The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16

"A woy eI'Ienipotentiarys to Negotiat
with the Powers-Minfster Con
ger Expresses His Ability i
4sHoId 1on'' Until sReltcf Comes
shenE Expreases Grave Fears 10
Leeatloners when Defeated Chi
nese Troops sR turn to Capital.
Washington, Aug. IA. Indications o
the desire of China for peaceful
settlement OF her present difficultie.
4 have been multiplying for severa
days. Official evidence of that desire
was presented to the department o.
state YESTERDAY. Tt was ii, the form d
an edict promulgated by the emperor
/ Kwang Hsu, appointing Earl Ii Hung
/ Chang as envoy plenipotentiary to ne.
gotiate with the powers for an 'imme.
diate cessation of hostilities' pending
q solution Of the problems which have
grown out Of the anti-foreign uprising
! in the empire. Earl Ii is to act direct
| ~ for the emperor, and fair infer
| ence Is that whatever terms Of settle
ment he may reach with the powers
will be approved by the imperial gov
eminent.
Ability to "HoId On.v
"A belated message from Minister
IsCdzger Was transmitted to the war de-
partment by Gen. Chaffee. tt ex-
pressed simply his ability to hold on
until Gen. Cha flee should come to his
relief All the power of this govern
nient wiz bessexerted to get relief to
him and fhe other Imprisoned slegation-
ers#a at the earliest possible gr1oment.
While 1T is Conceded by ff1eg wa sli
ington officials that the conference OF
pleniary authority upon gEaEis Iii n
tlernent of existing troubles is step
IN the right direction, itFby npgmsans
is assured that the United States govs
ernment will consent offhand to open;
Negotiations with the distinguisha
The demands OF this govern
,ment upon China have been made
plainly and without equiyocatio
They cannot be misund erstood. y AS
Stunning that the Chinese government
Isl acting in good faith, the demands
are reasonable and can be complied
with readily AS transmitted to the
imperial government by the secretary
OF state through Minister WI, the de-
marlds in brief were:
Our Government Demands
That the Chinese government give
assurance that the foreign ministers
are alive, and IL so, in what condition;
that the ministers be placed in free
communication with their govern
II,
and all danger to their lives and lio-
ertyE be removed; that the imperial
authorities place themselves in COM
munication with the relief expedition,
sd that the legationers may be liber-
ateds foreigners protected and order
restored.
Until these demands have been ac-a
ceded to 1t is highly improbable that !,
thefgovernment Of the United States, I
or any Of the united powers, ali Of |
whom have made practically the same /
demands upon China, will consent to a
iof hostile denonstra tons.
which are being conducted, at least 50
far as this government IS concerned,
with the sole purpose of succorfng the
besieged legationers in the Chinese
capital. $50 ses ~.
Reply of United States.
Last night Secretary Adee, by direc-
ton Of President Mckinley, presented
10 Minister wv, for tran smission to his
government, the reply OF the United
States to the imperial edict appointing
Ii Hung Chang envoy to negotiate
with the powers for a cessation of hos
.ilities. The text of the rely. will MT
pc made public until to-day. In effect,
however, it is a reiteratioa of the de-
hands previously made by the United
States upon China, coupled with a
rigorous intimation that no negotia-
ions will be entered into until sthe I
Chinese government shall have COM
o1ied with those demands. This goy-5I
,rnnent, inspired by determination
% effect the rescue of the legationers
1esieged in Picking, takes advantage i
n its reply to the edict to reiterate
he demands previously made upon
China. These demands were first
made by the president on July %, and
were reiterated substan-
ially by Acting Secretary Adee, by di-
ection Of the president. The demands
or the protection of the ministers, for
rec communication between their re-
Ipective governments and for the res
Grafton OF order in China
Form the keynote
# the memorandum forwarded to the
imperial government by the president
yesterday. The iteration and reitera-
ion Of the demands must make it per-
ectly clear to the Chinese government.
t is thought, that no negotiations VIII
,e entered upon until an entire COM
,liance with them has been made.
should the demands be acceded to
here will be no obstacle, 1t is be-
ieved In the way OF settlement of
tfler questions which have arisen out
# the pending troubles. Minister WI
Ieclined to make any statement bear
ne on the reply, not even being will
ng to say whether or not it had been
eceived by him. Copies have been
ent to the United States representa-
ives in Europe and Japan to be sub
nitted to the governments at which
hey are stationed, and also to the
European diplomats stationed here for
heir information.
u s Wu Ia E1ated.
Mr.. VII, the Chinese minister here,
. very much eiated over the appoint
pent OF Ii Hung Chang as a plenipo-
ertiary to arrange peace with the
covers He sincerely hopes that it