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WEEKLY flar 1 VOL. X THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1900. NO. 50 EMPEROR APPEALS TO MCKINLEY A-k' President to Take Initiative With the Powers Our Position is Ex plained. Washington, July 24. The corre spondence between the president of the United States and the emperor ol China was made public by the state- department toJay : Translation of a cablegram received by Minister Wu, July 20, 1900, from the TaoTai of Shanghai, dated July 19, 1900: Have received a telegram from Gov ernor Yuan, of Shan Tung;, Mated 23d day of this raoon, July 19), who having received from the Privy corncil (at Pekin) a dispatch embodying an Im perial letter to the president of the United States, has instructed me to transmit it to your excellency. The im perial message is reepectfully trans mitted, as follows: The Emperor of China, to Ilia Excel lency, the Preeident of the United States Greeting: China bag long maintained friendly relations with the United States and is deeply conscious that the object of the United States is international commerce. Neither countr entertains the leaBt suspicion or distrns towards the other, Recent outbreak of mutual antipathy between the people and Christian mis lions caused the foreign powers to view with suspicion the position of the im perial government toward the missions with the result that the Taku forts were attacked and captured. Consequently there bas been clashing of forces with calamitous coneeqnences. The situation has become more and more serious and critical. We have Just receivad a tele graphic memorial from our envoy, Wu Ting Fang, and it it highly gratifying to ue to learn that the United States govern ment, having in view the friendly re lations between the two countries, has taken a deep interest in the present situation Now, China, driven by the irresistible course of events, lias unfortunately in curred well-nigh universal indignation For settling the present difficulty, China places special reliance In the United States. We address this message to your excellency in all sincerity and candid ness, witn the hope that your excellency will devise measures and take the initia tive In bringing about a concert of the powers for the restoration of order and pence. The favor of a kind reply is earn estly requested and awaited with the greatest anxiety. Kuang lieu, 26th year, sixth moon. 23d day (July 19.) It is, therefore, my duty to transmit the above with the request, that your excellency in respectful obedience of im perial wishes, will deliver the same to its hi.il) destination and favor me with a reply. Yu Lies Ycbm, (Tao Tai at Shanghai.) Kuang Hsu, 20th year, sixth moon, 23d day (July 19, 1900.) This cablegram was atonce communi cated to the president at Canton, O., ud the following is his reply : The President of the United States, to the Emperor of China Greeting: I bave received Your Majesty's message ol July 19, and am glad to know that Your Majesty recognizes the fact that the government and people of the United Statu desire of China nothing but what is just and equitable. The purpose for which we landed troops in China was the icscue of onr legation from grave danger and the protection of the lives nd property of Americans who were oj iurning in China in the enjoyment of 'glits guaranteed them by treaty and by international law. The same purposes "re publicly declared by all the powers hieli have landed military forces in Votir Majesty' empire. I am to infer from Your Majesty's let ter that the malefactors who have dis turbed the peace of China, who have murdered the minister of Germany and 1 member of the Japanese legation, and ho now hold besieged in Pekin thoso foreign diplomatists who still survive, hve not only not received sny favor or nouragement from Your Majesty, but re actually in rebellion against the Im PIal authority. If this be tho case, I mot solemnly urge upon Your Majesty's Rivernruent to give public assurance Mher the foreign ministers are alive, nd if so, tn what condition. Necond To put the diplomatic repre sentatives of tho powers in Imrrediate id free communication with their re spective governments and to remove "anger to their lives an, I lll.rl. Third To place the Imperial author! ll'of China In communication with the rtli'f tXntdiHnn ll..l .nnn.lUn oe sreurea between them for the libera - tion of the leg.tticnsrs, the protection of ! foreigners and the restoration of order. Jt tbese objects are accomplished, it is the belief of this government that no obstacles will be found to exist on the part of the powers to an amicable settle ment of all the questions arising out of the recent troubles and !he friendly good offices of this government will, with the assent of the other powers, be cheerfully placed at Your Majesty'i I disposition for that purpose. William McKisliy. July 23, 1900. By the President: Jons II ay, Sec'y of State. After the flattie. Tien Tsin, 6 p. m., Sunday, July 15 via Che Foo, July 17, and Shanghai July 24. Chinese from the walled city report that the foreigners in Pekin are living', having taken shelter in a bomb proof building. About 7000 Chinese were engaged in the battle here July 