Show CHINESE WAR tsan SOLDIERS LANDED CHINESE PLANNING VIGOROUS opposition new york aug 10 A dispatch to the new york herald from tien tsan aug 2 via che foo aug 9 says major biddle and two companies ot american marines and captain Rell lys battery have arrived the sixth cavalry has dis embarked at taku A galo at taku delayed the landing of the american artillery and cavalry two battalions of the ninth and one of the fourteenth infantry and the american marines have had orders to join in the advance twenty nine men ot the ninth infantry are on the eick list the american force lacks a signal corps and burgeons A prominent american officer is authority tor the statement that reinforcements for cements are required to make the advance successful A meeting of the generals to decide upon a plan tor a concerted attack on the chinese position has been postponed until the Russian general Is able to attend the japanese and russians are pushing their advance guard forward chinese cavalry made an attack on a russian guard at ku but fled before fifty cossacks six miles north of ku the chinese are strengthening their position the british men ordered to advance consist of 1850 indian and welsh troops the boxers are in strong force ten miles to the south of tien tsan they are murdering pillaging and committing atrocities it Is reported that prince tuan has lott peking and joined gen sung in his position twenty miles northward the dowager empress having issued an imperative pera tive command for the occupation reoccupation re of tien tsin and yaku this step shows a determination to stop the advance but it may be prince euans plan to escape A native colonel who fought against the boxers and protected christians 60 miles south of here has been dismissed by imperial order it Is reported that friendly chinese are aiding the peking residents with food and and that a new party of progression is developing in peking refugees are returning in starving condition VOH WALDERSEE WHO WILL COMMAND THE internationals IN CHINA new york aug 10 A dispatch to the new york tribune tram london the nomination of count von waldersee to the command of the expeditionary forces has been favorably received here and though it la scarcely correct to say that the official consent of all the allied governments had been obtained to the appointment prior to the public announcement on wednesday there Is no doubt that it will be cordially accepted by the british cabinet the subject was no doubt discussed at a special meeting of the defense committee of the cabinet held yesterday afternoon under the presidency of lord military men in london admit that since lord roberts and lord wolseley are out of the question no more distinguished soldier could be found tor the chief command in the far east than count von waldersee in addition to his personal distinction the count possesses the necessary qualification for holding the grade of field marshal so that be will be superior in rank to any of the officers commanding the various national contingents it has been suggested that the german emperor adroitly forced the hands of some of the other powers who threatened to squabble interminably over the generalissimo question by suddenly informing them that toe intended to send out a prussian field marshal to assume direction of the general detachment As this officer would necessarily take precedence of every general in it was an easy transaction to place him nominally at the head of the entire allied force bat the precise authority which count von waldersee is to wield Is still the subject of discussion it will be difficult if not impossible to give to him precisely the status of a ln calef ofa national army he will be rather aitho president of a council of generals than an autocratic leader subject to no control but that of his political leaders at home it is a situation requiring toun enee tact and temper but there Is general confidence that count von waldersee will prove equal to the emergency he bad little trouble in coming to an understanding with both the and american officers though german he esteems and appreciates the two anglo saxon peoples ills marriage to a talented american woman and his former close acquaintance with the empress frederick long ago placed him in touch with soma of the most influential personages in london and new york at one time indeed he was a little too strongly in sympathy with what was known as the english faction at the berlin court to please the kaiser but for some years ho has been on confidential terms with imperial master who has the highest opinion of his ability the appointment however has not relieved tha gloom which bangs over political circles in england it Is that it does not portend a brief and easy campaign in china the publication of the allies losses at pel tsang tells in the same way there Is an increasing apprehension that large reinforcements for will still be required tor the far east this la peculiarly annoying to the british war office which has its bands full in south africa FOR SHANGHAI A BRITISH GIVING ALL THEIR ATTENTION TO THAT SECTION new york aug 10 A dispatch to tho new york herald from hong kong says three thousand indian troops are leaving hong kong to reinforce admiral seymour at shanghai tor the defense of the yang tse region it Is reported here that black flags have already left canton going mortn ward and that more are following SOLDIERS ARE disappointed WITH THE TREATMENT ACCORDED THEM london aug 10 various complaints are published in the morning papers from the canadian invalided invalid ed in south africa regarding the lack of arrangements tor their comfort and the delay in sending them home the morning leader says the canadian invalids who sailed from liverpool for montreal yesterday by the alien liner parisian expressed their disappointment at the neglector neglect of the military authorities rn liverpool they said having experienced the life of the british soldier under british officers they had resolved to stay at home and mind their own business in the future moreover they promised lo 10 the fact before the canadian ministers on board the parisian DESPERATE OF THE CHINESE representatives IN THIS COUNTRY new york aug 10 Cliine ie consul tse chi and ins staff arc still holding forth at the consulate in this city but the consular advises advices ad vices due lue aday did not arrive and are not expected naw mr aschow says in an interview wo want to stay and do our duty but in case of war diplomatic and consular officials leave their offices to go to a neutral country or return home there is no neutral country to which wo can go for the whole world ia against aliina i cannot return to peking and will not there are chinese ia my general charge V hat is going to become of the consular volum ot which there ra no other governments ern ments consulate to which t en tryst it then since it is stay here and maintain my octaff offices and that is very costly how aari I 1 to do it without a government I 1 cai neither stay nor go away there is satisfaction however of knowing thai my colleagues at chicago san fraucisco ci in vancouver are in alie saino predicament minister wu ting fang is in no position to offer me aul for he may soon be in as bad a staurt as I 1 am SELLS ARMS TRADE IN WAR MATERIAL CANNOT BE STOPPED new york aug 10 A dispatch from london to the journal and advertiser baye all efforts on the part of tho british and foreign governments to stop tho supply of war material to the ara destined to prove of avail as long as tho chamber of commerce and legislative council of hong kong maintain their selfish resistance to the execution of the restrictive measures decreed by the powers prohibiting the export of war material to china an immense trade Is done at hong kong in the sale of arms and ammunition to both the chinese and to the fillipino Fill pino insurgents indeed the latter well as the chinese draw all their supplies of thia hind from hong kong where the merchants are trying to resist any interference with their business hong kong has no custom house and has therefore no means of checking tho imports or exports it the shippers do not choose to make a purely voluntary declaration at the harbor office the chamber of commerce and the legislative co of hong kong are resolved to fight the government tooth and nail in the matter declaring that it will constitute a blow at the traditional freedom of the port of hong kong and have engaged queens counsellor francis the calet ot the colonial bar to chat aplon their views in the matter DEBBS ACCEPTS HE WILL REMAIN THE SOCIALIST CANDIDATE new york aug 10 eugene V dabbs and morris harriman the social bartys candidates or president and vice president have sent their letters of acceptance to wm butscher nut of springfield mass national secretary of the party debbs bays that he seeks no personal preferment COULD NOT HEAR AND WAS STRUCK BY A PAST MAL TRAIN pendleton ore aug the eastbound fast mall train of the oregon railroad and navigation company yesterday struck the wagon and four horse team 0 J C a farmer throwing them fifty feet from ay iy s f the track received a fracture ot the skull and will die he was deaf and could not hear the engineers signals washington aug 10 the civil service commission following its usual practice has requested the various heads of departments to issue an order warning against political assessments in order that employed emp loyes may be fully informed of their in making or withholding political contributions and also warning officials against violation of the civil service provisions of the law |