Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-08-03


endeavored with part OF the arm
to expel the boxers. Later with
majority of the imperial troops. unde
anti-foreign leaders. Prince Tuan ans
Gen. Tung F,lh Sian were victorious
Jung Lu and Prince Ching. with fol
lowers. were prisoners in their Ya'
mems when the bearers OF these re
ports left Pekin Prince Tuan an
Gen. Tung Fuh Sian appear to con
troll the government. according to Of
fcers; Issued edicts printed in tn,
Gazette, exhorting the Chinese Il
kill all foreigners and native Chris
ltians. Soldiery hold all the street.
within mile Of the legations.
Foreign troops. when officers left Pc
kin, had burned and abandoned Chen
men gate. Their ammunition appear
ed to be failing, their quick firing gum
had been silenced some days befors
July 15tn, and they were using rifles
only when hard pressed. Ofticers said
every foreign bullet kills Chinaman.
Reports states the American and Eng.
lisn troops defeated Gen. Ma In the
night battle. July 10th. Reports from
Chinese sources, are to the effect that
all. legation forces were killed. A
Chinaman caught a messenger who
was trying to leave the legations. July
10th, with the following message: ITO
any foreigner commander: Make all
haste if you intend to save us. We
can hold out but few days"
Cnefoo, Aug. z, via Shanghai, Aug.
Gov. Yuan Shi Kai states he re-
ceived note from Tsung Ii Yamen
dated, July sOth. reporting the minis
ters and others weil, and their rela-
tions with the government friendly.
They were comforting, the note Nsaid,
with the view of arranging measures
to protect the ministers to Tien Tsin.
Shanghai, Aug. 2-Liu Kun VI, vice
roy Of Marking, and Sheng, Tao Tai,
of Shanghai, have both declared off,
cially that the foreign ministers are
held by the Chinese government as
hostages and if the allies march on
Pekin they will be killed.
Copyright Associated Press.1 ,
Tien 1sin, suly 25th, via Shanghai,
August 2+Pendins the order to ad-i
vance for the relief of Pekin, events
at the Chinese capital are seemingly
but slightly regarded High officers
are entertaining nightly at elaborate
dinners with military bands playing
operate airs. Foreign residents and
friends besieged at Pekin who have
come to Tien Tsin to await the news
or accompany the expedition are I'm.
tensely dissatisfied with the progress
IF operations They accuse the army
If Indifference and magnify difficulties
% be encountered in reaching Pekin.
President Tenney, Of Tien Tsin Uni
yersity, who volunteered to guide the
army to Pekin said today: This bus
mess IS not progressing in accord
ance with Anglo-Saxon traditions
Twenty thousand soldiers are staying.
here while women and children OF
their own race are starving and await
ing massacre eighty miles away. Mil
itary and naval officers are meanwhile
wasting their time in pickering over
petty politics, is sorry spectacle.
1t will be dark blot on the reputa-
ton of every commanding officer here
II the white people at Pekin are al.
lowed to perish without a desperate
effort to save them" President Ten
ney and others acquainted with the
conditions think there were SUFFICIENT
troops heRa to push forward and pur.
sue the Chinese after the fall Of the
native city of Tien Tsin General
Dorward, of the British forces, and
other high officers take an optimistic
view of conditions at Pekin, saying
they think Legations will hold out. On
the surface the best feeling prevails
among officers and soldiers of the
several nations represented here. All
are fraternizing; but lack Of organiza-
tion and a supreme commander handi-
cap the progress. The heat is intense.
Temperature averaged 100 degrees
during the week, yesterday it was 1Ol.
Disregard for all military regulations
by the troops is a serious menace.
The streets are full of refuse and in
sufferable stencil pervades the town.
London, Aug. "a forward move
ment for the relief Of foreign legations
at Pekin began Sunday, July 2sth. A.
message from Tien Tsin on that dale
says the advance guard of Russians
occupying the right flank and the Jap
anese pushed to the river without op-
position. The expectation is that the
whole allied expeditionary force Of
10000 men be on the march by July
s1st.
It is stated only Russians and Jap
anese, $4,000 strong, are starting for
Pekin. Another Chinese exodus from
Shanghai has commenced, owing to
disquleting rumors published in the
newspapers.
Sixteen hundred Americans and
2,sOO British are cooperating. It is
purposed to follow the river, using
the boats to carry food, ammunition
and artillery. 4ae telegraph bilee
at Chefoo appears to be blocked