Show MISSIONARIES AND OTHER fOREIGNERS ARE R REPORTED MASSACRED IN PROVINCE 2 EI EKIN IN Nov o 21 Chinese Chinese officials confirm con enn- firm finn the report that a massacre of foreigners for for- eigners a as aB well an ai ha has occurred t t Stan Sian Fu The legation believe believe- that the report will prove true T There r are arP areil il forty foreigner In Stan Rian Ku Iti lI and many and many missionaries mis In the smaller S Si Shen-Si en 51 towns Up p tt to the present only C Chinese h I nelle reports t II lt have bave been received regarding t the the the-mas- e acre e era There h hits has been leen no n telegraphic or f 1 po postal al communication with Sian Fu for tor or orr r- r fF mo nots than three weeks r. r v Monday the Swedish missionaries L Sandberg r and d arrived r i here from o Tien Tsin sf f They said d a tele- tele bad been received from Slun Sian Ku Jou 1 before before- their departure from southern Si Shen-Si announcing the murder of or Mrs K Beckman ec a schoolmistress I and five for for- I ejen fr 1 Many any Chinese girls girlS' in s who were mistaken for WV V because of ot their bl big fc feet t were also ro- ro F 1 to have been murdered A Gerlat Ger- Ger lat a iW ii Philip Manners Manne who ho was wall in the lill postal postal Ie service was wa anong others fOffi si S Si Shen-Si Si 1 Strongly Anti f Sandberg and Erickson say flay a a. magistrate t in l their t own n town or- or I fi lie th ferett them each h to leave the Si Shen-Si probably is the most antl- antl 1 r province in China proper not n having received a lesson at the hands of or foreign fOr ign troops in 1900 r lo aO p. p Highwaymen or in Nan Ho-Nan attacked and 1 robbed a party of fugitive s missionaries s r Jea Y J th 5 g one of them Nowhere else e apI apparently ap- ap I l have foreigners been attacked the rebels everywhere e giving them proS pro- pro S but It Is feared that lawlessness must mist Increase The Pekin government Is 15 powerless beyond Nan Ho-Nan and Chi The th legations n have tet taken rr no action as i i I 55 vv y ye yet but they have a the reported killing of it iy foreigners under consideration Without S. S i jj AfI a strong l invading force however nothing I can be accomplished beyond e the reach of fh mt s re reth th JA the n gunboats Most t of the legu- legu j advised their people in the interior gj to escape three weeks ago Man Many dis- dis SV if obeyed Ye believing they were In no danger I 5 Some of the women and children childen werd sent to the coast Tight Fight Advised F v z Advices from King Chun say lIay that the theS S consuls long ago advised the Ule departure h of ot foreigners ners and that more more thana bunS hundred hun hun- S dred left Jett Chun Many Jany remained but not a 8 single foreigner up to the time e i the the advices were dispatched had been killed in hi the province of or Sze Chuen Tie The disagreement e between t the national S f S 'S assembly assembly- and Premier I tY Yuan fell hi Nat Kai nf Is IsE E becoming o stronger The CI CIP P premier hl has riot not riotS se S 5 yet visited the assembly and his loyalty a ai i f. f S and nd b belief lIer in the ultimate success of the c monarchy is now considered undoubted t. t He se seems ms to believe that he Is responsible responsIble- to the throne tone alone alon S. S The American consul at Roger RogerS S S. Green telegraphs that the revolutionary revolution revolution- S S ary foreign office l e has notified the con cone pl 11 that fourteen provinces ln will be er represented In the Wu Chang national assem- assem 1 ii bl bly which will III meet within a fortnight and Shanghai Shan n rUal tai republican is u also i an summoning capitals rr are delegates develop develop- t In ing Consul ConuI Green also aillO says nay tho rebels In Chang Wu-Chang assure the payment of the h In Indemnities Indemnities In- In m a and the fl debts contracted rr e prior r to the proclamation o the republic Bankers to ta Select The diplomatic corps hR has decided to re refer refer reo re- fer to the foreign banker bankers the selection of ofa a R. commission for tor the taking over of or the Customs o revenues which which- Inspector 8 General General Gen Gen- eral Aglen I 1 Is reserving Ji l in th the toFo foreign tl banks to meet the he