WAR IN CHINA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 196, 14 September 1900, Page 3

WAR IN CHINA

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I [PHB PBH3B ASSOCIATION. FRENOH AND RUSSIAN LEGATIONS ORDERED TO TIENTSIN.

BRUTAL MURDER OF LADIES BY THE BOXERS. (Received 13, 9.50 a.m.) Hono Kong, September 12. The Emperor's edict mentions only Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang as negotiators. The newspapers express grave doubts whether the Dowager will abide by the result of the Emperor's negotiations. The French and Russian Legations and both countries' contingents at Peking have been ordered to return to Tientsin as soon as circumstances permit.

The Boxers at Hsiamibsien, on June 29, attacked Misses Whitchurch and Searell. A magistrate, in response to an appeal for assistance, declared that the soldiery were only there to protect the Chinese. The Boxers, entering the house, stripped both ladies, then clubbed them to death slowly. The magistrate buried the victims in the baptistry.

RETURNED COLONIALS. Received 13, 10.10 a.m. Sydney, September 13. Miss Moore, a missionary, has arrived from China en route for her home in New Zealand.

J. A Agnew, a New Zealandar, who was engaged in mining pursuits in Mongolia, also returned. He got away before the trouble became acute, but was shut up in Tientsin during the bombardment.

PRINCE CHING AND SIR ROBERT HART. BOXERS MASSING. FAMINE IMMINENT. RUSSIANS MASTERS OF THE SITUATION. Received 13, 5.12 a.m. Hons Kong, September 12, Prince Ohing and Sir Robert Hart had a meeting at Pekin. The Boxers are massing along the great canals.

Famine is imminent in the Pechili provinces. Dr. Morrison states the Russians hold an overmastering position at Pekin, completely dominating the Japanese.