11th. Mire are coming from Pekin. General Nieh was imprisoned because he opposed making war on the foreigners, but afterwards was released on the condition that he fight them. To this he acceded with lukewarinness. After the battle he committed suicide. A largo part of the walled city was burnod last night, and today the Chinese held a perfect orgie, plundering, smashing houses and fight ing like demons over stores of silks, furs and jewelery. Hundreds of dead China men are along the walls, women and children killed by shrapnel are lying among the smoking ruins. It is rumored that some correspond ents have in their dispatches aseerted that General Dorwood thinks Colonel Liecum blundered in taking the Ninth regiment; to the right instead of to the left, and that the feeling is strained be tween the Americans and British. Tbe fact is that tbe greateet harmony exiets. General Dorwood bas aeked the names of Americans to report them for gal lantry. All the wounded are doing well. MINISTERS TO BE- SENT TO TIENTSIN The British Minister at Pekin Appeals to tbe Home Government for Relief. Washington, July 24. The Chinese minister received a dispatch this morn ing from Sbeng, the director of railroads and telegraphs at Shanghai, stating that the foreign ministers are to be sent from Pekin to Tien Tein under eecor ; also that the imperial government hna not only been protecting them, but has upplied them with food. London, July 24. The foreign office has received a dispatch from the British consul at Tien Tsio, dated Saturday, July 21, stating that he had just received a letter from Sir Claude MacDunald, the British minister at Pekin, and dated July 4, appealing for relief. There were enough provisions at the legation to last fortnight, the letter said, but the garrison was unequal to the task ol holding out against a determined attack for many days. There had been forty four deaths, and about double that num ber wounded. The foreign office thinks the dispatch Joes not 11 (Tec t the main question of the reported massacre of members of the legation at Pekin. Xext Me-macs From Conger, Washington, July 24. Mr. Wn, the Chinese minister, said tonight that be hoped that the reply of Minister Conger at Pekin to the second message sent to him by Mr. Hay would be received with more expedition than the first, which came to hand Inst Friday. That message and response took nine days. The sec ond message was sent by Mr. Wu Sun day. Evidently Mr. Wu places some hope on the talk of the removal of the ireign ministers to Tien Tsin, and he nggegted tonight that possibly one of the important messages received from China in the near future would be 'Conger is in Tien Tsin." Some of the ofllcials here have noticed with considerable interest 1.1 Hung Chang's reported statement that the ap proach of allied forces near Pekin would result in the immediate death of the foreigners there, and it this connection they point out that apparently the real object of Li's visit to the north Is for the purpose of preventing, if possible, the advance of tho relief column. French Mlaalonarla Killed. Pauia, July 25. The French consul at Shanghai telegraphs today that five French missionaries have been killed by Boxers to tho Mancliumn district. IpiJIM rQp Qf HIFDQ I Vfl I IN LOL OULUiLllU KILLING BOXERS Many Indications of Widespread Dis sension Which Probably Marks tbe Beginning of the End of the Trouble in China. Tiks Tsin, Friday, July 20. Copy right, 1900, tbe Associated Press.) Chinese coming in from the country report that tho Chinese soldiers are kill ing the Boxers wherever the latter are seen, giving as a reason that the Boxers deceived them into embarking on a hopeless struggle. An intelligent China man said he regarded this as sign of wide-spread dissension. It was only a matter of a short time, be declared, before the same state would exist la Pekin, when, in all probability, Jung Lu, commander-in-chief of the Chinese forces, and Prince Ching would be able to regain sufficient influence to make peace, especially if tbe foreigners in the capital were safe. This appears tt present tho general native opinion here, as far as it is possible to nscerta it. In the meantime, reliable news as events In Pekin and whether the foreign era are alive is entirely lacking, or only obtainable from Chinese sources and even this is most meager and con tradictory. It is now thought that tli forward movement of the allies will probably take place eariiea than was first intended, possibly by the end this month, but nothing definite will be decided before the arrival of General Sir Alfred Gaselee, commanding tl Indian contingent. A runner who arrived from Pekin yes terday reports that the foreigners were sate on July 10th, and that there ha been considerable fighting between Boxers and soldiers inside the city. ANOTHER MESSAGE FROM CONGER On July 4 tbe Chinese Army was th Only Government in Pekin and They Determined on the Slaughter of Every Foreigner in Pekin. Washington, July 25. The following cablegram was received at the navy de partment this morning : Che Foo, July 24. Navigation Bureau, Washington : A written message igned by Conger, dated July 4, and re ceived at Tien Tsin on the 21st says : " 