The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-10

Donald. the British Minister, who was
formerly an army officer, is chief IN
command of the defenses. 1t is report
ed that the Chinese are anxious TO Sc
cure the advice Of Sir Robert Hart as
to their future policy" -
LONDON. Aug. 3.-The forward
movement for the relief of the foreign
legations in Peking began Sunday.
July 29th. A message from Tien-tsin
on that date says the advance guard of
the Russians occupying the right flank
and the Japanese pushed to the river
without opposition. The expectation Is
that the whole allied expeditionary
force, 10000 men, would be on the
march by Tuesday, July s1st. Sixteen
hundred Americans and $500 British
are cooperating. 1t is purposed to fol-
low the river, using boats to carry
food, ammunition and artillery.
The telegraph office at Chefoo ap-
pears to be blocked and newspaper and
official kilograms are subject to indef
mite delays. Shanghais correspondents
learn that Russians were defeated
north OF New Chwang and that body
/ five thousand strong is endeavoring to
relieve the force besieged at Toshi
Chow by 10000 Chinese and numerous
guns. Four Russian steamers on the
Amur river are said to have been sunk
OF damaged by the Chinese fire.
The Chinese military commanders at
Shanghai have formally notified the
foreign consuls there that the enlist
ments now proceeding are to provide
large forces for the protection OF for
eigners, and have expressed the hope
that they will not entertain groundless
fears or suspicious, adding that the in
crease of the army is entirely to secure
their safety.
AS target practice at the Chinese
forts alarms foreigners at Shanghai.
the commanders announce, it will be
| abandoned.
The smuggling Of arms continues. A
junk was seized at Canton on August
1st with seventy rifles and 10,0e8 cart
ridges on board.
Foreigners at Macao fear an out
break.
An imperial trade authorizes the
, passing of the Bosphorous by Russian
!. transports with which are material
bound for China.
: News Agency dispatches dated al
, Shanghai Thursday, August End, say
. The ferocious Ii Ping Hong, formerly
, Governor of Shan Tung, has arrived al
q Peking with large following Of
= troops On the way north he killet
two French priests and many hundred
@ converts. Lii Hung Chang is alleged Il
have sent message to Peking to keeI
Ii Ping quiet.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-The Stat
Department today issued the follow
ing:
81 The State Department has receive.
a dispatch from Mr.. Fowler, Consul a
Chefoo, dated at night on the End o
August, stating that when he learne'
from the Shanghai papers that doubt
. were entertained of the genuineness o
, the Conger cipher telegram, he wire'
on the eth to the Governor of Shal
Tung to send him the original b.
courier. The Governor at once com
piled with his request, sending spe
, cial postman, who by travelling nigh
| and day for five days, made the Jour
, ney which in ordinary times woul
have required twelve days. He de
2 livered to Mr.. Fowler the original Q
. the Conger dispatch. It is signed b
T Mr.. Conger and dated the 18th of jul!
1t is precisely the same as the messag
D received at the State Department wit
several words prefixed which came I
an unintelligible form to the Chimes
j legation here. The dispatch in its com
: plete form says that the members q
4 the American legation had been be
8 sieged for a month in the British iegs
t ton. Mr.. Fowler has no doubt Of lib
genuineness of the dispatch.
3 WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-The Stat
e Department makes public the follow
: ing kilograms received today. Angus
3rd, from the Consul General
Il Shanghai, and the Consul at Chefoo:
: SHANGHAI, Aug. 3.-Secretary
State, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lie
> Chunking yesterday. Ii told Frent
/ Consul today no messages will be d
: livered ministers before foreigners a.
vancing on Peking. Two pro-foreis
members of the Tsung Ii Yamen b
L headed 9th for urging preservatit
l. ministers, by Ii Ping Han now cor