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Mlle. Just learned fm«n Admiral Sey
mour at Tf.n Tsin. fcrelgners there are
hard pressed. REMET.”
Admiral Remey. the commander in chief
of the Unite! States naval forces on the
Atlantic station. having arrived in Chi
ne se waters, is In command over Ad
miral Kenipff. whom he ranks. It is be
lieved that his cablegram this morning
relating to the 'anding of the Ninth in
fantry has last a date line, for it is not
doubted that the troops were landed at
Taku Instead of at Che Foo, as bls mes
sage reads.
ALL FOREIGNERS MURDERED.
Official Message Reaches London.
Says a Newspaper Agency.
London, July 13.—A news agency
says that an official message received
In London states that all the foreign
ers in Pekin were murdered July 6th.
METHODIST MINISTERS SAFE
Father Frederick Brown Cables from
Che Foo.
New York. July L—The Methodist Mis
sionary Society received a telegram to
day from the Rev. Father Frederick
Brown at Che Foo in response to repeated
inquiries by cable. It Is the most cheer
ins news received lately. Mr. Brown ca
bled simply the word "s tfe." followed by
th-- list of names of various missionaries.
Th >se designated, with their stations, are
as follows:
R«-v. Fred Brown. Pekin; Miss Hopkins.
>1.1>.. Tang Shan: R< v. J. N. Pyke. Tien
Tsin: J. V. Martin. Tien Tsin; Rev. J.
F. Hay nor. Tsun Hua; Edward and
George N Lowrey, Pekin; Rev. and Mrs.
Ji. K. King. Pekin, and the Rev. u. W.
Herrtty. Shan Tung. .
Then ar. also named as safe a number
of women s-nt out by the "om.tn s r«»r
etgn Missionary Society of the Methodist
J ; seopal Church. Th- y are Ella E. fflov
e'. IVkin: M.r> K. Shockley. Tien rain.
Miranda Crevcher. Tsun Hua;
fttevens--n. Mb, Tien Tsin; Kachael R.
Benn. M.D.. Tbn Tsin. and Mrs. M. L.
Harrow. Shan Tung._ _
COSSACKS FIGHT THE BOXERS.
Captured Six Krupp Guns and Put the
Enemy to Flight.
Ixmd'n. July it.-The Manty cable dis
patches received todty add nothing to the
knowledge In London of the Chinese sit
uation. It is stated positively from Can- I
t .n that Li Hung Chang alii remain there
until tbr allied troops have detest-d
J*r nee Tuan s force* ard will then S«
Dorth to lend ids powerful aid in arrang- .
Ing urms of peace, co-operating with
l-.in'e Ching. Yung Lu and other pre
fer, .gn vicaoys. For the present Li
Jlur-g Chang ..insiders that he can best
control and dirt t the viceroys fr.ru Can
ton and also k.-*T> in check the turbu.eut
province of Kwang Tung.
All the foreigner* and missionaries have
evacuated Wen Chau and have arrived at
Nltig 10. lause bud.es of hove, s appealed
at W<n Chau and threatened to exter
minate the foreigners and Christian*.
They also dis tributed banners, badges and
tuiiammatury anti-fureigu apix-aiw.
The Tien-Tsin <W .-p. :iuent of Ihe EX-
I-r- >. tel. graphing .inter dale of July Stn.
a-.-rt- that the • bine.-e are daily driving
1 the il.- They have mounud. saj»
the corn -pondent. twelve fresh guns in
t vjiiUd-i'us positions, with which they
ar.- m pug the streets of the foreign
retirement, the incessant lire rendering
n after position quite untenable.
The Daily Mail’s St. Petersburg
correspondent says that in the last
six hours’ battle outside of Tien Tsin
the Cossacks captured six Krupp
guns and killei numbers of fleeing
lexers. The Chinese lest 3,000. in
rinding General Jek.
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WILL BE HARD TO CONQUER
Ex-Snrgeon in Chinese Army Says
Fight Will De a Long One.
