Show snROUDED IN MYSTERY Nothing is Positively Known Regarding the I Fate of the Legations in Capital of China It is Generally Accepted that They Have Let the City of Peking But Their Whereabouts UnknovnTheir Plight Excites the Gravest AnxietyChinese arr Mounting Several New Guns at Shanghai While Talking Peace f I i London June 29 4 a mTho tate J of the members of tho legations Is still n mystery I they are alive and unharmed I un-harmed at Peking the Chinese Government Govern-ment deserves some credit Shanghai correspondents think for restraining the fanatical mob GOVERNMENT FRIGHTENED The Shanghai correspondent of tho Dally Telegraph wiring at 903 pn yesterday says I is reportea on good Chinese authority that tho Government Gov-ernment alarmed by 1 the foreign military mili-tary preparations IIKS l Issued an edict ordering tho peremptory suppression of tho Boxers and announcing a de cis hazards Ion to protect the legations at all MOUNTING NEW GUNS However this may be the British Consulate at Shanghai received definite information yesterday tho Dally Express Ex-press correspondent says that while solemnly promising complete abstention absten-tion from warlike preparations the Chinese arc mounting several new 6 jnch guns at the Woo Sung forts WARSHIPS FOR SHANGHAI The British warships havfc sailed from Hongkong to reinforce the allied I squadron at Shanghai The southern provinces are scndlncr troons toward Peking and the exodus of Chinese i I all classes from Shanghai continues at the rate of from 10000 to 15000 a day Russian prestige has been Injured I during the recent lighting and an anti Russian rising in the Llao Tong pes sula Russian Manchuria Is l predicted COURIERS TO PEKING According to tho Shanghai correspondent corre-spondent of the Times advices from Shnng Tung say that Car Ypuan Silk Kai maintains cordial relations with foreigners and has sent numerous couriers to Peking but nqaopJL Eheinit have returned n9 rAN r-AN IMPERIAL RESCRIPT A representative of the Associated Press was Informed at the foreign office last evening that the Viceroy of Nankin has telegraphed to the British ConsulGcneral at Shanghai that ho had received June 25th an Imperial rescript as follows The foreign lest tlons at Peking continue as usual 10 receive every protection from the Imperial Im-perial Government WOULD MEAN WAR ° On the other hand the oniclals of the Chinese embassy say that they have reason to believe the foreign ministers kat Peking were given their passports Juno 19th The foreign office is much concerned at the latter report and hopes It will not be confirmed as it would be an unexpectedly adverse development de-velopment which would possibly mean a declaration of war HOPING FOR BEST In the House of Lords yesterday the Premier Lord Salisbury referring to the relief of Vice Admiral Seymour said he knew nothing of the position of Sir Claude M McDonald the British Brit-ish Minister to China or of the members mem-bers of the other in legations the country coun-try He thought however there was ground for hoping that no violence had been done them but even thai he added could only be stated hypoihell call y DEPENDS ON RUMOR The world again has to depend on rumor ru-mor In regard to the fate of the supposed I sup-posed exiles from the Chinese cU lnl It Is generally accepted that they have been compelled to leave Peking but whether coaslward under n Chinese escort or to the possible new capital their plight must excite thc gravest anxiety as even If they arc In the care of a Chinese escort this Is hardly considered a good guarantee of the safety of the foreign devils in a country coun-try swarming with their most violent enemies A telegram from Jardine Mattheson and company dated Shanghai this afternoon af-ternoon suggests that the ministers are still at Peking but admits that there is no news from the capital |