Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-08-09
THE CAPTURE OF pEsrsANc.
American Troops Did Not Get Int,
the Thick of the Fight.

American Troops Did Not Get Into
the Thick of the Fight.
Washington. Aug. 9-The Chinese
situation is considered very grave BY
the authorities in Washington. The
receipt of the message from Minister
Conger Tuesday night. which indicated
continuation Of the firing upon the le-
gationers, and the Chinese govern
ment's insistence that the ministers
should leave Pekin, which Mr.. Conger
considered would mean certain death,
| brought matters to an acute stage All
day the cabinet officers who are in
town were consulting with each
other, and the president has been COM
municated with by telegraph and over
the long distance telephone.
It was announced officially at the
close of the day that message to the
imperial government at Pekin had been
delivered to Minister Wu for transmits
sion to his government. This message,
according to the best information OBJ
tainable, informs that government that
the removal of the restrictions upon
communication with our minister, evil
denced both by the receipt of Mr. Con-
gers message and the transmission Of
the edict of the 9Th. is very gratifying
but is not an entire compliance with
the original demands of the president
In mis- reply to the appeal for media
ton.
Two dispatches were received during
the day, one from Admiral Remey and
the other from Gen. Chaffee. Both reIat-
ed to the fighting at Peitsang. Admiral
R6aaqeyS dispatch stated specifically
and Gen. Chlaffeeis dispatch explasns
how it was that they practically were
/ out of It, They occupied the rear Of
1 the turning column Owing to the
4 limited ground of operations which he
mentions, it is probable that the Amer
leans could not be brought into the
/ thick of the fighting. and they thus es-
/ capped without casualties. The cGntin-
ued brilliant work of the japanese
/ who seem to have borae the brunt OF
4 the fighting at Peitsang as wen as at
/ Tien Tsin, attracts Hnstintea praise for
/ the doughty warriors of the mikado's
realm. Gen Chaffee's dispatch dated
/ Aug. 5. says that .Peitsang was hand
somely taken early this meeting. and
/ that we viii cross the Pei Ho to the
: Atlt Ddt+h tCtut4tOAf iI4i 4iti4S5 cidAQ az
vance on Yang Tsun7
The last cablegram received from
/ Minister Ccnger came to the state de-
I partment Tuesday, and was as follows:
( Still besieged Situation more pre-
carious. Chinese government insist
ing upon our leaving Peiin, which
would be certain death Rife firing
upon us daily by imperial troops Have
4 abundant courage, but little ammuni-
/ ton or provisions. Two progressive
Yamen ministers beheaded All con-
nected with the legation Of the United
/ States well at the present moment
! The cablegram came in the official
cipher of the department It is I'M
/ dated, like his previous cablegram, but
from the internal evidence furnished
4 by his reference to the beheading oil
i two members of the tsung-li-yamen,
and to the insistenee of the Chinese
/ government of the removal of the min
1 listers from PelSin. state department OF
/ ficials say it may be assigned date
not earlier than July 80, and perhaps
not later than Aug ?. It is checked
by the telegraph company as having
been put On the wires at Isl Nan a
large city about so miles southeast OF
! Pekin, Aug z.