The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-14
Shanghai Dispatch Says Allies Are
Only Twenty Miles Away.
SIR CLAUDE MCDONALD WIRES THAT
THE SITUATION is DESPERATE.
The Ministers Remember Cawnpore and Refuse to
Accept Chinese Escort to Tien Tsin-Food
Will Last Only Ten Days Longer.

London, August IL, $3.50 a. m.---The Brit |
ish consul at Canton says the Daily Tele-
graphs correspondent there has received 1
the following message. dated August 8,
from Sir Claude Macdonald. British min
lister at Pekn;
"Our situation is desperate In ten
days our food supply will be at an end,
Unless we are relieved a general mas
sacre is probable.
THE Chinese offer TO escort us to Tien
Tsin. but remembering Cawnpore, we re-
fuse the offer. There are over 200 Euro
pean women and children in this lega--
ton"
Tho Shanghai correspondent OF the
Daily Express, wiring yesterday, says:
"The allies at noon Saturday We're within
twenty miles OF Pekln,"
AS General ChaGtees report. which Is
the only authentic news received here re-
garding the advance located the interna-
tional forces about forty miles from Pc
kin on Friday, it seems probable that the
Shanghai report is optimistic. 1t is
scarcely likely that the allies could ad-
vance twenty miles in as many hours,
A Yang Tsun dispatch dated August Z.
! giving details regarding the capture Of
that place. says: "yhe Russians and
French held the left. the British the left
center. the Americans the right center and
4 the Japanese the extreme right. The Brit
ish and Americans advanced on the VIII
lage at a rapid rate for 5000 yards under
severe shell and rife ire. The Rus
slams opened ana the British Amerlcan
advance began race for positions, cul-
minating in brilliant charge.
''The heaviest loss OF tho day was sus-
tanned by the Americans The Fourteenth
infantry having nine Killed, sixty two
Wounded and several missing. The bengal
Lancers unsuccessfully attempted 10 cut
off the Chinese retreat
Another Yang Tsun special says; "Ow-
ing 10 v mistake, British and Russian
guns shelled the Fourteenth United states
infantry during the night. woundlng ten''
Commenting on this occurrence, the
Standard says; 1T Is melancholy TO learn
that The losses of the Americans, VINO
seem to have borne themselves with con-
splcuous gallantry were increased by a
dcplorable error IN consequence OF one
Of their regiments being pounded by Rus
stan cannon, The incident emphasizes the
necessity Of that close cooperation which
is not easily obtainable without general
commander"
Official advices from Yokohama dated
yesterday, say that the allies propose to
advance on August z to Nan Tsi Tspng.
between Yang Tsun and wa Sing. The
Japanese suffered no casualties at Yang
Tsun. but the official reports Bay thoy
had 300 at Pei Tsang.
The Daily Malls ST. Petersburg CORE
spondent declares that the taking OF
Aigun has sealed the fate OF the rising
in Northeastern Manchuria. He adds:
"No prisoners were taken by the Rus
SLAMS. Wholesale massacre was the order
OF he day and when the battle was over
the Cossacks rode over the field killing
all the wounded with the but ends o.
their muskets'
once more the press OF England re-
marks upon the ability Of the American
government to secure news ahead OF the
rest Of the world. ut Is 70 General
Chaffoe" says the Daily News, Chat
we are again indebted for news from the
} front. Not a single dispatch from Sill
Alfred Gaseee has thus far been issued
) by the war office"
Commenting upon the American reply t,
the Chinese oyertures, the Daily Now
= says "The reply is moro conciatorj
than that OF NJ. DelCasse, and in SOM
respects Il Is a little ambiguous. still
IT'S substance Is the same. II may be OBJ
served that the United states govern
ment does seem to separate Itself from
the allies.
: All the small arms and ammunition
r used by The allies will be In accordance
with the recommendations Of tho peac
conference, none being explosive or ex
pandlng.
The drain ~ China and South Afric
Il upon England's stores Is so great tina
every private firm has been enlisted Z
o help the government supply the deman'
and to restore the reserve, which j
? much below oar
8 All the great ammunition firms ar
j. working night and day In their efforts I
n meet the governments wishes.