Show tIGPE fOR DIPLOMATS Foreign Consuls at Shanghai Officially Announce An-nounce Safety of Legati ns in Peking I king on July 4th I I I This Statement Makes it Possible to Believe that They May HoldOut I Hold-Out for Several Days YetThey Have Fought to a Standstill the Outbursts of Fanatical FurySomething May Intervene to I II I Save Them 1 L i i f London July 9 2J5 a tnTIle for reig Consuls at Shanghai met on July I Vth and officially announced that the legations at Peking were S9e on July 1th and 5th and that the Chinese have Ceased their attacks The foregoing statement read with Consul Warrens I dispatch to the Foreign office on Sun clay makes it possible to believe that the legations will hold out for a number num-ber of days yet Having fought to a standstill the first outbursts of fanatical fanati-cal fury it is believed that something I may Intervene to save them The news after the sinister rumors of the last I ten days Is enough upon which to I I build up hopes DOUBTS WARRENS INFORMATION The Shanghai corespondent of the Express telegraphing on Sunday at P10 I m throws doubt upon Consul I Warrens information He says TaoTalShong now admits that there was an error In his communication I communica-tion to Gen Warren The date of the couriers arrival at Chinen Fu was 1 July 3rd whIch does not apply to his departure from Peking FIVE DAYS JOURNEY The journey from Peking to Chinen 3Tu tikes five days The courier therefore there-fore ould not have left Peking later than June 28th The date of the mas tle tacre there as given by Chinese re jjoi ts was June 30th or July 1 t TIEN TSIN HARD PRESSED Tin Tain is still hard pressed A Onl ese force numbering from 80000 to 30000 men as estimated by IneoncHi Five reconnaisanees floods the country round about Tien Tsin communication between which place and Taku is apparently ap-parently posjlblfrby river only nrssiAVr TROOPS AT TAKU A Che Foo dispatch to he Express i says the Russians have > landed SOGO 1Thfl at Taku and the Japanese have The Emprfss Dowager of China Is the one woman in the world who defies all Europe She is now about 50 years old and for tho last forty years has exerted an allpowerful Influence in directing the affairs of China She was born in Peking and IB variously aiid to hae comdiSrom a high family or a i humble one She Is the second wife of the Emperor and because she boro him a I son nnd the first wife did not she takes precedence Her beauty is said discharmed several transports The Jap anosp pushed on to Ties Tsln leading In thc subsequent assault upon the native city In which their commander vvas killed Ton more transports are engaged at Japanese ports With the 10000 British India troops afloat and 1 freh Jnpancsp contingents It is quite probable that the allies will have 50000 men ashore DISORDERS INCREASING t The disorders Iiv the provinces appear dl t ap-pear to be InereaHlupr in violence A 1 tJ t < hlnese army IH l within forty miles of 1 yl I New Chwang and the foreigners are preparing to abandon their homes The outhern part of the provinces is swept by 1 raiders destroying all works of the I white man except In spots garrisoned by Russians I TO EXPEL FOREIGNERS Proclamations hat been posted In all villages near Che Foo calling upon the c loyal Chinese to rise and expel the foreigners for-eigners for introducing among the pious Chlneee an Immoral religion Every good Buddhist lr expected to I kneel three hours dally knock his head upjon the floor thrice and pray earnestly earnest-ly that sullen cruel death may overtake over-take all aliens WARSHIPS CLEARED FOR ACTION The foreign settlement at Che Foo Is at the mercy of two Chinese forts equipped with Krupp gun which command c u com-mand two side o the city Six warships hi war-ships including the United States S r gunboat Nashville are constanly cleared for action king appears to have designs upon the The provisional government at Pe southern provinces Besides having ordered or-dered Kwan Shikal to advance upon Nankin hlch Kwang Shikai says he will not do Prince Tuan has sent an canal army along the route of the grand LOCATION OF NANKIN Nankin Is pn the south bank of a river I nearly a mile wide The British cruisers cruis-ers Hermoine and Pique I will I assist in repelling attempts to cross Six Chinese cruisers arc there and 17 000 Chinese troops arc at the disposal of Viceroy Lit Kun YI The forts modern i mount thirtyfour highpower guns The foreigners in Shanghai are becoming uneasy Everything depends they feel on Viceroy Liu Kun YI INDIFFERENT TO SHELLS Refugees from Tien Tsin arriving at Shanghai say that only five civilian foreigners were killed during the long I Chinese bombardment The foreign women becamo so indifferent that they walked through the streets not heeding the shells Most of the civilians were deported to Taku thence to be conveyed to Shanghai STRANGE PICTURES The courier mentioned In Consul Warrens dispatch gives a strange picture pic-ture says the Daily Mails