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ALLIES UNABLE TO MARCH ON
PEKIN TILL THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST
International Jealousies Prevent the Rescue of the Imperiled and
Imprisoned Whites in the Interior. .
RUSSIA WILL FIGHT APART
Crisis Will Bt Precipitated If Ibe Sovtb by the Arrcil of U Hucf Chang al Shiofbl
CblocM Officials SUM Alter! Tbal tbe Ministers Are Sale li Ibe Palace at
Pekla-Waiblaftoa Believes Ibe Report-Boser Movement li Spreadlaf
Russia Fights CblacM Invaders oa Ibe Siberian Boundary.
WASHINGTON, July 21. Two dis
patches from Chinese officials and one
from Admiral Itemey, al Taku. repre
sented the new development of the
day, to far the Chine situation
was convened. The Chinese dispatch-
were corroborative, or were lntend-d to
be, of the Important new of yesterday
relutlve to the atate of the legation.
. Admiral Remcy". dlrpatch, aside from
the lint of casualties, already tran.
mltted In British cipher, wi moot Im
portant. It conveyed tho disagreeable
new that the International column
would not begin Ita advance upon Pekln
before the middle of August. Ill no
tice ui received here with const' rna
Hon, In view of Conger's advice of the
desperate ponltn n the legatlonera were
In on (he ISth.
The deluy la Incomprehensible to the
dlllclaU here. It U known thut an
army, already formidable In numbers
and of veteran soldier. Is at Tien Tsin
and Taku. and, with a courageous
leader. It was expected that this would
punh on at once, cutting loose from
Its base, if need be, and forcing It.
way to Pekln. leaving the reinforce
ment now streaming toward Taku
from every quartet of the globe to re
establish a bae and to reopen com
munication. It la possible to draw two conclusions
from the failure of the foreign com
mander to do this. First, the Euro
pean government hav. allowed their
scepticism a. to the authenticity of
Conger's dispatch to carry them to the
point of proceeding coolly and deliber
ately on the (list supposition, namely.
that there are no foreigner alive In
Pekln to be saved, and that, conse
quently, there Is no need for hast,
The other conclusion Is that friction la
developing among the Internationals In
spite of the earnest endeavors of the
power., whose motive, as to China are
so far unimpeachable, to prevent It.
Color Is lent to this tatter theory by
the fact that the governments have so
far been unable to agree upon an In
ternational commander for( the expe
dition to Pekln. and this. too. In spite
of the fact that Admiral Remey. act
ing by the Instruction of his govern
ment, Ip exhausting every effort to In
duce the other commander at Taku
and Tien Tain to hasten their move
ments. It has been suggested here
that General Chaffee will, If need be,
leave the other commanders to their
devices and lead th. way to Pekln him
self. His brother officers In the war
department. say that he is quite com
petent to undertake this task. Others
declare that with the small force, of
Americans at his command, the at
tempt would lie suicidal, even If Chaf
fee were supported by the British.
LONDON, July 21. The request of
Secretary of State Hay to the powers,
to inal;e an Immediate forward move
ment upon Pekln, Is not likely to meet
with any success In England. Lord
Salisbury Is Just as eager as the Amer
ican secretary of state to adopt such
a step, but he Is practically convinced
that It will not be possible until Sep
tember, owing to the local conditions
and the allies' lack of equipment.
Beyond a courteous reply that Eng
land Is willing to co-operate In any
movement that the commanders on the
spot may deem advisable, nothing Is
likely to come of the latest American
effort to reach the Chinese capital, for
all of the advices received here indi
cate that a dnsh toward Pekln In the
Immediate future would be military sul.
clde. The government's attitude may
be taken as a philosophic determination
to grin and bear it, hoping for the
best, yet fearing the worst, until the
troops and climatic conditions will en
able the po vers to enter Pekln and as-
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certain without a shadow of doubt th.
extent and cause of China's present dis
integration.' L'ntll that Is accomplished
every opinion worth repeating is sus
pended, nut only regarding th future
of China, but also as to the nature and
severity of the retribution to be ex
acted. WASHINGTON. July 21.-Afler 24
hour of deliberation and after giving
due consideration to the Incredulous
criticisms of European authoriilts as
to the Conger message, the state de
partment remains unshaken In Its firet
conclumon that the message Is authen
tic and that Conger was alive July IS.
Corroborutlve evidence came to the de
partment tula morning, through Min
ister Wu, from two widely removed
sources, one from Sheng at Shanghai
and the other from the viceroy of
Nanking.
Feeling that the powers are now will
ing to admit :he error made by their
naval commander In not following Ad
miral Kcmpff's advice at Tuku. the
officials here deprecate the adoption by
any of the power of further measures
in the same wrong direction.
