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Show SUFFERING BEFORE THE MASSACRE London, July '4. Chinese reports describe de-scribe the condition of the British legation lega-tion before the massacre as something awful. It is said that rooms of the legation le-gation were filled with sick and wounded, wound-ed, the killed lying unburied in heaps. It is believed that many members and officers of the Tsung Li Yamen perished per-ished when the German guard, maddened mad-dened by the murder of Baron ven Ketteler, the German minister, set fire to the buildings. That the foreigners at the Chinese capital have been abandoned aban-doned to their horrible fate seems no longer open to doubt in the light of the message received by the Associated Press from Taku this morning announcing an-nouncing the decision of the admirals regarding the hopelessness of further attempts to relieve Pekin under the circumstances. cir-cumstances. ) The same message foreshadow the evacuation of Tien Tsin by the international inter-national forces, pending the arrival of a fully equipped, army, and. while the arrival of a comparatively small garrison garri-son at Tien Tsin at a point under the protection of the naval guards would relieve much of the anxiety, it is felt here, that a retreat of . the troops is lia- ble to set aflame the provinces at pres- I ent quiescent. ! Advices from Shanghai today say i that there is Continued fighting at Tin Tsin. while the German consul at Che Foo telegraphs to Berlin confirming the report of the renewal of hostilities. He says the foreign settlement at Tien Tsin is again surrounded and i3 being bombarded, and that the women and children are to be removed, lis adds that the Chinese troops have again advanced against- the road and that the bridges have been destroyed, but that communication by water has been maintained. , The telegram from Taku confirms the report that the mission buildings at Moukden have been burned and that many native Christians have been killed. I |