El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-10
ANOTHER MESSAGE
Received From Conger Today
and an Answer Returned
To Him Commenting
His Stand.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1G.-It Is stated
at the department of state that mess
age from Conger received through Wu
this morning is dated August 9, and
that it probably left Pekin two days
earlier.
Conger's message Is identical with
that from ,he French minister prin ted
this morning, saying that the allied
forces must be of sufficient strength
when they reach Pekin to protect 800
foreigners and 5000 native Christians,
who cannot be left to be massacred
Ac,ivg Secretary of State Adee says
it ts evident that the ministers at Pek-
ing decided to send identical notes to
their respective governments.
AS soon as the message was trsnslat-
Ell it was telephoned TO the president
a. Canton, and reply to Conger was
arranged and will be sent to him this
afternoon.
1t tells him un6 er no circumstance
to leave Pekin under Chinese escort
unless he and his colleagues are assur-
ed that it would be safe for them to do
so. It also assures him that the
United States government has not ask
ed for his departure from Pekin, as
the tsune Ii ysmen have reported, and
q sufficiently large force Of foreign
troops is now on the road to furnish es-
c3rt for foreigners as well as converts.
His reply to the yamen in refusing
To- FIX date of departure without iu-
structions from his government is in
dorsed, and he is directed to make re-
presentat' oas to the Chinese govern
ment th at the foreign troops or q part
of them be allowed TO enter Pekin to
take them away.
LONDON SEES THE END.
LONDON, Aug. 1O.-The impression
prevails here that the back bone of the
Chinese defense has broken, and that
will come shortly. In some quarters
word is expected at any moment tn; :
the ministers bave been delivered into !
the hands of the foreign commanders
somewhere north of Yang Tsun.
While the ministers were opposing
the efforts OF the imperial authorities /;
to send them out of PekiD, according |
to their kilograms of the first part of |
the month, it is not unlikely that the |
circumstances have changed SO radical !
ly in the Chinese capital that in the
lsst few days the foreigners have been
persuaded that they could reach the
allies in safety.
Military men think 1t probs BILE that ;.
if the ministers have left Pekin they
will effect a junction with the allies at
Lofs, about ten miles north of Yang
Tsun and about 40 miles south of
Pekin. The report that Prince Tuan
has left Pekin tends to confirm the be-
lief that conservative Influences pre-
dominate at the capital.
Tuan is said to have gone to join the
Chinese troops opposing the allies, but
IL is reported in Shanghai dispatches
that he is In flight. The swift advance
of the allied troops is another encour-
aging feature, as 1t indicates that plans
for desperate opposition on the part of
the Chinese have been abandoned.
MORE GERMAN TROOPS
BREMEN, Aug. 1O.-The last of the
five ships chartered by the German
government to transport troops to I,
China sailed from here to-day, with
/ 900 men and full consignment of
and supplies. The ship
sailed to-day was the Dresden. In
the aggregate 10000 troops have sailed
from this port for China since July Is.
BRAVE CIRCUS MANAGE Err
VICTORIA, B. c., Aug, l0.-The
Steamer Argyll, which left Yokohama
July 10, brings word of the desperate
ep terprise of circus manager who
was killed at the siege of Tien Tsiu.
All the while the siege was goiug on
circus was performing in the
beleaguered city. The company reach
ed Tien Tsin ia June. a big tent
vas put up in vacant lot, pink