Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-29
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Washington, Aug. 29.-Several com
munications came to Washing ton from
the United States officials yesterday,
s but are dateless in most cases. Evil
dence of Interference With the mes
sages has accumulated to a point whore
the government has determined TO take
steps to establish channels of its own.
and even If it is necessar to employ a
man of-war between Shanghai and Che
4 Foo. Rapid progress is being made
with the shore cable and it is believed
s that within a week this means OF com
munication will be open. Three mes
sages from Gen. Chaffee were received
4 yesterday The generals statement
that he needs no siege battery, taken in
connection With the diversion of the
First cavalry. which, was bound for
Taku, for Manila, seems to make clear
that there is nosintentiOn to enter into
q prolonged campaign in China.
At. the same time it cannot be said
that the government has shown any.
sign of a purpose to abandon any just
claim itsmay have secured upon China.
But it begins to appear that the bat
tie Of today is one of diplomacy rather
than one of arms.
Therefore great interest attached to
a series of diplomatic calls upon Acting
Secretary Adee yesterday AFTERNOON.
First came the Japanese minister, Mr..
Takahira; next the Russian charge
Mr.. tWollant and, finally Mr.. Thiebaut
the French charge. IT was gathered
that one of the principal topics of dis
cussfon was the propriety of accepting
III Hung Chang as a proper person
with whom the powers might negotiate
for settlement in China. Past expert
ence with some OF the Chinese DEGREES
has shown Very radical differences in
the transtations and as so much turns
upon the form of Earl LIS credentials,
y II Is regarded as highly important that
these shall be shown to agree in each
case.
The statement is made that the Rus
sian government, for one, is willing To
deal with Ii upon properly framed
conditions. MIR. Wollant, the Russian
charge, insists that Russia wishes l.
prevent the dismemberment of China
and also that her purpose now is the
restoration of order and the safeguards.
ing of the future. Under these inita-
tions, it is urged here, that Russia $ OBJ
ject can be attained as we'll as those of
the United States, by dealing with Lii
Hung Chang. who occupies the advan-
tageous position of being the only Chi
nese parsonage so far officially accred-
tied as a peace plenipotentiary.
One of the officials OF the government
stated that the United States is not
going to turn tail and run because some
OF the powers show a disposition to
break compact under which NE be-
came allies in China. The powers ac-
cepted the note of Secretary Hay on
July 3 as asLasis for joint action and
they will be held to that agreement
The United States government is
willing to try the case as to whether
one thing could be said on July and
accepted by the powers and changed
two months loter to advance selfish
interest"
notwithstanding this, there is not the
least doubt that diplomacy Will be
equal to the needs of the present case.
The telegram of Gen. Chaffee relative
to the movements of Baroness Won Ket-
teller. which was called forth by an in
quiry from Washington on the Nth.
taken in connection with the press re-
port OF the arrival of Miss Mary Condit-
Smith at Tien Tsin in safety on the 25th
leads to the hope that the baroness is
with the little party of rescued Ameri-
cans at Tien Tsin.
Inquiry at the state department as to
the personality of the persons named
In the press dispatch among the ref
ugees shows that besides Miss Condit-
Smith. who is a sister-in-law of Mrs.
a Conger. there Is a Miss Payen, a resi-
dent OF Milwaukee, Wis, and Mrs. and
Miss Woodward, OF Chicago, mother
and daughter. .f,s
stones q = :oaksd In IN tar M is entiTaT peW unt,, -
with success and II is made the subject
SoS ! report ID the state department by.
JanAss;M. shepard. United States consul