The sun., 1900-08-09

sv,r ths eomp,ianss by China ef oos Of sns
ooudstsons and part Of snothsr imposed b,
pr,..d.nt Mckinley in his rrsponss Of July
=, "a Empsror Kwans -su's appeal for hs good
oo,oss to bring about an adjustment OF ths
din~snoss between China and the Powers
Ths condition partly complied With vss stAsee
byxhe President - follows:
.s>oonA-To put tho diplomatic rspressnta'
tivss Of tho Powers In immediate and ffes COM
nuudcstson With their respective 0ovsrnmsnn
md to remove all danger to their lives and
liberty
m. Ch,r..s .uthortttss have assorted through
m Imperial decree that frss communication III
c,pher has been afforded to tho Ministers ano
ths,r governments but II has not removed al
d.ns.r TO their lives and liberty. Tho oondi-
t,on wholly complied with was tho nrst In tho
prss,dent's Response, namely. that your MAJ
estys Government give public assurances
whistler The foreign Ministers are alive. and' IL
10. IN what condition
Rut there remains the third and most impor-
tsnt condition Of the President. with wh'cn
there has been no compliance. and the chinese
oovsrnment d forcfbly reminded that falling 70
meSt ,t must result In serious consequences 10
CHINA This. In the Presidents language was
q follows;
.rhira-ro place the Imperial authorities
Of CHINA In communication with the RELIEF ex-
,,.ht,on 40 that cooperation may be secured
bstv,en them for the liberation OF the legations
thu protection Of foreigners and the restoration
of order
m. ,.psae,on or condition that part Of the
allied forces b permitted TO enter Pekin unoer
a. nas Of truos and take therefrom the Minis
tsrs and other foreigners fts in well with this
and was probably coupled with 1t In the note
delivered to Minister WI. The attention OF
thu Chansse Government is called to the prom
,s.s II has made to protect the legations and
70 its ability to do 80, demonstrated py Hs
communication with the Ministers. and tho
Arrangement Of an armistioe 1t Is pointed
out. however. II THE SUNS information Is cor
rect, that the resumption OF firing on the eea-
taons IL an evidence Of bad faith and must be
stopped.
Tho note Is couohed In strong language ana
IA intended 10 demonstrate TO China that the
United States are In no temper to listen 10 Ok
cuses or tolerate longer delay in the rescue OF
the foreigners The vigorous English EN-
Moved was approved by the President 10
whom the full text Of the note was transmitted
by Secretary Root.
Tho effect Of the note may be judged only
by the evidence Of the attitude OF the Chinese
Government given In recent DEGREES and offlcal
telesrams. That the Chinese Government
realizes that II must keep peace with the Powers
or suffer severely IL plainly shown by two I'm
perial edIcts transmitted to Minister WI and
presented by him to acting Secretary OF state
Adee to-day In the first, dated Aug. 2, which
was proclaimed In response 10 the
memorial Of IA Hung Chang. Min
lister WI and other Chinese officials
outside OF Pekn, that the Ministers be
conducted TO a place OF safety. assurances
are given that the Ministers are being treated
In friendly spirit by the Imperial authorities.
and Gen Yuns Iu is directed to organize
picked force TO escort them TO Tientsin. This
edIct inferentislly forbids the Ministers to
communicate with their governments in cipher.
while the copy OF the second edict. received
by the Tsuns -li-Yam on the 6th Of August"
rescinds the embargo on cipher messages by
directing that the Ministers be allowed free
communication with their respective Govern
ments In cipher
1t Is, therefore, clear that the Chinese Gov
eminent Is anxious 10 have It appear, and
a probably honest In the intentions expressed.
that Il IA protecting the Ministers, Ia giving
them the opportunity to communicate freely
IN secret symbols with their Governments
Is desirous u send them to place Of safety
and does not consider itself at war with the
Powers The authorities here feel much en-
Outraged over this attitude Of China and be-
leve that the note handed TO Minister WI this
evening will have the effect desired.
Meanwhile the allies viii push on to Pekin.
The Conger despatch has cleared instead OF
clouded the military situation and the United
States Cove rnment feels grati1ed over ts policy
Of paying no attention to Chinese importi-
mites, promises or half threats TO bring the
allies TO halt From the first the Govern
r,npt has helieved TINT n would be nncessa ~
for the relief column to go to Pekin. II never
yeered from that Idea. even when the Chinese
Government offered to send the Ministers "a
Tientsin II the allies would not move forward
The Governments attitude In regard "a
tho Chinese proposition was that 1t would
not give consideration TO II or to any other
proposition intended 10 halt the allies
before II had been placed in free com
munication with Minister Con9er and had ascer.
tained his views on the subject Minister
Conser has now confirmed the Governments
view In his statement that II would be Ger
tain death" for the foreigners TO leave Pekin.
II Ia learned that Mr.. Conger's despatch bore
internal evidence Of being an answer to Secre-
tary lay's second telegram Of inquiry. but that
1t did not give all the information for which
Mr. Hay asked.
The memorandum Of the United States was
delivered TO Minister WI at the State De.
partment this evening. Mr., WI. who
had been informed earlier In the
day that the memorandum was to be
prepared. called personally on acting Secretary
Adee In his Office about 3 O'Clock and received
the communication. Late this evening Secre-
tary Root and Mr.. Adee had conference with
ths prasidant ove IN n tal ra nh N ,aIophona