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Show TUAN PUBLISHES OMINOUS EDICT London. July 12, 4 a. m. The Shanghai Shang-hai correspondent of the Express gives the text of a long edict of Prince Tuan, dated June 2i, and addressed to the Chinese ambassadors, which the Ex- I press, declares is identical with the J message from Emperor Kwang Hsu. mentioned by the Shanghai correspondent correspond-ent of the Daily Mail, and with the Ghinese odiet published in Washington. The Express considers that the edict proves that Prince Tuan's party is making no attempt to disguise the fact that the worst that could be an ticipated has happened. The edict contains the following paragraph: para-graph: "The anger of our people knew no bounds. They could not be restrained. The task of guarding the legations, which before was difficult, was made more impossible."' Elsewhere, referring to the desire to protect the legations, still unharmed, it says: "If it is impossible for us to continue j 1 his protection, let it be represented to th powers that we must be held blameless, for the anger of our people grows with the rising of each sun that foes more and yet more foreigners and soldiers (nine to our country to lay waste to it and slay our people." The correspondent says the edict is intended to pave the way for a final lifting of the veil over the recent history his-tory of Pekin. All kinds of stories come from Shanghai Shang-hai which it is impossible to verify. It is stated that the Boxers have murdered mur-dered the chancellor of the Pekin university uni-versity and sixty members of his family fam-ily and retainers. A confidential officer of-ficer of General Yung Lu, disguised as a Boxer, is reported to have crept into Prince Tuan's tent while the prince was sleeping, with the intention of stabbing him. He was caught by the sentries, so the story gos, and decapitated on the spot. His head was sent, with Prince Tuan's compliments, to Yung Lu as a warning to him to beware. The French consul at Shanghai has pews that the Chinese prefect at M'ukden himself murdered the Cath-j Cath-j die Bishop Guilton, in his Yainen. Be- Fids Bishop Guilton, Fathers Corunoet. Corbet. Bourgeois and Vil-ler.ot Vil-ler.ot and two sisters of the French mission mis-sion and numerous native Christians "were massacred. From Canton comes a report of large desertions from the German Chinese J regiment at Kaio Chou and of a riot between German troops and Boxers, many of the latter beinfi- killed. I Both at Shanghai ami Canton apprehension ap-prehension exists that these evidences of a widespread native rebellion indicate indi-cate the necessity for immediate measures meas-ures on the part of the powers. It is slated that Germany intends to Isend to China 10.000 to 15.0i.iii men Avell equipped Avith guns. |