Kan i< City. Juhr Dr. L. W Lurch
er who spent several years in China as
* jrtirg- on tn th* C'h'n*se army, and is
f imi’iar with the country and people,
i- quoted as saying that the war In north
• hit.a particularly In the fall and win
ter. will be much more serious. If the
war lasts till then, than Americans gen
erally suppose, from th* tact that win
ters there are much more severe than In
this portb n of the United States. Con
tinuing. Dr. Lus. her says:
Th< s <>t weakn. i« of the f'hinest
armv are that Hey nave no confidence
in each other and that there are no lead
er.-. it- i> who tank high enough to be
officers won’t drill their men. They are
t.-o ..r.-tocratlc. There won’t be i-ig arm
1-.- for the American.- to tight, but hordes
c dis >rcanfied fanatics who ar* not
afr.i d to attempt anything which will
barrass the whites. The Europei.ns can
whin their arml'-s, bin won’t suppress
China. Th-v might be quieted If th«!r
lenders w-re in captlri’y, but starving
them 1* more likely to bring results.
Japan can whip Chluas arrn!.-a, but Its
rabble will be a difficult thing to d.-d
with ”
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Prince Sheng Says All
Foreigners Annihilated
NEW YORK, July 14. —A Shanghai dispatch published
here today says:
“Prince Sheng, the director of telegraphs, has communi
cated a message to the consuls here announcing the murder
of the foreigners in Pekin and laying the blame on the anti
foreign general, Tung Fuh Siang. The message says that
Tung, enraged by the defense made by the British legation,
ordered the heavy guns to fire, demolishing the legation and
setting the ruins aflame. The result was the annihilation of
the foreigners.”
Under date of July 12th the governor of Shan Tung wires
as follows:
“Native soldiers and boxers have been attacking the lega
tions for some hours, but have not yet effected an entrance.
They are now all bombarding with cannon to make a breach
for a heavy onslaught. I fear that all the ministers, and the
government as well, are in great danger. The government is
intensely anxious.”
Finally came the news from Shanghai that a breach had
been made and the foreigners killed. All the dates probably re
fer to a much earlier period, but the presumption is that the
successive dispatches give an outline of what has happened. The
Europeans having reached the end of their resources, made
desperate sortie ami then bravely met their fate. Ihe details
of the horrible story will probably never be known.
DETAILS OF THE HORRIBLE BUTCHERY.
The Shanghai correspondent of The Daily Express, on
the alleged authority of couriers who brought the story, gives a
very sensational account. He says:
“Maddened with hunger, after having been without food
for many days, the members of the legations and the guards
made a sortie on the night of June killed 200 C hinese
in an unexpected attack. General I nng bull Siang, enraged
over the loss of so many men, brought up heavy guns and
Prince Tuan gave the order that every foreigner must be de
stroyed. His words were:
“Destroy every foreign vestige and make China a sealed
book to all western powers.”
“Prince Tuan had previously discovered that Prince Ching
was supplying the foreigners with ammunition. He, therefore,
ordered General Tung Full Siang to fire on Prince Ching’s
troops, and it is reported that Ching was killed or seriously
wounded.
“In the final attempt to cut their way through, the lega
, tioners formed a square, with the women and children in the
center.
“When the boxers realized that they were being attacked
they became like wild beasts and shot each other with revolv
ers. Heavy guns bombarded all night until the buildings were
demolished and in Hames. Many foreigners were roasted in the
ruins. The boxers rushed upon them and hacked and stabbed
both dead and wounded, cutting off their heads and carrying
these through the streets on their rifles, shouting fiercely.
They then attacked the native C hristian quarters, massacred
all who refused to join them, outraged the women and brained
the children. Hundreds of mission buildings were burned.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACRE.
I.on<lon. July 15—The Shanghai corrospon.lent of tho Dally Mall nays:
•’I can 1. •rt |»osltlveljr that th* Chinore authorities had the dreadful news
from Pekin n w*ek ako. and that Shens knew all tho foreigners In Pekin
were d*ad when he asked the American consul to cable Washington a pro
posal to deliver the foreigner* In «afety at Tien Tsin on condition that the
glDea woaM w ;••»>! th- ir r.t»s-n.i to the aottli of pakta."
The correspondent adds certain details of affairs at Pekin after June ZSth.
Accordlne to hla story, the member* of the legation made dally sorties by night
and FO successfully as to compel Chinese to retreat from tho Immediate
vicinity. These reverses had a disheartening effect upon the Chinese and there
began to tie open signs of disaffection, followed by desertions to Prince
Ching's army, which was endeavoring to co-operate with tho besieged. Ulti
mately Prince Tuan decided to make a night attack In three powerful columns.
