Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-08-16
Good Reason to Believe the Min
listers are now Under Pro-
lection Christian Army.
HAVE ARRANGED ARMIsTIcE
The Foreigners to be Delivered to
the Gates ofthe Clty-Set-
Element Later.
TROOPS NEED AT SHANGHAI

Washington, Aug. 16-rhe navy de-
partment made public the following
dispatch from Admiral Remey:
Taku, Aug. 1S-The front unheard
from since the 18th. Lieutenant Lat
inner is on Chaffees staff expressly
to furnish me authentic information.
The latest reports from Japanese
sources say the allies occupied Tung
Chow 18th, and would attack Pekin
today.
New York, Aug. 16-A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser" from
Chefoo quotes Edwin Wildeman, cor
respondent, as follows: Il learn from
a thoroughly trustworthy Chinese
source that the army Of the allies
reached Pekin Monday. l have every
reason to believe the army forced
an entrance and ENJOYS and friends
were rescued today They are prob
ably now safe with the Christian
army"
London, Aug. 16-The news agen-
cy dispatch from the seat OF war
reads as follows: AT front August
18th, via Chefoo, August 18th. Chin
ese retreat continues. They will not
make stand. We are only twenty
miles from Pekin. The entire force
is straining every nerve to reach
the capital before it is too late
Toxic, Aug. 16-Semi-oficial dis
patch from Fung Chow, (Tung
Chow dated Aug. 18th, says: The
Japanese troops occupied Fung Chow
today. We are now ten miles from
Pekin, the Chinese seem to have re-
treated towards Pekin. Last night
a quantity of arms and a granary
with great stores of rice were cap
tured.
Washington, Aug. 16-The Chinese
minister this morning received a be-
lated cable dispatch from Minister |
Conger, in American cipher. address
ed to the state department He de-
Hvered it to Acting Secretary Adee
at 8 o'clock. The departments also
received an appeal from Ii Hung
Chang, Chinese peace envoy, to have
the allied army stop their advance
at Tung Chow at which place he says
they may be met by high officials of
the Chinese government who will be
empowered to negotiate an armistice.
This is in response to demands of
our government in it's communication
TO Ii Hung Chang.
Washington, Aug. 16-This govern
ment will reject Ii Hung Chang's
proposal for armistice. It will stand
on the proposition heretofore an
nounced.
China C bTf JA -. -.
Berlin, Aug. ia semi-official dis
patch from Shanghai, dated August
18th, says: Foreign consuls acting
on joint resolution sent their respec-
tive governments the following tele-
gram: If true Indian troops (Britishj
are withdrawn from WI Sung, it will
constitute menace to the safety of
Shanghai. These troops ought to be
landed on basis Of international un-
ufoSa HIM N -.
safety at Shanghai more troops ought
to be landed immediately
Shanghai, Aug. 1.-THE consuls
will meet today. The landing of
British troops is not objected to by
representatives of other nations; the
latter have declared they will adopt
the same course. To this the British
objected and threatened to withdraw
troops now ready to land.
Washington, Aug. 16-The depart
ment of state received late yesterday
afternoon august 15) cipher dis
patch from Consul General Goodnow
dated the same day. which on being
deciphered was found to embody an
undated message from Minister Con-
ger transmitted from Tsi Nan on the
18th. From internal evidence, it
would appear to have left Pekin about
the Sth or 9th inst. 1t adds little to
what is already known,its most inter-
esting statement being that with the
exception OF seven marines and baby