BERLIN. July 21. The Chinese situa
tion takes on a radically different shape
on the news which ha reached here
from Russia. :
All reports agree that the Russian
government now consider that Rus
sia Is actually at war" with China; that
the shilly-shally policy hitherto main
tained will be dropped; that Russia Is
now hurriedly preparing for a serious
campaign In North China, separate
from the power, and that Russia will
not be able nor willing, under these
altered circumstances, to bear an ade
quate share In the Tien Tsln-Pekln
campaign.
The Russian fortes available along
the border and throughout China are
said to comprise a total of about "S,
OuO men.
WASHINGTON. July 21. The Shang
hai report that LI Hung Chang Is to
be detained, and. prevented from going
to Pvkln, Is received here with a fore
boding of evil. It cannot be conceived
how LI Hung Chang could material
ly add to the Boxers' strength, even If
he were so disposed, by going to Pekln.
On the oth r hand It cannot be doubt
ed that to Interfere forcibly with his
freedom of movement would preclpt
tate a crisis In the southern provinces
of China, and certainly would prevent
higi from doing anything for the for
eign ministers If he Is acting In good
faith.
BltVSSEI. July 21. Tbe minister
of foreign affair has received the fol
lowing telegram from Shanghai, dated
today:
"A telegram from the governor of
Shan Tung announces that the minis
ters were safe July 20. TUey were un
der guardianship of the Chinese author
ities. 'LI Hung Chang has arrived at
Shanghai."
PARIS. July 21.-YU Keng, the Chi
nese minister here, today handed to the
minister of foreign affairs, M. Delcasse,
an edict, dated July IS, giving the as
surance that all foreign ministers In
Pekin except Baron Von Ketteler, the
German minister,' were then saf. and
sound under the protection of the Im
perial court. The edict transmitted by
the viceroy of Nankin follows:
"For the month past, with the excep
tion of the German minister, who waa
assassinated by rebels who are under
apprehension of severe punishment, we
have ordered all foreign ministers to
be well protected by the court, and,
happily, they are safe and sound."
NEW YORK, July 21.-A dispatch to
th; Tribune from London suys:
Mr. ('linger s message to the state de
partment vame like a volte from a to nil;
and slnrtl'id Europe-.
On" of the best Informed men of the
veteran military service said that he
accepted the txt of Mr. Conger's rncs
hUKu as a full and satisfactory proof
that the minister were alive. When
nuked how he could explain the pro
tracted d'-fence of the lntlosure pro
tected by a palisade of moderate height,
he asserted that the military guards
had probably selad a commanding po
sition on the great wall, where they
had held the mobs at bay. He also was
confident that the ministers and two
men had been transferred by a secret
passage under the wall Into the Impe
rial city and had been hidden In the
palace.
Another veteran of the consular ser
vice in China Informed me that, while
he could not account for the American
minister reputed message, he could
not comprehend how it had been possi
ble for so weak and Indefensible a po
sition a. the British embassy enclosure
to bt? held for week against persistent
assaults of soldiers armed with artil
lery, and that he was reluctantly forced
to believe that the ministers and all
refugees had perished.
NEW YORK. July 21. -A special to
the Herald from fit. Petersburg says:
The Chinese who attacked Blagovest
chensk concentrated on the right tank.
of the Amur river. They have been
severely routed at the village of Sak
halin, which was burned by the shells
from the Russian guns. Tbe Chinese
town of Algun has been partly de
stroyed. The Russian have occupied all the
important defensive positions on the
right bank of the river, driving the
Chinese out of them. It appears that
the Chinese were quite taken "by sur
prise. Tbey considered themselves
masters tf Blagovestchensk and never
expected an attack from the Russians
in both rear and front, but the Russian
troop carried out the operations with
great brilliancy, killing two thousand
Chines? and capturing 17 guns. At tbe
game time their own losses were In
considerable. .
It was on the morning of July IS
that General Grlbskl, having received
reinforcement, opened a fierce cannon
and rifle fire. Toward the evening the
Russian shells set fire to the Chinese
village of Sakhalin. After a prolonged
conflict the enemy's artillery began to
slacken, and they commenced to re
tire. The duel of the gun went on
more or less until 7 o'clock In the even
ing. More Chinese troops having now ar
rived. General Gribskl saw the necessi
ty of occupying Algun and he concen
trated a portion of his force for that
purpose. There were about 7000 Chinese
there with some artillery. The Russian
troops advanced from the direction of
the town of Nismennaja and comm
enced the attack. The Chinese offered
a stout resistance and massed forces
of large bodies at various points, but
today news has been received that the
Russians have occupied Algun, where
a few days ago the Chinese commander,
acting cn a forged order in the name
of the emperor, issued by Prince Tuan,
declared war against Russia.
