Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-08-27
Arrived at Picking
Allies Believed To Be

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British troops arrived IN shanghai
fuaisted tuesday The vicefoy pro.
tested ,o Admiral seymour asainst the
.-adins VI the troops and nccofdlne TO
u -asnehal cabl,efam dispatched ut
midnight Admiral Seymour wired 10
he government for instructions ~ to
-, he should act. The British resi-.
dents " shanghai are Indignant aud
attribute the viccroy's action to in
unrdes on the part of the French and
Russian consuls.
Oniclal confirmation Of the objection
a. landing troops ut shanghai has been
received at the foreign Office here but
owing To Lord Salisbury and his stan
teire In the Nosges mountains, nothing
d, hrite can be done from London until
instructions are received from Lord
sai sbury. to whom the matter has
been telegraphed.
Tho allies have almost certainly ar.
rived at Picking. even though rain has
been falling. The advices received from
the British commander at the front
through Rear Admiral Bruce, give rea-
sonable assurance that the twenty
seven miles between the allied force
and Picking would be easily traversed
In four days. the Chinese seemingly be-
ing unwilling to fight and falling back
on the capital.
Taotai Sheng's American adviser, Mr.
Ferguson. who has been criticised by
the press and by Americans for his
continued relation TO the Chinese Of.
fetal. has resigned, and HIS resignation
has been accepted. An English cor
i"sl pndent sending this to the Associ.
ated Press from Shanghai says:
"'rhe intimacy Of American officials
with sheng has been remarked by Eng
lishmen."
Il is reported from Hongkong. undel
date OF August 18th, that the Cnitet
States sea-going monitor Monterey
will go to Canton in few days to re-
lievo the American cruiser Don Juan d,
Austria. The Chinese aver that tn,
chances are ten to one that the Bogu'
forts will fire upon the monitor, as tn,
authorities are suspicious Of foreign
designs.
The activity OF the Chinese mllitar!
authorities at Canton is most pro-
rounced. Foreigners there think the,
perceive preparations for actit Of som,
sort. They dislike the presence Of Chi
nese troops in the vicinity OF the for
eign settlement, fearing that the slight
est lndescretion will lead to bloodshed
and would welcome the arrival Of tn,
Monterey.
The absence Of fresh news Of wha
the Peking expedition is doing leads t.
speculation. Military men at Shangha
who know the countrs; in the vicinity o
Picking believe the allies ought to b,
within cannonshot Of the capital today
A news agency dispatch from Shang
hal says:
AN authentic message from Picking
dated August It'll, says the attacks OF
the legations have been renewed ant
that the supplies Of food have beef
stopped. The advance of the allies, 1
Is feared, has excited the fanatics ant
the rebels are again uncomfortable
kilograms received by the London mis-
slonary societies indicate that mission
aries and other foreigners are arriving
safely at Chinese treaty ports, some o
them from places hundreds Of mile
in the interior, and from Szechuan
more than 100 foreigners have arrive,
al Shanghai. The heads of the mis-
s!ons believe that nearly all the mis-
sionaries are alive and are safe OF
the coast Of China.
The international missions chief anx
iety is for their Shan 81 missionaries
who are returning through the hostil
province Of HUI Nan. Mr.. and Mrs
Glover have been robbed and arreste,
at Shan 81.