RUTHLESS DISPLAY OF BARBARISM.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11590, 17 July 1900, Page 3

RUTHLESS DISPLAY OF BARBARISM.

MASSACEE OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED. Recoivod July 16, 11.58 a.m. London, July 15. j The Peking maßsaore is offioially confirmed from Shantung. The Daily Mail states that the Cos- , sacks captured six Krupp guns at Tient- ' sin, Three thousand Chinese were killed, including General Key. , The British Consul at Shanghai' has I little doubt about the fate of the foreignera at Peking. The Governor of Shantung to-night telegraphs:— "Soldiers and Boxers with heavy cannon made an inroad to the Legations. After a gallant defence and the ammunition was exhausted all the foreigners were killed." Another army division is being prepared for despatoh from India to China. The St. Petersburg correspondent of The Times declares that Great Britain and Russia are perfeotly agreed as to the solution of the orisis in China. The Governor of Shang-tung states that the Tung-f uh-Siang rebels were bombarding the Legations at Peking on the 7th July as a preliminary step to the final assault. The statement is regarded in Washington as the forerunner of an offioial admission of the destruction of the Legations and the massacre of the European representatives. Hono Kono, July 15, In response to the Imperial edict the Viceroys of several Chinese provinces are sending troops to Peking, nominally for the purpose of suppressing the Boxer rebellion.