Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-31
MAY ADVANCE TODAY
Report at Taku on an Early Forward
Movement.
GEN. CHAFFEE'S INTERESTING CABLE
Reports the Arrival of the Four
teenth Infantry.
ME SSAGE FROM REM lie Y

Cables from Admiral Remey and Gen.
Chaffee. both at Taku. bearing upon the
conditions in Pekin and at Tien TSin, came
to hand over night Admiral Remey adds
one more reports to the conf1rmatory evi-
dence as to the safety Of the legationers
up to the 22d instant He added the i'm
portant information that these legationers
were being fed by the Chinese government
The dispatch from Gen. Chaffee is as fol-
lows:
"CHEFOO.
''Adjutant General, Washington:
Have had interview with admiral Go
ashore this afternoon. Facilities for un-
loading not adequate, therefore discharg-
ing slowly. Informed Byron; has ordered
tug for towing two seventy-ton lighters. If
tug is obtained discharging will improve.
The Indiana will finish discharg1ng today
and will proceed to Nagasaki Take two
days to unload the horses for Reily's Bat
terry. Week before Grant discharged of
cargo. VIII see Daggett tomorrow.
Reported In Taku bay intention to make
forward movement tomorrow toward Pc
kin; details not known here
Arrive Tien Tsin too late tomorrow to
cable from there. Message from Tien Tsin
dispatch boat at anchorage for Chefoo at
afternoon. Soon as possible to get definite
Information as regards conditions and pur-
poses at Tien Tsin will cable my views.
"CHAFFEE"
The Secretary of the Navy received a ca
BILE message from Admiral Remey this
morning as follows:
''CHEFOO, July 81. 1900.
Bureau of Navigation, Washington:
'Taku, July %. Japanese military at
tache. Pekin, letter July % reports lega-
tions besieged since June 13, continually
attacked from June 20 till July II; attack
then ceased, and Chinese soldiers appar-
emily diminishing. Sixty Europeans killed.
Telegram from governor of Shantung ad-
dressed to consular body Chefoo, says:
Imperial edict states that various minis
ters except German, are well and provisions
have been supplied. REMEY, Taku.''
Early Advance PrOposed.
Gen. Chaffee made the extremely Inn
portant statement that, according to a re-
port at Taku, the allied forces We're to be-
gin the campaign toward Pekin "tomor-
row." Allowing for the time occupied In
the transmission of the dispatch by boat
from Taku to Chefoo, 1t is probable that II
the report was true the advance began to-
day, and the armies are already on the
way toward Pekin. That they should start
without waiting for Chaffee's force, small
though it is, is surprising. Gen. Chaffee
also conveys the first information of the
arrival at Tien Tsin of the 14th Infantry
and Reilly's battery of the 9th Artillery,
from which nothing official has been heard
since they left Manila on the 10Th instant.
Minister WI. who called at the State De-
partment in search Of information, was
without any cable advices.
Col. COchrane to Command Marines.
Col. Henry c. Cochrane, commandant of
the marine barracks at Boston, has been
ordered to China to take command of the
marine forces in that country, aggregating
about 1,50O men, including those now on
their way from San Francisco. He will
succeed Col. Robert L. Meade, who broke
down during the exciting campaign in the
province of Pechile, and was invalided
home to San Francisco. Col. Cochrane will
start Immediately for San Francisco, and
will take passage on the army transport
Warren, scheduled to leave there on the
10th of August. 1t was originally intended
to give Col William s. Muse. commandant
OF the marine barracks at Mare Island
this command on account of his proximity
10 the reid OF ac'ion. lie Is not In good
iieai'h' however ana was passed over on
tEat account 1t being recognized that a.
man of the most vigorous health is needed
for service In the orient. Col Cochrane Is
native Of Pennsylvania, and has served
in the Marine Corps since March. 1863. He
has been in command of the marine bar
racks at Boston since April, 1899, and
reached his present grade of colonel in
JANUARY last
The princeton Sails Tor Shanghai.
The gunboat Princeton has sailed from
Annoy to Shanghai. This move may have
been made owing to the disturbed condition
of affairs near Shanghai. The Princeton
was not ordered to Shanghai by the depart
ment, and probably goes there in obedience
to the direct orders of Admiral Remey, who
Is in command of the Asiat,c STATION
Col. Hayes Going to China.
Colonel Webb Hayes, son of ex-President
uayas &c nouy on bis nov 60 f~h,r, 70 ,s
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