The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-17
PEKIN is RELIEVED.
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Chinese government of condition in our
reply to them cabled you August L. If
Chinese authorities communicate will
ingnesS to deliver ministers and persons
under their protection to relief column
at Pel1in under arrangements which you
consider safe, you are authorized TO
make and carry out arrangements in
concert with other commanders, with
out referring it here. From informal
communications with representatives OF
other governments here we believe all
to take substantially same position.
Question whether you should insist upon
entering Pekin and going to legations
or will receive delivery at gate of inner
Tartar city or at outer wall, taking risk
of ministers passing through city with
Chinese escort, you and the other gen
erals must determine
BY order secretary of war
We are advised by Minister Conger
that the attacks by imperial troops
upon the legations in Pekin have not
ceased. While these attacks continue
we can not stop the advance of our
forces toward Pekin. If such attacks
be allowed to stand, and they would
seem to provide for all the action re-
quired under the circumstances stated
by Earl Lii in his dispatch.
ALVEY A. ADEE Acting Secretary.
Department of State, Washington, Aug.
16, 1900.
RELATED WAR NEWS
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE navy de-
partment has made public the following
dispatch from Admiral Remey:
'HTaku, Aug. 16.-Message from Pekin
10th; legations closely blockaded by Chi
nese; provisions ample for three weeks;
all reported well. REMEY.
FOWLER DOES NOT TELL
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE state de-
partment has received a cipher dispatch
from Consul Fowler at Che Foo. 1t does
not convey any important new infor-
nation and fails to. give word OF the
r~cr7 Tod ar Al Of no a frnnnS
Pekin. The dispatch will be given out
later in the day.
CONSUL GOODNOW'S POSITION.
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE state de-
partment takes no stock in the story put
forth by the China Gazette at Shanghai,
accusing Consul General GoOdnOw of
completely with the Chinese. On the con-
trary, he is spoken of in the very high
est terms and his course in the trying
situation is commended. A number of
statements have appeared concerning
Mr.. Goodnow'S suggestion about the
landing of British troops. The only part
which Mr.. GOOdnOW took in this matter
was to inform the state department that
he doubted the wisdom Of landing troops
of one nation without others and having
the same privilege. 1t Is also said that
and positively represents interests
among the English at Shanghai OppoS-
ed to Consul General Goodnow and the
course he has pursued.
w Pl1ESASED,
Chicago, Aug. 17-General Joseph
Wheeler, commander of the department
of the lakes expressed great pleasure to-
day on hearing that allied forces had
reached Pe1in. He said that it has been
his opinion since the commencement of
the Chinese trouble that the officials and
members of the present Chinese dynasty
have been seeking to delay the entry of
the allied forces into Pekin in order to
give the authorities an opportunity to
move the capital together with all the
archives and sacred writings, to another
point where the capital of the Chinese
empire would be for the present estab-
Hshed.
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS DOUBT
Full.
Washington, Aug. 17.-At the close of
the cabinet meeting today the statement
was made that excepting the message
from Consul Fowler, at Che Foo, dated
the 18th, in which no mention was made
of the report of the allies at Pel1in, not
word has been received from China
from official sources since the meeting
yesterday.
The president and the members of the
cabinet are anxiously waiting intelli-
gence of occurrences which must have
taken place during the last four or five
days and the fact that none has reached
here is regarded as conclusive that the
army has passed on from Tung Chow to
Pekin. The report that the relief force
entered the imperial city and effected
the release of the imprisoned legationers
on the 18th instant is accepted as proba-
bly, true by the president and his cabi-
net, although some doubt is expressed
as to the date as it is believed that news
from the front would take more than
two days to reach this country or Eur
ope.
In the absence of all informa ton the
officials are taking a hopeful view of the
situation and are inclined to the belief
that the news received next will be to
the effect that the ministers have safe
ly arrived in the camp of the allied
army.
During the cabinet meeting Secretary
Root read a long letter from Judge Taft.
the head of the United States Philippine
commission in which he gives his views
IN the archipelago. On the whole the let
ter is said to show satisfactory condi-
ton of things.