The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-25

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American Wife Of the Commander of
the Allied Forces in China.
were coming from Peking on Saturday
for the immediate dispatch of further
troops, and thai in answer to these
400 italian marines were
Sent OF Posthnste.
The japanese minister in London Is
said to have received = telegram last
evening announcing that subsequent
to the entry into Picking a japanese
detachment went to the imperial pal
ace to afford whatever protection was
necessary. The enemy were in
strength and ghting was still proceed
ing when the message was sent to
Toxic. The main body Of the Japan
ese were then at An Ting Men gate.
the Tartar city, with headquarters at
the japanese legation. Serious trouble
IL now threatened in the neighborhood
of Canton. The Americans at Swallow,
according to the Daily Chronicles
Shanghai correspondent, have applied
for a warship in consequence Of seri-
GUS rioting, and the Hongkong cores
bondent of the Daily Mali says a war
bhip Is on h way there now,
China's Latest Appeal.
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE American
reply to China's latest appeal for a
The dead are Mrs. Theodore Wall
day from Ii Hung Chang has not yet
been made Known, and it is likely
that the matter will be one of the main
subjects of consideration at the cabi-
net meeting to-day. But there is rea-
son to believe that the overtures will
In effect be rejected on the ground that
the conditions laid down in the Ameri-
can note Of Aug. II have not been
complied with, ard until complied
with the governments course must
proceed without reference to China's
appeal for a
Hat in the Proceedings.
China's last APPLICATION for peace ne
ROTATIONS was received early yester-
day at the Chinese legation and was
transmitted oy Minister WI to the
state department. Secretaries Hay
and Root were out Of the city, but
Acting Secretary Of State Adee went
over the subject with the president.
Earl LIS request is that the United
States shall name Minister Conger or
some other official to act as peace
envoy for the cessation Of hostilities.
He expressed his willingness to go to
such point as the powers may desire,
and under the limitations made 1t is
thought that Picking or Tien-tsin
would be selected for the negotiations.
The Chinese envoy -
Proposed No Terms
as to the withdrawal Of troops and
made no other suggestions as to what
was to come before the commission,
his sole anxiety being to secure the
cessation Of hostilities. The applica-
tlon is understood also to have been
made to the powers>in the hope that II
all would name commissioners there
would be q general council Of peace
between Ii Hung Chang on the one
hand and the several representatives
Of the nations on the other. Aside
from the fact that the conditions on
Aug IL have not yet been complied
with by China it is probable that this
government would desire to take suf-
1tcient time to learn what the other
Powers Intend Doing
on the same line. as all are acting in
unison. Moreover, there are some un-
explained features of Ii Hung Chang's
application, one of them being that
while he asks the allies to cease hos
tilities he gives no assurance that he
has the power to make the Chinese
army and the rebellious Boxers cease
their hostilities. The situation at Pes
king was made more clear yesterday
from many sources. The latest advice