The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-27
CHINESE CRISIS
IN BRIEF ITEMS

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The Pei-ho river is blocked with !
junks and stones.
The German foreign Office expects the !!
A Danish company has laid q cable !
from Chefoo to Taku. ].
A German squadron has been ordered
to sail at once to China.
The Russians have occupied the pass
es In the Chingan mountains.
France will contest Great Britain's
claim to the Yang-tse valley.
Three more Baptist chapels near
Swallow have been demolished.
Field Marshal Won Waldersee will
visit Rome before going to China.
mo quarter" is the rule with the
Russians. They take no prisoners.
Heavy artillery will be required II
Picking refuses to admit the allies.
| Women and children have been off,
cially notified to leave Port Arthur.
The First and Second United States
Infantry have been ordered to China.
| Reports from the Siberian frontier
tell of Russian victories over Chinese.
The United States steamship Nash
vile has gone to Newchang from Taku.
| The Fourteenth Infantry played
prominent part in the taking or Yang
Tsun.
All the powers have agreed upon Won
Waldersee as commanding officer in
| China.
German army officers are buying
horses in San Francisco for use in
China.
The transport Sumner with the Fiji
teenth Infantry on board, has reached
| Nagasak
The oregon will be temporarily re-
paired in Japan, and will resume active
service soon.
| On August 9th the allied forces were
reported at Ho-Si-Wu, thirty miles
from Picking.
! An attempt was made to murder the
Chinese Minister in Paris by sending
him poisoned flowers.
The French government hears that
1000 Christians have been slain at Pao
Ting, east of Picking.
The French admiral reports that ma
! tive Christians between Hankow and
Picking are in great danger.
I The hospital ship Solace sailed on
August 18th from Yokohama for Guam
and San francisco, via Honolulu.
The French are dissatisfied with the
appointment of Count Won WalderSee
as head of the German forces in China.
De Giers, Russian ambassador at Pc
king may leave there for Tien-tsin
soon, accompanied by Chinese escort.
France declines to order her envoy
to leave Peking, and holds the Chinese
government responsible for his safety.
Berlin advices are to the effect that
the belief is universal that there will
be quarrels between the powers before
: long.
1t is reported that the Empress Dow
ager will remove her court from Pc
king before the allied forces enter
there.
General Chaffee's telegram from Ho-
SiWu was the only ofticial news re-
ceived of the fight. Eng -ish papers
score their generals.
=
tiations, but the United States declines
to begin conferences until the safety o.
the Ministers is assured.
The viceroys of south China have ap
pealed to the United States for friendly
Intervention to prevent the sending o.
c troops to Shanghai. Uncle Sam will
not interfere.
Colonel Wogack, Russian military
}. agent for China and Japan, now a
Tien-tsin. received advices that the le
q cations were again attacked and tn,
European graveyard desecrated. OF
July 31st.
Sheng, director general of railroads
: and telegraphs, according to a Shang
hal despatch to the Standard, espresso
t grave fears for the members of thu
: legations when the defeated Chimes
troops return to the capital.
a The casualties in the American troops
n at Yangtsin included z enlisted mel
, of the Fourteenth Infantry killed,
!, FRUSTRATED; wounded, Ninth Infantry
= Lieutenant F. r. Long, slight, and
= enlisted men; Fourteenth Infantry, 4
enlisted men; Fifth Artillery, Priyat
., Andrew Brown; First, Marines, N. A
Il Pruitt.
- The English and Russians made
bad mistake, confounding the Four
o lteenth United States Infantry in tn
q night with the Chinese and shellin;
y them, with the result that ten of tn
a I'M rin nr I4I hoe AZ
- mistake was discovered. The Ameri
% cans had ten killed and fifty-fiv
a wounded in the fighting. The British
had fifty wounded and the Russian
! ten, including colonel. The Chimes
:, losses are unknown.
- Cheng Yen Huan, the Cantonese VIII
was the special ambassador of Chin
: at Queen Victoria's jubilee. and who |
% now In Punishment at Iii, has been or
- dered, according to Shanghai dis
- patch, to commit suicide, an imperia
N edict having been issued to that effec
! The Shanghai correspondent of tn
~ Times, referring to the fate of Chen
Yen Huan, says he was executed an
i, that no reason is given for this barbar
,e Gus act. The same correspondent un
- derstands that Ii Shan, vice presider
OF the board of revenue, has been i'm
"A prisoned on charge Of rendering as
= sistance to the members of the foreig
=. legations.
President Mckinley has received tn
% following cable dispatch from Emperc
M William: "I'received with pleasure til
- decision OF the United States ths
American and German soldiers sha
"A night together for the common cause {
90 civilization under one commander
a. chief. The brave army of your cour
try, which has shown Of late so man
A warlike qualities. united with Europ
=. Will be irresistible. Field Marsh;
al Count Won Waldersee, who will hay
the honor Of leading your forces. ia M
as stranger to America. His wife is a
TO American by birth. beg your exec
ty iency to accept my heartfelt thanks Il
a. placed in the leadership of Count vo
2. Waldersee."