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will not prove a mere walk over, Tientsin was not captured without loss and the en- trenchments at Peitaang and Yangtsua cost the Allies many valuable lives, and much hard fighting.
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In the 24 hours preceding noon yesterday there wom reported six freak cases of plague and five dostlus.
For dredging within the man-of-war an- oberaga on Tuesday a boat-won was fined $23, or a mouth. A P.C. found her dredging elose to H. M. S. Argonaut.
H. M. 88. Whiting and Plover left Bhanghai for the north on the 10th instant.
The P&O Co.'s hiral transport Formosa left Bombay on the 19th August in the morn ing.
Shanghat papers reports that the U. S, S. Princeton went up from Woosung on the 10th instant to a berth off the Old Ningpo wharf
TELEGRAMS.
DAILY PRESS SERVICE.
THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
[FEOR OUR COLLESPONDENT]
Spanovai, 14th August, 8.56 p.m.
Yesterday the British men-of-war in the harbour were flying their ensigns half-wat high as a mark of respect to Mr. Barnett, boat-tama has risen to 9 yen a ton, and thas a steamer RAPID ADVANCE OF THE BELJEF
swain of the Argonaut, who died at the Naval Hospital an Tuesday night.
Meanwhile the public are asking what the Allies will find in that city of mystery, Peking, That the bulk of the Foreign Ministers and the inmates of the Legations are alive seems pro imble, but we have no certainty that in the last few days of susponse and starvation the tale of murder may not have been com pleted, and on arrival no further light ob tained, which may throw a ghastly radiance The Water Police informed us yesterday. on this tragedy. Or the Allies may, on en-morning that the Red Drum bad been taken down and a Black Cone hoisted, pointing downwards, tering Peking, find that it is the capital no which indicated a typhoon to the South, with longer; that the seat of power has been re-
Its centre within 300 miles of the Colony, moved to Skan-fu, the capital of the province of Sheusi, and that the surviving foreigners have been taken there as hostages. We trust that this will not prove to be the case. If the latest received messages from the Legations are to be relied upon, such a move was not in contemplation, and it is more ÆRATED WATERS probable that the so-called Government will
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Tt has been computes that 3,000 Martinis and bayousts, and one-and-a-half million rounds are required for the possible armament of British subjects at Treaty ports in China.
The Echo de Chine says that two compatriote, members of the Foreign Mission, P. P. Georjon and Leray, have been massacred in Manchuris. P. P. Monnier, Roabin and Delpar managed to escape.
The House of Commons on the 26th ult rejectkl Mr. Souttar's motion that a generous The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial grant be made to India on account of the
try and brazen it all out on the ground of.............. non-responsibility for a struggle they were not the first to provoke. The Chinese urge and Nethersols Hospitals begs to acknowledge, China Expeditionary Force, on the score of in
that the allies commenced hostilities by firing on the forts at Taku, quito ignoring all that had preceded that event. It is sincerely to be hoped that the toucord between the Treaty Powers will stand the test of time, reverses, troubles of all kinds, and that the policy of piu pricks will not be resumed by the French. The Allies should early decide upon one common line of action and act kyally on its terins. Otherwise they may all have weighty reasons in the not distant future to repent having allowed mutual dis- trust or petty jealousy to stand in the way of a satisfactory settlement of the Chinese Puzzle.
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The Marine Court at Tokyo has decided that tha Captain, J. Jones, and the Chief Officer Salmon were responsible for the loss of the Tokio Maru, and has susporded their certificates
are said to have appealed.
FORCE.
The Allies reached Hosiwa on Friday, the 10th, and Anping on Saturday, the 11th instant.
NO TROOPS YET LANDED AT
SHANGHAL.
The British transports with troops for Shanghai have arrived, but have not yet landed their men.
SUPPRESSION OF DISTURBANCES IN HUPEH Chapels have been attacked at Hayyung and Hankow. No personal injury, howeve
has been inflicted on the Christinus. The Viceroy promptly sent troops to suppress the rioters.
CURIOUS CONDUCT OF CHANG CHIH-TUNG
An ambiguous anti-Christian placard has
missariat yard on Tuesday afternoon, and at for six and twelve months respectively. They been issued by Viceroy Chang Chili-tung,
about one o'clock a coolie named Su Pin Tanog, who had evidently some grievance, shouted, but to them not to work. He was making a great
poise, and at the Magistracy yesterday Mr. land fined hit $10 or a month as a punish
ment.
