Show SAFE WIT TilE ALLIES I t l London Morning Papers Express Belief that Diplomats Have Been Delivered to the Internationals Vienna Has a Cablegram froh Hongkong Announcing the Capture of PekingAustrian as Well as Other European Governments Without Confirmation of f the Rep Anothcr Dispatch Says Attack on Peking Began Monday l r I I London Aug 1745 a mA cablegram I ca-blegram to Vienna from Hongkong announces J an-nounces the capture of Peking but tho Austrian Government like I other European Euro-pean powers Is still without confirmation confirma-tion of this report An olllclal telegram dated Taku August Au-gust 14th has been received at Rom which asserts that the attack On Peking J Pe-king began Monday that Sir ClauJe i MacDonald the British Minister had opened communication with the rclle Ing forces and that the allies have established es-tablished their headquarters at Tung v Chaii Chinese officials in Shanghai lnre reported re-ported as admitting that the allied In meted a heavy defeat on the Chinese imperial troops around Tung Glmu Sunday and then marched direct on I Peking This if true carries the Jab aneie official advices announcing the I capture of Tung Chau one step further JAPAN BEGINS NEGOTIATIONS 1 The Western powers according to a dispatch to the Dally Express from I Kobe have accepted the proposals I formulated by Japanese for arranging J an armistice dependent upon the immediate Im-mediate delivery of the foreign legations lega-tions to the allies or the granting of permission to the allied forces to enter Peking and lo guard the legations Upon Up-on this basis the correspondent says Japan hus already begun to negotiate Shanghai dispatches declare tliat the Chinese had intended to make a final attack upon the legations last Sunday Lut whether the plan was carried oUt is not known there I t I SEYMOUR JOINS INPROTEST i From the same place comes the statement state-ment that VIceAdmlral Seymour and BrlgGen Creah hate joined In the protest against the withdrawal of the British troops All the morning papers I which comment on the subject appeal to Lord Salisbury not to withdraw hem and dilate upon U1 10wilhdrqv 8S of such an action W to British pr American negotiations looking l to a I cessation of hostilities also receive considerable con-siderable attention favorable and otherwise oth-erwise but all the editorials agree that too precipitate a withdrawal from Peking Pe-king after the delivery of the legations would have 1 bad effect upon the Chinese Chi-nese situation situaton BELIEVE LEGATIONS SAFE The consensus of opirIon expressed I by the morning papers tends to the belief be-lief that the legations are now safe I with he allies Describing the capture of IIo SI Wu I a special dispatch says that the headgear head-gear of the Americans was quite Insufficient In-sufficient for the awful heat and that the consequence was direful I I SITUATION AT SHANGHAI The situation at Shanghai absorbs British attention The Times In Its second edition publishes a dispatch I from Shanghai dated Wednesday August 15th which says I Admiral Seymour through the Con I sulGoneral ha Instiuctlons that the I i troops which It was intended to land I here shall proceed north This will be done August 16th today unless the order Is countermanded In the Interval by the Foreign office The final decision de-cision of the latter Is awaited The principal British banks and shipping firms have telegraphed to Lord Salisbury Salis-bury that the Governments decision to send the troops north will have a disastrous effect and urging the Government Gov-ernment to reconsider the matter The foreign Consuls are equally alive to the results of such action on the Chinese and are addressing an identical note to their Governments with the object of Inducing the British to land troops FRENCH TROOPS AT SHANGHAI France has 1100 troops on board the transport Cochar which arrived at Hongkong yesterday August 15th convoyed con-voyed by tho French cruiser Front These troops the French Consul at Shanghai informed the other Consuls I there would be landed at Shanghai If the British persisted in landing troops at that place A news agency dispatch from Shanghai Shang-hai dated Tuesday August 1Jth rep esent I the United Slates ConsulGen eralI John Goodnow as joining with the French and the German Consuls Con-suls then opposing the British plans MAY EXPLAIN LATER The British Foreign office officials decline de-cline to enter Into the reasons for not landing troors at Shanghai but tho Foreign office Is credited with being unwilling to persist In any course not approved by the other powers The Foreign office Is expected to make some explanation later CHINESE RETREAT CONTINUES A news agency dispatch from the nSenc seat of war reads as follows I At the front Aug llth via Che Foo Aug HThe Chinese retreat continues contin-ues They will not make a stand Were We-re only twenty miles from Peking The entire force Is straining every nerve to reach the capital before It is too late ALLIES SUFFER FROM HEAT Gen Sir Alfred Gazelee commanding I the contingent of troops from India to China has wired to the Government from Ma Tow under date of August Hth via Cho Foo August loth as follows fol-lows lowsArrived here this morning early after a most trying night march The troops of all nationalities are suffering severely from the heaL Ten oiour horses died yesterday from sunstroke The enemy Is believed to be Intrenched north of Chung Chi Wan There in 1 no further news from thel legations Gen > Gazolee send two earlier dIspatches dIs-patches repeating advices already received re-ceived by the British Government TO ATTACK PEKING WEDNESDAY The following dispatch has been received re-ceived In Rome from Taku via Cite Foo August luth A Russian regiment has disembarked disem-barked to protect the rear of the allied al-lied forces which is seriously threatened threat-ened The Japanese Admiral announces that the allies occupied Tung Chau last 1 i Sunday and that he is awaiting news of an attack on Peking today |