The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-15
ALLIES ON THE MOVE
REPORTED NOW WITHIN sIxTEE-
MILES OF PEKIN.
NO GREAT OPPOSITION MET.
THE CHINESE ARE CONCENTRATED
AT HSING HoH sIEN.

Fight Is Expected when the Allies
Little Real Opposition at Ho-si-
Wu Movement of Allies From
Yang Tsun Mysterious Message
From MacDonaId-BerIin Still Be-
ueves the Real Advance Has Not
Yet Begun.
London, Aug. 15.-"The allied troops"
says the st. Petersburg correspondent of
the Times, having on Aug. 9 occupied
Ho-Si-Wu, have now moved on toward
Mu Chang, without meeting any great
opposition. The artillery is being moved
satisfac ctorfly, in spite of the bad roads,
which the Japanese are engaged in re-
pairing.
THE Chinese are now concentrated at
Hsing Hoh Sien, where fighting may be
expected"
London Aug. 10, a. m.-The only news
which takes the advance on Pekin fur
ther than Ho-Si-Wu comes from Paris.
The London morning papers contain
nothing to confirm the French report that
the allies are within sixteen miles of Pc
kin, although Che Foo dispatch is print
ed saying that they were within twenty
seven miles of the goal on Saturday
Confirming the report of the arrival of
the international forces at Ho-Si-Wu (also
written Hohsi Wu), the Daily Nails cor.
respondent adds:
The Chinese offered little real opposi-
nf a
determined attempt TO divert the course
Of the river. The heat is intense. but the
health of the troops is good"
Allies Still Advancing.
ST. Petersburg special says:
The latest news from Gen. Linevitch,
commanding the Russian troops in the
province of Pe-Chi-Li, is that the allies
after the capture of Yang Tsun took one
days rest. and then, on Aug. 7, van
guard was formed. consisting of one ST.
berian regiment, one regiment of Bothnia
Cossacks, three battallons of japanese
infantry. one japanese sapper company
and an American mounted battery.
In spite of the condition of the road
this column proceeded by forced marches,
about 1115 versts toward Pekin, encoun-
tering at Nan Tsai Tung, about 40 miles
from the capital, Chinese detachment
which fought for an hour and a half
Finally the Chinese threw down their
arms and fed in a panic.
When this news was sent back all the
a lies started forward in three columns
with Cossacks in front and on the
TANKS"
Port Arthur special announces that
the women and children have been Of
ically notified to leave that place.
Message From Macdonald.
The Chinese minister in London is quot
Ell as saying that he hoped and believed
that peace would be established between
China and the powers within the next six
weeks.
Yesterday he transmitted to the British
foreign Office another message from the
British ministerin Pekn, Sir Charles Mac
Donald, the contents of which the officials
have thus far refused to make public.
The Berlin correspondent of the Daily
Chronicle says the German government
has ordered two cruisers TO Shanghai and
that another is on the way, while a fourth
is already there
The German government" he remarks,
'is evidently determined that England
shall not have a free hand in that re-
gion'
The Standard, after expressing the opin-
ION that there is increasing ground to
hope that the ministers will be rescued by
the arrival of the allies at Pekin to-mor-
row (Thursday) if the initial rate of
progress is maintained, goes on 20 deal
with what will follow the rescue, and
says II may be taken for granted that
the policy attributed to the Washington
cabinet represents the absolute minimum
of the demands of the combined Powers.