Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-13
TWELVE MILES
NEARER PEKIN.
Allied Armies Are Gradually APP
preaching the Capital
CASE OF DOUBLE DEALING
couut Won waldsrsee's Position anu
Limit Of Power-Lord LONDON
derry Talks

rIs, Tsln. Aug G, via SHANGHAI, Aus
v-r5pyrIght, 1900. by the Associated
p,sssl The allied armies advanced
,....,s miles today. Reliable courers'
,,,l.n Pehn Aug. ]. arrived today at
r'ao Ts.u They say that the empress
5ooagsr fed the foreigners for a few
days
The former yicsroy Of Shan Tung,
WIN Is bitterly anti-foreign, arrived
with new troops, according to these
c,ur.ars aud planted two batteries on
tpa wall near the legations The enemy
hsgar shellng and opened a fierce rifle
fin. which was kept up for two days
THE head Of the missionary board with
party while trying to get provisions,
The army took Yam .Tsun today. They
uaarei heavily The American loss
was small.
DOUBLE DEALING.
New York Aug. ia dispatch 70 the
Tribune from London says.
A shanghai dispatch 20 the News says
thai troubles have commenced In the
Yang Use valley az TIA Tunh. Serious
rots have taken place and the telegraph
station Re reported 10 have been de-
stroyed by members Of the Kolavus
The standard correspondent In Tlen
TsIn states that copies OF imperial
eIiofs have been discovered insugating
tba people To- destroy the foreigners.
These eIicts were issuer simultaneous
ly with others In which the Chinese
government promised to protect the le-
cations.
AS TO WALDERsEE
According 70 q Berlin special to the
Post Lord Salisbury IN his reply 10 the
kaiser advised that Count Won Wal
Jarsae should be appointed chief COM
u.ugar In China The German foreign
Office Is not disposed 20 attach undue
Importance TO the one condition Insisted
up0n by England. that the assent OF the
other powers concerned should also be
obtained since an the other powers
save France have now given their for
nal consent to Won Waldersee's APP
I0Inimant
New York Aug. IA dispatch TO the
Tribune from London says.
Despite the assertions SO confidently
repeated that AN the powers have ac-
Ceptad tho unconditional appointment
of Count WaId0rsee as COMMANDMENTS
chief Of Tho allied forces 10 IS sull be-
uayel here that several governments
have given their consent 20 the count g
nomination with the important lmita-
lions 0u Die freedom OF action IL is
pointed out in Paris, and by responsible
statesmen IKE 49, Nellne that under
the law of February, lsi4 no foreign Of
hger can hold. even nOminally or pro-
Nsiunaly, command OF any body of
French troops At present the counts
commission from the powers would
make him rather chief OF "a council N
officers than COmmander-i No
doubt when the allied army Is actually
engaged IN a battle with the Chinese.
the German field marshal win be In
command and his tactical disposition
win Doe carried out by all ranks and ma
tonalues, but on the larger questions
OF strategy and policy the attitude Of
the chiefs OF the various foreign contIn-
gents win be largely determined by IN
sugcu0ns from home,
li is impossible. however. that before
Count Won Waldersee reaches the Pei
Ho a more definite understanding be-
tween the powers as 20 their objects and
purposes IN China win have been
reached
LONDONDERRY TALKS.
The only member Of the cabinet who
Dos lately referred publicly 20 the chi
hese question Is Lord Londonderry. The
postmaster general. IN "a recent speech
az political gathering urged that the
powers would seek mo- Indiscriminate
vengeance but would insist on the pun
.saWgnt N the mandarns and other
o'gh perouagos. really responsible for
w. "uirages committed instead OF all
loving themselves % be put Off by the
execution of a miscellaneous selection
OF less guilty suhOrdinates. Great Brit
a,n said the speaker must DO what 1t
could 70 preserve order In the Yang Use
valley and he maintained that her ma
i.'lys government considered It was
under q special obligation TO protect
shanghai
RUssIAs ACTION.
Considerable uueaslncss continues TO
oe islt lu official circles though not
much Is said about 10 iu the newspapers
"a Too tha action NJ Russia la the Chinese
provinces adjacent 90 her own frontier
L.'.. ls really known about the state OF
'Ha'rs 10 the Amur region. and 10 has
.'tu been alleged that the attacks on
,'' russian settlements have merely
1''h those Of small rowing bodies of
I7.'ar bandits But Rusgia Is clearly
preparing for a campaign on "a large
t.- Moscow kilograms assert that
..'" troops have already started on
-Ne railway route 90 the far East. and
many more are 10 he embarked from
Nl'-st. some OF the Russian newspa-
l1'a aTp now openly asserting that the
e'Nf mas come 20 settle whether the
Sa' Ur Mogul. Christ or Buddha shall
~, supreme In Northeastern Asia.
"'ahNhlle the Russians are already
1'l. Istn0d 20 have decided TO take pos
5.,I'n Of New Chwaug. the Important
-HNay center and harbor which 10 has
The determined object of British
c tor two years past 90 keep
0'' 9i The Muscovite hands
Parson Roughed H.
Boston. Mass. Aug. l3.-Rey Charles
.'I't OF Highland CONGREGATIONAL
..'I.A OF Lowell, Mass. a Yale gradu-
Hll a former editor Of the Yale
e.N' in am old suit OF clothes and O
r.l4.-' shirt with his belongings strap
H.. lA q blanket left his home on May
s'll, ana roughed IL for three months.
t'It rom Boston 20 Portland. Maine.
l rom there 90 Colorado. He has
returned to his pulpit. lie min
.llh The laboring folk, working as
e..h hand on canal boat and resort
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