•’At « o‘clock in the evening of July <th.” says tho correspondents, •‘fire
was opened with artillery upon the British legation, where tho foreigners were
concentrated. For two hours the walls were battered with shells and shot and
huge breaches were made In them. Then again an advance was ordered, the
Chinese Infantry volleying constantly, moved toward the gaps. The tiro of the
defenders, however, was so accurate and steady that herds of Chinese soldiers
and boxers brok* and fled In the wildest confusion, leaving large numbers of
dead and wounded around the legation. They could not be rallied until thej
were out of the rifle range of the foreigners.
"Thm ITtnce Tuan, making a desperate appeal. Induced them to stand and
return to the attack. Artillery fire was then resumed and at tho middle watch
a second attack was attempted. But before the attackers could accomplish their
object they w< ro met by Prince Ching and General Wang Wen Shao with their
troops, whow< re going to the aid of tho foreigners. A desperate battle en
sued between tho various forces of Chinese and Manchus.
'•Unfortunate, many of Prince Ching’s troops deserted to Prince Tuan.
ITlnco Ching fell and was supposed to have been killed, but as the search for
his body was unsuccessful. It Is now believed ho was only wounded and was
carried off and secreted by his faithful retainers.
••G- n< r.il Wang Wen Shao, although gray-halred nnd seventy years old.
valiantly bd hla troops in person. H« was killed and his force, which wa*
completely outnumbered, was routed.
-Throughout the night rep-ated attacks were made on the legations, but
thes-» were Invariably repulsed with heavy losses. Toward tho end of tho third
watch, about 5 a. m.. the allies had practically defeated the besieger*, who
w-re wav ring and gradually deserting. Just then General Tung Fuh Slang
arrived from the vUnlty of Tien Tain with a large force of Kan Su braves,
Bv this tim* the walla of the legation had be.-n battered down and most of the
building:, were in ruins. Many of the allies had fallen at their posts and
th<- -'mall band that Was left took refuge In the wrecked buildings which they
endeavored hastily to* fortify.
“Upon them the flre of the Chlne.-e artillery was now directed. Toward
sunrise it W.is evident that the ammunition of th* allies were running out, ami
at 7 o’clock, ns the advance of the Chines* in force failed to draw a response,
a rush wa* determined on.
••Thus standing together as the sun rose, the little remaining bond,
all Europeans, met death stubbornly. There was a desperate hand
to-hand encounter. The Chinese lost heavily, but as one man fell
others advanced, and finally, overcome by overwhelming odds, every
one of the Europeans remaining was put to the sword in the most
atrocious manner.”
LONDON PAPERS ON THE OUTRAGE.
The morning i»per« are unanimous In believing that the foreigners have
. 1 in ealltaff for rrtrttarttaa. Tka Dally Chroatelo comments
upgi in- -’atement of its Washington correspondent that the United States
government will not consider itself at war with China, and says:
••If the Americans are resolved to accept an apology and indemnity for Mr.
Conger’s murder, they may as well take the consolation without moving anoth.
er man or gun. Emperor William can scarcely take the Washington view, for
he has pledged himself to retribution and h«, Is a man of his word.”
The Dally Telegraph. The Times and other papers applaud Lord Salis
bury's p<>lf< yof employing Japan ae the only policy that might have
saved th* foreigners. .
The Daily Telegraph declares that a terrible responsibility rests upon those
who delayed Japanese action.
The Times publishes a letter from Its Pekin correspondent dated June 10th,
which contains an assertion seemingly made on good authority that the empress
dowager has decided that every foreigner was to be massacred that night.
NEN CHEY FOREIGN COLONY SAFE.
LONDON, July 15. —The only news from China last night
was the following issued at midnight.
The foreign office has received information fiom the con
sul general at Shanghai that the whole foreign community
from Nen Chey has been safely landed at Shanghai.
As no mention is made of the alleged statement of Sheng,
the director of railways and telegraphs of China, to consuls at
Shanghai, announcing the murder, of foreigners in Pekin, it is
presumed that this story, crediting Sheng with these asser
tions. and announcing that he blamed Prince Tuan for the at
tack on the legations, is one of the many inventions emanating
from Shanghai.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JULY 16, 1900,
ARTILLERY DUEL WITH BOXERS
British and American Allies Fail To
Take a Gun.
