Show EAY EASY TO AS ALLIES General Wison Talk of C to Pekin I New York July Gen Generl General erl eral James ames H tonight for San Francisco where he will em embark em embark bark on Aug 3 on the Japanese steamer America Mar Maru for China China He wa was ac accompanied accompanied companied by his aIdes Lieutenant Lieutenants J JH H Reeves and G S Turner When aked asked i if he thought the va var ious bus foreign forces In China could be e emerged merged into a homogenous whole the general said that such a a thing was possible and that it depended largely on the ski skill and tact of the generalissimo mo In view of the pressing needs of ofte te the situation n lie he said he fel felt sure there would be no geat great difficulties in the or organization of the aled allied forces He said there be much preparation re reQuired required for the advance on account of tile the scarcity of forage along the routes to Pekin I it wll wili be necessary said he for foran foran an ar armr to take great great of supplies e The country Is poor It Is s a I Ther There are no trees of any account which could b be used fore firewood The natives even scrape the bark from the trees to get fuel They burn weeds and andrice rice stalks There is little to be got by foraging and there is practically noth nothing nothing ing to plunder and an army would have to take supplies of every kind including including ing fue fuel and water The queston question of supplies I is in fact fact the principal one Further than that i it is difficult to say much and I do not wish to b be placed In the the position of judging the situation before I am thoroughly famil mr wih with It it There are no mountains or other natural obstacles There are areno areno no strong fortifications I It is easy of coure course to throw up entrenchment entrenchments The Chinese will have the same dif di to contend wih with a as far a as sup lUes are concerned as the ames allies must encounter I It wi will be impossible to maintain geat great hordes of men wIthout something on which they may feed Ir In these military operations the great base wi will be the zen sea Supplies c can be brought up the Pei Ho river and it its branc branches es to twelve mies miles of Pekin and then there is the railroad Even if It is torn up I it wn wit not be so difficult to get i it into operation soon The Chinese have only a vage vague no noton notion ton tion of western tactics They have had German but generally they have been drilling only when they fel felt like it it The They are good fighters when they are winning inning and they take killing well They do not fight wel well when they begin to lose and are stampeded |