The sun., 1900-07-23
TIE ADVANCE DELAYED,

E1ss gre,a g.,cnt al AlIics May inter-
"a rcro sVIsIl 7iarrh Gu "eiinis.
Nashingtnn, July - Two dispatches
fS'Ntl Chinese officials and one from Mi
INigRi IiaGry, at iakG, represent the
nefts developments 50 far as the Chinese
Nh tim Il concerned. The Enine.c
llisDat1hos were corr0E0rative, or were
Inftndpd to he, of the important news
lelutivc To tile state Of the lcgatoncfs
Aanilni Rcmeys dispatch, aside from Il
iist Of casualties. already treated in
bf7efer form. was most important. 1t
c8l5xeyel the lisagrecable news that the
column would not begin it's
advance upon Pcking before the middle
QfssAugust. This notice was received
h9fp with Consideration in view of Mr..
{ztneers advice Of the desperate position
dill. legationcrs were in on the 18th.
.fhp delay is incOmprehensihle to the
pfBtials here. Ii is known that an army
afreldv formidable in numbers and of
'reter;ln soldiers is ut Tien-tsin and Taku,
n1td with ii courageous leader il was eX-
l]acted that this would push on at once,
<3stting loose from its base if need he
N4ltl Forcing its way to Ieking, leaving
3le. e.le-cnf0rcements now streaming To-
ward Taku from every quarter of the
raebe to re-establish the base and to re-
open communications
& 1T Is possible to draw two conclusions
fronlla failure Of the foreign commanders
To do this. First. the European gov
NYiments have allowed tile skepticlsm as
vi tile Authenticity of Mr.. Congers dls-
nftcl1 to carry them to the point OF pro-
teeding cc0lly and deliberately upon the
fIst supposition-na namely, that there are
I'D forcigners alive in Picking to llc saved,
EnnSeuurntly there is no need for haste.
srle other conclusion is that friction is
aevtlDping among the internationalS iii
kI3itcf of the earnest CndchvorS of the
NassEefS whose motives as t. emma are
&8ifa4 unimpeachablc to prevent it. Color
kslptit to this latter theory by the fact
Wnt the governments have SO far been
U5lntsip to agree upon an international
c6,t,,,,nl,der for the expedition to lcking.
nns this, too. in sl>tc Of the fact that
ANmiral Remey, acting by the instTic-
Hans of his government is cXhauStlng
Exerr effort to induce the other COM
uNaaders ut Taku and Tien-tsin to hasten
6r;r movements.
{phe text of Admiral Remeys state
mpufNrelntiye to the movement of the i'll
B&rnationul column was not made public
Ill fact. il wns not intended that the
aeWs should get out, and there was q
lefliur of ANNOYANCE exhibited ut the
suH]i3atiop because of its possible effec'
Yf,b41 fhe international negotiations nov
llder way. Meanwhile. 10 secure an ac
hfat4 statement of the exact conditions
tTaku and 1ien-tsin and the resources
fIiifh will be ut the disposal of the in
efi14fional commander. whoever he ma!
,e. &Acrptary Long cablpd Admiral Re
hcv; IA send him II statement of the mum
Iei. pf international troops now ashore
(shinn. scparating the different na
lcnaItics.
H3e4elal Chaffee Is due at Nagasaki il
4}ay on two He will tralisslip ut tina
eiht and arrive ut 'raku i'll about ;
Hek. 1t has been suggested here tina
haffce will. if need he. leave the Gthe
lnmanders to their devices and lead TN
HF To pcking himself. His brothe
Hcers in the war department say tina
ssuuite competent to undertake thi
&k Others declare that, with tn
80ll force of Americans mt his com
Uli4d. the attempt would he suicida
&fS 81 Chaffee were supported by tn
Xhe letails for General Chaffee's stat
&HNnnounced A notable feature
M{3cusion of Lieutenant Colonel He
fd now United States military al
kfkto the Paris exposition commits
eNs Being Discussed In EurOp
{on, July 22.-The papers devot
pace to discussion of the pre-
l}ns of the reliability of the Chimes
|pn of the safety of the Peking mil
A similar discussion is being n
M in various forms at the differen
Nam capitals.
latest news is the dispatch frol
Nj the date of July 20. received
saying that the governor {
hng had telegraphed all the col
& have just received authentic new
N effect that all the ministers al
A8m molestatiOn and under the pr
&of the government" While thes
ions have been causing some II
hope there is too great Il distru!
cse duplicity for any acccptant
truth. A special from Shanghi