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

for action of some sprt.
They dislike presence OF Ch1neee
troops in the vicinity Of the foreign set>
tlement. fear that the slightest indiscre- /.
ton VIII lead to bloodshed and would
welcome the arrival of the Monterey.
The absence of fresh news of what the
Picking expedition is doing leads to spec
ulation. Military men at Shanghai, who
know the country in the vicinity OF Pc
king believe the allies ought to be within
cannon shot of the capital today.
A news agency dispatch from Shanghai
says:
An authentic message from Pekfng,
dated August z, says the attacks on the
legations have been renewed and that
the supplies of food have been stopped.
The advance of the allies, II Is feared, has
excited the fanatics and the rebels are
again uncomfortable. kilograms received
by the London Missionary Societies indi-
cate that missionaries and ether foreign
ers are arriving safely at Chinese treaty
ports. some of them from places hundreds
of miles in the interior and from Szechu-
an more than 100 foreigners have arrived
at Shanghai. The heads OF the missions
believe that nearly all the missionaries
are alive ard are safe on the coast OF
China. The International missions chief
anxiety is for their Shan 81 missionaries.
who are returning through the hostile
pI ovince of Hu Nan. Mr.. and Mrs. Glow
81. s
"A MANGLED MESSAGE.
WASHINGTON, August 15.-A dispatch
received yesterday by the State Depart
ment from Consul Fowler at Chefoo was
so badly manEled In transmission an to
almost be indecipherabie. The cipher ex-
perts of the Department worked on sk
last night and today. So far as made out.
the dispatch appears to contain message
r4p41 <fo1f
foo by courier. The gist of tue Cunger
message contained in the cablegram 10
that the situation in Peking is more crit
ical and that the Chinese Government Is
endeavoring to force the Ministers to
leave the Imperial city under Chinese es-
cert before the arrival OF the relief col
ump. Beyond this point the dispatch Ii
uninfelligfble.
GOOD CHEER FOR MACDONALD.
! LONDON, August 15.-The British For
eign Office, replying to the latest cipher
dispatch from the British Minister at Pc
king, Sir Claude Macdonald, the wording
OF which was almost identical, with the
message from Sir Claude received by the
Canton correspondent of the Daily TeSSs
graph and published August.14. and which
was transmitted to the Foreign Once by
the Chinese Minister here. bids the Brit
isn Minister to be of good cheer and gives
the progress made by the relief column
The message OF Sir Claude Macdonald
TO the Daily Telegraph was dated Peking
August 6 and read:
! .'Our situation here is desperate. In ten
days our food srppfy ends Unless we
> are relieved general massacre in prob
able. The Chinese offered to escort US
! to Tien-Tsin, but, remembering Cawnpoor,
we refuse the offer There are over zoo
European women and children In this Le-
CATION"
t MISSIONARIES KILLED.
, BOSTON, August 15.-The American
: Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
e sions today received a cabIegram dated
r August 18th from Consul Fowler at Che
foo, in which he says that a messenger
e sent TO Pao Ting Flu has returned and re-
j ports that the Presbyterian missionaries
o were killed June Both and the Congrega-
tional missionaries July 81. The mission.
j aries of the American board stationed a,
Pao Ting Flu were Rev. Horace T. Pit
: kin, Miss Mary s. Morrill, and Miss Annie
A. Gould, both of Portland, Maine. The
1 character of the messenger sent to Pax
: Ting Flu is wholly unknown to the officers
Y of the board, but the message indicates
d that Consul Fowler and Rev DR.. Heury
4 d. Porter credit the report.
Q CAPTURE OF Ho 81 WI.
= BERLIN, August ia dispatch re
: ceived here from Tien-Tsin under date o
n 81 WI after fight with troops unele
General Tung Flu Siang's personal com
A. mand. The fleeing enemy, ii added, wer'
n Immediately pursued in order to preven
Il them from making further stand, TIA
= cavalry pushing southwark to cut OF tn
70 Chinese line of retreat upon Pao Tin
M Flu.
In PekIng, the dispatch says. Primo
Tung is having every one executed VIII
sympathizes with or provisions the for
n eigners.
az The newspapers Of Picking announce
q, that France had accepted Field Marahs
nd Count Won Waldersee as commander 4
he chief of the allied forces in China
W An official dispatch from Taku. date
OF August 18th, announces that Capital
II, Pohl, commanding the German warshi
Hansa, and Captain HEIGHT. of the Gei
man warship Bertha have started fo
y, Peking with go men. II is added that II
d fAustrians have also gone in the same d
IN rec1ion-
OF RUSSIA AND GERMANY.
al ST. PETERSBURG, August 15-The O.
o. fetal Messenger declares that, recognt
nj ing Germany's motive, In view of II
u murder of Baron voR Ketteler (Germs
n Minister at Peking). the Gar accepte
C. En- peror Williams proposal to appoii
he Field Marshal Count Won waldersee
the command of the allied forces, b,
re- ton of receding from his political pr
ui gram, the fundamental principle OF wnie
'e- is a complete understanding with Franz
u and the other Powers. the pursuance
u no selfish aims and striving only for Il
Is restoration of order and the best rel
ie- tions in China.
:. THE KAISER SPEAKS
en- NEW YORK, August IA dispatch
he the Tribune from London Says; The 0s
gin man Emperor. addressing several Off,
IS on their departure for China. exhort'
be- them not to rest until the enerly begg'
aid for quarter. He was strongly opposed
he the partition. of the Chinese Emptr
10 which was not 10 be thought Of for Il
present German officers. His Ma5es
ar said must not underrate their opp
by nents, as Admiral Seymour had done
,n- his advance on Peking.
has McALLA,S VIEWS.
ac- CHICAGO, August 15.-Capt- II. 3. N
ho- Gala Of the cruiser Newark. who was
oin command of the American marines In "A
- utiral Seymour's unsuccessful expediti
IN IN the relief of PeEinV believes that Z