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Show UTTLEIIOPE LEFT No definite News as Yet irorn Pekin. Washington, July 24. The following cablegram has been received re-ceived at the navy department: depart-ment: Che Foo. July 24. Navigation Bureau, Washington. Written Message, signed Conger, dated July 4tb, received Tien Tsin. 21st, savs: "Been besieged two weeks. form movement have conferred with the allied forces, one of the bigest in che history of mankind will burst forth. There will be 1,000,000 young Chinamen who have had a taste of weetern civili- ' zation welded with the powers of Europe, America and Japan, against the untutoied hosts of the empress dowager. London, July 27. The Shanghai Shang-hai corespondent of the Daily Telegraph, telegraphing yesterday, says : "Li Hung Chang now states that some members of the legations lega-tions have already left Pekin, and may be expected ehortly He is becoming angry at the skepticism of the! consuls. British legation. Grave danger general massacre by Chinese sold-iern, sold-iern, who are shelling legation daily. Belief soon, if at all. City without government rxcep by Chinese army. Determined massacre all foreigners in Pekin. Kntry relief forces into city probably prob-ably hotly contested." The message comes from Capt. Charles M. Thomas, commander of the Brdoklin. The general concensus of tbe best informed opinions of Europe seems to continue to favor tbe acceptance ot tbe worst news &nd prompt action thereon, tbe contention beins that tbe only po3Sibility of definitely ascertaining as-certaining tbe truth is by tbe allied commanders inquiring at Peking, 'judging from the news from Tien TsiD, however, recording divisions amoDg the admirals tbere( tbe prospect pros-pect for a speedy advance seems to be endangered unless tbe governments govern-ments speedily, asree upon a supreme leader. Telegr3m3 from Shanghai report that Li Hung Chang , baa taken up his abode at the arsenal as a measure of piecaulion. It. is doc stated whether he feared attack by Cbineee or attempts of tbe powers to curtail his liberties. Apparenl'y.tbe foreign Consuls at Shanghai have informed ihe viceroy that unless he obtained definite dispatches from Peking within five days, tbey would conclude con-clude tbe ministers had been murdered mur-dered aiid act accordingly. Honolulu, July 20. Lesng Chi-Tso, Chi-Tso, the Chinese reformer, under his Japanese name of Kasbima-bala, Kasbima-bala, left July 17 on the steamship Nippon Maru for Yokohoma, accompanied ac-companied by Sun Cheong of this city. The reformer received three cable messages which had been snt from the orient to San Francisco Fran-cisco and forwarded here by the Nippon Maru. They urged him to come at once. It is now asserted by reliable Chinese authority that as 60on as Leang Chi-'i'so arrives in the Orient, and the leaders of the re- |