Shanghai correspondent of how life jostles death in Peking Business apparently goes on as usual The shops and theaters aie open and the streets are full of people peo-ple No imperial troops except those of Gen Tong Fuh Slang took part in the fighting WHAT COURIERS ASSERT The courier even asserts positively that provisions are being supplied to the legations but by whom he does not say The Boxers and Gen Tung I Fill Slang do not get along well The Boxers assert that they do all the fighting fight-ing and the latter all the looting and I nothing else I Gen Kwan Sia Ki Governor of Shan WOMAN WHO DEFIES ALL EUROPE DOWAGER EMPRESS OF CHINA L dI j I Jr j I I i r III 1 I J I LII A1 4 ft1 < ttk fj b Ertr1I1I to have been remarkable In her early I years and has not wholly faded now As to education she has received th best China can give A native wit and cleverness supplies what she may lack In book knowledge Being a Manchu woman she is one of the pruvallmpr dynasty of China and therefore mOIL secure Jn her position Sho > has always been opposed to the pressnce of foreigners foreign-ers in China and she Is said to have encouraged the Boxer outbreaks In her provnccs I Tung the correspondent of the Dally Mall predicts that by July nth the Boxers will disband and negotiations will be begun for peace Nevertheless the circumstantial rumors of dark things to come nre In circulation TIEN TSIN BOMBARDED A dispatch from Tion Tsin dated July 30th nays Beginning early this morn lug the Chinese have bombarded the settlements Admiral Seymour has or dered the womon and children conveyed to alt at the earliest possible moment mo-ment MANY CHINESE SLAIN The correspondents at Shanghai which is still the clearinghouse of all ni China news say that a combined force of KubsiauB and Japanese are following the railway us far as Lang Chan and have then swept to the west and at tucked the Chinese eighteen miles north mies of Then Tsin and killed 1000 of them llem GREAT BATTLE OCCURS The Shanghai correspondent of the Standard says representatives from Tien Tsin from Chlm < ac sources say that a great battle has taken place In which the Milnefti lost heavily The allies at Tien Tsln are short of provisions pro-visions Biiiplng and HmVer considerably from j NEED A BIG ARMY The Daily Malls Tlcn Tsin correspondent corre-spondent In a dispatch dated July 2nd Ia Che Foo July 4th says No forward for-ward movement Is possible with less than 30000 A document bas bocn found signed by a British resident on behalf of British manufneturors offerIng offer-Ing Viceroy Chi CIting Chung complete armaments and officers and an army corps for 150000 The messages of British correspondents correspond-ents at Tien Tsln are censored by the British authorities but there Is no censorship I cen-sorship exercised over the other correspondents exercse respondents I APPRECIATES LIS FRIENSIIIP The Daily Telegraphs Canton correspondent 1 corre-spondent wiring Friday via Hongkong Saturday says Li Hung Chang was officially notified today that President McKinley appreciates his friendship for the allied powers Now that anarchy anar-chy controls the capital President McKinley I Mc-Kinley trusts to the responsible provincial provin-cial authorities to carry out the Inlery national obligations of tho Chinese Government L The Shanghai corespondent of the I Dally Telegraph under date of July 7th says Boxer emissaries are coming com-ing to the south disguised for the purpose pur-pose of enlisting men The situation Is crave WILL TRY TO REACH PEKING Emperor William sayj a Berlin ofil clal tpday received the following from the Governor at lien Tank which refers I re-fers to the promise of reward to anyone any-one who should accomplish the deliverance deliv-erance of a foreigner from Peking Being notified of your Majestys telegram the Governor of Shan Tung I replied that From the outset I have the Europeans been full of anxiety regarding I ropeans in Peking and I have made repeated re-peated attempts to send a lan I l-an get help to them but In vain Now all roads to Peking are beset with rebels reb-els and therefore whatever measures are taken now offer even less prospect of success than before Nevertheless T I shall consider it my duty to arrange for their help HAVE AGREED ON POLICY Several correspondents at St Petersburg Peters-burg send out telegrams conservative of course to the effect that Russia Japan and England agree as to their policy In China their interests dominating domin-ating there Gen Orloff a brilliant soldier has been appointed chief of staff of the Russian forces in China DIPLOMATS REPORTED SAFE I A dispatch from Shanghai received I in Brussels says that according to a high Chinese official the two legations which were still holding out on July 2nd were the object of incessant attacks at-tacks There had been some losses among te troops guarding the legations lega-tions but the diplomatists were safe The dispatch also says the loyal troops under Prince