Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-17
Is EAGER FOR PEACE.
China Notifies Powers of Ii Hung
Chang's Appointment.
The United states Replies That No Me-
gotintion for Cessation of Hos
tiIities Can he Had Until
Demands Are Granted.

| NOh. mug Av' N'hNpy huSht
| Secretary Adee, by direction of Pres
| ident Mckinley, presented to Minister
| Wu for transmission to his government
the reply of the United States to the inn
perial edict appointing Ii Hung Chang
envoy to negotiate with.the powers for
| a cessation of hostilities. The text of
| the reply will not be made public be-
| fore to-day. In effect, however, it is
reiteration of the demands previously
made by the United States upon China,
coupled with vigorous intimation
that no negotiations will be entered in
| to until the Chinese government shall
| have complied with those demands.
This government, inspired by a de-
terminati ton to effect the rescue of the
| legationers besieged in Peking. takes
advantage in its reply to the edict to
reiterate the demands previously
made upon China. These demands
first were made by the president on
July 90, and subsequently were reiter-
ated substantially by Acting Secretary
Adee by direction of the president.
The demands for the protection of the
ministers. for free communication be-
tween them and their respective gov
ernments, and for the restoration of
order in China form the keynote of the
| memorandum forwarded to the imperi-
al government by the president Sun
day. The iteration and reiteration of
the demands must, it is thought. make
| IL perfectly clear to the Chinese gov
ernment that no negotiations will be
entered upon until a square-toed COM
| pliance with them has been made.
| Should the demands be acceded to,
there will be no obstacles, it is believed,
in the way of settlement of other
questions which have arisen out of the
| pending troubles.
Copies have been sent to the United
States representatives in Europe and
japan to be submitted to the govern
ments at which they are stationed;
and also to the European diplomatists
resident here for their information
LII Hung Chang Appointed.
Indications of the desire of China for
a peaceful settlement of her present
difficulties have been multiplying for
several days. Official evidence of that
desire was presented to the depart
ment of state Sunday. 1t was in the
form of an edict promulgated by the
emperor, Kwang Hsu, appointing Earl
Ii Hung Chang as envoy plenipoten-
tiary to negotiate with the powers for
an immediate cessation of hostil-
ties" pending a solution of the prob
lens which have grown out of the
anti-foreign uprising in the empire.
Earl Ii is to act directly for the en-
peror, and fair inference is that
whatever terms of settlement he may
reach with the powers will be ap-
proved by the imperial government.
The Edict.
The presidents reply as yet has not
been received. Later in the day Act
ing Secretary Adee made public the
text of the edict in the following
statement:
"The department of state makes public
| the following imperial edict, appointing
Viceroy Ii Hung Chang as envoy pleni-
| potentiary to propose a cessation of hos
| tile demonstrations and negotiate with the
| powers copy of which was delivered by
Mr., Wu to the acting secretary of state
| Sunday morning at 1880 o'clock. An i'm
perial edict forwarded by the privy council
| at Peking, under date of the fourteenth
| day of the seventh moon august Sth) to
Gov. Yuan at Tsi Nan, Shantung who
transmitted 1t on the seventeenth day of
the same moon august III to the taotai
| at Shanghai, by whom II was retransmit-
ted to Minister Wu, who received 1t on the
night of the same day august III. The i'm
perial edict, as transmitted by the privy
| council, is as follows:
| d" In the present conflict between Chinese
and foreigners there has been some mis-
understanding on the part of foreign ma
tions and also want of proper manage
ment on the part of some of the local au-
thorities. clash of arms is followed by
calamitous results and caused a rupture
of friendly relations, which will ultimately
do no good to the world We hereby ap-
point Ii Hung Chang as our envoy pleni-
potentiary with instructions to propose
at once by telegraph to the governments
of the several powers concerned for the
immediate cessation of hostile demonstra-
tions pending negotiations, which he is
hereby authorized TO conduct for our part,
for the settlement of whatever questions
may have to be dealt with The questions
are to be severally considered in satis-
factory manner and the result of the ne
gotiations reported to us for our sanction.
Respect this
1.-THE above is respectfully copied for
transmission to your excellency, TO be COM
municated to the secretary of state for
his excellency's information
Very Unsafe.
| LONDON, aug. lo.- Inc sooner we
can be got out of this, the better, for
it is inconvenient for the Chinese gov
ernment and unsafe for ourselves"
This is the message received last even
ing from Sir Robert Hart, dated Pc
king, August 8, and sent in cipher to
the Chinese maritime customs office
in London. Commenting upon it, the
Morning Post says: 1t would seem to
indicate that the Chinese government
is anxious for the safety of the for
eigners, or, at any rate, anxious to
get them safely out of Peking, while
Sir Robert Hart evidently expects that
they will get out sooner or later"
Jury Disagree.
Celina, o., Aug. 13.-The jury dis
agreed in the trial of Mrs. Mollie