Tien Tain, July 6, via Shanghai. July
14.—(Copyright, 1900, by the z\ssoclnt<d
Press.)—At noon today the British ■ and
American allies unsuccessfully attempted
to capture a Chinese flfteen-poun-ler
mounted last night, which was on the ad
vanced position of the allies. From 2 to
4 o'clock In the morning an artillery duel
of eleven guns took place, the Chinese
shelling the battlements from the native
city. The British and Japanese guns
shelled tho forts from tho viceroy's and
the yomen’s city gates. ’.Che practice was
good, the British silencing two of the guns
of the Chinese. The lire of the enemy
burned one of Mackenzie’s wool godown
warehouses. The loss is over 'O'J.Wi taels.
It is estimated that over MX) shells fell
in the settlement, wrecking practically
many of the buildings. Undoubtedly spies
e.re int'ormlng the enemy of the condi
tion of the troops and of the situation in
the quart >rs of the allies, and especially
after u bombardment has taken place.
The Chinese trained eno naval gun <>p the
allies. .Efforts were made to capture a
silenced gun and a tremendous lire was
encountered. Today’s casualties were as
loLows;
Killed—Two olue Ja ikets and two mem
bers of one of the Chinese regiments.
Wounded—Three otlicers, two marines
end five members of the Chinese regi
ment.
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MISSIONARY TELLS STORY.
‘•Matters Grow Darker and Darker
All Around Us,” She Writes.
New York, July y.—Miss Jennie Evans,
for twenty-live years a missionary for
tho I’resbj tcriun church in China, w rites
to her sister, Mrs. IL S. P. Webster, of
Brooklyn, from Tung Chow, May kVtii,
Join and Bist, in part as lodows:
"Matters grow darker and darker all
al»out us. Vot'd coin»s today that one o£
tile railroad depots just out of Pekin (i-.e
Pekin teinnnl for the roads are rut al
lo wed inside tile clly> was burned yester
day by tnu boxers, aiiei the other is to be
bunted touuy. Cars are nut running from
Tien Tsui to Pek.u or I’au Ting Fu to
I’elun, and so there are no mails. Uno of
the Methodist outstations had three
houses destroyed and nine persons killed,
we hear, lan.uoii missions suneied at one
of their outstations. At the railroad sta
tion we hear of no fure.gner being killed.
A Frenchman got into f'ekln with a kniie
cut In the back of th) nek. Foreign
soldiers are bems sent tor. but what can
they du when inis tiling lias spread all
over the north? We U" not know when
our turn may come. We can hardly ex
pect our co-iege will escape; certainly nut
if we leave, and even If we wished to go,
where could we go. or. now the cars have
stopped, huw get away? The old way by
boat would be very dangerous. No. we
must stay und pray God I" keep us. Some
of the gontleinen have gone into the city
to have uUr highest olli lais send a guard
of soldiers for noth our places inside and
outside the city.
"May 30th. -Such an anxious day as this
lias been, and yet nothing has come. Tne
promised soldiers du not cuine—a few wlio
did nut look ilk. soldiers - am- , bin w.th
out guns. Now we nnd the 'lao I'ai has
not ■ -•■ we rely atone upon God. J
after breakfast a number of us thought
to walk into the city io utlfc id a prayer
meeting, when tile report came that the
<-ity was lull of box rs. and that they
were coining cut to loot our premises.
"One of Hie worst anti-foreign com
mand'rs has his troop? stationed irom the
city gate out to the railroad station. The
soldiers say they are noi going to tight
boxers, but prevent any foreign soldier.*
from entering tho city. 1 guess it is
pretty ev. lent that th- en.press dowager
is at the bottom of this.
“May 31st.—All quiet during the night,
nnd today we hear fewer rumors th.m we
did yc-sterdt y. A letter from our minister
this noon comforts us. If necessary, when
the fifty marines get to Pekin, he will
try to send us a f--w- eo»s lot certainly
promise, but he says he will send down
to the gunbt at ami see it he can get us
some gum—says he has not so much as i
pistol at tho legation— not being as well
off as we are here, vno ilung the boxers
wish to do is to d<> away vith everything
foreign, nnd so they have gone hack to
their old arms, a gun t arried by two men
"Th- r<- are no new startling reports
from Pekin toiTiy. Jfr. Cur.gcr advises us
to press our Tao Tai, and if he does not
•end help, send w rd, and he will report
at high court in Pekin—he wants to nelp
us all he can.”
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Governor of Moukden Orders All
Russians To Leave.
St. Petersburg. July 13.—The latest offi
cial advices here regarding tho spread of
tho revolutionary movements in Manchu
ria, add but little material information.
