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Show M IS WEARY Wants to End the Fruitless Struggle. Washington, Aug. 20. Ihe Chinese Government today made formal application ibrough Li Hung Sixth eava'ry has been reinforced by two troops and the entire regiment regi-ment has gone to the front. I have just received news fr ira spies from Pekin that Gen. Li Ping Hang and the Chinese imperial im-perial guard are inside the city with thirty modern Krnpp gone; that Gen. Jung Lu and 10.000 Manchu troops hold the forbidden city, and. that 15,000 troops from Honan are bivouacked outside the walls. The total Chinese force at Pekin is 40,000. Chang as its envoy, for the appointment appoint-ment of an American eoinmi3sioner to bring about the cessation ot hostilities hos-tilities m China and the restoration of general peace. This coming Bince the capture of Peking', is the first -showing of China complete weariness with the strugole and her desire to make terms. The reply of the United State. Govern. ment has not yet been made known. The situation at Pekin was made clearer today frm many sources. the j..;; 'oroora th that from Consul fowterat Che Foo, repeatin a dispatch received from Consul Kags-dal-atTien Tsin- The latter reports "Chinese troops surrounded in palace arouods." The Japanese legation received re-ceived a dispatch rf the same genera tenor, but done in detail, statin that the Chinese troops retreated on the Utr within the imperial palace, and "tat they were surrounded there, with the Japanese military headquarters located in the Japanese iegatson- New York, Aug. so. -A dispatch to the . Herald from Washington says: President McKinley is cons.dermg the advisability of proposing to the power organization of an international congress, wleh shall sU in China and the several Comment manent .clalion of jienir.g quesaors. New York, Aug lS.-Courifia from the front report that after purine H H-i VVu the ahted - - -.ors marched on Mtito, 'i Special cable to .the Journal and Advertiser from its coriespondeDt ft CheFoo,und,r:da,eot Aawj 15th, via Shanghai, August Uth. ,7i' Tnnrr FuhSiang, witii e la'rge army, barred their way, but they fought him 'back nine miles, .completely deworidain his army ud preventing dt irom utng anystund a Mato. which wm, j. tak-u with ttitlnie lots. the march wa terrAly not d reuts of raiu bv fftWen and made T. ..rtraord manly Law l'he American troops m I HsS severely 4 many . iallina out exhausted. , The Chinese were prepsncg t .enormous trenches at B. Hi , - which t..fl.a but thepid advance the alUosj surprised them before they had toxued .in the water and they dropped toeir spades nd fled. TbeChioesB army split anto three,, : aL r-txealiB to Pekic, one rr- "alnS to .rsist.beadv and the third moving south. - - The aliies are led in Hr nC vance bv nquadron of Begale enjoy the heat from wh Jhe hnules killiu thirty-five. incl43d-We incl43d-We lost only one L The Japanese carairy engaged the enemy's fr.at. at the same al dcommacders-They say the Chinese Government b.ougjt .trong pressure to bear on Ministers in an effort to themtoleav, the city and I thus eaveCuina the disgrace of IM 'tCaS-dswordtoTi.n suns lo mote stunts- 1U8 |