Ching who 15 I heading a counter revolution had attacked at-tacked the rebels in Peking The Governor of ShanTung according accord-ing to the same authority is reported to have declined to obey Prince Tuan orders to seize Nankin COUNTER REVOLUTION IN PEKIN Further dispatches from Shanghai say the legations were holding out on July 3rd that the rebels had been repulsed re-pulsed with a loss of 2000 and that the Boxers were discouraged They also I report that a Chinese Journal confirms the announcement of Prince Changs counter revolution In Pelting STRENGTH OF ALp FORCES Berlin has a dispatch from Tlcn Tsln J saying the Russians successfully bombarded bom-barded the native town on July hid nalve uc The strength of the allied troops is about 10000 There is no fresh news regarding the situation in Peking WASHINGTON IS HOPEFUL Administration Feels that Legations Inlay be Saved I Washington July SA slightly more hopeful feeling for the safety of the I legationers In Peking is apparent in official circles tonight The hope is not I founded on any official dispatches which have reached the State department depart-ment as nothing has been received during the day from the consular representatives rep-resentatives In China of the United States Cumulative statements however which have been printed from various vari-ous portions of the empire reporting the diplomatic corps with the exception of the Gorman Minister as safe up to n certain specified time together with the absence of any corroborative proof of their murdcraie partially responsible for the slight hope which prevails that they the Ministers are yet alive The statements purporting to come from Sir Robert Hart English inspector of customs are regarded as the best information in-formation which has been received While showIng that conditions were desperate the dispatches have not been entirely without hope CHINA MINISTER OPTIMISTIC Mr Wu the Chinese Minister continues con-tinues optimistic in spite of the alarming alarm-ing statements which have appealed Such recent communications as he had with the officials of the southern provinces prov-inces lead him to believe that up to avery a-very recent date the lcgalioners were still safe Considerable importance is attached here to the telegraphic announcements that Prince Ching Is leading a counterrevolution counter-revolution against the rebels in Peking The Prince Is the headof the Tsung liYamcn the ChInese Foreign jsuns and the commander of a garrisoned force in the capital His influence is said to be considerable and the fact if the report be confirmed that he has espoused the cause of the Government of the Empress and that the loyal troops are with him It Is said may prevent further murder and pillage by the rebels and in this indirect manner be the means of aiding the foreigners The Prince Is a member of the reform party MOVE TOWARD PEKING Now that the powers are satisfied for Japan1 to supply the major portion of the troops which are to be sent to Peking for the relief of the foreigners the expectation Is that the onward movement of Japanese soldiers to China will soon begin if Indeed It has not already done so Mr Nabshlma the Japanese Charge dAffnlrcs here thinks that this Is probably the case as his dispatch from the Imperial Government Gov-ernment received here several days ago announced that the movement would begin immediately A full corps o men is to he dIspatched which will bring Japans army footing In China up to about 22000 men The part of the army to be sent Is known as the Fifth nnny corps and thirtyfive ships each r more than U500 tons are to be used In the transportation WILL SOON REACH PEKING Mr Nabshima foundly believed that within ten days the relief corps will be in Peking The march to Peking he thinks can be made in three days without great difficulty His opinion is 1 that theallied forces will remain at Taktt and at Then Tsla to guard the I forts and to keep open the line of com t iniininailon and that to tho Japanese I army will bo delegated the duty of J forcing the relief of the foreigners In Peking Of this however he has no i official Information If the allied forceH I were to make the attempt they would want to carry with them ratlqns in 1 J Continuedon Pace 2J I 0 HOPE FOR DIPLOMATS Continued from pace 1 large quantities peculiarly adapted to their mode of living which might embarrass em-barrass them in their progress while the Japanese whose diet consists In I part at least of rice would not be so hampered and could subsist largely on tho country through which they pass For these reasons he Inclines to the opinion that the Japanese will undertake under-take the relief work Nothing came to the Navy department depart-ment today from China that was made public Late tonight a dispatch was received from one of the naval officers but as It was In cipher and did not concern the legations In Peking the decision I de-cision was reached not to make it public pub-lic until tomorrow |