The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-22
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X shington. July 20.-The various cab
met officers gathered In Secretary Hays
ice and an impromptu cabinet confer
4Hce was held In the diplomatic chamber,
y efnly for the purpose of exchanging con-
Atulations and OF taking a survey OF the
Hoituaticn.
me consultation brought about no pro-
4 tQnnced change OF policy, for 1t was seen
~ already every energy has been beat
award meeting the situation and that
ere was absolutely nothing more that
eopld be done After ell. the cabinct Of
Aials felt. and SO stated that the mes
o&te was an evidence OF friendliness and
GQod faith of the pro-foreign ele-
mSpt OF the Chinese and that
tedom indicated course which
would continue to utilize the friendship
Inc government accepted the message as
authentic and Secretary Hay transmitted
TO all our ambassadors and ministers
Abroad with Instructions to lay ii before
- respective governments to which they
~ accredited and to urge upon them the
aecssity of cooperation for the immedi-
Xxx relief OF the foreigners at Pekin.
A message also was sent by Secretary
Long to Admiral Remey conveying the
tntelligence OF the desperate situation in
fekln and instructing him to use and
urGe every possible endeavor for relief"
fnis message Secretary Long explained
meant FOR Admiral Remey himself TO
trvse" and to urge" upon the command
mg OFFICERS of the other powers the use
~ every endeavor for the relief of Pekin.
*, secretary Root sent similar notifca-
ton to Colonel Coolidge, the senior Amer
lear officer ashore at lien Tsin. This
action was the result Of the conference OF
6ecretaries Hay, Long and Root. 1t was
realized that the and and naval forces of
the United States now in China could
not einglehanded push on TO Pekln ami
the other powers accordingly were APP
pealed TO, on the basis OF Minister Con-
eer's message to cooperate for relief.
Becretary Hay explained his reasons for
piacing reliance in the authenticity OF
Minister Conger's dispatch saying that
II was complete reply in code to the code
message sent by him and that lis au-
then icity Vas vouched for by the tsung
u yamen
"of course" said Secretary Hay, smu-
Ing, II may be fooled. but I can not SEQ
how the authenticity OF the cable can be !
;ouestioned."
A message from Consul Fowler that
General Yung Sih Kai. governor of Shan |
Tung province, reported that the Chinese |
suthoritles were doing all In their power |
TO cut down the nsurrection, is exceed
lngly welcome. 1t only confirms the theory |
Of the state department that the position !
Of the Chinese government is correct but |
Y Seemed to Indicate that Yung sih Kai
has thrown the weight of his influence on |
the side OF the government. Yung is con-
sidered one OF the ablest II not the ahlcst,
general in China.
Secretary Hay was congratulated on
the success OF the steps he had adopted
to open up communication between Pekin
and Washington ror while the chancel-
tories of the whole world stood inactive
he had adopted course which had
brought a message from our minister.
v The Chinese minister, Mr.. W. shared
also in the universal appreciation of what
had been done, He seconded Mr.. Hays
effort in the outset. and 1t is due TO the I
official machinery set in motion by him
that the communications were gotten
through 1t is appreciated by the officials.
both American and Chinese that there
Will be suspicion in soma quarters. Against
thee, 1t Is declared that message au-
thenticated by the American cipher code
and backed by the integrity OF the off,
cials through whom it has passed must
be accepted as authentic until something
better than mere suspicion Is brought
forth
3 Batter In the day several messages were
teceived from Consul Fowler at Chez Foo,
strongly confirmatory OF the news that
the foreigners were alive.
+ The fact that the cablegram from MIN
leter Conger was given scant credence
IA London official circles had no damp
enirg effect upon che optimism of the
ptete department.