The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-25
SLIGHT HOPE FOR MEDIATION
WILMINGTON REALJZES THAT SUC-
 CESS IS FIERY DOUBTFUL.
Must First Get the Consent of ull the Other rGOvernmemts-Asu Suspicion That Ono of the Powers is Acting Cold bl0odediy-AlsOT That It May Drop Out of the League and Conduct Q Gam
 paign Against Pelsin Alone.
'nign Against Pekin Alone.

Washington, July 24.-The state de- partment is again in waiting attitude regarding China. It has frankly promptly and fully answered the Chi nese emperor's appeal for mediation, and the correspondence (printed else where in full in this pape) given pub licity to-day makes 1t appear that the next move is for the Chinese govern ment, It is expected to accept or re- Ject our terms at once, and in either case the answer must convey tidings of the state of affairs at Pekln and the welfare of the legationers.
 The belief is not concealed here that |the chances for successful mediation are slight. Mediation cannot be forced upon party to cause; it must be &C., ceptable to all the parties If the Unit ed States is to mediate in China's in- terests she must first secure the assent of all the powers who have suffered in life or property at Pekin. The difficult ties in the way of such an undertaking are likely to be many and serious in view of the exhibition of feeling in Flu rope
 But 1t is said here that the United States will cheerfully undertake the task provided its conditions are met. If it does not succeed in inducing the European powers to be lenient in their treatment of the imperial government of China the United States government will not be drawn into further hostili- ties after we have taken care of our own affairs, but we will withdraw, talk ing care, however to let it be under stood that this government will not al- low it's property interest in China to be injured by the action of any of the powers that may choose to remain ob- durate.
 At least one of the greatest of the powers Is under strong suspicion here of acting cold-bloodedly and without regard to sentiment or anything more than the most material of consdera- tions It is believed here that this pow CT is quietly taking measures to drop out of the league at Tien Tsin and con- duct campaign on its own account against Pekin, and it is even suspected that this power Is already moving troops toward the Chinese capital.
 One fact regarded as now beyond need of further demonstration, in view of the
  cials at the coast ports are actually in tion with whatever remains of the imperial government al Pekn, and the text of Kwang Su's appeal ap- pears to esta blish the fact that the Chi nese government itself Is sanctioning the resistance to the international ad- vance upon Pekin.
 The state department and the Chinese legation substantially agree in the es- timate of six or eight days as the time necessary to get reply to the presi- | dents answer to the appeal of the Chi nese government. According to the best information here, urgent messages are being transmitted between Pekin 1 and Shanghai by the flying express" mentioned in Consul Fowler's cable | gram a few days ago. This, according | to the Chinese, is relay system of l mounted messengers similar to the old | pony service across the plains, and Is 1 used when the wire communication Is | interrupted. The relay riders make | about two hundred miles a day. It is | four hundred miles from Shanghai to | Pek.n, and this seems to agree very well with the speed made In forward ing and returning the Conger message.