New-York tribune., 1900-07-05
JAPAN LANDING AN ARMY.

JAPAN LANDING AN ARMY
Japan is reported to be landing an army at
Peetaushs to The northward Of Taku. The
japanese generals are believed TO be about to
move toward Peklng. following th. nIan r.re-
viousy formulated Europeans ana Americans
resident in Shanghai quite in Il panic over
what is viewed the inadequate military prep
arations Of the Powers
dispatch to The Express" from Shanghai
says that, according to the best military cgti-
mates, 100000 men viii be necessary to subju-
gate Northern China, and even then it viii take
two or three years. The forces of the Chinese
Empire have gathered such motion that even
Japans full strength. launched now. would be
unequal 10 the task Of restoring orIe-.
Taotai Shene, Of Shanghai. issued a proclana-
ton on Wednesday which practically sorhids
foreign warshirs approaching the KanE-tse-
hlang, saying that II they do so th. Chinese
authorities VIII not hold themselves RESPONSIBLE
Tor the consequences. T. IS considered that the
Chinese officials are preparing n way % evade
responsibility II an outbreak occurs Even /
Hung Chang is suspected. The foreieners are
simply aghast at the extent Of the Chiues~ ar
naments which have been syst naucany &C.
cumulated.
The decision Of the AdmIrals not 10 attenpt
the relief Of the hesleged legation forces has
| hled the entire European community. The
Daily Nails Shanghai cores qoudcnt saws.
with bitterness and despair. Few however. af-
| firm that any other course is possible the
weakness Of the allied forces left no ether course
open. 1t is pointed out that the Chinese orpos-
ing Admiral Seymour were only q fraction Of
the huge force now cutting off the capital from
Tien-Tsin, and which numbers 2OOUuO, nearly
all well armed. The allies have no real means
of transport, and there is no food in the coun-
"a IpiTf, ia I, yf
ammunition is also serious one. only Japan
and TO a lesser extent Russia are able to push
up war material in the vast quantities made
necessary by the continuous lighting Though
transports win soon arrive at Taku the pres
ent pressure is not relieved.
GREAT ARMY NECESSARY
The consensus Of opinion among military and
naval authorities is that it viii require at least
fifty thousand men TO rescue the Europeans in
Peking. The allies will have to hold Ta1u in
strength, and the occupation of strategic points
on the railway TO Tien-Tsn will be most diff
cult. Ten-Tsin itself is none too strongly held
Among the edicts received at Shanghai on
June % were orders for the Foreign Ministers
to leave Peking within twenty four hours The
legations We're to be sealed up and the fagsraffs
cut down.
Another edct issued on June %, announces
that Prince Tuan and Kang-Yi are the supreme
chiefs Of the Ihochund. the Chinese name for
the Boxers
dispatch from Shanghai to The Daily Tee-
graph" dated July /, says the Taotai has re-
ceived news from Peking to Wednesday last
Peking then entirely in the hands of the
Boxers, and the situation of the foreigners was
hopeless. The Manchu Princes. Ministers and
soldiers, the dispatch says, all belong 20 the
Boxers.
Dispatches received at Brussels report that the
secretary Of the Belgian Legation at Pekns
had been killed by the Boxers.
Eugene Slosse, an engineer on the Peking
Hankow Railway. telegraphs that he arrived at
Shanghai after sixteen days perilous travel
through the disturbed
The correspondent of The Daily News" at
Shimonosek, telegraphing under date of July
g. says tnat Count Ito in the Of in
tervieW said the emergency had for a moment
obscured the gigantic question in the back
ground. 1t desirable, he declared. that
there should be a permanent settlement now.
Some of the Powers wished to postpone settle
ment because they were not ready for it, but it
evident that England was not willing to
postpone decision