The new Agent-General for New South Wales, Mr. Henry Copeland, the Sydney Tele
graph states, hopes to induce the Admiralty to
establish stations for the supply of Australian
but it has been removed on the Consuls making a protest.
·SHANGHAI, 15th August, 840 p.m.
THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
LOCAL MOVEMENTS.
The transport Nuzani arrived yesterday even. ing from Caloutta, bringing the B Squadron, 16th Bombay Lancers (2 British and 5 native officers, 132 N.0.0.sand men, and do followers), sportion of the Native Field Hospital (1 British offloor, & N.C.O.'s and men, and 57 followerú), with leras and mulos,
Yesterday the British transport flaura po- turned to Hongkong from Taku and Weihai-
The French 2nd-class cruiser Frient and the
transport: Cachar also arrived yesterday from
the south.
NEWCHWANG,
FIGHTING AT LAST.
The N-C. Daily News, publishes a telegram from Nowchwang, via Clive on the 9th inst., to the following effecti-
The long-expected has happened, and there has been fighting at Newchwang. It seemed at Best that only a mbble of Baters wore concerned, but this idea was soon dispelled, for Imporial troops made their appearance, They attacked early on the morning of the ith instant, and it took a whole day's fighting before they were driven off. The Russians came to the
fore, and their two gunboats shelled the native city, with the result that the Chiuceo, hoaded by the Tantai, fled precipitately noross the river. and Into the country. New the Bussian flag flies over the Custom House, the native city and the forts. There were no meualties among the Russians or the civilians, and very few among
no part in the affair, except that part of their the Chinas The two Japanese gunboats took
crows were on shore helping to defend the Settlement.
Later.
A LULL
The native city gives no sign of trouble now. The Russians bare surrounded it. The natives are making for Chefvo in large numbers.
TIENTSIN THREATENED AGAIN.
coal to warships ut. Hongkong. Singapore, THE TRANSPORTS AT SHANGHAI
STILL SOME HOPE Colombo, and other ports..
A very large force of Boxers-from 15,000 to The transports with the Indian troops on 45,000 are the numbers stated-is said to be 1st Lieutenant Frederick G. Knabenshuo 16th U.S. Infantry, states a Manila paper, has board have been ordered to sail for Weihai-making threatening movements in the neigh been relieved from duty as aide-do-camp to Bri-wei to-morrow (Thursday) morning, but bourhood of Tientsin, and between that point
there is still some hope that they will be and Tangku. allowed to land their men here.
It is said that there are at present more than ifty thousand gallons of various brands 'of: liquor in Maulla which have boon made by wix- ing water with crude alcohol, favouring ex- tracts, and coloring matter, and in some of the establishments there ma be prepared at a rio-gadier General Frederick D. Grant, U.E. Vo. mont's notice anything from a bottle of "'d lunteers, and will proceed by the first transport blackberry brandy to one of od Scotch or rye leaving Manila for Nagasaki, and will there
raport for duty with his regiment. whisky, mellowed in the wood.”.
SIMULTANEOUSLY with the effective co-oper ation which has at last been secured among the various nations who are represented by troops up north, a serious situation threa- tens to develop in Shanghai owing to the miserable intrigues and jealousies of those
The Japanese Naval Department appears to who are all equally interested in the safe- guarding of the Settlements of that port. have decided to construct one second-class and The Goorkhas and Bombay Infantry under one third-class cruiser at home. Designs for the two cruisers have just been completed, and the command of General CREAR Urrived materials for their construction will be ordered there on Tuesday, but did not pro-from England at an early date. Upon the arrival ceed to land. The China Mail's Shanghai in Japan of the materials, one of the vessels will large correspondent, in his despatch published bo built at Kure, while the other will be con yesterday afternoon, says that this was owing structed at the Naval Shipbuilding Yard s to the intrigues of the French and American Yokosuka. Consuls with certain American missionaries
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RELIEVERS NEARING PEKING, The Relief Column is approaching
The Nippon's wor correspondent says that Peking. Little opposition is offered to its very marked friendships existe between the advance.. The Allies will probably find that Japanese sad the English in the field. They the hostile Manchus have escaped from the supply each other's wints and are mutually helpful in every way. The Indian soldiers have city. become familiar with the term Japanese," and show the greatest good will, and the Wei- halwei regiments speak of the Japanese us
Nippon Daijin.
