The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-03
ALLIES NOT ADVANCING
Statement in the House of
Commons Causes Sur
prise and Dismay.
REASON GIVEN FOR DELAY


In the Meantime the Ministers Are In
Extreme Pcril-N,ws of a Frightful
Tragedy Expected at Amy Moment
Japan Appears 10 be the Hope of the
Natious--R Russia Engaged with Rebels
in Manchuria-A at Washing
ton.
London, July 3--3:3 80 a. m.-The allies
are not advancing for the relief of Pc
kin This announcement to the house
of commons tonight by William St
John Brodrck, under-secretary OF state
for foreign affairs, was received with
exclamations of astonishment and dis
may Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett in
quired if any information had been re-
ceived from the legations at Pekln or
as to the composition and command OF
the relieving force and its present posi-
ton Mr.. Brodrck read the dispatches
received to-day and said that the total
allied force available is now about thlr-
teen thousand, as troops have been rap
idly arriving, adding:
1--WE do not yet know what arrange
ments have been made locally regard
ing the command of an expedition, but
it has not yet been thought possible to
attempt a further advance. The con-
suls have been in communication with
the viceroys in the Yang-Tse region and
they are quite aware that support Will
be given them by her majesty's gov
ernment in preserving order. 1t is OBJ
viously impossible that the representa-
tives of the powers at Pekin should be
consulted, as no communications are
passed with them"
1.-THE situation is desperate. Hasten.
These words from the message OF Won
Bergen, member of the German le-
cation at Pekin, countersigned by Sir
Robert Hart, inspector general of GUS
toms, and dated nine days ago, are the
theme of all private comment. They
are preparing for news Of frightful
tragedy. Nine days ago the ammunl-
tion of the little garrison defending the
foreigners was running low and their
food was nearly exhausted, While
around them was a horde OF Kan-Su
braves having at their service Krupp
guns and repeating rifles. Pekin was
in the hands Of the revolutionarles.
While nothing but sinister news comes
from northern China, southern China is
seemingly breaking away from the en-
pire. All the provinces south of the
Yelolw river whose viceroys and COVER
nors maintain friendly relations with
the powers through the consuls, have
been informally constituted into fed
eracy with Nankin as the capital.
According to an Express cable from
cy1 T111Sy
yiceroys wholly disavow Prince Tuan's
government. They have practically
constituted an independent state, ex-
tending from the Hoang Ho to the Brit
ish and French frontiers Little else
to illuminate the profound obscurity of
the situation reaches cable points. The
Chinese wires to Che Foo appear to be
interrupted.
Last night ST. Petersburg was in
formed, over the Siberian wires, that
the destruction of the Russian railways |
in Manchuria continues, and it seems
not improbable that Russia will be
fully occupied for time in suppress
ing the insurrection among it's subject |
Chinese and may be unable to send |
more troops Immediately to Taku. The |
powers look more and more to Japan to |
supply the force necessary to grapple |
with the formidable rebellion.
A despatch from Admiral Bruce to |
the admiralty here, dated Taku June !
30 practically reports Admiral Kempff's |
story, brought to Tien Tsin by run
ner who left Pekin June 26. Bruce
adds:
'As the allied troops have been ar
irving rapidly we do not know what ar
rangements have been made locally for
the command Of the new expedition,
But, it has not yet been thought possi-
BILE to attempt a further advance"