LATEST
A CABLE PROM THE AGENT-GENE-RAL.
Received, July 16th 12.35 a.m. , . LONDON, July 15. Owing to the land wires from Shanghai to Chefoo being cut, the Admirality is unable to communicate with the naval officers WASHINGTON, July 15. In response to Mr Hay's declaration .that China must end the terrible suspense in regard to the safety of the Legations if friendly relations are to continue, the Chinese Minister at Washington undertook.,to forward a' cypher message to Mr Conggr, American Minister at Pekin. NEW YORK, July 15. The New York World states that Prince Ching informed the Consuls at Shanghai Lungfuhsiang has burnt the British Legation add annihilated the foreigners. The, allies "have decided to confine the present operations' of fortifying Tientsin, und establishing coinmunicationwith Taku.
(By Telegraph.) . .". . WELLINGTON, July /S. Tho Premier has received the following ''.cablegram from the Agent-General, dated.' 13th,' 7 p.m., China :—"lncreasing anxiety about vjina, chiefly owing to the absence of news,from Sir Robert Hart. The opinion of experts is that if he is living and at liberty he would get thr6ugh a message from Pekin. The Chinese surlounding Tientsin are showing ijne.^pectcd fighting power, owing to the presence of large bodies of Li Hung Chang's old army, armed and drilled in European fashion, other Chinese are not'so-formidable-to the allied troops. There is no proper generalship. Hopes mainly rest on Japanese
LATEST A CABLE PROM THE AGENT-GENERAL.
Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 15000, 16 July 1900, Page 3
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