Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-08
CONFIRMATION or
BATTLE WITH CHINESE.
Continued from Page q.


mail service at Atlanta, Ca, and Gran
vile Hunt. financial clerk of the Wash
ington city postoffice. left tonight for
establish the new postal service for
United States troops. Mr.. Robinson is
given the grade of assistant superin-
tendent Of the railway mail service, in
charge Of the new service. and Mr..
Hunt will have charge of the financial
part of the work. Four other postal
experts will join them at San Francisco
and the entire party will leave on the
transport sailing from that city on Au-
gust 16.
MORE ABOUT MINISTER'S.
Rome. Aug. 7.-Information received
here from Taku. via Che Foo. August
3. says the commander of the Italian
Governor of Shan Tung, dated Pekin,
July so, saying the ministers and for
eigners are safe; that provisions had
been supplied to them, and that confer
enccS had taken place on the subject of
the measures to be taken to protect the
ministers during their trip to Tien Tsin,
where. 1t is added. they were to estab-
lish their headquarters.
Berlin. Aug. THE German Foreign
Office up to midnight had not received
any confirmation of alarming news
from Tien Tsin. or of the report that
1t considers the advices that the Japa-
nese and Russian forces had n severe
engagement with the Chinese Sunday
and drove back the enemy, to be re-
liable. 1t is pointed out, however. that
the occurrence of such an engagement
may not mean that an advance is in
progress.
THE POWERS CAN'T AGREE.
The Foreign Office admits that Sc
rious differences have broken out be-
tween the Powers with reference to the
advance itself and to the measures that
are being taken in the Yang Use val
ley
Germanys opinion regarding the
steps Great Britain has taken in the
Yaung Use region has been expressed
through the Colonge Gazette. The
opinion is one OF disapproval of
steps taken already, or contemplated,
inasmuch as Germany, with number
of other Powers, Is as much interested
as England in keeping the Yaung Use
valley open for commerce. The Foreign
Office believes that in this particular all
the Powers except England are agreed.
GERMANY AND UNCLE SAM.
Berlin. Aug. THE Foreign Office is
confident that the United States and
Japan will side with Germany and the
other European Powers against Eng
land with reference to her apparent in
tentions along the Yaung Use Kiang.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press is informed that the United
States Embassy in Berlin has informed
the German Foreign Office that the
American Government desires. under
all conditions, that the Yang Use Kiang
be left open for American trade, and
that Washington will oppose all
schemes for the division of China, no
matter from what Power they may pro-
coed. 1t is understood that this att-
T., f..1
Government. since II comedies with the
wishes of Germany. The correspondent
further learns that Japan. on this same
question has abandoned England and
has already sought and found the
friendship of Berlin.
Ii HUNG CHANGES DICTUM.
London. Aug. S.-3:45 a. MIN case
the troops advance the Chinese must
fight. The suggestion that the allies
should be allowed to enter Pekin In
order to escort the minister to Tien
Tsin is absolutely impossible"
This is the dictum of Ii Hung Chang.
1t was transmitted last evening to Mr..
William Pritchard Morgan, member of
Parliament. by his agent at Shanghai.
The agent had carried to Earl Ii n
message from Mr.. Morgan urging that
the allied troops be allowed to enter
the capital and stating that n settle
ment could be made ut Tien Tsin,
whereby n war of the world against
China would be averted: but even the
optimistic Ii failed to hold out the
slightest hope of Its feasibility. although
he reiterated to Mr.. Morgan's agent his
declaration that the ministers had left
Pekin. fixing the date of their denar-
ture as August .. The agent makes
this comment
The consuls are without confirma-
ton"
SUNDAYS BATTLE.
Several dispatches are printed giving
hearSay accounts of Sundays battle.
The Daily Nails correspondent at Che
Foo. telegraphing Monday. says
THE fighting lasted seven hours and
the allies. when my report left. were
pursuing the Chinese. but, owing to the
floods. progress was difficult.
Thus the Chinese will have time to
reform and to recover from the effects
OF battle. Only small garrison, with
IA guns. remain at Tien Tsin, where
port that $4,000 Chinese are said to be
moving two days march to the south
east
REINFORCEMENTS.
London. Aug. 1.-THE Sebastopol cor
respondent Of the Daily Graphic as
serts that the Russian government will
send 10000 additional troops from Odes-
so to the Far East before the end of
the year.
Berlin dispatches say 1t is rumored
there that an agreement has been
reached between Emperor Nicholas and
Emperor William whereby the German
troops Will be permitted to proceed to
China by way of Siberia.
The royal arsenal at Woolrich has
been ordered to send thirty million
rounds of small arm ammunition to
China.
LEGATIONS BURNED.
Brussels. Aug. IN. De Favereau.
lx,ta 80 A Wi,