On June 24th an edict of the emperor of
China was intercepted, ordering tho Chi
nese troops to unite with the box 4 rs.
Subsequently the governor of Muukd-n
Informed the chief engineers that the rail
road Uno must be handed over to the
Chinese and that all Russians must per
manently leave Manchuria. Tho engineers?
protest and urging that the government
ask for tho assistance of the Hussions at
Port Arthur to annihilate the boxers did
not avail, and the Chinese troops con
tinued to mass until the rising culmi
nated in tho murders and attack on the
railroad towns already reported.
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THINK CONGER IS A VICTIM.
Distressing Rumors Are Circulated
in Washington.
Washington. July 13.—Distressing ru
mors concerning the fat* of foreigners
In Pekin have been In circulation here
today. At the state department tho only
official Information received was a brief
dispatch from Consul General Goodnow.
of Shanghai, stating that the governor
of Shang Tung wires that tho boxers and
soldiers were bombarding the legations
for a final attack upon the 7th of July.
He Is extremely anxious for tho safety
of th* ministers and our Chinese friends
In Pekin. The consul adds that fears of
tho worst are generally entertained. This
dispatch coupled with Information from
London that all the Europeans In Pekin
Were massacred July Cth. had a very de
pressing effect here. Department officials
have long suspected that the various
reports emanating from Shatigha.l, In
each case from a Chinese source, have
been preparing the way for the formal
announcement of the extermination of ths
foreign ministers and all the hapless peo
ple who were cooped up in Pekin.
The greatest anxiety prevails In diplo
matic circles concerning the latest re
port. and the representatives of China,
Japan, Russia and France were at the
state department today seeking informa
tion. They were shown the dispatch of
Consul Goodnow, which was not eileour
aging.
Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio, ar
rived here today from home on his way
to New York to take a brief trip to
Europe. He says while the prelimlna
Ties of the coming campaign are being
arranged, he proposes to take an ocean
voyage to rest up, preparatory to er
gaging actively In tho approaching con
test. He realized a snug sum from his ,
journalistic and literary work during the
Philadelphia convention and he proposes
to spend It in a much-needed sea trip.
He might have continued his journalis
tic labors at Kansas City at the rate of
SIOO per day, but ho declined the proposi
tion. He will be absent a month und
Chinese Minister Asked
For News from Conger
WASHINGTON, July 13—The Chinese minister. Mr. Wu,
has undertaken to get through a cipher message from ec
retary Hay to United States Minister Conger, at Pekin,
and to deliver back the reply of Minister Conger, if he be
alive. Mr. Wu forwarded the cipher dispatch, together with an
extended explanatory message of his own, W ednesday, and the
results are now being eagerly awaited, both by Secretary Hay
and the Chinese minister,although it is appreciated that some
days must elapse before runners can carry out this plan of
opening up communication between the American government
at Washington and the American minister at Pekin.
It was soon after Minister Wu presented the text of the
edict issued by the Chinese imperial government that Mr. Hay
requested him to get through a message to Minister Conger.
Since the Chinese government had succeeded in getting through
its own communication from Pekin, Mr. Hay felt that it was
quite reasonable to ask that like communication be opened be
tween our minister and the government here. Mr. XV u readily
assented to this proposition. Mr. Hay thereupon wrote the
message and had it translated into the official cipher of the state
department. The contents were not made known to Minister
Wu, but in its unintelligible cipher form it was entrusted to
him to be placed in the hands of Minister Conger at the earliest
possible moment. Mr. Wu determined to act through the me
dium of an influential imperial official at Shanghai, who by rea
son of his position is better able than any one else in China to
execute such a mission. Besides forwarding the message to Mr.
Conger, Mr. Wu sent to the Chinese official a detailed and urg
ent explanatory message, setting forth the imperative import
ance of performing this service for the American government.
The official was urged to spare no effort or expense in forward
ing the message by carriers, runners or any other means, into
the hands of Minister Conger, and to use like means in getting
back the answer to the American government. Two days hav€i
elapsed since the message to Mr. Conger went forward, and it
is confidently believed that it is now on its way from Shanghai
to Pekin.
MINISTER WU GETS AN ANSWER.
