Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-23
TAKING OF PEKIN.
Entrance of Relief Forces Of1cially
Confirmed by Gen. Chaffee.
CabIegram from Admiral Remev Reports
the Inner or Forbidden City of PeNin
Was Being Bomb 4rded by the
Allied Forces.

received Othc1d1 cOnnfmaIlOH Oh TIC
fall of Pekin and the rescue of the
besieged legationers. The dispatch
/ of the American commander was not
| long and contained but few details,
| but the unconcealed satisfaction with
which it was received by officials OF
the administration indicated clearly
the anxiety that had been engendered
by his prolonged silence. The eX-
PLANTATION of his silence is suggested
in advices by the navy department
from Admiral Remey, who, teie-
graphing from Taku on the 18th, says
the telegraph line between that point
and Pekin is interrupted.
The cablegram from Admiral Re
mey contains some important infor-
nation not mentioned by Gen. Chat
fee. He makes the startling state
ment, on japanese authority, that the
inner city of Pekin was being bonn
barded by allied forces. Admiral
Remey says, also, that the dowager
empress is detained in the inner city
by Prince Yungedo.
Following is the text of the dis
patch from Gen. Chaffee, dated the
18th, as made public by the war de-
grounds at five o'clock last night
with Fourteenth and light battery.
Eight wounded during days fighting;
otherwise all WE'LL
1t will be noted that the dispatch
indicates that the American troops
entered the legation grounds at five
o'clock on the evening of the 18th in
slant. By the Washington officials
and by several legation officials to
whom it was shown, the date of Gen.
Chaffee's communication is regarded
as an error of transmission. 1t is be-
Iieved that the word ''15th'' should be
10TH
Admiral Remey's dispatch, dated
the 18th, which contains much in
teresting information in a few words,
is as follows: telegraph line to
Pekin interrupted. Information,
Japanese sources; empress dowager
detained by Prince Yungedo, inner
city, which is being bombarded by
allies. Chaffee reports entered Iega-
ton grounds evening 18th. Eight
wounded during days fighting;
otherwise all WE'LL
The startling feature of the dis
patch is that fighting within the city
of Pel1in was continuing, according
to the advices of Admiral Remey.
The inner, or, as it is popularity
known, the Forbidden City, evidently
had not been taken. 1t is surrounded
by a massive wall of solid masonry,
more than 20 feet high, and it is not
regarded as surprising that the Chi
nese should make their final stand
within it's shadows. Prior to the re-
ceipt of the dispatch it was accepted
generally as a fact that the dowager
empress, in company with the en-
perOr and a large suite, had left Pc
kin. While nothing is said in Admit
raj Remey's advices as to the where
abouts of the emperor, it is deemed
scarcely probable that he left the
city without the empress dowager.
Arm -rice Nav BE- D-ciA- ed
Washington, Aug. 2O.-Now that
the primary object for which the al
lied armies marched upon Pel<in, viz,
the rescue of the besieged legation
ers, has been accomplished, the drift
of the discussion in official and dip
lomatic circles reverts to the next
step to be taken. Necessarily many
of the predictions as to what this
will be are purely co0jectural, as it is
realized that complete and definite
information regarding the condition
| of affairs in Pekin must be awaited
| before any positive action can be
! taken by the governments whose in
terests have suffered as a result of the
| Chinese troubles.
The presumption here is that the
|
an armistice. This may be UNDER
taken by the commanders of the Chi
nese army and those of the allies on
the spot where the fighting, accord
ing to the latest reports from Pellin,
appears still to be in progress. This
accomplished, the question of the
withdrawal of the foreign armies, the
payment of indemnities and many
other problems may be left to COM
missions duly appointed to adjudi-
cate them. Ii Hung Chang has al
ready been appointed a plenipoten-
tiary by his government to negotiate
terms of peace and in this capacity
he made an Intellectual attempt TO
stop the progress of the allies in
their march on Pekin.
Short of Food J"hannesbur~.
Cape Town, Aug. 19.-The United
States consul, Mr.. James G. Stowe,
says that when he left Johannesburg,
there was only three days meat sup
ply ahead. and other food was scant,
all the transport facilities being re-
quired to feed the army. Besides this
the rolling stock was worn and the
resumption of mining is therefore
impossible at present.
The Grant at Manila.
| WASHING tO0 Auo 1Q-Tbe uaT. do.