Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-02
THIRTY THOUSAND TROOPS.
Tint Number Now Available For the Move
ment to Relieve tho Legations Tho
Forces of.the Chinese Arc Drawn Up in
Great Arc Thirty Miles Long and Will
Flood the Country Pekin Unable to
Endure sciye other News From the
Front.
tBy Telegraph to virglnlan-pllot.,


British Minister. Sir Claude MacDon-
aid. dated July "a. I'VE are surrounded
by imperial troops" he writes. who
arc firing on us continually. The enemy
is enterprsing, but cowardly. We have
provisions for about fortnight and are
eating our ponies.
THE Chinese Government, ii there be
one. has done nothing whatever to help
us. If the Chinese do not press the
attack we can hold out for, say ten
days. So no time should be lost if
terrible massacre is to lie avoided"
Sir Claude explains those marvellous
changes in the Chinese attitude which
have so puzzled the world. 1t appears
that all the appeals for intervention
ana all the proteStationS of friendship
have been due entirely to the victories
OF the allies At Tien Tsin. The min
listers ut Pekin owed their safety up to
July II not to government protection.
but TO the scarcity of Chinese amnu-
milton and to the fear which the Ticn
Tsin Victories inspired.
London, Aug 1.-The allies began
the advance from ricn Tsin this morn
ing announces an agency bulletin,
dated at Shanghai at l1:10 a. IN. to-
day.
1t is assumed that the Americans,
British and japanese are taking part
other nationalitics are or not. An ad-
vance base will probably be estab-
lished twenty or thirty miles nearer
Pekln, and supplies will be assembled
preparatory TO Il direct strike at the
capital.
THIRTY THOUSAND.
OF the present thousand allies de-
harked at Pc Chill ports. English mil
itary observers consider that 10000 are
available for an advance beyond Tien
Tsin. The Chinese forces. according to
the vague gatherings of the allies in
te!liCcnce officers up to July 27tli. were
disposed I'm great arc thirty miles
long and distant ten or fifteen miles.
The number and exact location of the
several divisions are utterly unknown.
The Pei No. blocknded by sunken
stcnc-laden junks for twenty miles be-
You'd Tien Tsn and farther up. ac-
cordins to Chinese spies of the allies.
n dam has been constructed for the
purpose Of flooding the low-lying eX-
pansc of country.
FIRST ENGAGEMENTS
The first engagements of the relief
expedition will probably he at Pei Tang.
where the Viceroy of Yulu personally
commands. The following information
was brought 10 T'ien rsin "Wednesday.
July 25th. by n Chinese missionary
student who was sent to the British
legation at rekin. He was unable to
dtllNcI lIc iiltSS'Et entrusted 10 MN
and left Pckin July 18th. He saw few
troops between Pekin and YanGtsun.
No works had been constructed. Food
In Pekin was scarce and the city would
be quite unable to endure II siege.
Among the scraps of information
brought by another courier. who left
pckin July l4th. was the fact that Gen
eral Maa a notable Boxer" chief. had
been killed by the legationers
SEYMOUR TO COMMAND
Shanghai kilograms of this date say
the foreign consuls met yesterday and
decided to invite Admiral Seymour
British) to take command of the
Shanghai defences. The United States
Consul Goodnow and the French Con-
sul-General NJ. DeBeZaure. on behalf
OF the consuls, visited Admiral Sey-
mour and he promised to draw up plans
and submit them to n council of officers
The Shanghai municipal council objects
to the consular action.
The custom officers at Canton have
seized Chinese junk. which had 2.00O
rifles and much ammunition aboard.
PROGRESS OF THE MARCH
Brussels. August IN de Fayereau.
minister of foreign affairs, has receiv-
ed the following dispatch, dated Shang-
hal, August l, from NJ. de Cartier dc
Marchienne. secretary of the Belgian
legation. now acting as charge DAFT
flares of Belgium at Shanghai:
The allies are marching on Pekin
They are lS miles from Tien Tsin, and
should reach Pekin in eight days All
the Europeans have taken refuge in
the inner enclosure of the imperial
city"
ORDERED NOT TO DELAY.
Copyright 1900 the Associated Press.)
Ten Tsin. Thursday, July &C. via Che
Foo, July 80 and Shanghai. August l.
The American commander received or
ders from Washington to-day not TO
delay the advance on Pekin. He was
also informed that heavy reinforce
ments are ell route.
Great activity is noticeable at ia
parations are being hurried. 1t is ex-
tremely unlikely that either the Japa-
nese or the British intend to be left
behind the Americans Tough the Brit
1sh preparations are Il long way from
completeness The Japanese organza-
tion on the other hand, eXcitcs the adj
miration of all.
The total strength of the allies here
is ihUoO. Renforcements are arriving
daily.
ATTACKING THE RUSSIANS.
st Petersburg. August 1.-Ohicial
dispatches from the far East continue
10 snow that Russian military com
numbers there have all they can do to
cope win armed Chinese in the terri
tory adjacent to Port Arthur Rus
sian detachments are seeking to die
arm native soldiers who are in the
neutral zone contrary to treaty stipu-
lations. Fighting has occurred in va
rious parts. of the Liao-Tung PENN