Show WHERE is THE DiPLOMAT Italian Minister Saidto Have I S Left Peking STORY APPEARS INCREDIBLE I I Official Dispatches Have Been Received I Re-ceived However in Rome fromjfcho Envoy Asserting that Ho Left tho Chinese Capital OR July 31st Presumably Pre-sumably for Tien Tsin If True it Opens Up an Interesting Field for Speculation Concerning Fate of Italys Representative S London Aug 9 4 I a m Beyond the official dispatches given out yesterday morning the papers contain no Information In-formation of Importance from China Thanks to the dispatches of Sir Claude MacDonald and RearAdmiral Bruce there Is a general disposition to take amore a-more hopeful view of the situation The report of the appointment of Field Marshal Mar-shal Count von Waldersee as com manderlnchlef of the International forces meets with general approval I The Rome correspondent of the Dally Mail announces the reception there of I official dispatches from the Italian Minister Min-ister In Peking asserting that he left I Peking on July 31st presumably for Tien Tsln This however is so utterly at variance with the action and intentions inten-tions of the other Ministers heard from I that It seems almost Incredible If true I It opens up an Interesting field of speculation concerning the fate of the Italian representative S WHAT EDICT SAYS The text of the edict of August 2nd authorizing the escort of the Ministers from Peking to Tien Tsln given out at the Chinese legation says In part In view of the existence of hostilities between be-tween certain Chinese rebels and foreign for-eign powers caused by the anti Christian feelings of the Chinese people we have afforded reasonable protection to the foreign representatives in Peking Pe-king and tho TsungJlYamcn has sent to the legations letters of Inquiry and proposals for their safe conveyance under un-der escort to Tien Tsln in order to avoid apprehension of further attack from rebels before the complete restoration re-storation of peace and order in the capital We have now on the advice of LI Hung Chang and Liu Kim YI authorized author-ized Yung Liu to escort them to Tien Tsin I there be any rebels en route trying to endanger the safety of he party the officials have authority to desti oy the rebels at once The Chinese legation believes that the members of the foreign legations i have not yet left Peking but that they will do so and declares that the edict would 1 not have been Issued had not the forolgn Ministers signified n willingness to accept the escort I OBJECTS TO LANDING TROOPS The Shanghai correspondent of the Duly News wiring yesterday says United States Consul Goodnow strongly oppose Admiral Seymours Intention to land 3000 troops on the ground that such would not be warranted war-ranted by the circumstances and would be likely to create trouble M Bezaurc the French Consul agrees to the arrangement ar-rangement but says that if the British land forces the French wfll do likewise The Austrians will also land men My personal opinion is that the landing of troops here at the present moment would be a grave mistake I YELLOW JOURNALISM I The Daily Chronicle commenting upon American criticism of the character charac-ter of the Chinese news printed in some London dailies admits that the charges are only too true and the practice prac-tice of certain papers in this respect is opposed to the best traditions British journals I joins the American protest agalqst trashy sensationalism I I Almost all the news in this mornings papers upon which credence Is placed cones either from Washington or direct from British officials SITUATION IN PEKING In the House of Commons today Mr Bro ericli Parliamentary Secretary for the Foreign office read a telegram from Sir Claude MacDonald British Minister to China received In cipher at the Foreign ofJiCe this morning The dispatch was In reply to a Government me Sacro and bore date of Peking August 3rd I was as follows MAC DONALDS DISPATCH I have today received your cipher telegram forwarded to me by the Chinese Chi-nese Minister The shell and cannon fire craned on Tuly ICth but the rifle fire has continued from the Chinese positions held by Government troops and Boxers Intermittently ever since The casualties since then have been slight Except ono private of marines all the wounded arc doing well JThe rest of the British In the legationare well including the whole garrison CASUALTIES IN LEGATION The total of killed Is sixty and of wounded 110 Ve have strengthened our fortifications We have over 200 women and children refugees In the legation The Chinese Government has refused transmission to telegrams in cipher until now CHINESE RETREATING S Mr Broderick also read the following dispatch from Admiral Bruce filed at Che Foo August 6th ThC allies aboit 12000 strong attacked at-tacked the Chinese Intrenched at Hslkq about two miles outside Tien Tsin early this morning The Chinese wore driven out and retired northward north-ward pursued by I the allies who occupied oc-cupied Pel iTsang Transports followed up the troops By road and river the advance upon Pelting had begun POLICY OF GREAT BRITAIN Mr Broderick said he thought the messages were on the whole satisfactory satisfac-tory The country understood the policy of her Majestys Government in regard to Ciiina was to carry on with absolute firmness and determination lime measures taken to preserve the countrys interest TWO POWERS LEFT OUT Thosi dispatches made the outlook rather more cheerful today than since Admiral Seymours unsuccessful expedition expe-dition The Russians hard lighting on the Siberian frontier the difficulties of their position on the LI Tung peninsula penin-sula and the prospect of a revolt against France In IndoChina will probably prevent either of those powers pow-ers furnishing reinforcements to tho allies operating against Peking HenCe the United State Great Britain Germany Ger-many and Japan will havc to carry outs the military programme without anymore any-more troops from Russia or France |