 1i to bear by Shing and Li Hung Chang upon them to Join thnlr forces with IUInro Timn l MAY RESTORE SECURITY I Is hoped that the frival of Ad t miuil Seymour inuy btlffen the backs of flu pouthcrn Viceroys and restore the I I gri Url uf tho port I Two English missionary ladles l Miss 1 > J Whltechurch and IHs Search have been murdered at Asia 01 in the province prov-ince of Shan SI Massacres are also reported from Tal Yuan and Pao Ting Fu CONVERTS MASSACRED The Hongkong correspondent of the Dally Express wires ae follows under I yesterdays date n Italian priest has just arrived here from Hen Sien Fu southern Huan where the Italian bishop I op and three priests have been massacred massa-cred after revolting torture This took place on July Jin Six hundred converts con-verts were massn lcd after the women I had been subJecred to hideous brutalities brutali-ties Six oilier priests fled to the hills where they were probably killed The priest who escaped made a perilous journey to Hon kong He hid in a coffin cof-fin on board a river boat for seventeen daysWORST WORST NEWS IS FEARED I Tho gdncral consensus of the best informed In-formed opinions of Europe seems to I continue to favor the acceptance the worst news and prompt action thereon the contention being that the only possibility I pos-sibility of definitely ascertaining the I truth is by the allied commanders inquiring In-quiring at Peking Judging from the I news from TJen Tsln however record I Ing divisions among the Admirals there the prospect for a speedy advance seems to bo endangered unless the Governments ments speedily agree upon a supicme I leader LI IN AN ARSENAL i Telegrams from Shanghai report that LI Hung Chang has taken up his abode i at the arsenal as a measure nf precaution I precau-tion I Ja uol stalKd whether feared i attack by i Chinese or attempts of the powers to curtail his liberties Apparently Appar-ently the foreign Consuls at Shanghai I have Informed the Viceroys that un less he obtained definite dispatches I I from Peking within five days they I I would conclude the Ministers had been murdered and act accordingly accordingIy i MORE MISSIONARIES MURDERED Reports are recurrent thatu number of missionaries American or English I have bceji murdered SluThSl Oneof the dispatches from Shanghai pub lished here today says The Canadian I missionaries who escaped from Ho Nan I i had a terrible experience en route here The natives everywhere were hostile I hos-tile The rabble attacked the refugees bet them and tore the clothes from I their backs The ladles suffered cruel Indignities ClUr I I CANTON IN DANGER DANGER The dispatch I I continued Canton remains re-mains comparatively quiet The natives na-tives however are beginning to fear I that the reinforcements arriving at Hongkong Intend to attack arriving I forts and occupy the city The military I mandarin ha asked the Colonial Secretary Sec-retary at Hongkong for assurance that I Great Britain does not intend to take Canton I JAPANESE TROOPS LAND 1 A dispatch received here today from Yokohama states that the Japanese division will all be landed at Taku by July 31st and will reach Tien Tsin August Au-gust 3rd The Legislature of New South Wales has resolved to dispatch a military contingent con-tingent to join the Imperial troop in China RIOTS AT AT YUEN FU A dispatch from missionary sources dated Shanghai July 25th says Riot I Ing has broken out at Ai Yuen Fu the capital of the province of Shan Si There arc no details Rioting has also occurred at Hual Lob south of Chi LI All the missions have been destroyed Our friends safely escaped to the country coun-try but are still In danger I is reported here that Russia has borrowed nearly 10000000 from the Imperial bank of Russia since the commencement com-mencement of the troubles In China APPEALS TO GREAT BRITAIN Last Saturday the Chinese Minister I Chi Chen Lo Feng Tub handnd the Foreign office a long telegram purport I Ing to come from Emperor fng Hwang Su soliciting Great Britains good offices to bring about peace In terms similar to The appeals addressed to President Mc Klnlcv andPresIdcnt Loubef Thusfar the Government has not replied as It ja felt that In the present anomalous circumstances cir-cumstances the precise origin of the I telegram Is doubtful SUMJMARY EXECUTIONS The Canton correspondent of the Dally Telegraph In a dispatch dated Wednesday says there are dally arrests ar-rests of Boxers and smugglers caught loaded with arma and ammunition Executions quickly follow But the rowdy olcment remains practically un dlnmaycd In the country districts tho people are more threatening and bolder than In the city Inflammatory placards pla-cards arc freely posted such as the following INFLAMMATORY PLACARDS We tho Chinese children of tho Ll0 I sages are faithful anl filial as wen as modest How dots It come to pass 1 then that any of us can so far forget himself as to become the proselyte of a barbarians religion Tens of thou fiuulfl of native converts have been killed in north Chinn ami their houses ind possessions destroyed Because of this all the countries of the world have went soldIers to Tien Tsln to protect the converts This they lao failed to do The mlHHlon churches tho forilpn Consuls and all the barbarian troop have been slaughtered Just as you kill chickens and dogs ant CONVERTS WARNED You converts have Involved the barbarians bar-barians In this trouble We look upon you ua rebels and soon your doom will overtake you Unhappy Is your condition for all men hate and despise lton you Great Is your distress Your hands VOI hang helpless by your sides Despair has seized your minds Death alone will relieve you By following the doctrines of thc c ronegades and foreigners for-eigners vou have forfeited your rightS at to fly to as men VC warn you once fy safe hiding places while yet there Is h1f IS pporln re THIADS CAUSE ALARM A dispatch from Hongkong says Tile signs of Increasing activity on thc part of a secret society known as the l Triads are caUBlnE l ala fl 9 DX ers arc believed to be an offshoot of the Triads whose ramifications are widespread wide-spread throughout the southern provinces prov-inces of China The organization Is distinctly dis-tinctly antWorelgn and antiManchu and members Canton troops are enrolled en-rolled In its ranks NIGHT ATTACK FEARED A report Is current In Canton that the Triads are preparing for a night attack on the Shamecn and that the first sign will be the absconding of native na-tive servants Tho greatest apprehension apprehen-sion prevails although at present Canton Can-ton Is quiet I TRIADS ARRESTED Many Triads have been arrested In Hongkong during the last few months A Chinaman was arrested on July Sth on a charge of being a member of the Triads The evidence showed that he had held the rank in command In the organization In the two Kwangs with headquarters at Sal Kung a new territory I ter-ritory where he had bEn active in enrolling members His arrest therefore 1 there-fore is of the greatest importance The insignia found upon his person Includes the highest degrees LI UNABLE TO PROCEED An opium farmer has received a telegram asserting that LI Hung Chang Is unable to proceed to Peking and will return to Canton piobubjy calling at Hongkong on the war A dispatch from Shanghai says Admiral Ad-miral Seymour has arrived these and ha been il consultation with the British Brit-ish Consul regarding the situation I is reported that the British battleship Centurion and the cruisers Undaunted daunt and Dido are at Woo Sung WARSHIPS SHANGHAI The following warships are at I Shanghai Shang-hai British Daphne Alacrity Hard and Woodcock American Castine Dutch Holland French Surprise Japanese Takao and Akagi J Is reported that Li Hung Chang Intends to leave for Foo Chow from which point he could easily go to Nan kin or Peking overland MAY BE SEVERE STRUGGLE Should the southern Veero sYlet to antiforeign Influence there will qe a severe struggle The YangtseKiang Is being strongly fortified with the newest guns manned by German drilled artillerymen I is reported hero from Tokio that loOOO Japanese troops t landed at Shan HaiKwan on July 22nd and gained a victory feeble resistance the Chinese retreating after a |