WAR IN CHINA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 196, 21 September 1900, Page 3

WAR IN CHINA

EMPEROR'S PRESENCE AT PEKING DEMANDED. FIRM ATTITUDE AS TO PUNISHING INSTIGATORS OF OUTRAGES. BOXERS DESTROY A ROAD. POOD SOAROE AT PEKING. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. (Received 20, 9.10 a.m.) London, September 19. The Daily Express' Shanghai correspondent states that he has been offijcially informed that the Marquis of | Salisbury cabled Li Hung Chang that the Emperor Kwang-Hsui's presence at Peking is absolutely necessary to the negotiations, and in order to avoid a dissolution of China. Assurance wasj given that the Emperor would receive protection, and that the main desire of the Allies is to preserve China, but I nothing will divert their irrevocable intention of punishing those responsible for outrages, whether committed j in the name of the Chinese Government or otherwise. If necessary, the j Allies will pursue them all over China. Hong Kong, September 19. The Boxers destroyed the ChuchowPaotingfu road, which is impracticable | for artillery; hence the German expedition to Paotingfu has returned to Peking. I The Italians between Peking and Tientsin dispersed the Boxers. The Italians returned to Tientsin instead of Peking, where food is scarce. Berlin, September 19. The Emperor's plan, l as disclosed in the circular to the Powers, is intended to thwart Li Hung Chang's recent attempt to secure the surrenderor mere lay figures for punishment. FRIGHTFUL MASSACRE OF NATIVE CHRISTIANS. TROOPS JOINING THE EMPRESSDOWAGER. A BIG STAND PROBABLE. (Received 21,0.35 a.m.) Hong Kong, September 20. Goodnow estimates that tha Boxers massacred fifty thousand native Christians, burning many alive. Eight thousand troops from the Hunan province have joined the Em-press-Dowager, and other large contingents are marching to her assistance.