Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-23
THE ADVANCE DELAYED.
Disagreement OF Allies May Inter
fere with March on Picking.

fere with March on Picking.
Washington. July 23.--Iwo dispatches
from Chinese officials and one from Adj
miral icmey, at Taku, represent the
news developments so far rs the Chinese
situation is concerned. The Chinese
dispatches We're corroborative, or were
Intended tn he. of the important news
relative to the state of the lcgationers.
Admiral Rrmry'S dispatch. aside from IL
list of casualties. already treated i'll
hliclcr form. WAS most important. 1t
conveyed the disngrecabIc news that the
international column would not begin its
advance upon Picking before the middle
of August Thi; notice was received
here with CONSERVATION in view of Mr..
Congers advice of the desperate position
the legationers were in on the 18th.
The delay is incomprchensble to the
officials here. 1t is known that an army
already formidable in numbers and of
veteran soldiers is at Ticn-Sin and Taku,
and with a courageous leader ii was OK
pect"d that this would push on at once.
cutting loose from its base if neod be
and forcing its way to pcking. leaving
the rc-cntorccmtntS now streaming to-
ward Taku from every quarter of the
globe to rc-cstablsh the base and to re-
open communication.
1t is possible to draw two conclusions
from failure of the foreign commanders
to do this First. the European gov
elnmem1s have allowed the skcpticism as
to the authenticity of Mr. CongcrS dis
patch to carry them.to the point of pro
ceeding cooily and deliberately upon the
first Sllpposition- namely, that there are
no foreigners alive in Picking to be saved.
Consequently there is no need for haste.
The other conclusion is that friction is
developing among the intcrnatlonalS i'll
spite of the earnest cndcavors of the
powers whose motives rs to China are
So far unimpcuchablc to prevent it. Color
is lent to this latter theory by the fact
that the governments have so far been
unable to agree upon an international
commander for the expedition to Peking.
and this. too, in spite of the fact that
Admiral Rcmcy, acting by the instruc-
tionS of his government, is cNhausting
every effort to induce the other COM
mnnders at Tnku and Ticn-tsin to hasten
their movements.
The text of Admiral Kcmcy's state
mcnt relative to the movement of the IN
tcrnatonal column was not made public.
In fact, il was not intended that the
news should get out, and there was "a
feeling of annoyance exhibited mt the
notification hccause of its possible effect
upon the international negotiations now
under way. Meanwhile. to secure an ac-
curatr statement of the exact conditions
ut ruku and 'Ticu-tsin and the resources
which will be ut the disposal of the in
tcrnational commander. whoever he may
be. Secretary Long cuhlcd Admiral Re
mcy to send him il statement of the num-
bor of International troops now ashore
in China. separating the different ma
tionaitirS.
General Chaifcc is due ut Nagasaki in
II day or two. He will transship ut that
point and arrive mt Taku in about II
week. 1t has been suggested here that
Chattcc viii. if need be, leave the other
commanders TO their devices and lead the
way to Picking himself. His brother
officers in the war department say that
he is quite competent to undertake this
task. Others declare that, with the
small force of Americans at his COM
mand, the attempt would be suicidal,
even if Chalfce were supported by the
British.
The details for General Chaffee's staff
were announced. A notable feature is
the inclusion of Lieutenant Colonel Hell
stand. now United States military at
tnche to the Paris exposition commits
sion.