Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-16
FROM gON(fR.
The State Department Receives An
other Cipher Dispatch From
Minister Conger.
MINISTERS ALL SENT IDENTICAL NOTE.
Where They are Unit a Sufficient
Force of Foreign Troops Arrive
to Escort Them and Their
Friends Out Of Danger.

longer feCSlNeu ny IHc StdtC uCPaAe-
ment through Minister WI to-day,
the attitude of the administration is
| that there is but one thing to be
done in the present circumstances.
namely, to press On to the relief or
the besieged garrison at Pekin. This
was made known after extended COM
m~unications between Washington and
the president at Canton.
Jusrffies Americas Demana
The Conger dispatch was accepted
as showing conclusive justification for
the imperative demand of the United
| States sent to the Chinese govern
ment on Wednesday night, insisting
that the imperial troops cooperate
! with the international forces in the
rescue of the ministers, and until this
condition, as well as for the cessation
of the bombardment is fully conced-
! ed by China, there is no other curse
open but t o press steadily onward in
the mission of relief.
americans Killed and Wounded.
The Conger dispatch was received
before daylight at the Chinese lega-
ton, and as soon as the official day
opened, Minister WI presented it. to
Acting Secretary Adee at the state
department. 1t was in the American
cipher, and was found to be an identical
note with that of the other ministers
at Pekin (that of the French minister.
NJ. Pinchon, already having appearedl.
with the additional fact that seven
members of the American guard had
been killed and 16 wounded. The text
of the message as given out by the
state department is as fl llows:
Minister Conger's d :spatch.
Secretary of State, Washington:
The tsung Ii yamen stat IS to the dip
lomatic body that the various for
eign governments ha' repeatedly
asked, through the resi- ective Chinese
ministers, that we in mediately de-
part from Pekin und T suitable es-
cort. The yamen asks is to fix a date
for our departure, ar i to make the
necessary arrangement IS to do so. Our
reply is that we will S EEK instructions
from our governments and that,in the
absence of such inst uctions, we can
not quit our post. 1 aust inform you
that, in order to ms ire our safe de-
parture, foreign troG os only al safe
ly escort us, and the must be in suf-
ficient force to safely guard 500 for
eigners, including POI women and chill
dren, as well as 3, 100 native Chris
tians, who can not De abandoned to
certain massacre. We can not accept
a Chinese escort u der any circum-
stances. All my G. leagues are dis
patching the foreg Ding to their re-
spective government S. Of the Ameri-
can marines, seven have been killed
and 16 wounded, ,,mong the latter
Capt. Myers and Dr. Lippett, who are
getting along well
[Signed.I "CONGER.'
= Guarded Rep y Eorwnrdcd.
The discussion with the president
led to the determin alton to reply to
the Conger message at once, and ac-
cordingly Secretary Root and Acting
Adee conferred on the terms
of this reply. The tes. was ready by
three o'clock, and it was forwarded
late in the day. = was announced
officially and positively that this mes
would not be made public, either
in whole or in subs ance. 1t was made
plain, however, that the message was
sufficiently guarded as not tt further
increase the jeopardy of our minister
in case the Chinese have access to
our cipher.
An UnaccOuDtnbIe t2rrsr.
AS to the terms of the message, |
they are believed to make plain that
this government will not advise, much
less direct, that Mr.. Conger leave
under Chinese escort, when the |
minister has advised Washington that
this would mean certain death. More
over, the reply let's the minister know
that there is an unaccountable error
in the statement of the Chinese gov
as conveyed to him through
the tsung Ii yamen, that the foreign
governments had urged repeatedly
that the ministers be sen out of
Pekin under suitable escort.
thjncsr DupIicity Made Evident.
This clause, contained in Minister
.onger's latest dispatch, clearly shows
the Chinese government is lead
ing him to believe that it is the wish
Of Washington that he leave under
4 Chinese escort, whereas, the United
government has never enter
tanned for a moment the idea of hav-
ng the minister set out on a dam
yerous pilgrimage from Pekin to
he coast under Chinese protection.
small Hope of Delivery.
While the state department is con.
to dispatch messages to Min
ster Conger on the assurance of the
government that communica- 1
ion is uninterrupted, it is doing so !,
With comparatively small hope of :
heir delivery. 1
y" News of the Military situation. 4
No additional dispatches were re- {
eiyed to-day bearing on the military 4
ituation, either from Gen. Chaffee I
II Admiral Remey, and the latest IT. a
leaves the international I
orces at Yang Tsun last Monday c
light. Il
0ther Governments I'm Accord.
This government has transmitted to
other powers interested the note !,
0 the Chinese government entrusted :
D Minister WI on the night of the !.
1t has assurance from the other )
overs that they have not advised :
heir representatives to accept Chi. :
csc escort from Pekin. !,
Awaiting ana ~Inflmation. !
1t was officially stated at the close :
f the day that no further representa- !,
ons have beer made to the Chinese !
since the Adee note o. !