People's voice., 1900-08-09
Some Real News from Lhina.

Two dispatches were received yes.
terday frOm naval officers at Che Foo,
repeating unofficial, but apparently
reliable, reports OF active aud eXten-
Slve hOStllitleS between tue allied
forces and the Chinese upon the line
between Tien Tsin and Pekin. The
dispatches indicate unmlstakably
that the reliefcOlumu has started 10
earnest and that il is meeting with
determined opposition. Although
neither OF the naval dispatches men
tionS The presence Of American troops
in The reported engagement, IL is gen.
orally assumed at The war department
that al least part Of General Chat
fees small army was on hand and took
an active part IN The affair, The dis
patches are as follows:
"Che Foo, Aug. 6.-Bureau Naviga-
tion, Washington: British Fame (war
ship reports unofficial engagement at
Pei Tsang, Sunday morning, 3 TO 1890.
Allied loss, killed and wounded, l,2O0,
Chiefly Russians aud japanese. Chinese
retreatiug,-Taussig."
"Cbe Foo, Aug. 6.-Bureau NaViga-
tiOn, Washington: Ofiicial report be-
lleved reliable, abput 1900 allies
heavily engaged Chinese at Pei Tsang
Daylight OF the 5th Sunday
Remey."
Pei IsaUg is the first railroad
station about six miles northwest of
Tien Tsin, enrOute to Pekin.
Taussig, who signed the first dis
patch, is 10 command Of the York
town, which is at Cue Foo.
According to the information in
possession Of the War department,
the town Of Pei Tsang is at the heaG
Of tidewater upon the Pei HO, between
eleven aud twelve miles by road be-
yond Tlen Tsin. IL is a village OF
mud huts, Of considerable size, but
not walled. The river at this point is
not nsvigable by anything larger than
a good sized steam launch, and IL is
thought that the troops probably
reached there 10 small boats, towed
by the naval launches.
IL is stated that if all the interna-
tiOnal forces in the vicinity Of Taku
can be landed aud the supplies
brought up there is sufficient force to
overcome any army which the Chinese
may bring forward to prevent the
march on Pekin.
The country all along the river be
tween Pekin and Tien Tsin is a low,
alluvial plain, almost impossible for
vehicles in the wet season, and under
quite a high state OF cultivation. IL
presents no natural defensive features
and the war department knows no
strategic reason why the Chinese
should have made a stand there rather
than at any other OF the dozen vii.
lagos east of the walled town Of Tung
Chow, where is stored an immense
amount Of provisions upon which the
city Of Pekin would have to depend
10 case Of siege.
From the fact that the engagement
lasted seven and a half hours, il is
argued in the department that either
the Chinese must nave been heavily
intrenched or that there was an i'm
mense horde OF them 10 Sc stubbnrnly
contest the advance OF the 5000 in
terDational troops. 1t is figured bv
military experts that a loss Of LOO
killed and wounded upon the part Of
the allies probably means loss Of
from three to six times as many Chin
ese.
1t is possible that blow Of this
magnitude may break the resistance
of the Chinese 70 the advance OF the
foreign column, but upon the other
hand it Is possible that this may he
one OF a large number OF places upon
the road that they have been in.
trenched with q view tn falling back
and contestlng the foreign advance So
as 10 delay as long as possible the
arrival OF the foreigners at Pekin.
Unless the opposition suddenly breaks
down, the military experts look for a
desperate engagement when the
troops reach the walled city Of Tung
Chow, which is said to be even more
favorably located for purposes OF
defense than was Tieu Tsin.
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