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Manawatu Herald, 14 July 1900, Page 2

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PRINCE TUAN'S EDICT. LANDING OF SOLDIERS INFLAMER THE " BOXERS." CHINESE TROOPS DESERTING THE ARMY. Vice-Admiral Seymour reports that the Chinese are pressing the Allies hard at Tienstin. General Ma, commanding the Chinese troopi, re-occupied the

Eastern Arsenal on the oth, and maintained a violent bombardment of the positions occupied by the Allies. Prince Tuan, on the 29th of June, circulated an edict at Pekin, directing the Chinese Ambassadors to inform the Powers that he had not participated in the bloodshed. He tries his utmost to protect the Legations. Prince Tuan attributed the murder of Kettle and other outrages to the national fury of the " Boxers " when they had heard of the destruction of the Taku forts. It was impossible to continue to protect foreigners as the continued landing of foreign soldiers inflamed the populace. Another version of the edict implies that Ministers and foreigners are detained at Pekin under Imperial protection. The Governor of Port Arthur telegraphs that a Russian force on the 9th encountered 40,000 Manchu troops 12 miles from Niuchwang, marching in the direction of Jehol, an important town in PechiU. The spread of the "Boxers" is causing great anxiety at Minchau, the treaty port of the Chekiang province. Many men of the Chinese regiment at Kai-chau, a German possession, are deserting.