The Worthington advance., 1900-12-07
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The Annual Communication Of the
President to Congress. -
MANY IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS

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MANY IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS
Outlines s0u. Policy in Chinas-Ap.
proves Of Ship subsidy-Propose.
v Lesislation for the Philippine,
and Asks Ratification Of Hay.
Paancsfste Treaty. 49,,
Washington, Dec. 4.-The following
is comprehensive synopsis of the pres
'dent's ahnual message to congress:
me president gives first place in hi.
message TO the troubles in China. and
our connection with the allied forces op-
leading up to the Boxer outbreak. and and
the first murders. of foreigners in Chi
nese territories. In this connection he
The increasing gravity Of the conditions
In China and the tmminence Of peril to our
own diversified interests in the empire, as
we'll as to those of all the other treaty gov.
ernrnents. were soon appreciated BY thi,
The United States from the earliest days
lowed a policy Of peace. omittinE no occa.
sions to testify good will, to further the
extension of lawful trade, to respect the
,,v soverss,gnfy 81, % OF its government: and to in.
sure by all legitimate and kindly but earn.
est means the fullest measure OF protec.
tlon Tor the lives and property of our law.
abiding citizens and for the exercise OF
people.
Mindful Of this, 1t was felt to be appro.
pirate that our purposes should be pro.
hasten united action Of the powers at Pc.
king to promote the administrative reforms
SO s',,g greatly needed for strengthening the
integrity Of China, in which we believed the
whole western world to be alike concerned
10 these ends I caused to be addressed te
the several powers occupying territory and
maintaining spheres of influence in China
the circular proposals of 1899, inviting
from them declarations of their intentions
and views as to the desirability of the
OF equality Of treatment Of all foreign
trade throughout China.
, Proposals. Well Received.
With gratifying unanimity the re-
sponses coincide In this common policy
enabling me to see In the successful ter
mination Of these negotiations proof OF
the friendly spirit which animates the
various powers interested in the un:
industry in the Chinese empire as q
source OF vast benefit to the whole com
mercial world.
In this conclusion. which had the. graf
1ncatlon to announce as completed en-
gagement to the interested powers or
March2O: 1900, hope was fully discerned g
potential factorfor the abatement Of the
distrust of foreign purposes which for q
year past had appeared to inspire the
poIcy OF the imperial government and
and authority to quell the critical anti.
foreign movement in the northern prov.
1nces most Immediately Influenced by the
Seeking to testify confidence in the
Willingness and ability Of the imperta
administration to redress the wrongs ane
the marine guard whicS Sad afe been sem
to Peking in the autumn Of 1899 for thu
protection Of the legation, was withdraw
all pending questions were 'remitted, a:
dinary resorts Of dipiomatic ' intercousse' 5 s Or
Vigor OF the Siege.
.. The history of the efforts made at re-
neving the beleaguered legationers In Pc
king Is thoroughly covered; no importan
detail de;la IS LACKING. and every engagement
WIZ the Chinese forces is mentioned
10 show the vigor with which the sieg'
he a1ofes pushed by The en-
Conger, as follows: ''''~
n,,I,r From June 20 until July IT," write
Minister Conger. there was scarcely al
noop oor emr1ns soma which there was not frin
some of the. legations. varying from
single M shot to e general and continuou
the Overlooking palace walls. and thou
sands SANDS OF three-inth shells were fred. de
all. Sc thickly did the balls rain that
when the ammunition of the besieged raj
low five quarts Of Chinese bullets wer
and recast.
Attempts were made to burn the lega
e b1s names %ere nSassS
fought of. although the Austrian, Bel
glan' Italian and Dutch legations wer
GRAFTON Mr.. Conger awards unstintep tip
hf srsh se Srh made
Sir Claude Macdonald, was chosen gen
eral commander Of the defense: with tn
r. u. Squiers, as chief of staff.
Defense of the Legationers.
To save life and ammunition the be
sieged sparingly returned the incessant FIR
j. OF & the Chiness n,! soldiery, fighting only t
cessful sortie for strategic advantage. sucl
as that of SIS Americans, British and Rus
sian marines led by Capt. Myers, of tn
ed in the s sGrp Shfs 1ssa
on the wall that gravely menaced tn
American position. 1t was held to the la 81
and proved an Invaluable acquisition, be
cause commanding the water gate throuR]
which the relief column entered
During the siege the defenders lost 6
kliled, lao wounded and seven by disease
On July IA the besieged had their frs
communication with the tsung-li-yamen
from whom message came inviting to
conference, which was declined. Core
spondence, however, ensued and a sort o
armistice was agreed upon, which stoppe,
the bombardment and lessened the rife Ar
for time. Even then no protection what
to send to the legations a small supply q
fruit and three sacks Of -four.
Duplicity Of Chinese Government.
Indeed. the only communication had will
the Chinese government related to the oc
casional delivery or dispatch Of telegram
or to the demands of the tsung-ii-yame,
for the withdrawal Of the legation to tn
coast under escort. Not only are the pro
yer
positively contradicted but irresistibl
proof accumulates that the attacks upo,
then wsfe made ey Imperial
imperial commander in chief. DEGREES en-
'@a couraging the Boxers, organizing them un
Ing them, and even granting them larg
sums In the name OF the empress dowager
. are known to exist. Members Of tn
Of the foreigners were beheaded. Even ii
esn3 e,Sn sympathy nap were put to death. Promi
Chinese minister GnanE IN
With the negotiation of the partial arm
istice OF July n, a proceeding which va
doubtless promoted by the representation
OF the Chinese envoy in Washington, tn,
way was opened for the conveyance to Mr.
Conger OF 2 test message sent by the sec
retary OF state through the kind offices o
" Minister WV Ting-Fang. Mr.. Conger's re
ply, dispatched from Peking on July /
through the same channel, afforded to tn,
outside world the first tidings that the in
mates Of the legations were still alive an,
hoping for auccor.
Preparations for Relief,
All the preparations for relief by tn
combined powers are gone into, and whe]
that object was finally accomplished OF
August Il the conditions met with in Pc
king ara deaCribed aa f01lOHa.