El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04
Tomorrow If the Allies Are
OpposedIn Their Advance
Toward Pekin.
CRISIS APPROACHES
AMI If the Chinese Are In
Earnest the faie Of the
the Ministers Is
Settled.

LONDON, Aug. 4. The Central News
reports that another message hasbeen
received from Sir Claude Macdonald,
British minister at Pek'n dated July
In the second message Macdonald
repeats the statements of a former
message of that date adding that an oc'
casio 1al shell has been fred since the
truce July III and thstseveral outlying
houses had been fred, the Chinese oc-
cupying the ruios.
The message concludes: "It Is i'm
portant that the relief force, when near
the city, should advance quickly, in
order to prevent the heretreattpg Chinese
from attacking the legations"
CHINESE WILL DELIVER NO MESSAGES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4-The state
department issued this statement to-
day:
Minister WI, this morning handed
to the acting secretary of state copy
of telegram from the taotat OF
Shanghai, dated August 2 and receiv-
ed by Minister WI the evening of
the Sd. l. confirms tae message Of Yuan
Shi Kae, governor of Shan Tung, to
Fowler. consul at Chez Foo, purpOrt
n, to 90 lnuni a e the same telegram
of July so from the tsung
Ii lsmen, but it is to be
noted that it contains passage omit
ted from Governor Yuan's message.
namely, the announcement that Is
fighting is going on in Tien Tsin it ia
inexpedient to sebd cipher kilograms
to foreign ministers in Pekin.
In this particular the present tele-
gram opens with Consul Gen. Good
now's report OF yesterday that Ii
Hung Chang had told the French
consul at Shanghai on the third that
no message would be delivered 10 the
ministers because the foreigners were
advancing On Pekin.
WHO IS.THE COMMANDER?
WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.-The general
advance of the sllied army on Fekin
bega yesterday. The previous move
ments had been in the nature of pre-
lininary Reconnaissance, but the main
column has now got into action and .
rapid forward march to the Chinese
capital has been planned.
A dispatch from Msj. Gen. Chaffee
has been received at the war depart
nent. dated a. Tien Tsin on the 3lst of
July. It announces positively that the
maiu column of the allies would begin
thnir advance on August 3. The dispatch
makes no mention of the choice of
supr .me commander, nor does Is state
definitely the strength of the relief
col amn.
GREAT BATTLE LOOKED FOR.
SHANGHAI, Aug. "A great battle
10 t, be expected Sunday near Yang
Tsun, about II miles north of Tien
troops ready to resist the allies ad-
vance.
The Russians and French head the
line of communication, with the Amer
leans, English and Japanese forming
She advance guard.
The heat at Tien Tsin is SO intense "a
TO make transportation difficult, and
the advance is consequently slow.
Director of Telegrsphs Sheng has
protested against defense measures
here, and blandly asked that the
foreign wsrships be Withdrawn. Ad
miral Seymour has demonstrated with
the viceroy against listening to Sheng's
protesta.ions.
Activity in the neighboring Chinese
forts and arsensls continues.
THE LAST STAND.
LONDON, Aug. 3.-The Daily News
prints the alleged contents of q dis
patch sent out by Col. Shibs, Japanese
military atsache at Pekin, July y.
The message reads:
\ 1--WE await relief with keen anxiety.
Ke are continually attacked day and
ht by more than ten regiments of
erial troops. By supre me efforts
III hold the Russian, American,