payments Inspector General Aglen glen reports that even th the hang Chang Shu Situ rebels who formerly opposed d him now agree to his retention retention- of the revenues re Pekin awaits aalt the result of or the Impending impending impend Impend- ing bat tt life o of I Thousands of arg Chinese n now neutral e r will il d declare for u the winning side when news of ot the outcome of or the clash between the and rebels reach the capital Meantime this city is quiet The national a assembly has a decided e to m memorialize rl t nt the e ea throne for the adoption I of the western calendar calendar and and the cutting oft oft-of the queue lg th tho l northernmost Province provInce province ince of ot Manchuria has lies declared its IndependEnce inde Inde- The governor has been elected president POWERS WILL ACT IN CONCERT IN CHINA WAShINGTON No Nov 21 Reiterated I. rumors that Japan or or some f other troops s nation In China has S 0 or landed is mobilizing large forces soldiers of for that purpose has failed tailed to create even een a a. ripple of or excitement in the state de department Some weeks kS ago go the he department sounded sound sund- ed ad the foreign offices of the time countries chiefly Interested in China as to what should be done in in- ina a military way to tort rt meet tion t the The e developments result rp of er the 1 inquiry of U the e was Ol not t. t made public but It was of or such a character character character char char- acter- acter that the officials here heredo do not ex expect expect ex- ex that such reports of or independent action without consultation among the powers are at all likely to prove au- au then tic S. S Although no such Statement is made officially it itis Is the belief belief- here belief here that the explanation of or the delay In the dispatch of military expeditions from Manila to China on the transport Sherman Is to tobe tobe tobe be found in the existence of or this understanding understanding understanding under under- standing between the powers that will prevent any of r them from assuming a preponderating je Wn p position m n ff in China h Taking the ground that Minister Calhoun Calhoun Calhoun Cal- Cal houn at is In much better position position tion Uon than anyone In Washington to look after the safety of Americans in China the state department has not Instructed him to order all aU of ot these Americans Inthe in inthe inthe the interior to proceed to the treaty ports but has left lert him to deal with the situation as circumstances require There has hal been no confirmation of the reported killing of missionaries in Shen- Shen Si province and such an event would certainly have beep reported by Mr Calhoun Calhoun Cal- Cal houn lioun if it within his Ws knowledge The state department regarding Yuan Shi KaI Kal al as the person now responsible for the steps bel being g taken to improve ve conditions conditions conditions con con- in China is watching with the greatest care his attitude toward for ox to make sure that he Is doing everything possible to avert danger danger- to their lives Jives and property That the the- imperial government Is now practically in control of but two o oIs provinces rov- rov f iI H inces of all China China Chill Chill and Ho Nan Nanis nis n- n is the substance of a a. dispatch received at the department today Also it appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap that the commissioners appointed by Yuan Shi Kal Hal to o arrange terms with the revolutionists revolutionists-at at Chang Wu-Chang have not have not succeeded in in- their purpose and while they were aw a further conference the imperial army was attacked from tho the rear by the xe ol revolutionary forces which crossed the river from Wu- Wu Chang to the consul general general gen gen- eral at at- 1 Hanko this revolutionary r at- at lack but two wb w wr r rettel b. b 1 cruisers and one torpedo bo boat cama cameto tile rebels rebels' assistance assistance assist assist- ance and Ond thE batteries protecting the r rear ar of the imperial army The revolutionary foreign office claims that ec n se provinces are now represented rep rep- resented at the temporary capital located i a at Wu Chang and arid and that fourteen It cs will be represented withIn a tort tort-I I |