Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1900-08-18
CRAvEST CRISIS IS
REMOVED BY RELIEF
OF The MINISTERS
There Still Remain Many Mo-
mentous Questions to Be
Determined.
TO PRESERVE THE EMPIRE

United States Adheres to the Policy
Forecasted at the Beginning of the
Trouble-Win Endeavor to Maintain
the Integrity of the Chinese Terrific
rial and Administrative Identity.
WASHINGTON, Aug 17.-Out of the
gloom of the recent acute crisis came
the cheering information from many
sources today, unofficial, but so circum-
stantial and positive as to be generally
credited in official circles, that the allied
armies had reached Picking and that the
legationers had been relieved. This in
formation game from London. Shang-
hal and Berlin advices were eagerly
scanned by the people of Washington.
They were unable to furnish the
slightest confirmation, neither the state,
war or navy departments nor the Chi
nese minister having any advices that
this happy contamination had been
reached.
At the state department cipher dis
patch was received from Consul FoW-
Ter at point quite near Peking,
but unfortunately it conveyed no word
of the arrival at Peking nor the rescre
Of the legationers, referring to points
already pretty well known.
A dispatch from Admiral Remey
dated yesterday gave information as to
the situation in Picking Aug. 10.
The Chinese minister was elated when
w1rd reached him of the press dis
patches announcing that the legationers
had been relieved. Not a word had
come to him confirming the reports and
this led him to examine the unofficial
advices from Shanghai and elsewhere
with considerable care. He pointed out
that Shanghai was some 800 miles from
Peking and it was surprising that in
formation did not come from Tien Ts1n
or Taku, only about 100 miles from
Picking and the base of the allied forces.
Moreover, the appeal of Ii Hung Chang
for an armistice was dated Aug. Is, and
showed that Earl Lii did not know at
that time of the alleged retirement of
the imperial party from Picking. He,
hewever, was disposed to credit the re-
ports even in the absence of official in
formation. He reckoned that since the
allied forces were at Tung Chow there
had been ample time TO cover the short
distance between that place and Picking,
so that the reports tailed with his own
calculation on what was likely to have
occurred.
Gravest Crisis Removed.
IF it proves true that the legationers
are relieved the gravest crisis is removed,
but there remains many momentous
questions to be determined. It appears
to be accepted that some of the powers
will keep their military forces in China
at least until all questions growing out
of the crisis are settled This is ex-
pected to involve questions, not only of
money indemnity, bnt of territorial ex-
tension on the part of some Of the Euro
pean parties to the controversy. 1t is
not believed that the United States will
be party to any such territorial con-
troversy, as the declaration of Secretary
Hay, made at the beginning of the
trouble, forecasted the purpose of this
government to seek to preserve the Chi
nese territorial and administrative iden-
tity. He said in this note of July 3:
sit is, of course, too early to forecast
the means of attaining this last result
(prevent spread of disorder), but the
policy of the government Of the United
States is to seek solution which may
bring about permanent safety and peace
to China, preserve Chinese territorial
and administrative entity, protect all
rights of friendly powers by treaty and
international law and safeguards for the
world, the principal of equal and impair
tial trade with all parts of the Chinese
empire"
There have been many changes in the
situation since that declaration was
made, and yet it seems to clearly indi-
cate that if territorial extension is one
of the sequels of the crisis, the United
States will not be a party to it. CHI
nese officials are apprehensiye that q
large period of diplomatic exchange may
follow the crisis, covering six months or
a year, during which Germany, France
and some of the other powers will keep
their armies on Chinese soil to enforce
extreme demands of money and terrific
rial indemnify With China's present
impotent condition there appears to be
no issue out Of this long strugg but
her eventually yielding to the various
demands.
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