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Southland Times, Issue 14713, 4 August 1900, Page 2

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ONLY HOLD THOSE TROOPS BACK. THIRD INDIAN BRIGADE GOING ON. ADMIRAL SEYMOUR PAYS AN UNDESIREL* VISIT. JAP 3 EXPECTED TO REACH PEKIN WITH SECOND COLUMN. SIR CLAUDE MACDONALD'S LATEST : RELIEF COLUMN MUSI MOVE SWIFTLY. 1000 OHINESE KILLED IN THE SORTIE ON THE 3rd ULT. : BRITISH CASUALTIES 190. 1 CHINA'S MINISTERS IN EUROPE GETTING ALARMED. . RUSSIA'S ESTIMATES OF CHINESE STRENGTH : AFRAID OF RAIN. UNITY OF THE POWERS : DETERMINED TO ASSIST THE SUPREMACY OF T"flE WESTERN WORLD: BRITAIN'S VIEWS OF THE ; FUTURE POLICY. ' Hong Kong, Aug. 2. [ Received 4th, 12.20 a.m. Li Hung Chang has assured the Consuls that their Ministers will be placed in oom--1 munication with their respective govern- ' menta if the advance of tbe allied troops • towards Pekin is postponed. - Admiral Seymour, insisting on paying a ' vieit to the Viceroy of Nankin, the latter reluctantly sent a Cninese warship to escort 1 the gunboat Alaority past the forts. 1 Great secrecy is being manifested over the • movements of the Japanese troops at Shan--5 haikwan, and it is expected that a simultaneous advance will be made on Pekin from there and Tientsin. Received 4th, 12 35 a.m. Sir Claude Mac Donald, writing on the I 2lßt, states thai he bad food for a fortnight i but ammunition was scarce. 62 had been I killed and 128 wounded. When the relief s columns approach they must advance swiftly I in order to prevent the Chinese troops at- - tacking the Legations. A thousand Chinese were killed in tbe sortie made on the 3rd. The Chinese Ministers to Europe have cabled demanding that the diplomatists at t Pekin should be permitted to communicate with their Governments and should also be ■ escorted, with their families and staff-), to . Tientsin. Received 4th, 12.50 a.m. ' China has returned all the cypher and text - messages addressed to the Legations. ' Russia reports tbat a majority of the > Chinese troops and Boxers aeutb of Pekin j have concentrated on the Yang-tsze and that • there are 50,000 trained troops at Pekin, - besides Boxers. To march on Pekin btfore • the end of the rains would be risky as the - climate is very changeable. i London, Aug. 2. > * Received 4th, 12.20 a.m. Dr Davenport, of Adelaide, succeeded in making his escape from Wuchang. • India is preparing a third brigade for service in China. August 3. Received 4th, 12.50 a.m. The Times' Tientsin correspondent says the n amber of Chinese between Tientsin and Pekin is probably small. The Daily Express states that Colonel 1 Hay has urged Li Hung Chang to advise the Pekin authorities to plaoe themselves in friendly communication with the Allies. Reoeived 4th, 1 a.m. The Hon. St. John Brodriok was cheered on announcing the unity of the Powers with a view to relieving the Legations and establishing the supremacy of the Western world. Great Britain would co-operate with the Vioeroys to preserve order in the Yang-tsze Valley and Shanghai would be defended, i whatever might occur ; henoe the sending of a third brigade from India. Great Britain would resolutely oppose the partition of China as endangering trade, but there was no reason to believe that the other Powers dissented from this view. Britain felt that the future government mast be Chinese for the Ohinese.