The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-15

xsr york. August - ,-,
Nss s.re from London says; The
y ~ rinis,er In this capital Sir Chin
s s Z Feng Luh. sticks to his guns
Vpsr :. re,olutely optimistic as ever,
SO .se another statement in which.
~ ~ his conviction that the min
-. n Peldn are safe and ridl'uiss the
is'.s .ssv can be in any jeopardy. Az
~" - ,r,rt fha: LII Ping Heng has
y .. !. in guns and bombarded the lega-
p'VSs .ovs this can not be true. II 1t
p'D =. legation buildings would have
~ -,suc;d to ruins in an hour or Two.
NJ By side with the Chinese minis
.o,ssuring statement comes Sir
sl,a3s aacDorald's cipher dispatch of
,n,o.t 6, in, which the British repre-
,.,,s. describes the situation as des"
eating tina; the food supply will
~, more than ten days and declar-
,h,t unless relief arrives speedily
.,.r,I massacre is imminent Be-
..s.n these contradictory statements anX-
ana suspeuse are again reused to
III, heal. and Will so remain for t1e
- Of this week and until the relief
,,,,e has actually arrived in Pekin. On
:. rhole however, a somewhat hopeful
,,,ost,lon prevails, though the gravity of
~ last messages from Sir Macdonald
u ronser is admitted. 1t is thought
Il, even the Manehu desperadoes in
,onmand of the Chinese soldiery in Pc
sIn will hesitate 10 proceed to extremes
IN the cannon Of the allied army aImo-t
.od ding m their ears. There is a sig
,isosnt variation in the two versions OF
=. claude MacDonald's message OF the
nnhnsuel yesterday and tnlS afternoon
..,nsctiyely. In the dispatch forwarded
~ he holg Kong correspondent oil
ssws agele,, Sir Claude merely says
.lae Chinese onsrod escort 10 Ton Isin
but Il was refused.
IN the version cabled By a correspond
eot Of the Daily Telegraph, SIR Claude
Macdonald adds that ne refused TO quit
fskp under Chinese safeguard, remem-
ssripg Cawnpore an impressive addition.
,1sgestng appalling possibilities. Grlat
,s,lsiactl0n is felt at The progress Of the
relief force. Notwithstanding the COM
n,,atyely heavy losses Of the allies at
fang Tsun. the military experts consider
the Chinese have made a poot showing,
and It is not thought They viii ba aole to
impede seriously the entry OF the column
into Pekin,
Ii is generally expected that the allies
will march into the Tartar city and rescue
the foreigners, unless some catastrophe
has happened to the latter, By Sunday or
jSonaiy The British war Office WHICH
made soma efforts to keep the press sup
Piled with early and accurate aoWs in tha
South African campaign shows itself very
taIdy informed about the Chinese op5ra-
Tins.
Some dscontent is excited by the fact
that people here have so ofts,n to look to
Washington kilograms to find out what
Is happening. II is not understood why.
Il General chaffee could communicate TO
bis government the occupa ton of Ho ST
WI on Monday, no word On the subject
has yet been received in Pail Mall.
Ie--9 the view OF al least three of the gov
Ndnis concerned. Field Marshal Count
81 "sliefsee will simply be the officer
q highest rank on the spot, VINO VIII
ila'uray command in the field in view OF
~ seniority, Just as the British admiral
~ at Taku and the Russian lieutenant
general at Pei Tsang.
Ice arrangement by which the British
ss'elnment has agreed to pay to the vice
~ o. Hoo Pc $4,000 pounds sterling as a
s'vslay toward the support of his troops,
from one point OF view. a skillful
. sAyAe OF policy, The southern and cen
va va NeeLoy; who have been sitting on tn,
;..s wiz BE- good deal impressed by the
that the European powers
us prepared to give them substantial ma.
e.Hh assistance If they decline to ioin in
~ ,ahti-iofelgn movement. This action
", ss'ae part OF Great Britain. coupled with
,ae oispatch of Indian troops t. hanpnai
is a'.s,I the determination of her ma.
,sg ; government to keep matters quiet
li.,, Wy rang Use. whether by military no.
'q y. OF financial measures.
must De admitted IN \ it docs NOT o,,ita
~, ,ssAle with Mr. Broderick's statement at
M. s cs Of the parliamentary sesrl1n
inv sslna is not to be "Indianizcd." Al
rr,,, e, i Great Britain is to tpka tho
h ssslni-independent governments of
s.,,isa INTO her pay while Russia ia
,ssn aer nag at New Chwang II won'd
d i . ia. inc process of partitioning Chi
coming perilously close.