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Show TEKIN STORY TOLD. ATTROCITIE8 COMMITTED BY CHINESE aOVEHNMENT. r.dUH Or lerlnr Hi. )l.-er. I'rem.lcltl hf Hi. rmperor-VWr M.J II. U. eleel bj Hi. I'.e.ri I)r Hrnett Heorge Morrlion, the I'ekln correspondent of the Iondon Times, who haa been besieged with I the foreigner telegraph hla paper I it follow, under date of July 31, which arrived at Tien Tain August 5: the Chinese soldier continue to itrriigthen the barrlende around the letleged are nnd alto batteries on top of the luiierlnl city wall, but firing ha routed since the 16th The main bodies of the Imperial soldiers have loft I'ekln lu order to meet the relief . forces. I llie I sung ll- amen ha forwarded lohlrClail le Mncllonald n copy of a dispatch telegraphed by the emperor lo (Juem Mctorla, attributing all deed of violence to I andltt, aud requesting re-questing her Majesty asaislance to exlrlenle the Chinese government out of thedllllciilly lhe qui en a ri ply la not stated, but the I Men e minister at ivnshlugton telegraph that tlio Unlled Hlnti government wool 1 gla Hy a, list the I hliirae authorities 'I hi dispatch to the queen wa tent to the Isung IM aiiuii by the grand council on July 1, yet thu dnv befure an Imperial edict hn 1 been Issued calling call-ing on the liuxer to continue to render ren-der loyal and pitrlollu services In exterminating the christian 'lhe edict also romniiindid vlceroyt nLiI goviruor lorxptl nil mlstlnnarlrt fron China, nnd to arrest nil chrlttlaiia and coinpi I them to denounce their faith Other decree applauding the lllixers tpenk approvingly of their burulcg out nnd slaying converts Their lea lera nre statu! In a decree lo be prlnoe uu I uiliiUtir lhe fone beeieglug the legation consist con-sist of the Imperial troop under General Gen-eral lung l,u nn I Oeuural lung lull Wang whoio gallantry I applauded In Imperial durce, although It hn conlted In tiombarding for one mouth difeiiselei womin and children cooped up lu the ligation compouud, using shell, slirapticl, round shot and ix-pan'dlug ix-pan'dlug I ullut. The Clilneto throughout, with char- Bcterlslto tnaohery, potted, proclains-Huns proclains-Huns assuring uof protictloii, and the snmo night Ihey made u general attack !ln the hopa of surprising us All tho mlnlsUraaudiucmberaof lho legation and their families are In good I health The general lualtli of the comumnlly I cxiiltuit, and we are contentcdlynwalllngfelfef. As n nsult of Ihl Information war may be dicland against China by Hie power In any event, thu knowledge that tho government ordend lho nut-tacre nut-tacre will make ft great diffireite In ' eximplary damage ussitscd when the I tlmo for tettUiiient arrive 'i he allied forci left Jllen Ttln for Pcklu August .' |