The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-09
HOW Mr., CONGER
WARNED CHINA
Correspondence Before His
Isolation Reaches Hay.
TSUNG-LI-YANEN
is URGED TO ACT
Told America Will Demand
Strict Accounting.

Washington, July S.-The last, China
mail to reach the state department
brought the report of Minister Conger
perhaps the last that viii ever come to
hand. This bears date of Pekin. Nav
21- 1t is of the utmost Importance. dis
closing as it does full comprehension
on the part of the foreign ministers in
Pekin of the character and extent of
the Boxer uprising, even though Mr.
Conger himself by disposition optimis-
tic, found some reason TO hope that the
worst was over at that date.
What Mr.. Conger has to say as TO the
attitude of the Chinese government to-
ward the Boxer movement, as revealed
in the formal interchange that took
place between himself and the Tsung-
Li-Yamen. is not only of peculiar in
terest now, but probably will have a
strong bearing on the final reckoning
that must be had between the civil
lied nations and the Chinese.
Mr.. Conger makes it very clear,
through the publication of the French
priests letetr. that at least one, and
probably all the European nations hav-
ing interests in northern China were
acquainted with the dangers of the
situation at least two or three weeks
before the actual outbreak in Pekin.
Text of the Correspondence.
The correspondence referred to fol-
lows:
Legation of the United stsaes of
America, Pekin, China. May 21- 1900
TO the Hon. John Hay. Secretary of
State. Washington. d. c.
'Sir-I have the honor to confirm.
on the oVerleaf, my cipher telegram of
today.
In response to the French minister
the dean called meeting of the diplo-
matte corps yesterday and upon in
formation furnished in a letter from
the Catholic bishop in Pekin. and YER
bal reports by the other ministers. the
situation was considered so grave that
the corps Immediately instructed the
dean to present il to the Tsung-Li-
Yamen and demand immediate and
effective measures, which he did today
by the note, copy of which is inclosed.
Il also enclose copies of the bishops
letter and one from Rev. Mr. KilIie. an
American missionary who lives in Pc
kin, but travels a circuit to the north
and east
"On the 18th inst. during an extend
ed personal interview with the Tsung-
Li-Yamen, | called their attention to
the fact that Notwithstanding constant
warnings from this and other laga-
tons. the Boxers had continually in
creased and spread until now they are
boldly organizing inside the wall of
Pekin, the existence of thousands is
known in the villages around Pekin.
Christian converts are being perse-
cuted and threatened everywhere.
many forced to reeant their religious
professions. and some have been COM
PEELED to abandon their chapels and
come to Pekin for safety.
Nations Forced to Act.
4 said; AT a London mission near
Chou Chow, forty miles west of Pekin,
two native Christians have been killed
and their chapel destroyed.t Near Pao-
Ting-Fu Catholic village has been de-
stroyed and sixty-one Christians muir
dered, some of them being burned
alive
The foreign governments cannot
longer sit idly by and witness this per-
secutiOn and murder. can only speak
for my own government, but it is be-
coming very impatient over China's
continued treaty violation
1t always has been and still is the