New-York tribune., 1900-08-27
READY FOR THE BOXERS.
BY THE ALLIES TO
MEET AN ATTACK ON PICKING.

MEET AN ATTACK ON PEKING.
London. Aug. 27.-The latest news from
Pekins indicates that the situation there is un-
changed The Imperial City is still invested
but has not yet been occupied. The Allies, when
the last message left. were still refraining from
aggressive action pending instructions from
their governments.
An attack from 30. 600 Boxers was anticipated.
and to meet this the whole American force and
the British artillery. according to a dispatch to
The Morning Post" from Peking, dated August
IS. were moved to the outer city wall. The
Boxers were reported coming from the south
General Dorward, in his report Of the engage
ment outside Tien-Tsin, August 10. wnen the
Americans. British and Japanese signally de-
feated large force of Boxers. killing over
three hundred, says in a dispatch dated Au-
gust %:
The lines OF communication near Tien-Tsin
are now free from danger. The enemy had
been treating the villagers badly. Several de-
capltated bodies were found near their camp.
The villagers are now flocking to Tien-Tsin at
is not more than months food supply, there
Is every prospect OF q famine shortly.
This declaration that famine is imminent in
consequence Of the inadequacy of provisions for
the hordes of refugees at Tten-Tsn adds a
new element of peril TO the situation.
Shanghai advices say that the report of the
capture of Emperor Kwang Su by the Japa-
identity.
The Peking correspondent of THE Daily
Telegraph" telegraphing August 10. reasserts
that the Empress Dowager fed westward. and
adds:
She has bodyguard of fifteen hundred, and,
as the mountainous character of the country
would prevent artillery following, it is believed
that she will not be pursued.
This correspondent reports everything quiet
on the date of his dispatch but telegram to
the same paper from Tien-Tsin, dated August
"a, asserts that thousand Russians. Germans
and Japanese had pushed forward from Peking
with the intention, it assumed OF pursuing
the fleeing Empress Dowager.
AT a conference of Ministers and Generals
held at Taku Friday it was decided. accord
ing to "The Daily Telegraph to refer the fate
of the Forbidden City to Europe.
Tien-Tsn dispatches TO Berlin. dated August
%, say:
vail around the innermost part. OF the Forbidden
Ivy puC nave hoN yet ilaoe 1let way 70 Ihe
Imperial Palace owing to lack of Government
instructions.
Lieutenart-General Linevitch. commander of
the 1st Siberian Army Corps. cabling to ST.
Petersburg. under date of August Is. says:
There are no longer any Boxers in Peking.
They were driven out to-day by the French and
Russians, whose flags are hoisted over the I'm
perial City. The Empress Dowager, the EN-
peror, the Heir Apparent and the whole Court
have fed to the Province of Shen-Se.
Ii Hung Chang, according to a Shanghai dis
patch dated yesterday. has once more postponed
his departure for the North
The Japanese have landed more bluetackets at
Annoy. where order is maintained in spite of the
great excitement.
Conspicuous gallantry displayed by Cap
tain Gaussen. of the Bengal cavalry" says the
Shanghai correspondent of The Standard"
while under heavy fire in the recent fight at
Tien-Tsin. Captain Gaussen stopped and picked
up an American trooper. lifting him into the
saddle and riding off in safety
The Shanghai correspondent of THE Times"
telegraphing August "a. says:
Ii Hung Chang has received a message from
Peking that the japanese alone will occupy the
Imperial Palace The Japanese Government
has renewed its assurance that it will protect
the persons of the Empress Dowager and the
Emperor.
Mr.. Morgan, of the China Inland Mission, who
has arrived here from Si-Ngan-Fu, reports that
thirty-seven foreign missionaries and thirty con-
verts have been massacred at Tai-Yuen-Fu.
The 'Politische Correspondent" of Vienna,
often employed as the mouthpiece of the Rus
sian Foreign Office, asserts emphatically that
Russia has not declared war against China and
does not contemplate taking such a step alone.
The Cologne Gazette" in article which is
said to forecast Germany's attitude regarding
compensation. claims that the necessary indem-
nifty can be secured by increasing the maritime
customs the Powers assuming complete control
of China's finances, including the financial ad-
ministration Of the provinces.