Show MOVE TOWARD PEKINi Gen Chaffee and the United States Forces Available nder His Command j Begin the Advance i V British and Japanese Soldiers Accompany HinvHis Dispatch to War A Department is Closely Guardedlnternational Questions Involved 3 I volved Make it Impossible to Give it to the PublicChinese L Viceroys Have Become Frightened at Action of Allies Washington Aug 4Some of the features of the dispatch received from ii Gen ChafCee yesterday and which the a War department refused to make public pub-lic became known today The first 1 I dispatch received by the War department r1 depart-ment from Gen Chaffee contained very I iJ little Information but closed with the Statement that he was going forward Ito I-to Tien Tsln and would give his views n Bhat Is what he lias done His views m Jig cabled in the dispatch yesterday would be far from palatable to several foreign Governments and that is one i I reason why the dispatch was not made public This much Is asserted l CHAFFEE ADVANCES I 1 Gen Chaff and the United States i1I orces available under his command liave gone forward toward Peking with I I the British and Japanese forces The troops of the other nations assembled I at Tien Tsin did not join in the movement i move-ment but the reasons given by Gen i = I Chaffeo could not bo learned Sli It is understood that the criticism a contained In the Associated Press dispatch r I dis-patch received yesterday of the sanitary 1 1 sani-tary condition existing at Tien rain Is i = 1 borno out In Gen ChafCoes dispatch but In discussing the matter with the iVar department he has been more specific spe-cific and the names of the commanders tJ are given which failed to take the proper precautions for the health of theE the-E international forces i DECLINE TO DISCUSS DISPATCH War department officials generally J3 refuse to discuss the contents of theE 1 the-E dispatch and Secretary Root announced I an-nounced emphatically that it would not be given to the public and further that no additional dispatches had been = received from Gen Chaffee rL The International questions Jnvolved make it Impossible on account of dip Somatic relations to give the dispatch Lt to the public and It Is further desired that the proposed movement of troops should not be heralded to the world for the advantage of the Chinese forces which are opposing the advance for tho rescue of the besieged Ministers L VICEROYS ALARMED r Tho steady prosecution of the military mili-tary movements has undoubtedly frightened the Chinese Viceroys who have been sparring for time and endeavoring en-deavoring to use the diplomatic corps at Peking for protection The Tsung 11Yamcn dispatch received this morning morn-ing through Yuan and Wu fairly illustrated illus-trated this condition and made it plain that the Imperial Government again is trying to force a suspension of the I advance on Peking by menacing the I foreign Ministers MAY ATTACK LEGATIONS i Having formally refused to put them I In communication with their Governments I Govern-ments and this having proved Ineffectual Inef-fectual to stop the advance It would not bo surprising if the Chinese Government Gov-ernment should next do one of two things either come forward with a threat to renew the attack upon the I legations It the advance Is not stopped I or resort to the plan of delivering the S Ministers safely at Ties Tsln or at least to the commanders of the International column trusting In that way to abate i the force of tho Invasion and Induce tho powers to consent to negotiations for a settlement of the troubles WHAT LI TRIED TO DOn DO-n Is learned here that Li Hung Chang actually undertook to do this but sought to make the condition for tho I safe delivery of the Ministers that the Imperial Government should be blameless blame-less for what had occurred at Peking This condition having been rejected abruptly 5 ab-ruptly by the terms of President Mc Klnleys reply to the Chinese Government Govern-ment it may be that Li Hung Chang 13 trying to arrange for the delivery of I the Ministers without conditions 2 trusting to the gratitude of the powers I to secure the desired absolution I wu BEARS FROM PEKING The State department today issued I the following Minister Wu this morn Jug handed the Acting Secretary of c State the following tclegiam from tho I i Taotal of Shanghai dated August 2nd and received by Mr Wu on the evening of the Sid Jt etmllnnis the message of Yuan Shin Kill Governor of Shan rung to Mr Fowler Consul at Che Foo pur p portIng to communicate the same tele KramVof July 30th front the Tsungll YanTftn but it Is to be noted that It contains a passage omitted from Governor Gov-ernor Yuan message namely the announcement S an-nouncement that as lighting Is going I on In Tics Tsln It Is I Inexpidknt to send cipher telegrams to the foreign Mln ibttrs in Peking In this particular the present telegram agrees with Consul General Goodnovs Deport received yeH terday that Eail LI Hung Chang hiCtl told the French Consul at Shanghai on the thIrd that no messages would be delivered to the Ministers because II the fonMBtiurs were advancing on 3 Peking The TsunglIYameifR cablegram cable-gram of July 30U1 is as follows I MINISTERS REPORTED WELL Foreign Ministers In Peking nre all I sao and well Recently vegetables I fruit and provisions have been re pea tedly supplied to thorn Relations moCt friendly At present consultations consulta-tions are going on for the protection of various Ministers going to Ties Tsln for temporary shelter which will soon be concluded satisfactorily But as lighting Is going on In LieS Tsln It Is Inexpedient that cipher telegrams should be sent Different Consuls have been notified so that they may Inform thejr respective Governments Please Inform the Foreign office Besides wiring wir-ing to other Ministers I transmit the above to you YU LIEN YUEN IN UNIQUE POSITION Taken In connection with wfliat has pn ceded them today cablegrams