The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-08-24
TAKING OF PEKIN.
Entrance of Relief Forces Officially
Confirmed by Gen. Chaffee.
cablegram from Admiral Remey Reports
the Inner or Forbidden City Of Pekin
Was Being Bombarded by the
Allied FORceS

besieged legationers. The dispatch
of the American commander was not
long and contained but few details,
but the unconcealed satisfaction with
which it was received by officials OF
the administration indicated clearly
the anxiety that had been engendered
by his prolonged silence. The ex-
PLANTATION of his silence is suggested
in advices by the navy department
from Admiral Remey, who, tele-
graphing from Tallu on the 18th, says
the telegraph line between that point
and Pekin is interrupted.
The cablegram from Admiral Re-
mey contains some important infor-
nation not mentioned by Gen. Chat
fee. He makes the startling state
ment, on japanese authority, that the
inner city of Pekin was being bonn
barded by allied forces. Admiral
Remey says, also, that the. doWager
empress is detained in the inner city
by Prince Yungedo.
Following is the text of the dis
patch from Gen. Chaffee, dated the
18th, as made public by the war de-
partment: 1--WE entered legations
grounds at five o'clock last night
with Fourteenth and light battery.
Eight wounded during days fighting;
otherwise all well"
1t will be noted that the dispatch
indicates that the American troops
entered the legation grounds at five
o'clock on the evening of the 14th in
slant. By the Washington officials
and by several legation officials to
whom it was shown, the date of Gen.
Chaffee's communication is regarded
as an error of transmission. 1t is be-
iieved that the word "15th'' should be
''16th.''
Admiral Remey's dispatch, dated
teresting information in few words,
is as follows: Telegraph line to
Pekin interrupted. Information,
Japanese sources; empress dowager
detained by Prince Yungedo, inner
city, which is being bombarded by
allies. Chaffee reports entered lega-
ton grounds evening 18th. Eight
wounded during days fighting;
otherwise all WE'LL
The startling feature of the dis
patch is that fighting within the city
of Pekin was continuing, according
to the advices of Admiral Remey.
The inner, or. as it is popularity
known, the Forbidden City, evidently
had not been taken. 1t is surrounded
by a massive wall of solid masonry,
more than 20 feet high, and it is not
regarded as surprising that the Chi
nese should make their final stand
within it's shadows. Prior to the re-
ceipt of the dispatch it was accepted
generally as fact that the dowager
empress, in company with the en-
peror and large suite, had left Pc
kin. While nothing is said in Admit
raj Remey's advices as to the where
abouts of the emperor, it is deemed
scarcely probable that he left the
city without the empress dowager.
Armistice May Be Declared.
Washington, Aug. 2O.7-Now that
the primary object for which the al
. lied armies, marched upon Pekin, viz,
the rescue of the besieged legation
ers, has been accomplished, the drift
of the discussion in official and Dip
lomatic circles reverts to the next
step to be taken. Necessarily many
of the predictions as to what this
will be are purely conjectural, as it is
realized that complete and definite
information regarding the condition
of affairs in Pelin must be awaited
before any positive action can be
taken by the governments whose in
terests have suffered as result of the
Chinese troubles.
The presumption here is that tho
next move will be an agreement for
an armistice. This may be under.
taken by the commanders of the Chi
nese army and those of the allies on
the spot where the fighting, accord
Eng to the latest reports from Pekin,
appears still to be in progress. This
accomplished, the question of tho
withdrawal of the foreign armies, the
payment of indemnities and many
other problems may be left to COM
missions duly appointed to adjudi-
cate them. Ii Hung Chang has al
ready been appointed a plenipoten-
tiary by his government to negotiate
terms of peace and in this capacity
he made an Intellectual attempt to
stop the progress of the allies in
their march on Pekin.