The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-10

London, Aug. 1.-THE American and
British forces began their advance
upon Peking last Thursday, according
to a dispatch dated Aug. from Tien-
tsin to the Daily Express. THE main
bodies Of the allies" continued the COR
respondent, Marched July 80. Gen.
Chaffee was delayed by difficulties Of
Decentralization. Gen. Dorward (the
British commander) had no such OBJ
stacles. and his delay is inexplicable.
The other foreign troops are now half
way to Lola. The force includes 10000
Japanese under Gen. Yamachuchi and
10000 Russians. The British force to-
tails 5000 and the other foreign troops
are 1000. We are weak in artillery.
On Aug. / a strong force Of Chinese
from the native city
Attacked Tien-tsin.
By a series of brilliant charges our
troops drove the enemy from their po-
sitions. The native city is still defiant
and the allies are unwilling to march
troops through its streets, as this
would mean an immense slaughter.
When the Chinese saw large body OF
troops marching westward they ap-
parently believed they would have an
easy victory over those who were left"
A message to the same paper from
a correspondent in Peking, dated July
%, says: '"The women have borne all
the horrors with marvellous. fortitude,
and even with cheerfulness. The Chi
nese wanted peace when the arsenals
at Tien-tsin were captured and the ne
gotiations bade fair
To Be Successful.
Unfortunately Ii Ping Heng and
Kang Yu arrived here at the critical
moment and overthrew the peace
party. Food has become short, though
not terribly SO, although we have to
be careful
A Shanghai dispatch, dated Aug. 4.
says: 1.-THE first overt act upon for
eigners occurred this evening. Three
Chinese, supposed to be soldiers in dis
guise, fired at we'll known English
resident while he was lying asleep on
the verandah of his house. He had a
narrow escape. From various sources
come statements that a large body OF
Boxers, some estimating the number
at 5000, is gathering south of Tien-
tsin and threatening communication"
Safe Conduct for Ministers.
The Shanghai correspondent Of the
Daily Mail announces the reception OF
an Imperial edict dated Aug. 2, order
ing Gen. Yung Lu to select high milf
tary and civil dignitaries to gather up
a sufficient number of picked troops
to escort the foreign ministers to Tten-
tsin as soon as they decided to leave
Peking. BY the terms of the edict Gen.
Yung LII will be held personally re-
sponsible for their safety, and he is
given full authority to deal summarily
with those opposing the peaceful pass
age of the escort. "By such acts"
concludes the edict, "do we show our
good intentions to people from afar,
and open our bosoms to them."
Force Is Ample.
Yokohama advices say that Gen.
Terauchi has reported to the japanese
that it is not advisable to
send more troops to China, declaring
that the united force is now ample to
relieve the legations in Peking. Jap
anese advices say that In addition to
causing the execution Of high function
aries of pro-foreign tendency, Ii Ping
Heng has impeached Ii Hung Chang,
Liu Kuan vi, viceroy of Nanking, and
others on a charge of maintaining re-
lations with foreign powers. A Tien-
tsin dispatch of Aug. 1 to Berlin gives
detail of an imperial edict issued July
27, ordering the capture Of Taku and
Tien-tsin by troops from Shangtune
and the south.