The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-04

LONDON, Aug. "A despatch 10 the
Central News from Tientsin, of date of
from Sir Claude Macdonald, the British
Minister at Pekin, sent from that place
on July q, which repeats the statements
he made in his last letter, bur adds that
despite the armistice that was agreed to
on July 16 the legations are shelled occa-
sfonally by the Chinese. He concludes as
follows:
1T is important when the relief force
gets close TO the town that the troops
should advance rapidly and prevent the re-
treating Chinese from attacking U.S.
The same correspondent says that des-
patch has reached Tientsin from the jap
anese Minister at Pekin. dated July %,
which stated that the defenders at Pekin
had only twenty-five rounds of ammuni-
tIon left
The Berlin correspondent of the Co
logne Gazette" telegraphing in regard TO
the supposed delay of the allied troops in
moving toward Pekin says:
1T is known to be a fact that the ad-
vance on Pekin has again suffered delay.
possibly on account of military considera-
tions for the position at Tientsin or the
unreadiness of some contingent Il is i'm
possible to assume that the powers have
been deferred from advancing by Ii Hung
Chang's tales of woe or threats of the
massacre of the ministers, as the minis
ters themselves urgently ask fer relief.
The stories of the unreadiness Of the
British are most uncomfortable for the
British Army administration. Meanwhile
one result of the delay viii probably be
that both German naval battalions VIII
participate in the advance"
a Shanghai despatch says:
Proofs have been discovered in Tlentsin
that The yiccroy offered and paid rewards
for the heads of foreign Christians before
the bombardment.
"A cage especially made for foreigners
was found IN his house
The allied force advancing to Pekfn Is
reported to have gone thirty five miles be-
yond Tlentsln
This is almost half of tie distance to
the capital.
AT this rate, the allies today or tomor-
row should reach Lang Fang. where I'd
miraI seymour'z expedition was turned
back"
Another shanghai eablegram says that
Pere Robert. of the missions etrangeres,
announces that Peres Georgel ana Heray
have been massacred in northern Man
churia by Chinese regulars.
A despatch from General Groeekoff, the
Russian commander. dated KhabaTovsk.
August 3, states that two columns of
Russian trc6ps have crossed the Amur
River from Blagovestcherak and captured
sakhaI:n
The message of Sir Claude Mac
Donald, reporting that the legations were
still being shelled occasionaIty ty Chinese
troops, is regarded as indicating that the
foreigners in Pekin are in even more I'M
minent peril than before.
1t is believed that when the allied forces
approach the imperial capitol the native
troops will be enraged that they will
proceed to execute the threats of gem
eral massacre. so freely made and Sc gem
orally feared during the last month.
Nobody here, of course gives any Gre
dence to the report circulated ~ the cor
respondent of the Cologne Gazette to-
the effect that the delay in me advance
of the allies has been due to the unreadi-
ness of the British troops to take part in
the movement.
All the reports received today from
whatever source indicate that the combin-
ed army has already made good progress
on its way to China's capital
ALL SAFE AT HAINAN.
".