NEW YORK. July 21.-A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from
Shanghai says:
The Boxer rebellion is spreading to
the northwest to Shan SI, Shen SI,
and Kan Su piwinces, and the south
west to the province of Hanan.
tn conjunction with Tung Fuh Slang's
troops, the Boxers have endeavored to
recover their lost ground in Shan Tung
province, where '.he Boxer movement
originated and was fostered by Yuh
Sien. then governor, but since trans
ferred to Shen SI.
The Boxers suffered a severe reverse
on July 8 from Yuan Shikia at Chang
oow. On the southern border of Chi LI, ad
Joining Shan Tung, the Boxers Intend
ed overrunning Shan Tung and cross
ing the Yellow river Into Klang Su.
All provinces south from the Yellow
river are so far undisturbed. Viceroy
LI Yun Yl and Chang Chitung are pro
foreign and maintain order from the
Yangtse valley to the eastern portion of
the Yellow river.
NEW YORK, July 21. A dispatch to
the isirnal and Advertiser from Lon
don says:
Active diplomatic negotiations are
passing between the powers regarding
a coalition against China,
England and the United States offi
cers are arranging a close accord on
the question of partition. These two
governments probably will declare
openly against It In a few days. Nu
merous dispatches are passing between
Hay and Salisbury, with the Idea of
the two countries forming Identical
policies.
NEW YORK, July 21. A special to
the Herald from Montreal says:
The Chinese Empire Reform Associa
tion of Canada Is gaining In numbers
every day. It now Intends to show
Us s'.reiiKlU by a petition lo the gov
ernments of Great Britain. Germany,
the United States and Japan. It has
been signed by every Chinaman In the
city, and will be wnt all over Canada
for signatures.
Its prayer Is that the governments
mentioned may establish a Joint pro
tectorate over China, to undertake the
government of the country, through the
emperor, ur.d to prevent the dismember
ment of the empire. After citing the
causes which have led to the present
trouble, tho petition says, among oth
er things:
"Recently the- emperor, Kwar.g Hiu,
ha. published a mes-iaxe. In which he
proposes that certain of the oweis
should aid In reinstating him on the
throne and should declare a Joint pro
tectorate and undertake the govern
ment of the country through the empe
ror. "Your association deeming it desira
ble. In the Interests of their country
and civilization that the proposals of
said message should be carried Into
cflect. did. at their meeting held In
Vancouver on June 21, unanimously re
solve to do all In their power to further
and secure the carrying out of the era-pt-ror'
Ideas as set, forth In said mes
sage, and that a petition should be ad
dressed to the representatives of Ger
many, Great Britain, tbe United States
and Japan asking for their cooperation
In establishing the proposed protecto
rate and their aid In preventing the dis
memberment of the Chinese empire."
NEW YORK. July 21.-Lleutenant C.
A. Totten has given utterance to a stir
ring prophecy on the present interna
tional crisis, at S'ew Haven, Conn. He
calls China the "dragonlan one," and
compares the reported massacres In
China with "the crime of Benjamin
against one lone woman, for which all
Israel nearly wiped out the whole
tribe."
"Universal war before universal
peace, it must come," says Lieutenant
Totten. 'The duty of the civilized
world is to advance against the bar
baric world.
"I believe that confusion will confuse
Itself more and more, year by year, un
til the long predicted crash involves all
concerned In a world-wide conflagration
infinitely hotter than the Hoboken fire
and lust as sudden.
"America must prepare for It The
Anglo-Saxon world must be in at this
death England, Ireland, Scotland and
Wales; the Germans, If they are wise,
for it 1 the. balance of power that is
on deck. It Is our lost chance, and we
must improve it. our best opportunity.
"We are at the parting of the ways.
Events have thrust us into outside
matters; the very operations of peace,
the natural ones commerce and vast
International treaties of reciprocity all
over the world have silently Involved
us in a maze of environments that we
cannot escape. Before its magnitude,
the destruction of the Maine was
naught. Yet the latter led logically to
a war as Just as our revolution. Why,
even Mr. Bryan took up arms then.
Now, shall we withdraw from the con
cert of the civilized nations In this
cemmon demand for future peace and
vast Indemnity for the recent outrage,
or not?
' Let us prepare for war, anyway. If
we have any sense left. Matters of
party policy are but farces Defore such
Issues as confront us."
TEA CONTINUES TO RISE.
Already Advanced in Price and Still
Going Up.
NEW YORK. July 21. The trouble
In China Is already Influencing the
wholesale tea market of this country.
Within the last few days the price of
tea has advanced from one to two
cents a pound, and still further in
creases seem likely, inasmuch as with
the continuance of the difficulties In
China" It will cost more to Import.
When the outbreak began it was com
puted that there were about 23,000,000
pounds of tea In this country. That
stock Is being rapidly bought up by
retailers, and should the hostilities ex
tend to the tea-growing districts, a
rapid rise in the price of the commo
dity will result. The great tea-producing
centers of China have not yet
been threatened with the strife In
which the Boxers are engaged.
