The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-26
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IN THE CONCERT OF THE
POWERS
CONFIDENCE IN AMERICA
Washington Government the Only
One Fully Trusted by the Ma
tions in the Chinese
EmbrOgIiO.

WASHINGTON, Aug 25.-The diplo-
matte feature of the Chinese Situation
today took precedence over both the naval
and military features The officials of
this government were, if anything, more
] uncommunicative than heretofore as to
! the relations between the powers and
China. 1t was stated authorize tively
that no news of operations had been re
ceived and that the diplomatic negotia-
lions could not be made public.
! The most unsatisfactory development
! of the day, so far as the Pacific pro
gramme Of this government goes, was the
receipt of a dispatch from Admiral Re
mey, conveying me reports which had
: reached him of a disagreement between
/ the commander OF the Russian forces in
Pekin and the other internationals. The
! text of this dispatc was not made pub
| lie, but it was said on good authority to
! contain the statement that the Russian
| commander had forbidden communication
with the Chinese on the ground that Rus
STA was technically, as well as practically,
at war with China. 1t may be said that
thlS information was not conveyed by
Admiral Remey as official news, but mere
ly as report from reliable sources which
he considered this government should
possess Tor its own information As
Stunning Admiral RemeyS report to be cor
rect, this move on the part of Russia
strikes the first note of discord in the
heretofore harmonious concert of the
powers.
The possibilities of future complications
that 1t opens up are almost infinite and
n T.
said, however, that the news IS not taken
very seriously by this government and
certainly will not affect our course IN
any way until it has been officially con-
firmed.
1t was explained that the situation
growing out OF the joint occupatio of
PekIn by the powers was delicate. al
though not necessarily to be considered
serious. The interests of all powers there
represented were a least competitive. If
not antagonistic and an i'll considered
move on the part of any one government
might easily entail disagreeable consa-
quences in which all would be more or
less involved. AT the same time it was
explained that all of the governments
representatives IN China were anxious to
avert any open clash if this could be done
without sacrificing what they considered
their rights in the premises.
In TINS situation the United States oc-
cupled the position it had held all
through the disturbance, namely, of being
the one power not under suspicion bv
others of Selfishness and Interior motives
Ihhs gov: rnment is exceedingly anxious
to maintain this vantage ground and re-
tam the confidence of all the other DOW
erS SO that it is now more than ever
cautious as to the next step to be taken
Inc decision to address Instructions to
the United States representatives at the
courts or the various powers was reach
ed yesterday, after the most mature
elaboration. 1t would have been a sat-
isfaction to this government if the ac
non could have been taken without ex-.
citing public comment of any sort Owing
to the fact that this communication was
not addressed directly to the other gov
ernments and that in contained merely
instructions for the guidance of orr din
lomattc representatives abroad it was
decided not to make public either the
text or the substance Of the Instructions
lest their premature publication should
defeat the very object for which they
were designed, namely, of ascertaining
the temper of the various governments
interested with a view to determining
what form of procedure is best likely
to meet with general appreciation among
then, and lead to a speedy solution of
the problem.
nv AANOSNtAOlA III CAIild at present does
not meet In any way the conditions laid
down in Secretary Adees note to Ii
hung Chang on Aug. 49, as prerequisite
to the peace negotiations by the United
States. This communication announced
that although the powers have been com
PEELED to rescue their ministers by force
of arms, unaided by the Chinese gov
eminent, still the United States 'is ready
to welcome any overtures for truce
and invite the powers to join when Sc
curity IS established III the Chinese cap
ltal and the Chinese government shows
its ability and willingness to make on
its part an effective suspension of hos
tilities there and elsewhere
This is the condition laid down, which
up to date has not been fulfilled The
subsequent course of the United States
as outlined by the same note is stated
in the language of this government as
follows: when this Uhe restoration of
order) is done-and we hope it will be
done promptly-the United States will b..
prepared to appoint a representative to
join with the representatives of the other
similarly interested powers, and of the
authoritative and responsible government
| Of the Chinese empire, TO attain the ends
desired in cur circular to the powers (
July 81
One of the most serious considerations
which remains prior to the opening of
peace negotiations, is to determine what
and who is the responsible government
of China, referred to in the United
States note. 1t is understood that this
government is inclined to the opini
that the emperor, Kwang Hsu, is the
responsible head, but in the absence of
any reliable information as to his where
abouts, even the first step toward APP
pointing representative for a peace
conference with Chinese would be de-
cidedly premature. The most that this
government hopes or expects just now
is as to the readiness of other govern
ments to participate in a friendly confer
ence over the course to be pursued by
them in China after order is restored.
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