The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-25
CHTNA'S REQUEST.

Prince Ching as plenipotentiary. Hand
ed to Mr. Adee by the Chinese Minis
ter, Mr.. WI. September I'D
(Cablegram from Prince Ching, dat
ed Cat Pekin) September s, transmit
ted by the Chinese minister at st. Pc
tersburg on the 10th instant, to Min
ister WI, who received it on the night
of the same day)
Foreign troops having entered Pc
kin, and their majesties, the empress
doWager and the emperor, having
gone westward on tour, l have re-
ceived an imperial edict appointing
me envoy plenipotentiary with full
discretionary powers, in conjunction
with Grand Secretary Lii Hung Chang,
to negotiate peace. please inform the
secretary of state and request that in
view of the long friendly relations
(eXistin between the two countries)
instructions be telegraphed to the
Omitted States) minister a Pekin to
open negotiations IN a harmonious
way at an early date to the interest
and qualification bf all concerned"
ANSWER TO PRICE CHING.
(Handed to the Chinese minister by
the acting Secretary of state, Septem'
Der 21)
Memorandum, in response to Mr.
Wu's communication, September II,
! of a cablegram from Prince Ching,
THE government of the United
States accepts the plenipotentiary au-
| thOrity of Earl ali and Prince
| Ching as prima facie sufficient for the
| preliminary negotiations looking to-
ward the return of the imperial Chi
| nese government and to the resump-
! ton of it's authority al Pekin, and to-
ward the negotiation of a complete
| settlement by the duly appointed pie
| nipotentiaTies of the powers and of
| China.
ITO these ends, United States min
| lister in Pekin will be authorized to
enter into relations with Earl Ii and
| Prince Ching as the immediate repre-
sentatives of the Chinese emperor
| DAVID j. HILL,
Acting Secretary"
| Department of State, Washington.
September q. 1900.
| RUSSIAN INQUIRY.
! Enquiries of the Russian govern
ment and replies thereto.)
| Memorandum handed to Mr.. Adee
! by the Russian charge d'affaires, MT.
De WOllant, September 18th. Trans
| lation.)
HAS the federal government the in
| tention to transfer the residence OF
the legation from Pekin to Tien Tsin?
This step has been recognized as prsc-
| tical and appropriate to the end, even
by the powers which find it necessary
" leave troops at Pekin.
Are the full powers of Prince Ching
I and Ii Hung Chang recognized as suf-
ficient by the federal government?
rs the federal government prepared
| to charge its representatives to enter
without delay upon the preliminary
negotiations with the plenipotenltiaries
| OF the emperor of China?"
| Memorandum in reply to the Rus
sian charges memorandum dated Sep
tember 11th)
THE government of the United
States has not any present intention:
to withdraw its legation from Pekin-
'"The government of the UNITED
States accepts the plenipotentiary au
thority of Earl Ii Hung Chang anl
Prince Ching as prima facie sufficien'
for the preliminary negotiations look
ing toward the return of the imperia
Chinese government and to the re
sumption of its authority at Pekin
ard toward the negotiation Of com
plete settlement of the duly appointed
plenipotentiaties OF the powers and o.
China
ITO these ends, the United States
minister in Pekin will be authorized
TO enter into relations with Earl L
and Prince Ching as the immediate
representatives of the Chinese emper
or.
Department Of State. Washington
September Il