Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-08-09
ARE BEYOND TIEN 7SIN
Allied Forces Said to Have
Advanced IS Miles.
CHRISTIANS KILLED NEAR PEkIN
Prince Ching's Peace Policy Has Little
support ut Pekim--tlsu Ching
Chen Beheaded.

London, August 6.-According to .
special dispatch from Shanghai, dated
August 8, the advancing column OF
the allies was reported there yesterday
to have reached point 30 miles be-
yond Tien Tsin. Nothing from any
other point co1roborates this state
ment. In fact, the Standard goes SO far
as to say that it fears the real advance,
apart from preliminary measures, has
not yet begun. lien Tsin dispatches
dated July 80 tell OF an action which
is termed a Reconnaissance between
japanese and Chinese two miles he.
,ond the Hsi Ku arsenal, in which the
Japanese withdrew after suffering ~
casualties.
The Tien Tsin correspondent OF the
Standard, under date of Jlly ~, de-
clares that the Americans and Germans
have been ordered to move forward
without waiting for the British.
A Chez Foo special reports the safety
Americans in Pekin and the receipt
Of letter from DR.. Cheltman, dated
Pekin, July 90, saying that ON the
previous day Sir Claude Macdonald, the
British minister, had agreed to truce,
providing the Chinese came no closer.
and continued: 1--WE hope this means
relief, but, having again defeated the
Chinese, we are fearful of treachery.
All are exhausted from constant watch.
ing, fighting and digging trenches.
The greatest credit is due to Mr..
Squiers, secretary OF the United States
legation, whose military experience
and energy are invaluable"
The Shanghai correspondent OF the
Daily News says that the consuls there
regret the independent action taken
Ivy tho American Association and the
Chinese Association, on the ground
that IL 10 injudicious. He ys: 1.-The
settlements being international, petty
jea lousies must disappear. The China
Association Ia of little local influence.
Presumably he refers to the American.
Asiatic Association.
The Hong Kong correspondent OF the
Daily Express announces the arrival
there from San Francisco OF lloer Lee.
for sumo time resident agent in the
United States of the society for the ret
ormatiOn OF the Chinese empire. with
5000. which will presumably DO util'
lied in connection with the movement
against the empress dowager. IL lnove'
ment quiescent since 1898 until within
the last few weeks.
Nearly all the correspondents COM
6rm the reports OF u Wholesale massa.
ere Of Christians outside Of pekin, .
correspondent of tho Daily News Civ.
ing the number OF killed as between
10, 900 and 5000, all defenseless con.
verts. Imperial troops-so it is stated
did the tlastardly work.
According to the Shanghai CORE.
spondent OF the Times, one of the mem.
bers of the Tsung Ii Yamun mentioned
by United States Consul Goodnow as
having been beheaded for pro-foreign
tendencies was Captain Ilsu Chen,
formerly minister to Russia. The cor.
respondent says the empress dowager
ordered his execution Oh the advice ut
Lii Hing Hong.
Lii Hung Chang has been informed
from Pekin that Prince Ching's only
prominent supporters in his peace poll
Icy are General Yung Lu and Wang
Wen Shao, president of the board Of
revenue, whose influence is small.