MRS. PALMER'S NECKLACE.
Lost at the Paris Exposition, and J500
Reward Offered for Its Recovery.
PARIS, July 21. Mrs. Potter Palmer,
of Chicago, one of the members of the
United States commission to the Paris
exposition today advertised a reward of
$500 for Information leading to the re
turn of her necklace, valued at $17,000,
which Is missing.
FOR A COLOMBIAN GUNBOAT.
George Gould Sells His Steam Yacht
Atalanta.
NEW YORK. July 21. George Gould
has sold his steam yacht Atalanta
through Messrs. Gardiner & Cox, of this
city, to the Colombian government for
a gunboat.
"METAL MARKET.
NEW YORK, July 21.-Ear
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silver
DUBOIS GETS
THE DOMINATION
Idaho Democrats and Silver Re
publicans Pusc W itliout Pops.
POPS DISLIKE MARTIAL LAW
Democrats Commend Ibe Stale Administra
tion and Declare lor Law, Order
and Arbitral!-Fusion State
Ticket Nominated.
POCATELLO. Idaho, July 21. Tho
Democrata at 3:30 unanimously voted
to confer no more with the Populists.
It resulted from the Populist ultimatum
that the Democrata adopt a resolution
demanding the Immediate abolition of
the martial law and permit system in
Shoshone county.
The Democrats offered the I'cpuliifs
the congressman, auditor and mine In
spector, and the Silver Republican the
senator and secretary of state. The
latter accepted. The Democratic con
vention instructed Its committee to re
fuse to yield. The Populist convention
then, as a prerequisite to yk'iding. de
manded that the Demx-rats adopt the
following resolution:
"Resolved that we demand the Imme
diate discontinuance of martial law In
Shoshone county, under which the per
nicious system of permits to neek em
ployment has been inaugurated; and
we demand the abolition of said sys- .
tem. We further demand that all civil
and political rights guaranteed by tu
constitutiotv and law be Immediately
restored to all citizens,"
After a sharp debate involving the
Coeur d'Alene policy of the state ad
ministration, the Democratic convention
unanimously voted to close negotia
tions with he - Populists and to fuse
with thu Silver Republican.
The Democratic convention then
adopted the platform. It Indorses the
Kansas City platform, especially the
financial plank; It Indorse the "pre- (
ent etate administration, and commends
it for Its wise and economical manage
ment of state affairs In behalf of the
best Interests of the people." It con
demns lawlessness In all Its forms, and
guarantees to every person In the state
equal protection, and, to all, the rights
and privileges guaranteed under our
constitution and laws. It favors laws
to refer the differences between capital
and labor to arbitration1.
Tonight the Democratic state conven
tion completed the nomination of its
ticket, which follows:
Governor. Captain Frank N Hunt.
Supreme Judge. Judge C. O. Stocks
lager. Congressman, Captain James Graham
Treasurer. Dr. J. J. Plumer.
Superintendent of Schools, Miss Per
ineal French.
Attorney-general. Frank Martin.
Lieutenant-governor. Thomas F. Ter
rill. Auditor. John S. Barrett.
Mine Inspector. C. H. Harvey.
Presidential electors, E. J. Doekery,
S. J. Richa and James N. Reld.
C. J. Basstt. Silver Republican, was
Indorsed for secretary of state, and the
nomination of Fred T. Dubois for
'United States senator was also indorsed.
Tho Silver Republicans nominated
Dubois for United States senator and
C. J. Bassett. for secretary of state. The
Populists nominated a full state ticket,
headed by T. L. Glenn, of Bear Lake,
for congressman, and J. W. BaUen
tlne. of Blaine county, for governor.
TROUBLE AT WEST POINT.
Cadets Severely Disciplined for Disre
spect to an Officer.
WEST POINT, N. Y., July 21.-Trou-ble
growing out of the punishment of
Cadet Bunker for hazing Cadet Norrls
has resulted In severe disciplinary
measures being taken by the command
ant As a means of punishment' of disre
spect to Lieutenant Lindsay, the of
ficer in charge, the cadets wera de
prived of their supper last night, af
ter having taken their accustomed
seats at the table. They were also
required to stand at attention for halt
an hour. The entire corps will be con
fined to the limits of the camp for an
indefinite period.
VANDERBILT FINED.
Millionaires' Autimobllu Traveled Too
Fast.
MILTON. Maes.. July 21. William K.
Vanderbilt, the young millionaire, was
fined 115 today for violating the Blue
Hill Park regulations concerning the
speed of vehicle. Vanderbilu was In
his automobile.
, WHEAT MARKET,
PORTLAND, July a. wn at. waiu.
Walla, 57c; Valley, DSc; blut-sttw
60c.