WASHINGTON, July 15. —Such news as came to Wash
ington today from China was distinctly bad. It consisted of a
cablegram to Minister Wu, from Sheng, the imperial director
of posts and telegraphs at Shanghai, and, according to the min
ister, was in reply to the urgent message he himself had sent
yesterday to that official asking him to try to secure some news
from the Chinese capital. This cablegram Mr. Wu regarded as
of sufficient importance to carry in person to Secretary Hay,
who was waiting at his home for news.
The message as resolved from the cipher was as follows:
“Pekin news of July 7th says that General Tuan Fuh Si
ang, in disobedience of imperial orders, was about to use guns.
Legations and the government will be in peril.”
This news is corroborative of that contained in a recent ca
blegram from Consul General Goodnow, at Shanghai, although
the consul general’s dispatch gave his Pekin news the date of
the 6th, saying that the final attack upon the legations with guns
was about to begin on the "th of July. It is surmised here
that Mr. Goodnow got hip news fropi. Sheng, who is certainly
in position to secure the first news from Pekin. Aside from
the gloomy forecast given of the end of the terrible struggle of
the legationers against the inevitable, the significant feature of
the message is the coupling of the fate of the imperial govern
ment with that of the foreign ministers. Officials here derive some
satisfaction from this position of the dispatch, as it sustains
them in the position they have held from the first, that the Chi
nese government is not at war with Christendom, but is con
fronting a formidable insurrection.
There still remains a suspicion that, while Mr. Wu is un
doubtedly acting with sincerity, Sheng, who is represent
ed to be a clever and adroit man, may know more of the actual
happenings at Pekin that he is willing to reveal at once. It
is feared that he is trying to prepare the way for the disclosure
of terrible news, hoping that by letting it come out gradually
the blow will not fall with such severity and, perhaps, with
such disastrous result to his own people as might be the cause
if the whole sad story were imparted to the world at once. This
news, it may be noted, comes entirely from Chinese sources.
NOTHING FROM CONGER IN A HONTH.
It is now twentv-one days since a word has come directly
from any of the unfortunates besieged in the legations at Pe
kin. The last message from there was from Sir Robert Hart,
the Englishman in charge of the Chinese customs service, and
it was of undoubted authenticity. It represented the situation
of the legationers as desperate and implored help.
The last word from Minister Conger came to the state de
partment from Pekin under date of June 12th. At that time
he asked that Seymour’s international relief column, which
was even then doomed to fail, should signal its approach when
near Pekin. That was just one month and three days ago,
and it would be an unprecedented defence for such an inade
quate and ill-fitted and provisioned force as was at the com
mand of the foreign ministers to hold out for that length of
time.
Minister Wu’s cablegram from Sheng, above given, should
not be taken as an answer to the cipher message he forwarded
at Secretary Hay’s request to China in the effort to get it
through to Minister Conger. That message went to Yonan
Shih Kai, the governor of the province of Sna Tun. That offi
cial has replied informally that he has no news himself, but it is
assumed that he will take prompt steps to forward the cipher
message. His status at this critical juncture is
not beyond suspicion, though Mr. Wu retains full confidence in
him.
when ho returns he expects to have his
prediction faculties In good working or
der for McKinley.
General Grosvenor says the political
outlook is not causing him as much con
cern as the terrible conditions existing In
China. His long personal association
with Minister Conger and the dread that
the latter has m<-t an untimely end at
iiarbarou.s hands, is forced upon him by
the got’tllctlng and unsatisfactory reports
coining from the far cast.
“I apprehend.” said General Grosve
nor, ’’that Minister Conger and all the
foreigners in I’ekln have been put to
Blaok
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death bv this time. I cannot convince
myself that American Ingenuity, com
bined with that of the representatives of
the foreign powers, would fall to Invent
some means of communication with the
outside world during this long period of
silence, if any of them were alive. Neces
sity is the mother of invention and I can
not help believing that our representa
tives ami their allies, if alive, would have
found some means of getting word to us
at home. In my judgment, this Chinese
question is more terrible to contemplate
than any other question we have to deal
with. Os course, it can cut no figure in
the coming political campaign except that
it will continue to overshadow in the pub
lic interest any subject that mav be sug
gested by either of the political parties
Even now tidings from China are being
d scussed throughout the land to the ex
clusion of all other topics and the news
paie-rs are relegating national politics
to the back pages to give the right of
wiv to Chinese news.
. *2- ,hls 1
Grosvenor that a striking and
startling contrast might be drawn be
tween the present personal surroundings
of Mr. < “tiger, our minister to the
United States. The Chinese minister is
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