The sun., 1900-08-06
CHAFFEE Mad AT DELAY
Off With Britons and Japs to the
Rescue Of ENJOYS.
OTHER NATIONS DIDN'T JOIN
whole of the Generals Dispatch Not
Made Public as Yet Lii Hung
Chang lis Said to Have
Killed Himself.

Washington, Aug. 5.-Some features of
the dispatch received from General Chat
foe which the war department refused to
make public have become known. The
first dispatch received by the war de-
partment from General Chaffee contained
very little information, but closed with
the statement that he was going forward
to 1ien-tsn and would give his views.
That is what he has done. His views as
cabled would be far from palatabc to
several foreign governments and that is
one rcason why the dispatch was not
made public. This much is asserted:
General Chaffee and the United States
forces available under his command have
gone forward toward Peliing with the
British and japanese forces. The troops
of the other nations assembled 1T Tien-
tsin did not join in the movement, but
the reasons given by General Chaffee
could not he learned.
Ii il understood that the criticism of
the sanitary condition existing lit Iien-
tsn Is borne ont in General Chaifee's
Dispatch but in discussing the matter
with the war department he has been
more specific, and the names of the com
mands are given which failed to take
proper precautions for the health of the
international forces.
War department officials generally re-
fuse to discuss the contents Of the dis
patch. and Secretary Root announced
cmphatically that ii would not be given
to the public and, further, that no addi
tional dispatches had been received from
General Chaffee. The international
questions involved make it impossible or
account of diplomatic relations to give
the dispatch to the public, and it is fur
ther desired that the proposed movement
of troops should not be heralded to thu
world for the advantage of the Chinese
forces which are opposing the advance
for the rescue of the besieged ministers.
The steady prosecution of the military
movements undoubtedly has frightened
the Chinese viceroys who have been spar
ring for time and endcavoring to use thu
diplomatic corps at Peking as protection
The tsung-li-yamen dispatch received
through Yuan and WI fairly illustrated
this condition and made it plain that thu
imperial government again is trying t.
force a suspension of the advance on Pc
king by menacing the foreign ministers
Having formally refused to put them il
communication with their government
and this having proved Intellectual t,
prising if the Chinese government shoul,
next do one of two things, either com
forward with threat to renew the at
tack on the legations if the advance i
not stopped or resort to the plan of de
liyering the ministers safely at Tien-tSi
or at least TO the commanders of the i'll
tcrnational column, trusting i'll that wa
to abatc the force of the invasion and in
tluce the powers to consent to ncg0tia
tions for settlement of the trouble.
1t is learned here that Niceroy Ii Hun
Chang actually undertook 10 do this, bt
sought to make the condition for the Saf
delivery of the ministers that the imp,
rial government should be held blamees
for what had occurred at Peking Thi
condition having been rejected abSolGtel
hy the terms of President McKinley's II
Fly to the Chinese government. it may b
that Ii is trying to arrange for the deliN
cry of the ministers without conditions
trusting to the gratitude of the power
to secure the desired absolution.