Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-23
PICKING POPULATED.
BY THE FORCES OF THE GREAT
WORLD POWERS.
The Empress DOwager anu "'e
Tuan and His Followers Have
Left the Imperial Ctty-The FOR
eixners Are All Rescued-A Das
o, Concentration for All the
, NJ the World - The
Japane.c Lost 100 Men an" the
c.,,e.e 400 i'm the Encounter.

,rou,uesc Lost 100 Men a"" Wv
ch,,e.e 300 in the Encounter
washington, Aug. 10. - the a.lie :.
orn,;es have entered Peklne' anu -
tha face of obstinate resistance ane
+he members of the foreign iesa.io,'.
are safe. Official confirmation oi .ns
e,n of the Chinese capital came u e.As
1Tn;ted States government last "isn.
in the shape of two caoleslait"' .l,a,
from Admiral Remey ana tfle VIZ
from Consul Fowler at Chetu. ine 70"
hlesram from Admiral Remey CAM
first early in the evening 1olio"eu
,,arv soon after by one from Consul
Eow,er. and the officials, realizing lhe
o,oo+ nublic interest in the events
,,.,,;o,, II is believed had happened III
pokine. at once made them puoiio'
.a,,;,.a, Remey's dispatch is as 1oi-
lows:
Legations Safe.
"Just received telegram from Ilen-
tsin dated 18th, 10 p. M: Feklhs was
"a nt,red on Aug. is. Foreign lega.loi's
are safe. Details follow shortiv'
mot from Consul Fowler. giving I'M
nortant details of the occurrences ae
the time of the capture OF the cry,
'..a ,r;,,on ont in the subjoined ofnclal
statement: ,,;o, Of
"1ananese admiral reports allies at
+ool,e7 Picking. east, 18th. obstinate
resistance. In the evening the oap"
ace entered capital with other loieeS'
Immediately surrounded legations i.
,,,a+ae safa Japanese loss over lOO.
Chinese 800"
Previous Information
which has been received mere siioMe "
that the allied armies TOOK possessio'l
of Tung Chow on the 18th inst FROM
that city to Picking the distance IS
not yer; great-not more than dozen
miles 1t seems evident, therefore,
that the armies halted for time at
Tung Chow, probably for the purpose
of giving the men rest anu " pr
mare for the attac kupon the CAPITA
citv in force after waiting untll the
rear of the advancing host shoulo ar
rive at the front. Possibly, also, the
delay was the result of negotiations
inaugurated by the Chinese oftaclals
looking to the delivery of the ministers
with a Chinese or other escort. IL ne
potiations were attempted they must
have failed, as the army continued on
its march and attacked the capltai
three days after reaching Tung CHOW.
News Reaches London.
London. Aug. 19.-"Peking was re-
iieved on the night of the 18TH
This message was received last even
ing at the imperial customs ONCE IN
London from the commissioner OF Gus
toms in Chefu. 1t is the only o1lclai
message that has reached England IN
confirmation of the earlier reports, Ao-
miral Remey's dispatch not having ar
, rived in time for publication in the
London morning papers. The Morn
ing Post, which is the only paper
printing the Chefu message, says:
"To-day is not only day OF natlonal
rejoicing, it is also a day OF congratu-
lation for all the powers of the Worlo.
Procseeding to discuss the probable
ity of the cessation of hostllltles, the
Morning Post assumes that the unlteo
| States is willing to abandon any IDEA
of further aggressive action, put II
questions the disposition of Germany
and the other powers to agree to such
course.
Advocate n Stern InuuisitiOn.
The Berlin correspondent of the
Morning Post says he learns that no
formal request for an arnistice has
vet reached the powers, and that 1t is
improbable that any such request
would be granted.
The other papers comment guardcd-
ly upon the general situation, owing to
the lack of definite news when the ed
itorials were written. Most of them
advocate stern inquisition regarding
the outrages, and the punishment OF
the leaders, even If they have TO De
pursued all over China.
The Daily Graphic, in a paragraph
evidently inspired, says thfe is NO
reason to believe that any of the pow
ers will repudiate the previous under
standing to respect the INTEGRITY OF
the empire and the dynasty, adding
that the proposal to
Land a British Force
at Shanghai originated with the Chi
nese and not with the British govern
ment, and the Chinese at the same
time urged that this should not be
done if likely to lead to international
complications. This says the Daily
Graphic, "disposes Of the story thai
the viceroy of Marking changed his
mind under the influenc eof the con.
suls. Her majesty's government, we
believe, has no intention of contestine
the right of France or the United
States to land troops, should either
think it necessary"
Shanghai dispatches say that En-
peror Kwang Su accompanied the EN-.
press dowager to Hsian Flu much
against his will. Prince Tuan com.
manded the rear guard of the imperia
escort, of which Boxers formed IS pei
cent. 1t was expected that Gen. Tune
Fuh Slang would follow after the ar
rival of the allies. All the
Palace. Treasures
were sent to Hsian Flu.
The hearsay accounts Of the allied
entry into Picking are contradictory
some maintaining that there was Sc
we're fighting and others that the en-
trance was not opposed. New Chwanf
was again attacked on Aug. 10, blu