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Powers Seem Determined to Ignore American
Appeals That Relief Force Be
Sent at Once
Suggested That Such an Attempt by Small
American Force Would Be Suicidal,
but May Be Made.

WASHINGTON, July 21-Two Dispatch
Is from Chinese Officials ana one from
Admiral Remey at Taku, represented the
news development of the day, so far as
the Chinese situation was concerned The
Chinese dispatches were corroborative,
or were intended to be, of the important
news OF yesterday relative to the state Of
legations.
Admiral Remey's dispatch aside from a
list of casualties already treated in brief
form, was most important 1t conveyed
the disagreeable news that the interna-
tiOnel column would not begin its advance
upon Pel1in before the middle of August.
This notice was received here with con-
sternation, in view of Mr.. Conger's ad-
vice of the desperate condition the lega-
toners We're in on the 18th.
The delay is incomprehensible to tho
officials here. 1t is known that an army
already formidable in numbers and Of
veteran soldiers, is now at Tien Tsin and
1aku. and, with a courageous leader 1t
was expected that this would push on at
once, cutting loose from its base, if need
be- and forcing its way TO PeItin, leaving
the reinforcements now streaming toward
Tallu from every quarter of the globe TO
re-establish the base, and to reopen COM
munication.
PROBABLE CAUSES.
1t is possible to draw two conclusions
from a failure of the foreign commanders
to do this. First, the European govern
ments have allowed the skepticlsm as
to the authenticity of Mr. Conger's dis
Ceeding totally and deliberately upon the
first supposition namely, that there are
40 foreigners alive in Pekin to be saved
and that, consequently, there is no need
for haste.
The other conclusion is that friction is
developing among the internationals, In
spite of the earnest endeavors of the
powers whose motives as to China are so
far unimpeachable as TO their intentions
Color is lent to the report that the gov
ernments have so far been unable to
agree upon a commander for the inter-
national force in its march to Pekin, and
this, too, in spite OF the fact that Admiral
Remey acting by the instructions of his
government, is exhausting every effort to
induce the other commanders at TalIu
and Tien Tsin to hasten their move
ments.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION.
The text of Admiral Remey's statement
relative to the movement OF the inter
national column was not made public
so. in fact il was rot intended that the
news should get out, and there was a
feeling of annoyance exhibited at the
publicity, because of it's possible eff ct
upon the international negotiations now
under way.
Meanwhile, to secure an accurate state
ment of the exact conditions at Taku and
Tien Tsin, and forces which will be at
the disposal of the international COM
mander, whoever he may be, Secret etary
Hay today cabled Admiral Remey to send
him statement of the number of inter
national troops now ashore in China, sep
arating the different nationaIities.
CHAFFEE MAY LEAD.
Gen. Chaffee is due at Nagasah in a
day or two. He Will transship at that
point. and arrive at Taku in about a
week from this time. 1t has be IN sug-
gested here that Chaffee will, if need be-
leave the other commanders to their do
vices and lead the way to Pekin. His
brother officers in the war department
say that he is quite competent to under
take this task Others declare that, with
The small force OF Americans at his COM
mand, the attempt would be suicidal, even
+ Chaffee were supported by the Brit
.sh.
The details for Gen. Chaffee's staff were
announced today. A notable feature Is
the inclusion of Lieut.. Col Heistand, now
United States military attach to tae Paris
exposition commission
MR.. WU'S LATEST.
WASHINGTON, July 21.-The secretary
of state tonight received from the Chi
nese minister a lengthy written communi-
cation. The contents of the documents
were not made known but it is under
stood 1t did not contain further cable
news concerning the situation at Pekin
but was rather in the nature of Dip
lomatc communica ton. which the minis
Ter desired TO have reach the president
IN view of the cable reports of the trans
mission of an edict relating to the sup
preston of disorder it was conjectured
IN some quarters that a copy of this
edict has been formally transmitted here
There is reason to believe also that
after Minister Wu's communication 10
Secretary Hay he received additional dis
patches, but from the fact that they were
not transmitted 10 Secretary Hay tonight
II Is presumed that they are relatively
unimportant.
LONDON WILL WAIT.
LONDON, July 22-In the absence Of
news from China, the papers devote much
space to discussion of the pros and
cons of the reliability of the Chinese az
sertion of the safety Of the Pekin min
listers a similar discussion is being re-
printed in various forms at the different
European capitals
The latest news is the dispatch from
Che Foo, of the date of July 20. received
In Berlin, saying that the governor Of
Shan Tung had telegraphed all the con-
suls:
Il have just received authentic news
TO the effect that all the ministers are
free from molestation, and under the
protection of the government
While these reiterations have been caus-
ing some revival of hope, there is too
great distrust of Chinese duplicity for
any acceptance of their truth
A special from Shanghai announces the
arrival of the steamer Nianping, with ri
Hung Chang. The consuls at their nre-
vious meeting agreed that if the viceroy
called they would return the visit and
then allow him to have an escort of a
hundred men when passing through the
settlements, it being understood that the
men must be unarmed.
ORDERED TO CHINA.
WASHINGTON. July 2l.-Favorable ac-
ton has been taken upon the application