Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-08-09
THE ANT|-FORE|GN PARTY.
1t is Said to Be Again in the As
cendancy at Pekin, the
Chinese Capital.
Il HUNG CHAINS ASKS FOR SICK LEAVE.
A humOr Current that the Powerful
VicerOy Yuan Shi Kni. Governor
of shan TunE, Who DisnpprOved
of Prince Tuan's Course. Has Been
Killed.

London, Aug. g. The anti-foreign
party again has the upper hand at Pc
kin. According to reports emerging
from Ii Hung ChLng's lodgings at
Shanghai his baggage is packed pre-
paratCry to his departure for Pekin,
but, il is added, he has applied to the
throne for 20 days sick leave. Ii
Hung Chang claims that his repre-
sensations to the Yan-Tse viceroys
and Taotai Sheng will be denounced
by Ii Ping Hong, because they are
frit ndly to the foreigners.
a news agency dispatch from
Shanghai, dated August &. says it is
rumored that the powerful viceroy
Yuan Shi Kai, governor of Shan Tung
who disapproved of Prince Tuan, has
been killed.
Can't Get Anything Fresh.
Correspondents nj lien Tsin are I'M
able to get anything fresh, though n
dispatch from Shanghai, dated August
&. AYERS that the allies are making
slow progress towards rekin, on ac-
count of differences of opinion among
the generals. The American, British
and japanese commanders favor one
plan. this dispatch atfrms, and the
Russians, French and Germans favor
another plan.
Prince Tunn's Tactics.
Prince Tuan, it is added, seeks to
inspirit his army 10y prnclarnatlons,
ordering every foot of the road from
Tien Tsin to Pekin 10 be disputed. All
the Chinese troops have evidently been
paid in full and troops, money and
supplies are going tc Peliin from the
southern provinces 1t is deemed quite
probable by military meE in LCndon
that the Chinese will make fierce
fight at Pekin. on Il much greater
scale than during the defense of Tien
Tsin.
A Russian Victory.
A dispatch received at the war office
in st. Petersburg from Gen. Creole
koff dated Khabarovsk, August 4, says
two suuadrons of CCssacks rcconnoit-
ering near Teche engaged 1000 Chi
npse with two guns and $50 cavalry.
After stubborn light the Russians
were reinforced by another squadron
with two guns and defeated the Chi
nese, killing two hundred. The Rus
sian loss was eight men killed and
eight wounded.
Drove the Chinese.
This dispatch adds that the battle
around Aigun was continued August
., the Cossacks losing six men killed
and 25 wounded. and driving back the
Chinese, killing 200 and capturing two
guns and two flags. An inscription
on one of the flags read:
1.-The people of the large fist
Ngun, when the dispatch was sent,
was burning.
Other dispatches report Russian sue
cesses near Port Arthur.
4 Pancity of Information.
The parliamentary secretary of the
foreign office, Mr.. Frederick, said in
the house of commons that the gov
eminent had no information regard
ing the reported advance of the Brit
ish and other relief forces towards
Pellin, nor as to the present position
of the foreign ministers there, adding
| that communications both from the
legations and the relief force had to
be borne by runners and dispatch
boats.
The first lord of the admiralty, Mr..
Goschen, said the colonial contingents
in China would consist of 200 officers
and men from Victoria, 800 officers and
men from New South Wales, and a
gunboat and 112 officers and men from
South Australia. The cost, he added,
would be partially borne by the col
onies.