A scheme is afoot to establish a large sugar refinery in Taisan, Formosa, with a capital of 500,000 yon. It is said that the institution is to receive a subsidy of 12,000 yan, for the pre- sent, from the Formoss Government Office, and 200,000 yen of the capital is to be called up dur ing the year. Next year the subsidy will be in oreased to 30,000 yon, or 6 por cont. of the capital. Rumour says that similar factories will rapidly spring up, but they will receive no Government protection.
THE WAR IN SOUTH
AFRICA.
LONDON, 14th August, 7.95 p.m.
THE PURSUIT OF DE WET
GALLANT AMERICANS KILLED,
At the recent capture of Yangtem on the 8th instant, the Americans who behaved gul- lantly in the advance lost 73 men.
NEWS FROM PERING,
News has been received here from Sir Robert
Hort to the 27th ult, and from Bir Claude Macdonald to the 4th instant. The latter ro ports that the foreigners in Peking could hold out for ten days mon.
News reached hers yesterday of a riot ut Tatung in which the telegraphi offeo was barnt down and other damage was done Tatung is a calling station for steamers on the Yangtze between Wahu and Kiukiang, and there are tro I. M. Customs officials there. It is a some- what turbulent place, musk Infested with salt amugglers This riot is probably merely a local
It is officially announced that Commans | ontbreak. dant De Wet is still being pursued. He has destroyed three of hie waggone. ESCAPE OF BRITISH PRISONERS--
NEWS VIA JAPAN,
OFFICIAL DETAILS OF-FEITBANG
A Tokyo despatch of the 7th inst. to the Kobe Chronicle saya
in the employment of the Chinese, helping At seven o'clock yesterday morning Sergeant to frustrate the action of the British authori-Terrot saw a boat come along the Praya with ties. In the case of the French Consul two men and a woman. The men got on to the A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, this action does not occasion much Praya with the basket produced. He examined
gur-
the baskot, which the first defendant said prise, for, as we have already pointed
helonged to him, and found that it contained out, there Was a yery strong eus- ship's provisions. As they could give no picion that the Conte un BEZASE Wasatisfactory explanation as to where they got engaged in a secret arrangement with the zoods he took them into custody. Mr. LI HUNG-CHANO, who is not still stopping | Hazeland discharged the second and third Lin Shanghai without a reason. But with defendants, but fined the first $20, OF SIX
regard to the U. 8. Consul, strong doubts months. will certainly be entertained of his com plicity in any such unfriendly action against the British, more especially after reading Router's telegram of the 13th inst., stating that the United States have decided to ignore the Chinese protests with regard to San stood in front of him. He was about to a blocked for a considerable distance with sunk horses. Lord Methuen bas enptured one landing troops in Shanghai. In a leading article in its issue of the 11th instant, the North-China Daily News sums up the case for the landing of a small body of troops concisely. There seem unfortunately to "be-and we suppose it is inevitable---ele- mente in the community anxious to disturb the cordial understanding between all the "Powers that has marked the operations in
MR. STEYN, Sisty British prisoners have escaped in A despstel from Cheloo, dated to-day, states Concerning the state of the country near the Orange River Colony. Mr. Steyn is that a British naval offler has brought news Ticatsin, the Shanghai Mercury's correspondent
that an allied force, composed of Japanese, confined in camp under surveillance. wrote on the 4th instant --"The subsiding of the
British and Russiana, advanced on the 5th to clear away the Chinese troops in the vicinity of waters in the dykes has rendered the enemy's BOER LOSSES AND BRITISH GAINS damming ineffective, and the country interven
Commandant De Wet has abandoned his Poitsang, and commenced shelling the town at ing between their position and that of the home, ammunition, stores, and exhausted 3am. Allies is now clear. The river beyond Poilsang
The Daily Press.
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At about nine o'clock on Tuesday night P.. Reid met Tai Sin at Sham-Shui Foint with another man. The latter had an opium pipe in his hand, and he throw it down on the groand as he was about to search him, and Tai
search the man when Tal San pushed him away. and he knocked them both down. The man who had the pipe ran away, bat the constable took the other man to the station. Yesterday the man was ined 215, or a month.
A coolie named Cheong Ping was charged at the Magistracy yesterday, along with two others, with robbing on Wong Tai of a silver watch valued at £20. The complainant is the captain
en junks filed with stones. The river is over- gun. dowing in places. The dry weather continues, and for the most part the country around is in good marching condition,"
We have received the Report of the Shang hai Feather Cleaning Company, Limited," in Liquidation, to be presented to the shareholders. at an extraordinary meeting at the office of the
REUTER'S SERVICE,
LONDON, 12th August.
