CABLEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11594, 21 July 1900, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS.

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.— OOPYBIGHT.]

CHIN MS REVOLT CHINESE PREVARICA TION. C INFLICTING REPORTS. THE LEGATIONS' PATE. TIENTSIN AGAIN THREATENED. Kocaived Ju1y 20, 8.45 a.m. Hong Kong, July 19. Advices have been received from Chefoe to the effeot that the Japanese Ministei at Peking, writing on June 29th, stated that the Chinese soldiers were bombarding the Legations at daylight that day. The Europeans were short of ammunition, and the end was near unless relief arrived. The bearer of the letter stated that four men had been killed and 13 wounded at the British Legation, while 16 other foreign guards were killed and 18 wonnded. Prinoe Tuan used Krnpp guns in the attaok on the Legations. The Chinese affirm that Prinoe Ching is sheltering the foreigners at his residence, also that the olose relations of the Governor of Shantung with the court lend weight to his reports. Mr P. L. Warren, British Consul at Hankow, considers that there is no hope of the foreigners having escaped. Eeuter's Shanghai correspondent states that the authorities entertain hardly any doubt about the reports of the Peking massacre being correct. It is considered that Prinoe Sheng is withholding the information with regard to the fate of the Legations. Admiral Seymour reports that the Japanese on Saturday, after blowing up the gate, entered Tientsin, and the other allies followed. The allied troops numbered 8000. The total British killed was 20, and 93 wounded, including six killed and 38 wounded belonging to the Naval Brigade. Captain Lloyd, of H.M.S. Aurora, was killed. The Chinese, who numbered 25,000, fled from the oity. The Chinese leader, General Nich, was killed in the battle ontside Tientsin. A total of 160,000 Chinese troops, with 220 guns, are in the neighborhood of Tientsin, and 450,000 militia are ready in ihan-tung. . The Chinese have thrown up embankments 13 mile 3in extent on the banks of the river Amur. Li Hung Chang has left Hong Kong for the noith. He is sanguine of being able to pacify the rebels. Lin, Viceroy of Shanghai, has appointed, on commission, Mr F. E. Taylor, statistical secretary of the Customs Department at Shanghai, as the successor of Sir Robert Hart, Inspector General of the Customs. Several transports, with troops from India aboard, have arrived at Hong Kong and have been ordered to Wei-bai-wei. St. Petersburg, July 19. " The Russian authorities profess to regard the incursion into Siberia as a purely local outbreak, although the officials report widespread trouble and interruption to communications. Berlin, July 19. Count von Bulow, German Minister for Foreign affairs, has forbidden the Chinese Minister at Berlin to telegraph to Mb Government in oypher, and has ordered him to submit plain despatches for approval. London, July 19. The Daily Telegraph states that 18,000 Japanese troops hava landed at Shanhaikwan for Tientsin. The Times states that Rusaia denuded the Amur, io. Manchuria, of troops for Fort Arthur, and must now act on the defensive pending the arrival of reinforcements, The Standard states that during the fighting at Tientsin the Chinese detained a number of Russian artillery instructors and compelled them to work the guns, hence the accuracy of the Chinese fire. One of the instructors ultimately escaped to the Russian lines. The Daily Mail reports that European and American officers say that Europeans were serving the Chinese guns on the walla of the native city. Sydney, Friday. Mr Adolf Schultze, until recently New Zealand Government vitioulturist, is believed to have been in Peking at the time of the massacre. His last letters stated that he left Kiao Chow for Peking on May 28th. His wife remained in Sydney. Melbourne, Friday. The bill appropriating £20,000 for the equipment and expenses of the naval contingent for China has passed the Legislative Assembly.