The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-28
REPORTS FROM SHANGHAI.
Allies Are Making War on Chinese
West of Peking.


West of Peking.
LONDON, Aug. 2s, 1:5O a. m.-The allies.
resuming aggressive operations, have taken
the district west of Peking. This state
ment. based on Chinese authority. is ca
bled from Shanghai. From the same place
comes the further statement that Ii Hung
Chang has wired the Empress dowager
at Hsian-Fu requesting the arrest of Prince
Tuan and the disarmament of the Boxers
in order to give him opening for ne
gotiations with the powers.
The nluminations projected at Shanghai
ir celebration of the relief OF Peking have
been abandoned, lest they should cause
native outbreak Evidence has been re-
ceived," says the Shanghai correspondent
of the Standard, "going to show that Gen
eral Yung Lu was the real author of
the anti-foreign outbreak, the Empress
dowager, Prince Tuan and the others all
having been persuaded by him to take an
extreme attitude while he stood aside and
awaited developments"
according to the Hong Kong correspond
ent of the Daily Mail, are anxious to re-
turn to the interior, but the United States
consul has forbidden them to do so. and
urges them to go to the Philippines or
return to America.
Shanghai advices to the Daily News says
that consular opinion there looks upon
japanese action in the landing of troops at
Annoy. despite the protests of the consuls,
as similar to that of Russia at New
Chwang, the whole indicating a tendency
to partition Of the empire.
Russian journals agree says the Mos
COW correspondent of the Standard, ''that
it is impossible to deal with China in the
spirit of revenge, as suggested by Emperor
William. They believe that methods less
drastic can better accomplish the ends
of Russia in Manchuria. The question
would be satisfactorily settled to Russian
minds by the seizure of the northern prov
inces."
A st. Petersburg special quotes Emperor
William as wiring, in answer to the an
nouncement that a Russian regiment had
been named after him, follows: ''Ex-
press my good wishes to-day with all the
greater joy since our Russian and German
comrades, after long time are fighting
together again. shoulder to shoulder Ac-
cording to old and sacred tradition,
victory will not be wanting"
A dispatch received here from Toxic
says General Yamaguichi reports that the
Chinese have not abandoned hope of re-
taking Peking and that 5000 men. with fif-
teen guns, were advancing toward Peking
from Shan-Tung. probably intending to cut
the allies communications.
A dispatch received at Berlin from Tien-
Tsin says: Large bodies of Boxers are
concentrating fifteen miles northeast of
Twang-Sun." AS Twang-Sun does not ap-
pear on any of the available maps or in the
Gazetteer. it is possible the Berlin dispatch
may refer to Yang-Sung, on the Pei-Ho
river, about sixteen miles, as the crow flies,
from Tien-Tsin, on the way to Peking
A dispatch received at Rome from Taku
under date of Sunday, Aug. &c, confirms
previous reports that a convoy was being
formed at Peking to conduct, under strong
escort, the allies wounded and the women
and children 10 Tien-Tsin.
There is absolutely no truth in the dis
patch from Che-Foo of Aug 2i saying it
was rumored there ION good authority
that Russia, Germany and Japan had de-
clared war on China and had invited
Great Britain and the United States TO re-
tire from that country. Inquiries made at
st. Petersburg. Berlin and Toxic show the
report is rejected at those capitals as .un-
worthy of notice"