Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-10

turn In blind fury massacre the lega.
TONERS and hun themselves on the adj
vauc.ue column 90 the hope Of over-
wheImn- it. But this fear has not
been realized. The Chinese offered
strong resistance 90 the allied advance.
but were driven back aftaru hard Fight
The second d3y after tHo Chinese dee
feat 40 pei Tang United states Mine
lister couger WAS allowed Co communl-
cate with DTS government Then came
the capture ~ Yang Tslu, and the Chi
nese permitted ou the ministers 20 send
out cipher dispatches
This manner OF procedure goes 90
show that China Us yielding 20 dem-
ons.rat0u of superior force. But there
Is another feature that is yet an occa-
sion of much uncertainty. This is that
the Chinese government s trying. hy
dup.Ic.ty 90 induce the ministers TO
leave pOk.u, and thus 90 expose
themselves 20 massacre by Chinese
mobs. The scheme has failed because
the ministers have been wise enough 20
refuse TO move. Yet they show "a little
uncertainty as revealed by Minister
conger's dispatch. received today. Aug
ust q and probably sent four days ago.
To it the meudacity OF the Chinese ls
made clear The Diplomatic corps has
been told that am the foreign govern
meuts are urging China. through the
lattcr's ministers. 70 have the foreign
ers leave Pck.n under "a Chinese escort.
This representation is not true The
foreign governments have NOT urged
any such thing but have persistently
objected 20 such departure This state
Of affairs fully iustfes the ministers
ln regarding the Chinese over
lures az founded Ga hypocrisy
and ialsehood and In in-
sistIn. that when they leave Pekin
IL viii be under an escort Of troops
that they can trust
IL IS safe to assume that, Ia view Of
the attitude the ministers have taken,
they will not make any movement at
the suggestion Of the Chinese govern
ment and contrary TO their own judg-
ment 1t also appears that the message
10 Minister Couger had not reached him
when De sent his latest dispatch. When
be gets 81, as he Is likely to DO now, II
win clear away any doubt as 20 what
the foreign governments want Of their
ministers. They are 10 stay IN Pekln
tIl they can leave in safety II they
are doomed. they viii not perish by
the trick of trusting % a Chinese es.
cort
The British press again Criticises the
American course as "idyllic diplomacy
But &c must acknowledge that Ameri-
can diplomacy has secured every point
yet gained IN behalf Of the legations
The policy OF Britain and other powers
so long as It was not en- accord with
the American line OF operations hes
only increased the peril Of the foreign
eTs ln pekin The other powers have
changed their policy ln poTt ana lue
Chinese recognize that this change is
due TO the American attitude The late
ter is not based on any Interior motives
toward China, but TO an inyncible de-
termination 20 protect American inter-
csts. China sees the point and It IS
this that produces the yielding and
that win lead 10 the rescue Of the le-
gatloners, II they are rescued as now
appears TO be a possibility and almost
a probability.
In the light Of the situation as It APP
pears today a proposal Of peace from
China would not Doe at an improbable
It's possibility Is the lifting Of a dark
cloud that has hung over the Far East
for a long period.