The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1900-08-24
OFFICIAL
NOTIFICATION
GOVERNMENT RECEIVES WORD
FROM REMEy AND Cn.rPEE.
FIGHTING IN PEkIN Is REPORTED
AS CONTINUING.
TaiD NExT STEPS A MAT~rDR OF
CONJECTURE

Washington, Aug. 2O.-The navy de-
partment has received the following
Ga blegram
''Taku, Aug. 1S-Telegraph line to
rekin Interrupted. Information from
Japanese sources is To the effect that
ne empress dowager is detained by
rnnce Yungedo in the inner city,
which is being bombar,ied by the al
hes. Chaffee reports that he entered
legation grounds on the evening OF the
18th. Eight wounded during the days
fighting; otherwise all we'll
''Signed) REMEY."
Washington, Aug. 20.-'The war de-
partment has received the following
dispatch
"Pekin. Aug live entered lega-
ton grounds at O'Clock Last ulSht
with Fourteenth Infantry and light
battery. Eight wounded dmring days
lighting. Otherwise all we'll
CHAPTER" :
Advices received last nisht from the
foreign office at Toxic, Japan by the
Japanese legation III this city. eonlirm
and amplify previous accounts Of the
capture of Pekin by tive allied troops.
Fighting i'm Pekin.
Rome Aug. pa dispatch from
Taku via Chefoo. Aug. Ia says:
Fighting continues Ia The streets OF
Pekin- and the allies hAy. eombarded
the point that is still resisting Prince
Iung prevented the departure of The
empress dowager.
Brussels, Aug. 20.-The Belgian fer
eiSn Office has received the following
from Tien Tsin via Chefoo ard Shah;,-
hal. Aug. IL:
M Ketels, Belgian vice-consul, con-
firms the report and the capture OF
New Chwang by tine Russians"
Paris. Aug. 2U-Ehe French govern
nent has received from various official
quarters the news of the fall OF Peiiin
and the safety OF the foreign legations.
What Are the Next steps.
Washington Aug. 20.-NOw that the
primary object for which the allied
armies marched upon Pekin, VIZ, the
rescue OF the besieged legationers has
been accomplished, the drift OF discus
sion in official and diplomatic circles
! reveTts TO the next steps 10 be taken.
/ Necessarily many of the predictions rs
/ to what this VIII De are purely con-
! jectural, as il Is realized that complete
and definite information regarding the
condition Of affairs IN f'ekin must be
awaited before any positive action can
| be taken by the governments whose III
| tA.asts have suffered as result OF the
/ Chinese troubles
New Aspect.
I'VE are on the Threshold OF an en-
tirely new condition OF affairs; a new
aspect confronts US. said a well-posted
official OF this government. The If
forts of the several governments dur
iDg the past few weeks have been de-
voted 10 the rescue of the legationers
in Pekin. Now that that has been ac
compished the course OF the govern
ments whose interests have been affect
cd is for the present one largely Of con-
lecture"
wu Thinks Empress Safe.
Minister Wa said 20 the Associated
Press to-day that he had official al
vices TO the effect that the emperor and
empress dowager had gone from Pek.n
10 the province of Shen-Si "A consider
able distance west of the capital city
lie had not been advised to what city
they had gone, but II seemed probable
that their destination was the capital
OF Shen-S province. The minister re
lieved they were entirely out OF Dan
ger. The statement that the Gowager
empress was detained by Prince
Yungedo therefore gave him little con
cern. although he expressed some il
terest in II. He said there was no
Chinese Prince Yungedo. Ii is not
Chinese name. II might be, the niu-
lister thought IA Japanese name but, !
personally, he knew of no SUCH person.
Agreement for an Armisticc
The presumption here is that the
next move will be all agreement for an
armistice. This may be undertaken by |
the COMMANDERS OF the Chinese arn1y
and those OF tire allies on the spot |
where the fighting. according to the
latest reports from Pekin. appears still |
TO be in progress. This accomplished |
the question OF the withdrawal of the |
foreign armies. the payment OF indem-
mites. and other problems may be left |
TO commissions duly appointed TO adju- I
dicate them, Ii Hung Chang has al
ready been appointed plenipotcntiary
by his government TO negotiate terms
of peace, and in this capacity he made
an Intellectual attempt To stop the pro-
gress OF the allies in their march on
Pekin. Whether Earl Ii win be con-
tinued in that capacity 10y the imperial
government Is not known here, but
such seems altogether probable. rs
with his well-known ability and his ac-
quaintance with the world. he would
Re able To make possibly better terms
than any other Chinaman.