The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-17

r-,huna from boi'"Vh
~ !, he rapid progress made by inc
'rsFs y ~ forces. received on Wednes-
~, evening, increased the tension snS Will
y s'.s intelligence from cana was
v'''p ,,,erday. There was general
' .',ss,tion that decisive Information ., ION
sspes'1,, .ece,yed in the course OF the
n's'' j. carly hour many press men ana
dr "a Of the war office and the
c'n''' .,rhassv o make inquiries only
'l''' RAJ no news had been received
. wv .,,rg The foreign office also
ia IN vain. nothing having heen
" ,s.ro since the last cipher dispatch
''''S i. c,aude Macdonald was handed
p'4 asys ago. Tho Chinese mini1ter
csble dispatches from China In
..o ~ the afternoon and promptly
n. aowp 10 the foreign office but it
's aaasrstood that he had no definite
.,r,ement 10 make with reference
N absorbing topic Of the moment
,,ss value was attached 20 statements
III, NJ allies had reached Pekin on Mon
Z. This Is quite lisely to be true, as
, !. snovn from Admiral Remey that the
a.. rare At Tung Chow on the 18th, and
I. o,acor commanding the British lines
!, communication telegraphed on Monday
X, General Gasalee was probably in
IN, that day. but the newspaper re-
"a, referred 20 do not make much inn
PRESTON.
nv calculating the probabilities" a.
i. :, the evening iournale remarks,
pcoes FOO and Shanghai correspondents
,,sa figure out that the allied army
uIrbt could would or should have
,.ebsd pekin BY Monday In ibis way
NV also calculated that the Pekin Euro
rams we're massacred on July &"
fne proposed landing of Indian troops
!, Shanghai has turned out as was an
aapated for some days past a sad bun
ID. In the first instance Liu Kun vi,
soo is the most moderate and progressive
. d ne yiceroys, made no objection to a
PROPOSAL that few thousand British In
1 isn troops should be disambarkel for the
aeienie Of the settlement, and transports
we're accordingly ordered up from Hong
Kong Before they could be relieved of
heir passengers the French and Russian
tuunls intmated that if British troops
snted they would be followed by other
foreign contingents. Thereupon hiu took
harm, and last Friday telegraphed ask
tg that the Indians should be sent away
Toe British consul demonstrated and sub
islusntly IAu said he would admit the
British but would not consent to an in
IRRATIONAL occupation. Admiral Seymour
vas ordered to keep the men on tina
1alspcrts pending further developments.
I'D they have remained, sweltering in
Vae sieamng river, while the diplomats
ssisayor to settle their differences. If,
aaf all the ships should be ordered
lan without dlscharging the troops, the
'ss 70 British prestige wo-ld be as bad
= snsn Russia was permitted to occupy
Pot Arthur.
e"' as 1t happens, the whole foreign
@lnualty Is really alarmed by the effect
ps withdrawal might have on the Chi
~ and and all the foreign consuls at
-'psoa have agreed to joint resolu-
9a 70 their respective governments reu-
Asauns the dangerous consequences OF
Y removing the Indians from Woo
~ They suggest that they should now
u unaer International guarantee and
~ Oe followed by other allied con-
s'u''' This solution is very unpalata-
% the British government, which
y paramount interest in the Yang
'eOn' But it viii probably have TO
s@sp'ed to avoid the alternatives of a
q 'ns retreat or serious friction
Y france and Russia.
b. l.,a, Stol III London says
.a,a.. VI large foreign force might
rising in Southern China
Y narn will result if only ,mau do
n. .S are employed to secure the
'le shanghai settlements. la
s.' !" unaerstood % be supporting creot
la i,s,.. '' matter. owing to the OK
naisnatlon felt in the island em-
0s conduct of Russia in takirq
49, ~ o. the general confusion TO an
Is h,ya Nhwang The Japanese.
q ~, 4 June the hardest and most brill
a,tusliiuu me Pekln relief operations
sssdy beEinn, ;nsensed at finding Russia
lesrItorv the annexation OF Chi
y the di.n.3 ohe consequence Is likoly
Y to Corss OF a powerful Japanese
y n nusS, se az an early date
~ perhsnv tne Shanghai; question
seafy ana saFe oeen avoided If I.ord
q bow IN al nls influential colleagues
esisF Ia h,,si pssuitauon. bu. thu prime
-Fe saterinl With his doctors at
y ehsr mi,is, place In the Vosges. and
" noors arc scattered about
''s souptrv y various English ana
satIoa S syy houses The business loe ana ia
y t dSs n to be conducted from t,r' ds =,
Z w and a few 'oIss,rsecretary of foreign
" /" Vnief clerks in Downing
lss,, PEKIN WEDNESDAY.
h n. 4sSf l7.-A special dlsnatcb
!. , as.a. says. The allie. entered
J s,sAI.T.~ i'' 1t is believed that
i. !, troops have gone thence
alas ! ,. protect the empress. who.
y ~ reports received by local Of
Va Il, ~ ! q! s',1 eSSlk Of the army and
~ august 7. for x1,t.