THE RUSSIAN LEGATION AT
PEKING.
The Chinese tande a determined resistance. and very severe Hghting eusted, which lasted for Boven hours, when the enemy were dislodged from their position.
In this affair the casualties of the allies were 600 Russians, 400 Japanese, and 60 Brities kill- ed or wounded.
The Chinese losses were over 2,000 killed and wounded. R
Twelve thousand Chinese troopa are reported
to Peking takes place,
HONGKONG, August 16th, 1900 THE advance of the Allied Troops upon Peking has so far been pretty rapid since the defeat of the Chinese at Peitsang, when after seven hours' fighting they were driven out of their entrouchments at that place.
In reply to a telegram from M. de Giers, the to be stationed about thirty miles from Tien- The Allies then marched on to Yaugtsun,
Liquidator, Mr. B. Lehmann, Shanghai, on the Czar permits the legation to leave Feking pro- tein, apparently watching un opportunity to re- where they again found the enemy strongly "the North; but after all, it in the common of the steam tur Ton. He did not know the 17th instant. The Liquidator in his report vided the Emperor cud the Government of Chin tako the town when the advance of the allies entrenched, but succeeded in dislodging sense of the majority that rules in the end, defendant. At about eight o'clock on Saturday submits the fun! account. The profit and loss gurantee their absolute safety. The Caar warns them on the 8th instant. Thence they
and the unprejudiced majority, even of the night he and the engineer and two others went account shows a debit-balance of Tis. 247,900.44, the Chinese Government of the grave responsi toiled on to Nan-tsai-tsun, up to which "non-British portion of the residents of to Shaukivan. On the way the defendant and the loss on consigamonts to Europe amounting bility they will incur if any of the legution are point the railway and road ran nearly "Shanghai, must see that the bringing of two others came up behind them. The defen- to Tls 67,387.99 and that on the whole of the injured. parallel; but the Allies, following the road, *a small force of Indian troops here is a dant took hold of hia queue with one land and property of the Company, sold at public anction, wise, precaution for the benefit of all re with the other took his watch. He caught hold | being Tis, 110,026,74. A proposal will be submit- proceeded to Hosiwu, where they arrived on the 10th inst. On the following day they "sidents of Shanghai of all nationalities of the defendant, but the other two decamped. ted to liberate the Directors and the Liquidator succeeded in reaching Anping, or Ngan-ping equally, and for the injury of none except The engineer, who was called as a witness, Enid from their responsibility. as it is called on some maps, only twenty- *law-breakers, If anyone feels injured by he ran away on the men coming up. The de seven miles from the capital. At this rate of progress the Relieving Army should have reached Tungchow on the 13th inst., and may now even be encamped under the walls of Peking. This is supposing all to have gone well, and no serious opposition made to their progress, but it is hardly likely they would be permitted to approach
their coming, it must be someone with whose private scheme it interferea, and who has not the interest of the community
as a whole at heart."
fondant was discharged.
It is stated, says the Japan Mail, that the transport coolies engaged in Japan for the
British and German forces in North China are Our contemporary concludes: The at to be obtained through the emigration societies. tempt to show that Great Britain has some If these men are employed as military carriers "sinister motive in bringing these troops gumbu) their pay must be a yen and a half here must be the result of unreasoning daily and arrangements have to be raade for payments to their families in the event of death.
ing
SANITARY BOARD.
ANOTHER MESSAGE FROM BARON NISHL king, raporte via Chinaanto, 7th iust, that Baron Nah, the Japanese Minister in Pe-
there is no change in the situation in Peking. THE CHIEF COMMAND IN CHINA
Great Britain, the United States and Japan The foreign Ministers have resolved to stay have formally agreed to the appointment of Peking until the arrival of the allied forces. Field Mersal Count Walderses as Commander. The Chineas Government is continually re- in-Chief of the allied forces in China, Great questing the Ministers to retreat temporarily Britain, however, makes her agreement condito Tientsin The Trangli Yanon also under- takes the transmission of peaceful telegrams for tional to the other powers asenting.
the Legations. This telegram is transmitted through the Trungli Yamen.
Germany has forbidden the export of arms and ammunition to China.
within cannon-shot range of the walls of the jealousy Our Government has formally That is the law. To observe it where foreign the Government of Bengal regarding the THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
AGENDA
General Kitchener came up with Common- dant De Wet's rearguard yesterday at Lindeque and General Methuen was also engaged six miles to the North West.
