New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
THE PFKING CAMPAIGN.
FTCIAL DISPATCHES NOW KEPT
SECRET.
40 DOUBT FELT IN WASHINGTON THAT
CHAFFEE IS CARRYING OUT HIS
INSTRUCTIONS
TBE EELEsRAFH 10 THE Tribune ]
INSTRUCTIONS.


washington. Aug. 4-No official DISPATCHES
.bst il was considered prudent 10 make public
rs-e received al the War Department to-day
4,,ra the theatre OF military operations in North
china A time has arrived when il would he i'm,
,-ouer and iulprUdeut 10 divuIge information in
-agsrd 10 military movements or operations on
ne Pei-Ho. Il would be speedy conveyed to
t-hna for the benefit OF the enemy. no embargo
saving been laid as yet on cipher DISPATCHES ad
dressed 10 Chinese officials IN that country bv
chinese officials or others in the United States
r is understood that cable message from Cen
ersI Chafee OF Admiral Remey was received to-
day It's contents were treated as confidential
tv the officials.
L Is known IN q general way that General
Chsfee's instructions were, and II IS also known
Nv everybody who is acquainted with him thar
he has lost no time in carrying them out SO far
as practicable and reporting the results. He
has doubtless informed the Department as 10
whether there is q likelihood Of hearty and ef
tsrtive cooperation OF all the cornponeuts OF the
International force; Of the effective strength and
-se health and morale Of each component. Of
ne prospect OF speedy and successful advance.
and whether II could be undertaken with the
f5roe now OF hand; Of the condition and amount
q fed transportation. and 10 what extent the
-ivsr and railroad. respectively could be de-
pended OF for the transportation Of supplies; OF
ne obstacles TO be overcome, OF the probable
Strength n numbers of the opposing Chinese
force and Of the strength Of the intrenchments TO
be carried
TIE press dispatches from China are, as
usual conflicting and confusing. except IN one
O. -To respects, where they have been con-
f-nsd by official information The fact that a
considerable force of Chinese troops, under the
command q General Ma, Of the Chinese army.
~
Tsun became pretty evident when q scouting
detachment q japanese struck II the other day
and drew or with & loss OF three killed and
twenty-five wounded Both Of the places men
toned are on TIE railway between Tieu-Tsln
G16 Peang, Pei-Tsang being about eight miles
anL Yang-rsUu about twenty miles from the
former city. According 70 map OF China com
Piled by the Military Information Division OF
The War Department, which viii be published
CT Monday, the railway across the Pei-Ro at
Ea1g-Tsun and the bridge az that place II
Ior already destroyed probably viii be when
ever General Mas forces are compelled to re-
treat rom Yang-Tsun.
PROBABLE STRENGTH OF FORCES
T1e estimate placing. the Chinese force at and
between Pei-Tsang and Yeng-Tsun at ten thou
sand men Is not official Neither is the es-
innate Of the strength OF the international forces
published this morning according 70 which the
total force on that date amounted TO %. .566
men- as follows: Americans, 1900: British,
900; Russians +.500; Austrtans, IS; Italians
=; japanese, 1900. Since July % the Annert-
ca- force has been reinforced BY The arrival OF
tWo hetrallons Of the 14th Infantry. two squad
-71s q The 6th Cavalry, one battery Of the 9Th
artillery, 800 infantry recruits and a battalion
Of marines
Some o. the PRESS dispatches Of yesterday re-
port the advance OF the relief column thirty
fTe miles beyond T1en-Tsin which would be
fifteen miles beyond Yang-TsunE, where por-
ti-- Cf General Mas army Is was intrenched.
z this remarkable story is true, that army has
either fed or dissolved or been defeated and
scattered BY the International forces, which by
This tine must be within sight Of the walls of
true The Var Department would know II, and
TIE country would not have been kept in ignor-
E1ce and anxious suspense. One press dispatch
saws that General Ma ls getting the supplies OF
food for his army al place called Yang-Lin-
sing twelve miles from Tien-1sin, the Grand
Canal L has been reported. however, that
there ara large stores q rice at Pei-Tsang and
Ts-E-TsU-
Tre -ap referred 70 indicates that the Pei
H watershed. east Of the river Itself, is pretty
narrow. the sources OF other small streams
flowing IN z norIheasterly direction, being not
more rhz- I've 10 ten OF fifteen miles from the
Pe-Eo- Other standard maps OF the region
Indicate the same thing, all tending 70 support
--e belief that there e low ridge Of land eT-
tending from near Tien-Tsin 10 Tung-Chau
u--r.r E short distance OF the river. along
--r1-- r. -07-ld be practicable for troops TO ad-
vance 7 So the fact has probably become
known u The commanders Of the international
f7-rzs and r thev have sufficient cavalry they
nv have dispatched z force 70 turn the chi
rese position e. Yang-Tsun- Or course, too II
Is pCsgfL-e that the railway vas NOT 50 com
-ie-z,z DESTROYED OF seriously damaged as Ad-
-r.-s- ==v1~ 5---s official report indicated, ana
-hs- n nav be rapidly repaired and put IN
--rrtnE order Is the international troops 40
80 = 81 m VIII be 4 valuable auxiliary
and greatly expedite the movements of the re-
LEI column