The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-09

| s 80 toie hSA o diiu tHe TeStOTa-
tlon Of order"
Demands Were Reiterated.
These three demands practically were
reiterated In the dispatches which sec-
retary Hay sent TO Consul General
Goodnow Mt Shanghai August !, Tor
submission to Earl II Hung Chang,
The authorities consider that the open
Ing OF communication with Minister
congsr, therefore, only partially COM
plies with the Presidents demands.
With the legationcrs still under fire, the
Chinese. government can not be said to
have removed '.all dangers to their
lives and liberty and. moreover, SO
far as known here. the imperial author
tiles Of China have made no efforts 10
communicate and to cooperate with
the relief expedition. The new. demand
upon the Chinese government is for
square toed compliance with these con.
Sdltlons.
The only message received to-day up
to l O'clock by the state department
was from Consul General Gooduow at
Shanghai. and as 1t related solely TO
the military situation 1t was turned
over to Secretary Root who declines TO
make its contents public. 1t was stated
at the state department that the mes
sage contained nothing of great i'm
portance. I53s
The Situation Unchanged.
Secretary Root held a lengthy confer
ence with Acting Secretary Adee in thu
state department after the visit OF the
Chinese minister. AT It's conclusion Mr..
Root said that the situation was un-
changed SO far as the war department
was concerned. He declined to enter
Into the diplomatic aspect OF the sltua-
tlon and Secretary Adee denied himself
to all newspaper men. 1t is known,
however. that the government will lose
no time in putting the good faith of the
Chinese government to the test.
The critical situation developed here
to-day by the receipt OF the Conger
message gave rise to 4 number OF ru-
mors of renewed military activity. 1t
can be stated on the authority OF the
secretary of war that no actual steps
have been taken, but It is understood
that acting on q precautionary message
addressed to him some time ago. Cen
eral Macarthur has 50 arranged mat
ters In Luzon US to have 4 considerable
body of troops on which he can draw In
an emergency to reinforce the interna-.
tlonal column in China.
Hope China Will Yield.
There IS no hope. growing out of the
fact that the Chinese government has
yielded partially that when confronted
with the firm position taken by the
United States It will be sufficiently i'm
pressed to make complete acqulcscencc.
This governments. determination, It Is
hoped will show the Chinese govern
gent that the United States is not to be
trined with, and will bring the shifting,
evasive authorities In Pekin to a full,
realization OF the situation and the con-
sequence Of refusal.
Minister WI, early In the day, brought
to the state department the imperial
edlct removing the restriction from free
communication with the ministers. He
was plainly perturbed over Minister
Conger's report that the legationers
were under fire. but still contended that
his government was acting In good
faith. and protested against m!sinter-
probation OF the situation. He pointed
out the fact that the absence OF artll-
lery fire might Indicate that there were
no regular troops engaged in the as
sault and that the rife fire spoken Of
by Mr.. Conger simply might be the
snlping OF disgruntled irregulars who
were engaged in guerrilla tactics.
Dispatches Concerning the Fight.
Two dispatches were received during
the day, one from Admiral Remey and
the other from General Chntree. Both
related to the fighting at PeItsang. Ad-
miral Remey's dispatch stated specific
ally that the Americans were not en-
gagged. and General Chaffee's dispatch
explains how 1t was that they practl-
cally were out OF it. They occupied the
rear Of the turning column. Owing to
the limited ground OF operations which
he mentions, It is probable that the
Americans could not be brought into
the thick Of the fighting and they thus
escaped without casualties. The fact
that the American troops did not have
an opportunity to distinguish them
selves was something OF a disappolnt-
ment to the officials at the war depart
ment but, knowing General Chaffee as
they do, they are confident if his men
were not engaged, It was because 1t was
physically impossible to bring thorn
into action. The continued brilliant
work of the Japanese, who are said to
have borne theSbrunt Of the fighting ct
Pietsang ms well rs at Ticn Tsin. at
tracts unstinted praise for the doughty
warriors OF tho Mikados realm,
Secretary Root said tonight that the
events OF tho day had caused no change
In the military situationaso far MS the
advance on Pckin was concerned, md
no additional orders had been sent to
General Chaffee.
Chnffee Wants More Artillery.
WASHINGTON. August S.--A cable
gram has been received at the war de-
partment from Major General Chaffee,
nj Tien Ts,n, asking for additional ar