Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-04
Copyright, Associated Press.

| ny many the troops.
Copyright, Associated Press.
TEN TSIN, Wednesday, July %, via
Shanghai, Thursday, August "A ma
jority OF the commanding officers here
say the relief expedition will start for
! Pekin about August Is. In the mean
time the events at Pekin which might
| be expected to cast a shadow over the
allied forces, are seemingly but slight
| ly regarded. High officers are enter
! tanning nightly at elaborate dinners,
| with military bands playing operate
J airs. Foreign residents and friends OF
the besieged in Pekin who came to
| Tien Tsin to await news or to accom-
| pany the expedition, are intensely dis
satisfied with the progress of prepare
tons. They accuse the army of n
! difference and of magnifying the fl
( culties to be encountered in reaching
Pekin.
President Tenny of the Tien Tsin
university who has volunteered to
guide the army to Pekin, said today:
This business is not progressing in
accordance With Anglo-Saxon tradi-
! tons. Twenty thousand soldiers are
! staying here while women and children
T Of their own race are starving and
awaiting messages eighty miles away.
Military and naval officers meanwhile
wasting time in pickering over petty
politics is a sorry spectacle. 1t will
be a dark blot on the reputation Of
every commanding officer here if the
white people in Pekin are allowed to
perish without a desperate effort to
save them.
i Were Sufficient Troops.
! President Tenney and many others
who are acquainted with the condi-
| tions think there were sufficient troops
. here to push forward and pursue the
/ Chinese after the fall OF the native
7 city of Ten Tsin. That the position
of the legations demanded that the
army take extraordinary risks by
, securing the surrounding country and
I communicating animals and wagons.
/ ana that boats sufficient for purposes
+, of transportation might be improvis-
! ed, is the prevailing opinion of civil
/ ians, and many officers, notably Jap
! anese and Americans, confirm this
view The comment is made that Eur
| Opean officers are too attached to book
! theories to utilize the resources of the
| country, and that they would rather
stay in Tien Tsin according to rules
/ than start for Peking without a per-
I feet equipment.
General Dorward, Of the British
| forces, and other high officers take an
optimistic view of conditions at Pek-
ing, saying they think the legations
will manage to hold out.
On the surface the best of feeling
prevails among officers and soldiers Of
the several nations represented here.
All are fraternizing, but the lack of
organization and a supreme comman-
der handicap progress.
Lack OF Harmony.
While people at Tien Tsin are en-
tirely ignorant of diplomatic negotia-
| lions abroad concerning Chinese af-
fairs, the lack of harmony here among
the representatives Of the powers him
| ders vigorous action.
The Japanese are giving a splendid
exhibition of organization. Their
whole machine moves like clock work.
There have been forwarded from
Japan small boats Or lighters for NOV
ing troops and stores, and every regi-
ment is landed quickly and without
confusion and started for Tien Tsin
within a few hours after the transport
| has anchored in the harbor. The man
! agement of the Japanese army and the
bravery spirit and intelligence of the
| Japanese troops are revelation that
| commands the respect and admiration
of all foreign officers.
The heat is intense. The tempera-
ture averaged 100 degrees during the
week and yesterday it was 104 de-
gress.
/ The disregard of all sanitary regula-
tons by certain troops is a serious
menace. The streets are full of refuse
and an insufferable stencil peryades the
town. The police and sanitary work
compares unfayorable with the Ameri-
can regime in the Philippines.