'Been besieged two weeks in the British legation. Grave danger of genera! massacre by Chinese soldiers, who are shelling the legation daily. Relief must come soon if at all. City is without government except by Chinese army, which is determined to massacre all foreigners in Pekin. The entry of relief forces into the city will probably be hotly contested.' Thomas.' The meesago is from Captain Charles M. Thomas, commander of the Brooklyn. Washington, July 25. The message from Minister Conger which came over the wires from Captain Thomas this morning was the Grst communication of unquestionable authenticity which has been received from the American minis ter at Pekin since his urgent appeal for help of July 12. It establishes clearly the fact that the American minister and probably the other legatio.iers were alive on July 4, though in sore straits. There fore, it completely and finally disposes of the first stories that were published from Shanghai ol the massacre of Jnne 27. It is true that it does not in itself nega tive t lip subsequent reports of the massa ere on June 0, two davs later than tho date of the dispatch, but the officials here feel that there is quite as much reason to believe that the second report was false, as in the case of the first re port, now show n to have been erroneous. Victory for .tilled forces. Ciiicaoo, July 25. A dispatch to the Record from Tien Tsin, dated Saturday, July 21, via Shanghai, says: Today's performance will break the backbone of the Chinese war party. At daylight this morning the combined forces turned their attack upon the Chinese left, which was penetrated. As the Rus sians failed to make a suitable bridge across the canal, the Chinese made a smart ronntor attack on onr right and left outposts. This was repulsed by a handful or two of men, who fought with great bravery, tint with heavy casual ties. No Americans were injured. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the allies bombarded the native city, and, after an bonr of magnificent work by two four-inch guns and three twelve- pounders, the fort and adjoining mili tary pagodas were in flames. Their de struction was complete. Tbe fort re plied feebly with a few rounds, when one gun 'got the exact range and fired several lyddite shells. This is the tort that has been shelling Tien Tsin since Jnne 17th. The allied forces have spared tbe por Lions of the native city from which oper ations have not been directed. ARE NOT SO PESSIMISTIC England Begins to Believe Ministers May Be Alive. London, July 25. The tone of the European prers with regard to the mes sage dated July 4, received here from the British minister at Pekin, Sir Claude MacDonald. continues pessimistic, and the endless and extraordinary succession of Chinese dispatches purporting to describe the situation at Pekin only serves to bewilder. However, the earlier unquestioning be lief that a massacre took place bas to some extent been shaken, and it is no admitted, despite the heavy load of evi dence supporting the reports of the mas sacre, that as Sir Claude MacDonald's lener oisposea 01 me nrsi siory alleging inai ine crime occurred juneau.so win- !alc Piinnop'a d larta f nri and ntrtoti afA!oa u,.,... .uU reporung me legations saie juiy iu, 1 and 18, give some gronnd for assuming the possibility that the second reports were also unfounded. Another version of tbe story reached uenerai commanding me 1 ei xan forts, by a rnnner from Pekin, who brought to him yesterday a report of anarchy in tbe Chinese capital, saying that the British legation was being bom barded when the messenger left Pekin July 14. Prince Ching, this report says, was assisting the ministers, and bis palace was protected by 10,000 Chinese troops. Prince Ching, according to this report, considered himself able to cope with the situation, The Morning PoBt's Berlin correspond ent asserts that tbe attitude of the United States government is regarded as I adecided triumph for Chinese diploma cy, wbile the Daily News says thej atti tude of the Washington authorities is regarded in Berlin as a regrettable error. Similarly the London papers regret 'that the president of the United States has taken a line that can hardly fait toen-1 courage tbe Chinese further duplicity." Hoera Retreat to the North BnoNKiioHsT Spruit, Tuesday, July 24. The Boers, having got wind of the British advance, have evacuated all their positions, and are reported to be moving to the northeast, toward Leydenberg, whither President Kr tiger is going. A portion of the Boers remain north of Bruehveldt, whence they attempt to in terrupt communications on this line, The bridges here and smaller bridges to the east have been destroved. The British forces comprise two brig ades under General French and a brig ade and a half under General Hamilton It is not likely that the advance npon Middleburg will be contested. Tho Boers remaining upon their farms etate that most of the burghers are anxious to bring matters to a finish, tint that the foreigners are persistent. Anarchy In I'ekln. Ciik Foo, July 2 1. General LI, com manding the Pui Tang forts, near Taku, eports to the British office command- ng at lng Nu mat a runner w no lelt Pekin July 14th reports