Show J ALLIES REACH PEKINff p J I International Forces Are Reported < to Have r Reached the Capital of the Mongol J v I Empire Monday t Story Comes Through ShanghaiChinese Officials Profess Willingness 1 Willing-ness to Hand Over Foreign Ministers Their Families and Servants but Not the Native ChristiansAction of Russia Regarding Re-garding Envoy Likely to Embarrass Internationals London Aug 16350 a mTne alijea are reported to have reached Peking Pe-king Monday says the Shanghai correspondent cor-respondent of tho Dally Express wiring wir-ing yesterday He adds Chinese official l news without detail A Paris message reveals this but the statement especially as It emanated from Shanghai must be accompanied with considerable reserve OPINION > > DIVIDED London papers basing their remarks upon Washington dispatches which with the Exception of the foregoing from Shanghai form the latest news regarding the advance are divided In opinion some believing that the allies must already have reached Peking and Others preferring to believe that the relief will not be accomplished until the end of the week HOPES TO KEEP ENEMY RUNNING Telegraphing from YangTsun August I Au-gust Othi a Dally News correspondent says Sir Alfred Gazelec hopes to I keep the enemy running and to follow him right Into Peking Nahg Elnff was occupied without firing I fir-ing a shot according to a dispatch to the Dally Express from that place dated August 11th It Is believed the message adds that Gens Tung Fu Blang Ma and Chung are entrenching 13000 I strong at Tung Chau The allies may avoid Tung Chau pursuing the route northwest from Chang Kal Wan TUng Chau appearsto be about hvlve miles from Peking WHAT CHINESE PROPOSE A dispatch to the same paper from Shanghai dated yesterday says that the officials profess to be willing to hand over the foreign Ministers their families and servants butwIll not per jmlt the departure of native Christians WILL EMBARRASS ALLIES The Russian Government describes de-scribes this telegram has notified LI Hung Chang of Its willingness to receive i re-ceive M de GIers outside the walls of Peking thus avoiding the entrance of the Russian force This independent I action Is calculated to embarrass the allies seriously Japan demands that Gen Tung Lu shall meet the allies outside the city walls anti deliver the Ministers and all the native Christians Chris-tians MAY REND LEGATIONS The Chinese Minister In London Sir Chlh Chen Lo Feng Lu Is quoted assaying as-saying The powers must not press I too hard on Peking If you defeat the Chinese soldiers It will not be possible to control the soldiers They may turn and rend the legations I do not believe be-lieve the legation food supplies will be stopped as long as the powers refrain from attacking Pelting and negotiate for the surrender of the Ministers I ENVOYS SAFE MONDAY The Chinese Minister in London has I Informed the British Foreign office that the foreign legations at Peking were safe on Monday August 13th RearAdmiral Bruce telegraphing from Taku to the British Admiralty t > says Hae received the following from the General at Ho SI Wu Augunt 10th MEET LITTLE OPPOSITION The troops are distant about twen tyseven miles from Peking They ev perlenccd little opposition A position 1 has been prepared by the enemy but as the allies advanced they fled The Tartar Tar-tar cavalry was charged by two squadrons squad-rons of Bengal Lanbers Many of the former were killed The standards of Gens Ma and Sung Were captured The troops are much exhausted l by the heat but their health and spirits are otherwise 1 other-wise excellent A second dispatch dated Ho SI Wu August 11th says The advance maybe may-be somewhat delayed as rain Is falling fall-ing WILL SOON BE RELIEVED I William St John Broilorlck UnderSecretary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs speaking last evening at a primrose 1 I league fete said the Government wall i not without hope that the legations In Peking would shortly be relieved lie added that the Government considered I the situation more satisfactory than i u was a few days ago TO PROTECT BRITONS Referring to the landing of British I troops at Shanghai Mr Brock Ick said the Government was prepared to land 1 forces if necessary for the protection of British lives and Interests adding significantly We all know that we are determined to risk everything and to put forward all our strength and resolution before allowing the legations to go down In any part of the world I Tho appointment of Field Marshal Count von Walderaee Mr Broderlck said was welcome and he expressed the hope that it