THE China War.
THE PEEIN MYSTEEY
Still in Doubt.
Statement in the
Commons.
Governor of Shan-tung
Confident.
" No Cause for Anxiety."
Assertion Not Credited in England.
United Press Association
By Electric Telegraph— Copyright\
(Received July 25, 9 a.m.) London, July 24
In the course of a statement in the House of Commons," the Hon. St. John Brodrick, Parliamentary Secretary for the War Office, said that the Governor of Shan-tang had assured Mr Warren, British Consul at Hankow, that there was at present no telegraphic communication with Pekin. He (the Governor) was unable to explain the silence of Sir Claude Macdonald, British Minister at Pekin, but there was no cause for anxiety. Several reliable messages stating that the Ministers and all the foreigners were living and unharmed had been received. .. Mr Balfonr, commenting on these statements, said the British Government declined to credit any statement or decree attributed to the Emperor or to the Chinese Government unless fortified by letters signed and dated by Sir Claude Macdonald or a British official, or by a telegram in the British cipher.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9824, 25 July 1900, Page 5
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