The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-17

I'm Concert with other Commanders.
Washington, Aug. 16.-At the close o1
day of intense anxiety the depart
ment of state tonight made public the
latest correspondence between the Unit
ed States government and China, con
stituting not only remarkable series
of state papers, but at the same time
dispelling all doubt and uncertainty as
to the American policy in the present
critical juncture.
The urgent, almost pathetic appeal OF
Ii Hung Chang, submitted early in the
day, that the victorious march of the
allies stop at Tung Chow and that the
military commanders on the field be in
structed to arrange an armistice at that
point, was met with a response that
General Chaffee already had been given
! complete instructions empowering him
to carry out an arrangement in concert
with other commanders for the delivery
of the ministers and persons under their
!
Tung Chow, as had been suggested, but
at the imperial city of Pekin. Fur
thermore, it was made known to China
that General Chaffee's instructions left
him free rein as to whether he should
insist upon entering Pekin and going to
the legations or should receive the de-
| livery of the legationers at the gate Of
the inner Tartar city or at the great
outer wall. In short China, through
her peace envoy, besought halt anu
an armistice at Tung Chow, twelve
miles from Pekin, whereas the response
of the American government Is that II
| there is to be a haitian armistice-it
must be at the walls of the imperial
city. The conclusions of the govern
fnent We're announced after an extend
ed cabinet meeting and were embodied
in the following official statement
The department of state makes pub
lie tonight the communications ex-
minister, Mr.. WI Ting Fang, and the
acting secretary of state.
The following memorandum was
handed to Mr. Adee by Mr., Wu at 8
O'Clock this morning:
"A cablegram from Earl Ii Hung
Chang, envoy plenipotentiary of China,
dated August Is and received by Min
lister Wu at p. m. on the same day.
says:
THE allied forces are approaching
Tung Chow. / have memorialized the
imperial government to depute envoy
to negotiate an armistice with the sew
era1 commanders on the spot. / will
also shortly proceed to Pekin. Tine
powers, being fully aware of the en-
barrassing position their majesties the
empress dowager and the emperor are
placed, are earnestly requested to tele-
graph Instructions to their respective
commanders after arriving at Tung
Chow with their forces to stop their
further advance to the capital so as
not to cause alarm and fear to their
maiestIes and calamities to the people,
for such advance would shake the foun-
da ations of the Taching empire and
wound the feelings of all her people,
high and low For q compliance with
this appeal the millions of people of the
empire will be profoundly graterful to
the powers. Please communicate this
at once to the secretary of
The following memorandum in reply
was handed to Mr.. Wu this afternoon:
"Foreseeing that there would be in
sufficient time after receiving reply to
our memorandum of August IL to get |
instruction to the relief column before
1t had reached Pekin we sent on the |
same day to the general commanding |
the American forces in China the fol- |
lowing dispatch:
"'Adjutant Generals Office, Wash
ington, Aug, H.
Fowler, Che Foo-For Chaffee, Aug. |
12: Secretary War directs me to in
form you that Ii Hung Chang appoint
ed by Chinese government to negotiate
with powers, requests cessation of hos
tilities. We have replied that we are
ready to enter into agreement between
powers and Chinese government for
cessat ton of hostiities on condition that
sufficient body Of the forces composing
the relief expedition shall be permitted
to enter Pekin unmolested and to es
cort foreign ministers and residents
back to Tien Tsin the movement be-
ng provided for and secured by such
and dispositions of troops
as shall be considered satisfactory by
the generals commanding the forces
relief expedition. We have
this to all the powers.
Japanese government takes same posi-
ion. We have not heard from other
powers.
"'Corbin''
And two days ago in view of the
'apid progress of the relief expedition,
We sent the following:
"Adjutant Generals Office, Wash
ngton, Aug. IA, 1900.
Fowler Che Foo: For Chaffee, Au-
'ust IA: In anticipation of acceptance
" Chinese government of conditions in
ur reply 10 them cabed you August 12,
: Chinese authorities communicate will
lgness to deliver ministers and persons
nder their protection to relief colmn at
onsider safe you are authorized to
lake and carry out arrangements in {
oncert with other commanders without
aferring it here. From informal COM ,
with representatives, of 9TH
r governments we believe all to take
ubstantially same position. Question |
rhether you should insist upon entering
ekin and going to legations or will re-
aive delivery at gate of inner Tartar {
ity or at outer wall, taking risk of min
tiers passing through city with only
hinese escort, you and the other gener-