The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-10
NEARLY 200 ALLIES KILLED.
Japanese Reconnaissance Shows the Chinese
Strongly Entrenched at Wei Ho
(By the Associated Press.)

London, August 10.-(Friday, a.
m. i'm the capture of Yang Tsun the
losses of the allies, according to dis
patch to the Daily Express from che
Foo, dated August Sth, purportlng to
give an account of that engagement
were 200, the majority of these being
killed.
1.-THE allies marched on Yang Tsun."
says this report, ''at dawn Monday.
The position held by 800 Chinese was
we'll entrenched to the east OF the
river. After four hours heavy firing
the Chinese were driven from their
defense works"
Another dispatch to the same paper,
dated Tien Tsin August 9th, recounts
a reconnaissance that morning by the
Japanese beyond Hal Ku, the result
being that the enemy was developed
in strong force, well fortified, at Wei
Ho The Chinese were superior in
numbers and after facing the fire of
seven guns the Japanese retired ON
Hsi Ku, with three killed and twenty
seven wounded, but having captured
200 horses.
With the exceptions of these mes
sages General Chaffee's report is the
only account published by the London
morning papers telling of the cap
ture of Yang Tsun.
The editorials generally incline to
view the progress toward Pekin as
thus far splendid, but one which cam
not be maintained at the present rapid
rate, as the concentration of supplies
and the establishment of bases will
cause inevitable delays.
The Commissioner of Customs at
Shanghai has received a routine mes
sage from Sir Robert Hart, Director
General of Imperial Customs, showing
that the latter is still conducting the
business of imperial customs-a rath-
er curious condition of affairs in con-
junction with the words happily still
alive which he included in the dis
patch which was dated Pekin, July
9th.
Commenting upon Washington's
latest communication to the Chinese
Government, the Daily Chronicle de-
scribea it as ''idyllic diplomacy" and
it declares the Chinese attempts to get
the Ministers to leave Pekin as de-
scribed by M. Pichon, have convinced
everybody, except the Washington
officials that a steady application of
force is the only argument Pekin can
understand.
SUSPICIOUS OF ENGLAND.
London, August 9-The flooded
country beyond Peit Sang adds inn
measurably to the difficulty of the
progress of the allies toward Pckin.
| This news reached the Shanghai CORE
spondents from Tien Tsin with state
ments to the effect that the situation
at Tien Tsin is again perilous owing
to the assembling of Chinese troops
within striking distance.
The losses of the allies in the recent
operations are now said to be 1,130
men, of which number the Russians
lost 600, the Japanese 40 and the Brit
ish 100.
international suspicion has broken
out among the consuls at Shanghai ON
account of the determination of the
British to land there brigade of IN
dian troops. 1t is reported that the
French will also land troops at Shang-
hal to the number of 1000 men. While
the Ministers at Pekin remain nnre-
lieved it is not understood why Grea:
Britain should divert forces destined
for the relief expedition to garrison
a place where peace, thus far, has been
undisturbed.
A news agency dispatch from Che
Foo, dated Sunday, August 5th, says
a messenger from Pekin reports that
the Dowager Empress sent four cart
loads of food to the legations on July
| 28th.
The British Foreign Office is nnder-
stood to have suppressed portions OF
the last dispatch of the British Minis
ter at Pekin, Sir Claude Macdonald,
an the ground that his explicit state
ment regarding the quantity of food
and ammunition available might be
useful to the enemy