General Baller is marching towards Ermelo
THE ORISIS IN CHINA. A meeting of the Sanitary Board will be held to-day, Thursday, 16th August, at 4:15 pm. The Viceroys, including Li Hung chung,
ORDERS OF THE DAY,
have appealed to the United States for their 1-Further reply from Government relative good offices in preventing foreigners from land. to the reservation of a European District at
ing in Shanghai. Kowloon
Letter from Professor Simpson conESEN» the attempt to destroy rats in the sewerk. 3-Letter from the Assistant Secretary to
city, much less to enter its sacred precincts disclained any intention of joining in or Powers are the employers is evidently difficult. Quarantine Reynations of fast place.
4-Proposed Dairy Bye-laws without a struggle. The Boxers are in enor "encouraging any partition of China, nor and the alternative is to drop the terra “mill- mous force in and around Peking, and the has it any purpose of altering the status of tary carries and place the matter on the basis Convention Regulations have been withdrawn 1-Letters stating that the Venice Sanitary so-called Imperial Govermacat would have Shanghai as an international Bettlement," of emigration.
against Tamatavo, Madagascar, in the Purts of at least 80,000 to 40,000 disciplined troops There is nothing to be added to this. The
Calcutta and Chittagong, and in the Ports of at their command. It is probable that a motives imputed tous in wishing to land troops
A correspondent writing to the S.-F. Press Burmah. desperate stand would be made outside the at Shanghai are the invention of those who complains bitterly of the military unthorities from Bubonic Plague.
2-Telegram declaring Karaclu to be free city walls, and every effort put forth to harbour designs of a general partition of firing salutes on Sundays. He says that whileStatement showing Plague cats and overpower the invaders by slicer weight of China. For this reason we can hardly believe Divins service was proceeding in the Cathedral deaths in Borbay City from 19th June to and numbers. In the event of that failing, they that Mr. Goodrow joined the represen on Sunday week, the service had to be stopped July, 1900,
Result of the analysis of four samples of would most likely fall back within the walls tative of France in his foolish and short- till the firing ceased, and to support his com
5.Fortnights line washing return. and commence a fresh defence behind those sighted action. Unfortunately, however, plaint he quotes a passage from Admiral Kep-
pel's Life where, it would be seen that the 6-Mortality Iteturn from Macao for the ramparts. The result, however, can hardly the protest, by whomever it was made. Admiral wrote in his diary on Sunday evening, week endel 29th July 1900s be in doubt. The walls can easily be seams to have carried the day, and Shanghai the 31st March 1867, the day he arrived in
7-Mortality Statistics for this Colony for breached with modern artillery, and after may be left to depend on her volunteers and Singapore and took command of the Chin the weeks ended 28th July and 4th August,
that the Allies may be trusted to break down such aid as the ships in the neighbourhood station ---- As it was Sunday, I negatired all further resistance. At the same time this can give,
salutes till the following morning.”
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LONDON, 18th August,
CHANG CHIH-TUNG'S INSTRUCTIONS,
It is reported that instructions have been faezed by Viceroy Chang Chi-tong to the generals and commanders of various localities under hia jurisdiction. It is stated that the in- structions are as follows In the event of the arrival at Feking of the lied forces, the kitus- on will become so critical that the integrity of the Chinese Empire will be hopelos The faithful subjects of the Empire must not over- look the present state of affairs in the country- The generals and commanders are particularly requested to do their almost to defend their respective polities against the Intrusion of foreigners,
MANCHURIAN NEWS:
THE CHINA CRISIS hins has compained to M. Delcast of the delay of the Ministers in accepting an escort from Peking M Delassé in reply said that the Ministers were unable to leave util the The Governor-General of the Amur publishes a notice under date 31st of July to the following road was safe, and that China would prove her sincerity by ceasing to throw obstacles in the
fer effect im- way of the allies.
The United States has resolved to ignore the appeal of the Viceroya re landing troops at Shanghai
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. General Methuen, after capture as wag 8Three applications for licences to keep gons and two ambalances, lice Joined General swine and two to keep cattle.
Kitchener. The enemy is deeing before them,
The tying oclamın, was ordered to seize and ocimpy Honchun, for the purpose of driving the Chinese from that place and Gabeloff. The army consuted of the 15th and 16th East Siberian Regiments, the 6th Mountain Battery, the 2nd Mortar Battery, the Special Battery,