that Pekin was n a state of absolute anarchy ; that the egnlar troops wers fighting the Boxers, nd that the latter were getting the bet- er of the struggle; that the ammnni tion of the legation guards was exhansl- 1. ind that they were using their ties; that the guards recently rushed the walls and silenced the Chinese guns, and that a number of Chinese officials ere desirous of protecting the foreign ers, bnt were tn the minority. General I is anxious to avoid fighting the allies. sarety or the m muter. Bki -ixki.s, July 25. The foreign office today received the following dispatch : "Shanghai, July 25. LI Hung Chang told me the Chinese government was ar- ranging to guarantee the retirement of foreigners in Pekin from Tien Tsin. Ian "Dkcartiuw." Decartler is secretary of the Belgian legation at Pekin. CAMPAIGN TAKES A NEW TURN Robert's Arui Has Left Pretoria and Johannesburg Under Strong Guard and is Xow Advancing on Presi dent Kruger's Stronghold. Nsw York, Julv 20. A dispatch to the Tribune frotr. London says: Tbe campaign in South Africa has taken an nnexpected turn. Lord RoWrts' army has advanced to Bronkhorst Spruit, about half way between Pretorii and Middleburg. He is leaving Pretoria aud Johannesburg under a strong guard, and acting on the theory that the Boers pro fit by his halts and lose whenever bis columns are in motion. The Boers have attempted to thwart his plans by raids west and north of Pretoria, and to hold him tack by hanging on his flanks, just as they did when he set out from Bloem fontein to Pretoria He has again pushed ahead, and is striking for the gateways to the Lyden bnrg district, leaving Lord Methuen and General Baden-Powell to suppress th raiders iu the western district and Col Broadwood to pursue General Dewe across the Vaal. It is not clear whether General De wet has made a fresh hanl of 200 prison era belonging to the Welsh Fusiliers near Rooderval, or whether this incident i an amended lorni ol thn previous ac count of the capture of 100 Highlanders, The situation is most confusing, and veteranB are ghaking their heads over it blU apparently Lord Roberts has decided I . . .... h, best met l0d or snnnress no gl,ernlla warfare is to follow the railway toward tne entrance to the Lydenborg district, and to cut off Boer communica- iinr. .. n, ni r.m.tnin nf ,aDDie. at Delaaoa Bav. The nian is a boId one .inc8 commandoes 0i ,!. are prowling about in many directions, but Lord Roberts counts, without doubt, upon effective support from Sir Redvers Boiler, and also npon the paralyzing ef feet of a renewal of the advanca toward Mr. Kruger's last stronghold. LI IS GIVEN BUT FIVE DAYS Unless He Furnishes Shanghai Consuls With Indisputable Contrary, Powers Stories of Murder, cordingly. tvidence to Will Accept and Act Ac London, July 20. Telegrams from Shanghai report that Li Hung Chang has taken up his abode at tho arsenal, as a measure of precaution. It is not stated whether tie feared attack by Chinese or attempts of the powers to curta.l his liberties. Apparently the foreign consuls at Shanghai have informed the viceroy that unless he obtained definite dis patches from Pekin within five days they would conclude the ministers had been murdered, and act accordingly. Washington, July 2G. Mr. Ye, the Coreau Charge here, took to the state de partment this morning a dispatch from his government denying positively the published stories that the Bjxer move- ment had extended to Corea, or that any Chinese Boxers has crossed the Corean frontier. London, July 26 It is reported here that Russia has- borrowed nearly 10,- 000,000 sterling from the Imperial bank 1 of KufHia since the commencement of tbe troubles in China. A lteliglnu War. London, July 2". The Canton corre spondent of the Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch dat'd Wednesday, says: "There are daily arrests of Boxers and smugglers caught loaded with arms and ammunition. F.xecntion quickly follows, bnt the rowdy element remains practi cally undismayed. In the country dis tricts the people are more threatening and bolder than in the city. Inflamma tion placards are freely posted, such as the following : " 'We, the Chinese children of the sages, are faithful and filial as well as modest. How does it come to pass, then, that any of us can so far forget himself as to become the proselyte of a barbarian religion. Tens of thousands of native converts bave been Killed in .ortn Uhlna 1 I their houses and possesnons ue)- : stroyed. Because of this, all the coun- tries of the world have sent soldiers to Tien Tsin to protect the converts. This ' bey have failed to do. The mission churches, the foreign consuls and all the barbarbian troops have been slaugh tered, just as you kill chit ken J an I do?. By following the doctrinta of these renegades and foreigneis you have for feited your rights as men. We warn ou at once to fly to saie hiding places, while yet there is opportunity.' " Agitation Atalnet W IieeW auil Trap. Astoria, Or., July 2'S. The agitation against fish wheels and traps is assum ing large proportions, and there is now little question that the !egislatnre will pass a bill abolishing those appliances. 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