The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-18
HOPE or THE PIONEERS
NON IN PRINCE CHING.

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safe and amid civil ~ar, Eish prine<
Ching OK their side, sltA the poEeEs
united and ths3F forces constantly e
eze1sIss. EAe outlook u China : nov
rather Lore hopeful iEsn il A:s 6esa
for -0Ezih past It appears from taS
/ cautious statement glFea cut D. Tzo-
/ III shan IN Shanghai that the reason
| ttzt the heavy guns bearing OF TIE IL
] cations at PekI1g were not Gss4 Is
/ that Prince Ching. who Is served 81
/ 1869 troops, seized all the artillery
/ ammunition Shan likewise iRtllates
/ that IuEg LII. coQmandsr-l1-cAie< u
Iae northern army. i associated wisA
/ Prince Ching II opposing Prince
TIan ferocious designs and dictate
| nal aMbitioa Shan. who appears 20
| be The sole Shanghai conduit Of Pekins
news, cheers the foreign cons1ls BY
/ those confidential communications. bug
/ takes excessive precautions 20 prevent
the Chinese from thinking him friend
| ly 20 the foreigners.
/ The feeling OF unrest in the southern
| and central provinces continues The
| members OF TIE official classes IL those
! provinces strive 10 remain neutral.
with q leaning toward the foreigners,
until they shall see whether the MOI
crate or extreme factions viii win IL
Picking Prince CHING seems 10 DC
standing for the dynasty and the old
| order against Prince Tuan's inordinate
ambition.
DANGER OF DELAY.
From a foreign viewpoint, the cap
ture OF Picking is the key TO the situ-
alton, as there is q fear. according TO
the Daily Nails Shanghai eoErespon
dent, that delay now means loo r.
cruits for the Boxers for every soldier
of the allies in the land.
Two couTieTs arrived at Tientsin on
July l from Picking. One brought q
letter from Sir Claude Macdonald, the
British Minister, 10 the same effect as
that previously received from Sir Rob-
ert Hart. The couriers confirm the re-
ports OF the death OF Baron Won ket-
teller They say that Prince Ching is
doing his utmost to protect the for
eigners, but that the native feeling
against the whites is strong. Two hign
officials opposed TO the Boxers are re-
ported by the couriers 10 have been
assassinated.
Sir Claude Macdonaid's letter is dat
ed four days earlier than that of Sir
Robert Hart,
EMPRESS DOWAGER S LATEST
STAND.
A dispatch to news agency, dated
Tientsin, July ?, says: The Empress
Dowager, so far from being dead, is
actively striving to prevent the fac
tons fighting. Prince Ching has il
formed her that he would rather lose
his head than be constantly Obliged to
warn her Of the consequences OF the
prolongation OF the present anarchy.
Prince Tuan is quite willing that
Ching should be decapitated, but the
Dowager viii not allow this. Prince
Tuan has decided that he Will take full
responsibility. He proposes to retake
Tientsin and Taku. Outside OF Picking,
except in the Pechilf and Shantuns
country, the people are supremacy IN
different"
THE FIGHTING AT TIENTSIN.
However all this may be, the allies
at Tientsin are having an exceedingly
unpleasant time. The last engagement
OF which news has come through DC
cirred on July 6. The Chinese artil-
lery opened at dawn. Their fire was
more accurate and their ammunition
better, the shells exploding with pre-
cision and setting fire to several build
ings. H. VI. S. Terrible's guns again
quoted the Chinese, who, shifting
their artillery, reopened the attack IN
- of hut q
breaking, the Chinese suddenly quit.
The allies Immediately attacked and
drove the Chinese from their works,
but lost thirty killed or wounded in
SO doing.
The non combatantS are leaving
Tientsin, and the opinion OF minority
favors the military leaving also. Sto-
ries of colossal Chinese armies gath
ering continue to worry not only the
rank and file but the commanders, who
admit the uncertainty OF reeonnois-
sances aud the complete absence Of an
effective intelligence department. Chi
nese information is received with ex-
treme distrust-
1t is obviou3 that, though there are
many thousands of Chinese camped be-
hind the guns, nothing can be done at
present, except TO wait the arrival Of
reinforcements. The rainy season has
set in, and this makes going into the
interior difficult. The country between
Picking and TientSin in other years
has been frequently flooded. River
transport is almost impossible. and the
railway is practically non-existent ard
must be entirely rebuilt.
Military opinion is unanimous that
if the legations did not need relief it
would be foolish TO attempt advance
before September.
MUST PREPARE FOR OPPOSITION
The Daily Mails Shanghai CORE
spondent, under date of July 9, says:
1t is certain that if the powers make
any movement elsewhere north OF
| Taku they must be prepared to meet
| opposition. \ Chinese Official in hign
favor with Yiceroy Liu kuan VI, ii
| the course of an interview, says the
| southern Niceroys are only bound 10
neutrality as long as they are not in
| terfeTed with. They have more war
materials than they can use and the
military forces all over the provinces
are increasing. The Yang-tse-kiang is
mined with torpedoes. The garrison
at the Shanghai arsenal has just been
reinforced by two newly recruited regi-
menIs."
Baron Hayashi, being asked by :
representative OF the Daily Chronicle
DO you understand that Japan has
now been allowed q free hand to set
| tie the treubles" replied: y do not