The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-23
POWER OF THE EMPRESS
Powers Should Re-establish the Gov
vernment at Pekin Without Delay
RUSSIANS POURING INTO THE FAR EAST
Mobilization of Forces in Progress All Over
European Russia. In 0dess Alone Are
IA Steamers Chartered Are
to Convey Troops.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
London, August 23.-(Thursday, a.
ny To-day 1900 Americans attacked
the Imperial palace" says a dispatch to
the Morning Post, from Pekin, dated Au-
gust 18th, land captured four of the
courts. The American flag is flying over
the Imperial granary, and the Imperial
bank has been looted"
Describing events prior to the relief,
the Morning Posts correspondent ca
bles:
On August 18th THE Tsung Ii Yamen
requested a conference with a view to
peace. No amistce was granted how
ever, and that night we endured the long
est fusilade of the whole siege. 1t lasted
twelve hours.
"Cn August 18th the Tsung Lii Yamen
begged to be excused from any confer
ence, saying that the members were too
busy. Later they wrote that they had
forbidden firing on us and would court
martial any who disobeyed. During the
evening many shells fell in the Legation
comuound'
The Daily Chronicle publishes an in
terview with the Japanese Minister in
London Kato Takaal0i. which represents
him as having said:
The Empress is the heart and soul
of China. SO long as she remains in
China, whether the supreme power is Ia
ken from her or not, she will always
be the greatest force, the one above all
others to be reckCned with The diff
fuclty will be TO get any che who can
speak for Ter. l fear that the influence
of Ii Hung Chang is now of extremely
little weight.
The powers must come to final
understanding quickly. Riots, anarchy,
bloodshed and misery throughout China
will be the inevitable result of a policy
that does not Immediately disclose itself
The Government must be re-estabished."
The Japanese envoy expressed his ap-
prevail of the reported American sugges
tion regarding a conference of the pow
ers and said he believed that satisfactory
pecuniary compensation could be secured
if the resources of China were properly
developed, despite the fact that her pres
ent revenues are pledged.
Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee,
according to the Daily Nails correspon-
dent expresses the opinion that his labors
in China will be of long duration, "as
pacification will be a difficult undertake
ing
Three hundred and seventy-fve thou
sand Russian troors are already in the
far East or on the way there by land and
sea, or under orders to embark. This
statement is made by the Moscow cor
respondent of the Daily Graphic, who
adds that mobilization is in progress
all over European Russia and that there
are now at Odessa fourteen steamers
chartered to take troops.
According to a st. Petersburg special
telegram has been received at the Rus
sian capital from Shanghai announcing
the departure of Ii Hung Chang for Pc
k:c.
ALLIES HEARD THE FIGHTING.
Copyright, 1900, by Associated Press.)
In Camp Outside Pekin, August IA
presumably, via Che Foo August 21.-
Morning of the 14th.-Regiments of
Japanese, Americans, British and Rus
SLAMS, accommodating along the four roads
toward Pekn yesterday were unopposed.
They established lines five miles from
Pekin, before the east walls, whose tow
ers are visible.
The remainder of the army is arriving.
There are no signs of the Chinese in
front of Pekin; but there was heavy
lighting there all night. Probably the
Chinese are attacking the legations in
desperate effort to crush them before
the city falls.
The heat is intense and marching
soldiers suffer intensely.
The foregoing dispatch from the cor
respondent of the Associated Press at
Pekin was evidently written and sent off
several hours earlier than his dispatch
dated August 14th and received in New
York Tuesday night giving the story of
the rescue and the joyful reception of
the relief column.