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

CT stopping the advance OF tne aIileS She
viii become importunate instead of def
ant
Chaffee Favors the Advance.
Probably the most important news yet
received from China is contained n the
despatch received yesterday afternoon
from General Chaffee, commander OF the
American military forces. The despatch
covers very fully nearly every phase of
the situation as it really existed July 81,
when the eabIegram left Tienssin, Il is
the message that the War Department has
been expecting since General Chanee
reached the front, and that officer does not
dfsappoint the officials in the comprehen
siveness of his information.
There are Important reasons why the
message is not made public One is that
it announces a prospective forward move
ment but the most important is that Gen
eraI Chaffee tells plainly the relations be
tween the allied forces. He explains the
attitude OF the different foreign command
ers on the question of an immediate ad-
vance and gives information that indicates
that some of the commanders We're not
favorable to such movement at that time.
1t is also evident from his cable that up
to July 81 no commander for all the allied
troops had been agreed upon He tells
of the reconnaissance of the japanese
troops and their repu1se after sustaining
thirty casualties.
The strength of the allied forces and the
| supposed strength of the enemy outside OF
| Tientsfn is also given. General Chaffee
! does rot believe, though, that the Chinese
are in such force that an advance upon
Pekin should be delayed. In this belief
he is sustained by at least three foreign
| commanders. According to the message,
the move had not begun up to July 81,
! and would not probably begin until Au-
| gust 5. In fact. it is stated upoa the high
| est authority here that the movement
could have begun yesterday and conform
To The iBlOI IULEiSAGu pS dCEtJdI
| Chaffee.
No word was received from General
Caaffee or Admiral Remey today, and the
Department officials are somewhat wor-
ried over the silence of the commanding
officers as to the movement on Pekin.
1t is believed by War Department off
cials that the campaign in China will ex-
tend at least to December. and prepara-
tions are being made with this in view.
Six months supplies viii be landed at
Taku. with $4,000 tons of fuel.
The special order issued by General Mac
Arthur relating to supplies for troops en-
route to Taku was received at the War De-
partment last night and is as follows:
The command will take a full e.aaip-
ment of tentage, sixteen four-muIe wagons,
thirty days rations. and five hundred
rounds of ammunition per man. The Ord
nance Department will furnish one Colts
automatic rapid-fire gun and one Calling
| gun, with an ample supply of ammunition.
| The command will be furnished ample med
| icaI supplies ana attendance, under the
| direction Of the chief surgeon of the divis-
ion. The Quartermaster's Department will
| furnish the necessary transportation, util-
izing the transport Logan for the troops
| and the transport Port Albert for the wa
| gon train
The Surgeon Generals Department will
supply an abundance OF surgeons and
medical supplies
Conger Message Explained.
The State Department authorizes the fol-
lowing statement in regard to the probable
date of the first telegram from Mr.. Conger,
to which in transmitting it through Sheng
at Shanghai and Minister WI, the Tsung-
li-Yamen assigned the date of July IS:
''The Department of State is in posses
sion of the original cipher text of the en-
tire message as received by Minister WI
on July 20 and communicated by him to
Secretary Hay on the morning of that day.
It is partly in the Chinese cipher code and
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