Show 3Jsiy Xot Reach PeUin I New York Feb 2 Charles Denby Jr secretary of the United States lega tion at Pekin arrived here today on board the Paris from Southampton He has been away from Pekin on leave for the last three months To a reporter of the Associated Press Mr Denby said The overwhelming defeat of the Chinese Chi-nese armies is a great surprise However I do not think the prospects of the Tan anese army reaching Pekin are very bright If the troops went by land it would be a long march of 20ll or 300 mite j around the Gulf of Pechill from their present situation and it would take eighteen or twenty hours steaming for i tho transports to reach Taku the seaport 1 of Pekin And to take Taku would be a serious undertaking for it is very strong j ly fortified This is the post where the j British troops met with a reverse on one of their invasions of the country Prospect of Getting Away I Mr Denby thought the prosnects of fcreIgners getting away from Pekin incase in-case of a sudden attack were not very bright He said there was no distinction inHta sgIS6 t made in the minds t Chinese i between nationalities All foreign residents come under the same head with them Mr Den bY was asked if he thought the United i States was well represented by warships I In Chinese waters He said There are more United States menof War on the station now than there has been for years The Monacacy is there the Baltimore Charleston and Concord are on the station and so is the Petrel though the latter vessel Is frozen up at New Chang where she will likely stay until March The Detroit is also bound for China I saw her at Port Said when I was there Mr Denby declined to discuss the probable I Japan prob-able effect of tho war on China and |