Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-28
Cabinet Without Important News
From Pekin.
CHINA DISCUSSED At TODAY'S SESSION
Answers From Foreign Powers as
to Their Purposes.
LII BUNG CHANG'S STANDING

The cabinet at its session today was
without news of Importance from Pekin,
the center of the Chinese situation, and the
administration may be said to be in a wait
ing attitude. There was nevertheless con-
siderable discussion of Chinese matters.
One subject was that of the delay of this
government in getting news to Gen. Chaffee
at Pekin. One of the dispatches Of Gen.
Chaffee, supposed to have been dated Au-
gust 90 stated that he had received no ad-
vices from this end since August H. Why
this was the case is not known. Any num-
Der Of messages have been sent to him, and
Admiral Remey has not pointed out any
break in the line of communication. There
are many relay stations between Pekin
and Tien Tsin, but they are supposed to be
working in order, as messages of fairly
late date have come through from Chaffee
and Conger.
The Peace Proposition.
The cabinet talked over the answers that
have been received to requests sent out to
our representatives abroad to ascertain the
intents and purposes of the powers as to
China and relative to Ii Hung Chang S
proposition for peace commission. The
American representatives appear to have
worked faithfully in trying to ascertain ex-
actly what Europe and Japan intend to
do. The answers do not show thorough
concord. Germany. it is said does not look
upon Ii Hung Chang as having the proper
authority to treat with the nations of the
world in the matter of peace. Russia, Eng
land and Japan are disposed to look upon
him as the representative of his country
and competent to undertake the pre!1m-
mary work of bringing about peace. The
answers, however, do not add much hope
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further steps will have to be taken before
there is any definite outcome to the original
proposition.
Purposes Not Given.
Outside of opinion as to Lii Hung Chang
Europe does not give it's intents and pur-
poses about the future Of China worth a
cent. 1t reserves all. this to itself for rev.
elation on some future occasion.
The cabinet still has no information tend
Ing to show that Russia or any other coun-
try has made a formal declaration Of war
against China.
North Dakota for Mckinley.
b Ex-senator Mills and Representatives
Richardson of Tennessee and Spalding of
North Dakota were among the President S
callers before the cabinet met this morn
ing They called to pay their respects. Mr.
Spalding has been spending portion of
the summer in Vermont, his old home.
North Dakota is more solidly republi-
can than it has been in years., said Mr.
Spalding. I'VE will give President Nc
Kinley a majority of from 10000 to 1900
in November. The talk of imperialism does
not make any votes in my state. The peo-
pie there are for expansion and do not be-
lieve there is any such thing as imperial
ism in the United States.
From what L understand Of the general
situation the outlook is favorable in all
directions as in North Dakota"
Viscount de Santo-Thyrso, Portuguese
minister, called on the President this morn
ing to pay his respects.