The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-02
D|iS[IgoNs N Ranks
Of ALLIES IT PfkIne.
Russians Insist Their
Government Has De-
clared War.
GENERAL cniFFEE HOLDS ll00f.
coMMANDERs OF THE FOREIGN
FORCES TRYING TO FIND
PRINCE TUAN.
Gen. Gaselee Telegraphs the Brit
ish Government an Account
of the Entry into the
Chinese Capital.

LONDON. Aug e4.-3:50 a m.-f1res
fighting and dissension are apparently
following in the wake OF the relief OF
Picking. The Daily Mail publishes dis
patches from the Chinese capital. dated
as late as August nth, declaring that
a great fire was then raging in the I'm
perial City. The Russian Commissioners
had declined to accept the decision o.
the other generals, not TO violate the
Imperial precincts, and street fightiEg
was going on. General Chaffee, so 1t is
asserted, maintained that the Chinese
had been adequately punished already,
and that it would be unwise to take the
Imperial palace. This explains the
withdrawal of the Americans, after
breaking three gates, as cabled BY the
special correspondence of the Associated
Press. The Russian General. however,
maintained that his Government mad
declared war against China. and that,
therefore, there was no reason to pre-
vent him CARRYING hostilities into the
sacred precincts.
judging from various, and in many
cases, contradictory dispatches. that
have reached Europe this morning
from Picking, the commanders eyentu-
ally adopted a middle course, for a
Reuter- telegram asserts that sentries
were placed TO prevent looting. Hence
it is assumed that the Imperial build
ings. though captured, will not be ~ae-
stroyed.
The fires appear to be incendiary and
to be caused by the Chinese themselves.
All the dispatches point to the fact
that. according to the latest received
here from Picking the commanders were
somewhat at sea regarding their fu-
ture action, all awaiting Instructions
from their governments.
The foreign residents appear to have
been sent to Tien Tsin. although the
ST. Petersburg correspondent OF the
Daily Mail says that the Ministers VIII
not leave Picking until the negotia-
tons for indemnity are under way.
Neither the commanders nor diplo'
matists were in communication with
the Chinese Government on August
18th. They were then searching for
Prince Tuan.
Among the puzzling reports as to the
whereabouts of the Empress DowageI
is one from ST. Petersburg. that she is
in the vicinity of Peking, but surround
ed. The Emperor seems to have dis
appeared completely. 1t is officially re-
ported that the Minister of the Neither
lands, DR.. Knobel, was slightly woun0-
ed during the siege.
st. Petersburg dispatches announce
good progress in the Manchurian cam
paign. The town of Mergen was cap
tured on August 18th, with trifiine
Russian loss. while the Chinese suffer
ed severely, leaving ten guns, 700 rifles
and large quantities of ammunition, IN
the hands of the Russians.
The reports Of risings in Northern
Korea are confirmed. 1t is believed
that these are not due to ill-will toward
foreigners. but to local dissatisfaction
The Korean Government is sending
troops to the disaffected districts.
According to kilograms from Shans-
hal. considerable uneasiness is felt
there over the fact that no dispatches
have been received from Peking since
August Goth. Other Shanghai reports
locate the Emperor Kwang Su as I'M
der the protection of the allies. and
the Empress Dowager as already cap
tured by the japanese.
Describing the engagement west OF
Tien Tsin on August 9Th. special as
patch SAYS: The Sixth United Stat IS
Cavalry worked with drili-like preci-
sion in the hand-to-hand fighting, and
the Chinese only escaped through the
bungling of General Dorward-
Berlin learns that there has bsel
futher fighting west OF Tien Tsin
which creates the impression that the
Province of Pechili must be effective
ly Occupied. before peace negotiations
ur;r1 horoms feasible