The age-herald., 1900-07-21
EUROPE SEEMS
 ID BE DOUBTFUL The congeT Dispatch Does Not
 Cary Conviction, MORE DETAILS aRE WANTED Chinese Could Have Gotten Conger's Cipher Code If Was Not De-
 stroyed and Sent Fake
 Message.
MORE DETAILS ARE WANTED

London, July 21 (4 a. m.)-The Conger dispatch fails to carry conviction to either the British press or public. It's genuine ness is not disputed, for, as Is pointed out here, the Chinese must possess quite a sheaf of such messages, which the minis ters fruitlessly endeavored to get trans- mitted, from which they could easily select a non-committal dispatch to serve the re- quired purpose.
 It is supposed that MT. Conger omitted to destroy his cipher code and that this Is now in the possession of the Chinese, in which event the selection or concoction of the dispatch would not be difficult. It is argued that the dispatch, if 1t were a gen. uine reply to the inquiries of the American government, would go more into details. A slight ray of hope is admitted in the fact that both MT. and Mrs. Conger are known to have been on very friendly terms with the Empress Dowager, but the universal opinion here is that if the dispatch is gem uine e'date is falsified.
 The bare possibility that the news of the massacre was premature, however, has had its effect, and the government has issued semi-official disclaimer of responsibility for the proposed memorial service in St. Pauls Cathedral, while the newspapers are calling for the postponement of the service until all doubts are set at rest.
 The Spectator says:
 Tt matters nothing whether the Empress Dowager or Prince Yuan is the reigning monarch. Both are devoted to the extirpa- ton of foreigners and not one of the Vice rov 1xiH dav ba >oH cy. a
 "The plot has covered the whole empire. Men who have dared to order a Russian city ubos Russian ground, to be stormed will dare anything Within month the Viceroys of the coast towns will have thrown off the mast and the only safe place for Europeans will be on shipboard.
 Europe Has Terrible Task
 Europe has terrible task. Who would have dreamed six months ago that for 10,- 900 regulars to take Tien Tsin would be a difficult taslc?"
 graduating the Washington government upon Its energy, says:
 Unless the powers are capable of re- spending immediately to MT. Hays appeal by ordering their united forces to face and risk all for an immediate defense, the
 
 ern humanity are dead together"
 Sir. Halliday Mccartney, Counsellor and English Secretary to the Chinese Legation In London, who was interviewed yesterday admitted that the Legation was in receipt of news which 1t was not able to disclose. He added:
 You may take it that on July 1S the date of the Conger message, all the Lega- tions and Europeans in Pekin were safe. cannot say why the other Ministers are not able to communicate with their govern ment, but there Is no reason why they should not use the same channel as Mir. Conger employed.
 Perhaps supreme effort was made for MT. Conger's message, and possibly the Chinese do not realize the anxiety existing in Europe"
 Dispatches from Yokohama announce that another division of Japanese troops is embarking for China, accompanied by a siege train for the reduction of Pekin. Expression of Regret
 The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mail asserts that Emperor Kwang Su tele- graphed to the Mikado an expression of re- gret for the murder of the Japanese Chan cellor of Legation, Sugi Yama Akira, and pointed out that the community of inter- .ests between China and Japan in the coast against the Western Powers should lead the Japanese Emperor to make common cause with China and to assist in the res toration of peace. The Mikado, according to this correspondent, replied that the ac- tion of the insurgents was in complete vio- lation of international law and the murder of Baron yon Ketteler was grievous off, fense. The Mikado added that the Chinese Government should suppress the disorders and revive the Ministers, thus disarming the hostility of Europe. His Majesty's dis patch concluded thus:
 Japan is cordially friendly, and is only sending troops to relieve the foreigners in Pekin and to restore order. She has no ul- .terior object hostile to China, and if proper measures are taken she Is prepared to use her influence to conserve the interests of the Celestial Empire"
 The Shanghai correspondent of the Times