Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-15
ALLIES PROBABLY AT PEKIN.
NO RESISTANCE EXPECTED UN-
TIL CITY IS REACHED.
Monterey Going. to Canton-Renewed
Attacks on Legations at
Capital.

London, August 15.-Transports with Brit
ish troops arrived in Shanghai Roadstead
miral Seymour against the landing of the
troops, and, according to a Shanghai cable
gram dispatched at midnight, Admiral
Seymour wired to his government for in
structions as to how he should act. The
British residents of Shanghai are indignant,
and attribute the viceroy's action to in
trigues on the part of the French and
Official confirmation of the objections to
landing troops at Shanghai has been re-
ceived at the foreign office here, but
in the Vosges mountains. nothing definite
can be done from London until instruc-
tions are received from Lord Salisbury to
whom the matter has been telegraphed
The allies have almost certainly arrived
at Pekin, even though rain has been fall
Ing. The advices received from the British
commander at the front, through Rear Ad-
miral Bruce. give reasonable assurance
that the ~ miles between the allied forces
and Pekin would easily be traversed in
four days, the Chinese, seemingly, being
capital.
Taotai sheng's American ADVISER, Mr..
Ferguson, who. has been criticized by the
relations with the Chinese official, has re- re-
signed, and his resignation has been ac-
cepted. An English correspondent, send
ing this information to the Associated
Press from Shanghai, says:
The intimacy of American officials with
sheng has been remarked by English
men,"
It is reported from Hong Kong, under
date of August 13. that the United States
seagoing monitor Monterey will go to Can,
ton in few days to relieve the American
cruiser Don Juan de Austria. The Chinese
aver that the chances are 10 to / that the
Bogue forts will fire on the monitor, as the
authorities are suspicious of foreign de-
signs.
The activity of the Chinese military au-
thorities at Canton is most pronounced,
Foreigners there think they perceive prep-
like the presence of Chinese troops in the
vicinity of the foreign settlement fear
that the slightest indiscretion will lead to
bloodshed, and would welcome the arrival
The absence Of fresh news of what the
Pekin expedition is doing leads to specula-
ton. Military men at Shanghai who know
the country in the vicinity of Pekin, be-
shot of the Chinese capital today
news agency dispatch from Shanghai
says:
IAN authentic message from Pekin, dated
have been renewed and that the supplies
of food have been stopped. The advance
of the allies it is feared, has excitel the
fanatics and the rebels are again uneon-
trollable.. kilograms received by the Lon-
don missionary societies Indicate that mis-
sionaries and other foreigners are arriving
safely at Chinese treaty ports, some Of
them from places hundreds of miles in the
interior, and from Szechuan more than 100
foreigners have arrived at Shanghai The
heads of the missions believe that nearly
all the missionaries are alive and are sa fe
on the coast of China. The internationa,
missions chief anxiety is for their Shan
81 missionaries who are returning through
the hostile province of Hu Nan Mr. ana
Mrs Glover have been robbed and arrested
at Shaing." 90