The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-10
ADVANCE OF ALLIES
SAID TO HAVE BEGUN

BRUSSELS. August In. de Favcr-
eau. minister OF Foreign Affairs, has
received the following dispatch. dated
Shanghai. August I. from NJ. de Car
tier de Marchienne. Secretary of the
Belgian Legation. now acting as
Charge d'Affaires OF Belgium at shang-
hal:
The allies are marching on Picking.
They are eighteen miles from Tientsin.
and should reach Picking In eight days.
All the Europeans have taken refuge
In the inner Enclosure of the imperial
city"
EN-TSIN, July rs, via Chefoo. July
30. and Shanghai. August 1.-The Am
erican commander received orders from
Washington today not to delay the adj
vance ON Picking. lie was a.so inform
ed that heavy reinforcements are en-
route.
Great activity is noticeable at the
japanese headquarters. Transport
preparations are being hurried. IL Is
sxceedingiy unlikely that either the
japanese or the British intend TO be
left behind. though the British prepar-
ations are n long way from complete
ness. The Japanese organization. on
the other hand. excites the admiration
Of all. The total strength OF the allies
here IL 1000. Re-enforcements are ar
irving daily.
NEW YORK. August IA cable to
the sun. dated Ten-tsin. July 20. says:
II IL reported that the Japanese van
guard has been repulsed In the march
on Picking. and $50 OF them killed or
wounded.
The Russians are reported to have
captured some forts ten miles from
Tien-tsin. I'm the direction OF Picking.
Ten thousand Chinese who were gar
Irisoninx the forts fed
NEW YORK. August A cable to
the Herald from Shanghai says: Trust
/ worthy Information reaches me that
Chinese troops are steadily advancing
northward from the Yang-tse Valley.
and also from the north and may at
tack and flank the European armies.
SHANGHAI. August 1.-The allies
advanced toward Picking today. IL Is
ESTIMATED that the expedition numbers
10000 men OF all arms. with 170 guns.
II Is hoped to reach Picking by August
18th.
NEW YORK. August "A cable to
the sun from London says: A dispatch
to the Central News from Tien-tsln,
dated July "a. says a courier VINO left
Peklng on July 23d reports the iega-
lions stiil besieged and that the situa-
ton was unchanged. The Imperial
troops who had been ordered To resist
the allies. were deserving In large num-
bers. Severest punlshments had been
ordered for captured deserters. II being
hoped by this means to deter others
from deserving. The Boxers were gain
Ing many recruits. but nest OF them
were boys and youths.
A Central News dispatch from Taku
dated July 9th. says that $50 United
States cavalry from Manila were due
10 arrive ut Taku on July 2sth.
LONDON. August 2.-Another Tien-
tsln version OF the message from tn,
: British legation at Picking. from Sli
Claude Macdonald OF July 2ist. de
scribcs him as saying: I'VE have pro
visions for many weeks. but little am
munition."
inored trains I'm the Tientsin shops. ant
intend constructing the railway as fas
as the column advances TO Peking.
LONDON, August 2. 3:45 a. MN
: word comes this morning regarding tn
fortunes OF the comparatively SINAI
body OF troops believed to be forcinl
= their way toward Peking. The silenc
!: In probably due to diiigent censorship
|, rather than lack OF developments.
Shanghai special announces the re
!. ceipt OF an official telegram from tn
: Tsung-li Yamen asserting that tn
n Ministers were all well on July 30. an
: that vegetables. fruits and other sup
: piles had been sent to the legations o
: several occasions. Friendly inter
y course" the official telegram says, Il
y now being carried on between the Min
! listers and the Imperial Government.
According 10 the Daily Express. how
ever. cablegrams from Chefoo ar
nounce that the Imperial troops, nd
vancing 10 oppose the relief force. hav
completely wiped out n Christian tow
and 10000 native Christians.
General Gaselee. says this CORE.
10 pondent. was strongly opposed to a
O. immediate advance. but he was ovei
!. ruled by the other commanders and n
fiuenced by washington's order TO Gel
"a erai Chaffee to proceed without an Il
~ stant's delay"
>. From Shanghai the Daily Expire,
" has received confirmation OF the r,
= ported murder OF fifty missionaries
!. Shansi, with the additional Informs
~ ton that eight English women we
- dragged out Of the mission building
!" by Chinese mob. VINO beheaded the
y. In the streets OF Chu Chou.
" French troops are reported to ha'
"a occupied Meng-tsze, In the Province
~ Yunnan.
NJ The Tien-tsin correspondent Of Il
~ standard says: ~ heartrending Ie
!, ter has been received from the Japa
~ csc Legation. dated July 70. statiI
~ that the casualties number sixty .
:" cent: that only twenty-five cartridg
u per man are left, with sufficient 70
~ for ave days. and that II II feared q
:, legations VIII succumb within weel