would strengthen the J tics between England and Germany Discussing the general situation In China he declared that there was that the Vice every reason to hope roys In the JSJS valley would sm cerei throw their Jnfiuencc against on Insurrection TROOPS REACH SHANGHAI Transports with Brltlsh troops ar rived In Shanghai roadstead Tuesday The Viceroy protested to Admiral Sey mour against the landing of the troops and according to aShanghai cable gram dispatched at midnight Admiral Seymour wired to his Government Instructions as to how hb should act The British residents Shanghai are indignant and attribute the Viceroys action to Intrigues on the part of tho French and Russian Consuls WAITING INSTRUCTIONS Official confirmation of the objections to landing troops at Shanghai has been received at the Foreign oflico here but owing to Lord Salisbury and his staff being In the Vosges mountains nothing definite can be done from London until instructions are received from Lord Salisbury to whom the matter has been telegraphed ALLIES NEAR PEKING The allies have almost certainly arrived ar-rived at Peking even though rain has been falling The advices received from the British commander at the front through RearAd mimi Bruce give reasonable assurance that the twentvseven miles between the allied forces rind Peking would be easily traversed tra-versed fntfour days the Chinese seemingly seem-ingly being unwilling to fight and falling fall-ing back on the capital SHENGS ADVISER RESIGNS Tao Tai Shengs American adviser I Mr Fergusson who has been criticised by the press and by Americans for his continued relations with the Chinese official has resigned and his resignation resigna-tion has been accepted English correspondent sending this Information to the Associate l Press from Shanghai says The Intimacy of American officials offi-cials with Sheag has been remarked by Englishmen MONTEREY r GOING TO CANTON I It is reported from Hongkong r under I i date of August 13th that the United I States seagoing monitor Monterey I will go to Canton In a few days Jo relieve re-lieve the American cruiser Don Juan I de Austria The Chinese aver that the chances are 10 to 1 that the Rogue forts will fire on the monitor as the authorities are suspicious of foreign designs WILL WELCOME WARSHIP The activity of the Chinese military authorities at Canton is most pronounced pro-nounced Foreigners here think they perceive preparations for action of some sort They dislike the presence of Chinese troops In the vicinity of the foreign settlement fear that the slightest i slight-est indiscretion will lead to bloodshed and would welcome the arrival of the Monterey SPECULATION OF MILITARY MENThe MEN-The absence of fresh news of what the Peking expedition Is doing leads to speculation Military men at Shang hai who know the country in the vicinity 1 vi-cinity of Peking believe the allies I I ought to be within cannon shot of the I Chinese capital today ATTACK ON ENVOYS RENEWED A news agency dispatch from Shang hai says An authentic message from Peking dated August 7th says the attacks at-tacks on the legations have been renewed re-newed and food supplies have been stopped The advance of the allies It j is feared has excited the fanatics and the rebels are again uncontrollable MISSIONARIES TREATY PORTS Telegrams received by the London I I Missionary societies indicate that missionaries mis-sionaries and other foreigners are arriving ar-riving safely at Chinese treaty ports some of them from places hundreds ot miles In the Interior and from Szechu an more than 100 foreigners have arrived ar-rived at Shanghai The heads of the J missions believe that nearly all the missionaries mis-sionaries arc alive and are safe on tho coast of China The International missions mis-sions chief anxiety Is for their Shan SI I missionaries who are returning through the hostile province of Hu Nan Miv and Mrs Glover have been robbed and arrested at Shan SI CZARS POSITION Has No Intention of Receding from Programme Arranged St Petersburg Aug 15The Ofllcinl Messenger declares that 4 recognizing Germanys motive In view of tho mur German tier of Baron von Ketteler Minister at Peking tle Czar accepted WJlllomfl proposal I to appoint Emperor inField In-Field MarshalCoURUOrces but that command ot t e a I thi Intention tghtest Czar bus not 0 the hlSloJltlcal proof pro-of receding from cSntaI principle Of the Lundulni grnnllne underslnndlnlr which Is a con p and the 0 her powem ta with France and strh purSUalCe of no order seUISthoraton otorter Cor the res < I 0 nlI ng J with China I and the cs t 1 e 11 tOlS = a |