I from China place the Chinese Government in the unique position of denying liability for what the Chinese troops have done at Peking while assuming responsibility for what they are now doing In the neighborhood of Tien Tsln The point sought to be made diplomatically is regarded here as of the utmost hn portanco In the Chinese settlement The TaungUYaiacns polite Intimation f that It Is Inexpedient to allow communication communi-cation between our Government and its Minister because fighting going on near Ties Tsln leaves little doubt as to who Is responsible for the resistance being offered to the progress of the International forces The Emperor himself by edict already has indicated that while reparation might be afforded the powers for Injuries sustained by their citizens after the attack on the Taku forts the Chinese Government will not assume responsibility what has happened or what will happen asa as-a result of military operations following that event ANSWER TO HAYS DEMAND or course this notice from the Tsung 11Yamen can be construed an answer an-swer to Secretary Hays demand upon Li Hung Chang that free communication communica-tion be opened with the Ministers at Peking and their own Governments and in consequence the negotiations which were about to be instituted had that request been complied with maybe may-be regarded as Indefinitely postponed I Meanwhile the Chinese Ministers in Europe and Mr Wu In the United States arc still making a last combined effort to make plain tb the imperial Government the fatuity of the course now being followed by the Tsungll Yamen respecting the continued Isolation Isola-tion of the foreign Ministers and It may be that their representations will meet with a favorable response If not now then certainly after the first decisive de-cisive victory achieved by the international interna-tional column CENSORSHIP RIGID Strict censorship strongly reinforced by Immense difficulties in the way of speedy communication between Tien Tsin and the outer world still surrounds sur-rounds the progress of the International column toward Peking The State department de-partment ofliclals have nothing frOm their own agents bearing on the movements move-ments of the column and while the War department has heard recently from Gen Chaffee the officials will not make public his dispatch and refuse to say whether or not they know that the movement has begun It Isknown that the Chinese Government Is in the way to quickly take advantage of any Information Infor-mation that may be published respecting respect-ing the international olumn and It Is deemed bad strategy to afford the Chinese any assistance of this kind NOT WELL WITH CHAFFEE There are signs that all is not well with Gen Chalfee and that he is meeting meet-ing with greater difficulties than had been expected In getting his troops de barked and ready for the start toward Peking But the War department Is giving him unlimited power in the matter mat-ter of financial resources and also is doing all It can to help to this end WILL SURPRISE CHINESE There Is renewal of the rumor that something occurring at Shan Kwan at the eastern end of the great wall which will surprise the Chinese There is a fine military road from this point to Peking over high and dry ground and although the distance is nearly twice that from Tien Tsln to Peking Its physical advantages may make this route practically much shorter In point of time It Is believed here that a strong Russian column either has been or will be landed at that point to converge con-verge on Peking simultaneously with the International column thus dividing tae Chinese opposing forces THAT MESSAGE FROM CONGER Department of State Gives Out Statement State-ment Regarding It Washington Aug 1The 1 Department of State authorizes the following statement I state-ment in regard to the probable date of 1 the first telegram from Minister Conger Con-ger to which in transmitting It through Sheng at Shanghd1 MInister Wu the TsungliYamen assigned the date of July 18th The Department of State is in possession posses-sion of tile original cipher text of the entire message as received by Minister Wu on July 20th and communicated by him to Secretary TIny on the mornIng morn-Ing of that day It is partly in the Chinese cipher code and partly In that of the United States The two texts were separated by several groups not Intelligible in either cipher As deciphered de-ciphered on July 20th the Conger message mes-sage appeared to begin with words In British legation under continued shot and shell etc With the aid of the full text as telegraphed tele-graphed from Che Foo by Consul Fowler Fow-ler and already given to the press the doubtful gioupa which were distorted In I telegraphic transmission have now been corrected and found to read For one month we have been besieged which intelligibly completes the sentence sen-tence making the telegram read For one month we have been besieged be-sieged In British legation under continued con-tinued shell and shot from Chinese troops Quick relief can only prevent general massacre CONGER As It I is known that the various legations le-gations and foreigners took shelter lathe la-the British legation about June 17th the dale oC Mr Congers telegram Is fixed with approximate certainty as July 17th This agrees with Consul Fowlers Fow-lers cabled statement that the original message as written on a regular telegram tele-gram form and signed Conger Is supplemented sup-plemented bv the words E H Conger Con-ger July 17lh address United Slates legation written on the same form but evidently not transmitted The fact that thp authentic text of the original message as received In Washington on July 20th agrees literally literal-ly with Consul Fowlers report of the wording of the original form written by Minister Conger and bearing the file date of July 17Lh appears to establish the genuineness of the message and Its date beyond doubt |