The Ely miner., 1900-08-03


ject our terms at once. and in either
case tn, answer must convey tidings
of the state of affairs at Peking and
the welfare of the legationers.
Correspondence Published.
Washington, July 25.-The following
correspondence between the president
of the United States and the emperor
of China was made public by the state
department Tuesday:
Translation OF a cablegram received by
Minister Wu on July 20, 1900, from the
taotai of Shanghai, dated July 10. 1900:
Have received a telegram from Gov.
Yuan (of Shantung), dated 23d day of this
moon July 19), who, having received
from the privy council Cat Peking) dis
patch embodying an imperial letter to the
president of the United States, has in
structed me to transmit it to your ex-
cellency.
The EmperOr's Message.
The imperial message is respectfully
transmitted as follows:
THE Emperor of China to His Excel
lency, the President of the United States.
Greeting: China has long maintained
friendly relations with the United States,
and is deeply conscious that the object
of the United States is international COM
merce. Neither country entertains the
least suspicion or distrust towards the
other. Recent outbreaks of mutual an
tipathy between the people and Christian
missions caused the foreign powers to
view with suspicion the position of the
imperial government as favorable to the
people and prejudicial to the missions,
with the result that the Taku forts were
attacked and captured. Consequently,
there has been clashing of forces with
calamitouS consequences. The situation
has become more and more serious and
critical. We have just received tele-
graphic memorial from our envoy, Wu
Ting Fang, and it is highly gratifying
to us to learn that the United States gov
ernment, having in view the friendly re-,
lations between the two countries, mas
taken a deep interest in the present sit
uation. Now China, driven by the ire
sistible course of events. has unfortun-
ately incurred well-nigh universal lndlg-
nation. For settling the present difhculty
China places special reliance in the Unit
ed States We address this message to
your excellency in all sincerity and can
didness, with the hope that your excel
lency will devise measures and take the
initiative in bringing about concert or
the powers for the restoration OF order
and peace. The favor of kind reply Is
earnestly requested, and awaited with the
greatest anxiety.
"KwanghSu, twenty-SlXth year, slXtn
moon, 23d day (July 49,
1t is therefore, my duty to transmit the
above with the request that your excel
lency, in respectful obedience OF Imperial
wishes, will deliver the same to its high
destination and favor me with a reply.
YU LIEN YUEN,
Taotai at Shanghai.
Kwanghsu, twenty-siXth year, sixth
moon. 23d day July 10, 1900.
The Presidents Reply.
rbiS cohlaoran, uas at once communi-
Gated to the president at Canton, o., and
the following is his reply:
1.-The President of the United States to
the Emperor of China. Greeting: 1 have
received your majesty's message of the
18th of July and am glad to know that
your majesty recognizes the fact that the
government and people of the United
States desire of China nothing but what
is Just and equitable. The purpose for
which we landed troops in China was the
rescue of our legation from grave danger,
and the protection of the lives and prop
erty of Americans who were sojourning
in China in the enjoyment of rights guar
anteed them by treaty and by interna-
tional law. The same purposes are pub
licy declared by all the powers which
have landed military forces iii your ma
jesty's empire,
II am to infer from your majesty's let
ter that the malefactorS who have dis
turbed the peace of China, who have MUIR
dered the minister of Germany. and
member of the Japanese legation, and
who now hold besieged in Peking those
foreign dipiomatists who still survive,
have not only not received any favor or
encouragement from your majesty. but
are actually in rebellion against the i'm
perial authority. If this be the case. I
most solemnly urge upon your majestys
government % To give public assurance
whether the foreign ministers are alive,
and, If so. in what condition. (2) To put
the diplomatic representatives of the pow
ers in Immediate and free communication
with their respective governments, and
to remove all danger to their lives and
liberty. (3) To place the imperial author
tiles of China in communication with the
relief expedition so that cooperation may
be secured between them for the liberia
ton of the legationerS the protection or
foreigners and the restoration of order.
"If these objects are accomplished. 1t Is
the belief of this government that no
obstacles will be found to exist on the
part of the powers to an amicable set
Element of all the questions arising out of
the recent troubles and the friendly good
offices of this government will. with the
assent of the other powers, be cheerfully
placed at your majesty's disposition for
that purpose. :.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY. July g. 1907
"By the President. JOHN HAY. Secre-
tary Of State
Asked All to Help.
London, July 27.-All the powers ap-
pear to have received an identical Chi
nese appeal for mediation. but in the
absence of definite news regarding the
fate of the ministers and of any relia-
bic indicati tions of the original origin
of the appeal, it seems that Lord Sails
bury, the premier, considered it was
not even necessary to publish the fact
that the appeal had been received or
to do anything beyond formally ac-
knowledging it. with perhaps an inti-
nation that nothing could be done un-
til news from Peking had arrived.
Looked on with Suspicion.
Meanwhile the doings of Ii Hung
Chang are regarded with ever-increas-
ing suspicion, while the situation in
the southern provinces daily grows