Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-08-25
TAKING OF PEKIN.
Entrance Of Relief Forces 0facially
Confirmed by Gen. Chaffee.
cabisgrsm from Admiral Remey Reports
the Inner or Forbidden City Of Pekin
Was Dsiag BambArded by the
Allieu forcoh


Allied forcsa
Washington, Aug. 20.-From Gen
Chaffcc yesterday the war department
received official confirmation Of TIT
fall of Pckin and the rescue Of thu
besiegcd lcgntioncrs. The dispatch
Of the American commander WINS moi
long and contained but few details
but the unconccaled satisfaction will
which II was received by officials o.
the administration indicated clearly
the anxiety that had been engcnderet
by his prolonged silence. The ex
PLANTATION OF his silence is suggested
in ndviccs by the navy department
from Admiral Rcmcy, who. tclc
graphing from Taku on the 18th, says
the telegraph line between that point
and Pekin il interrupted.
The cablcgram from Admiral Re
mcy contains some important infor'
nation not mentioned by Gen. Chat
fee. lie makes the startling state
mcnt, on Japanese authority. that the
inner city of Pekin was being bonn
barded by allied forces. Admiral
Remey says, also, that the dowagcr
empress is detained in the inner city
by Prince. Yungedo.
Following is the text Of the dis
patch from Gen. Chaffee, dated the
18th. us made public by the war de-
partmcnt: 1--WE entered legations
grounds ut five o'clock last night
with Fourteenth and light battery.
Eight wounded during days fighting;
otherwise all we'll"
II will be noted that the dispatch
indicates that the American troops
entered the legation grounds ut five
o'clock on the evening of the l4th i'm
slant. by the Washington officials
and by several legation officials to
whom il was shown, the date of Gen.
Chaffcc's communication is regarded
as an error of transmission. 1t is be-
Iicved that the word "15th" should be
"l6th."
Admiral Remcy's dispatch, dated
the 18th, which contains much in
teresting information in n few words,
is us follows: Telegraph line to
Pekin interrupted. Information,
Japanese sources; empress dowagcr
detained by Prince Yungedo. inner
city. which is being bombardcd by
allies. Chafree reports entered Legal
ton grounds evening 18th. Eight
wounded during days fighting;
otherwise all we'll"
The startling feature Of the dis
patch is that fighting within the city
of Pekin was continuing, according
to the advices OF Admiral Remey.
The inner, or, as il is popularity
known, the Forbidden City, evidently
had not been taken. II Is surrounded
by massive wall of solid masonry,
more than 20 feet high, and II is not
regarded as surprising that the Chi
nese should make their final stand
within its shadows. Prior TO the re-
ccipt of the dispatch il was accepted
generally as n fact that the dowager
empress, in company with the em-
pcror and large suite, had left Pc
kin. While nothing is said in Admit
raj Remey's advices as to the where
abouts of the emperor, 1t is deemed
scarcely probable that he left the
city without the empress dowager.
Arm'.,ice May B- Drcla'ed
Washington, Aug. 20.-Now that
the primary object for which the nj
lied armies marched upon Pekin, viz,
the rescue of the besieged Legations
ers, has been accomplished, the drift
of the discussion In official and Dip
lomatic circles revcrts TO the next
step 10 be taken. Necessarily many
of the predictions as to what this
will he are purely conjectural. MS 1t is
realized that complete and definite
information regarding the condition
of affairs in Pekin must be awaited
before any positive action can he
taken by the governments whose i'm
terests have suffered us q result of the
Chinese troubles.
The presumption here Is that the
next move will be an agreement for
an armistice. This may be under.
taken by the commanders of the Chi
ncse army and those of the allies on
the spot where the fighting, accord
ing TO the latest reports from Pckin.
appears still TO be in progress. This
accomplished, the question Of the
of the foreign armies, the
payment OF indemnitics and many
other problems may be left to COM
missions duly appointed to adjudi-
cate them. Ii Hung Chang has al
ready been appointed plenipotcn-
tiary by his government to negotiate
terms of peace and in this capacity
he made an Intellectual attempt 20
stop the progress of the allies in
their march on Pekin.
Ehsr- "f Food =, .rpn ,..burv.
Cape Town. Aug. 10.-The United
States consul, Mr.. James q. Stowe,
says that when he left johannesburg,
there was only three days meat sup
ply ahead. and other food was scant,
all the transport facilities being re-
CURED 10 feed the army. Besides this
stock was worn and the
resumption of mining Is therefore
ut present.
Tie @ ant ut Maaiia.