The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-10
HAVE LEFT PEKING
MINISTER'S START FOR TIEN-TsIN,
SAYS EARL LII.
But the Willy Old Rascaps Statement
Receives Little Credence-Peking
Relief Column Reported to Have
Suffered a Check After Several
Hours Fighting the Chinese Re-
treat-Li Hung Chang Blames the
Whole Peking Government for
the Present State of Affairs.

London, Aug. 8-A Shanghai special
dated Aug. 6, says:
eli Hung Chang has officially in
formed the consuls that the ministers
left Peking for Tien-tsin last Friday,
Aug. 3, with Gen. Yung Lu in command
of the escort. The consuls here are by
no means disposed to credit Earl Lis
statement. All other reports that have
reached here up to this hour indicate
that the ministers have not left Pc
king"
Allies Suffer a Check.
"The advance of the allied forces
commenced to-day" cables the British
consul at Tien-tsin under date of Aug.
4. This is the first official information
received here that the attempt to re-
lieve Peking has begun. 1t is accepted
as correct. The British consul does
not mention any fighting, but the
Shanghai correspondent Of the Daily
Mail, telegraphing Sunday, says: "The
Peking relief column is reported to
have suffered check. The Chinese
are said to have adopted Tugela tao
tics, and after several hours fighting
have retreated."
This is the only message received IN
reports Of Admiral Remey and COM
mander Taussig regarding an
Engagement at PeitsanE.
The fact that the advance did not be-
gin until Saturday is taken to strength
en- the accounts Of a battle Sunday. In
the same cablegram which was read in
the house Of commons the consul at
Tien-tsin says: News from the Jap
1oc
Aug. l." Therefore edicts announcing
the safety of ministers on that date
are confirmed. Yesterday the Chinese
minister, Sir Chih Chen Lob Fen Yuh,
communicated to Lord Salisbury
message from the tsung Ii yamun,
dated July 81, reiterating the state
ment that the ministers were safe on
that date and repeating the friendly
relations existing between them ana
the yamun, as well as the
Sending of Supplies
to them by the yamun. The message
contains the important statement: "A
successful termination of the confer
ence with the ministers for their con-
vevance to Tien-tsin under escort is
expected, but owing to recommence-
ment of hostilities at Tien-tsin code
kilograms for transmission to the rep
resentatives are considered undeslra-
ble."
This appears to confirm the state
ment that the Chinese government
will endeavor to stop the march TO
Peking by using the ministers as
hostages.
The Lokal Anzgeier of Berlin, pub
fishing an interview with Ii Hung
Chang, quotes him as declaring en-
phatically that China must not in any
circumstances
Cede Any More Territory
to any power. In reply to question
why the rebellion was not put down
Earl Ii is represented as having said:
IT blame Prince Tuan, the empress
dowager and the whole Peking govern
ment. <But for their lack of energy the
situation would never have become so
serious"
The st. Petersburg correspondent OF
the Daily Mail says: "Active negotla-
tions are proceeding between Russia
and the United States. the probable
outcome of which will be resolution
to uphold the integrity of China uncon-
ditionally."
A Shanghai correspondent of the
same paper says that the Americans
there are urging the appointment OF
Gen. Macarthur as commander-1n'
chief Of the allied forces.