The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-13

iucltS VI ,kiieg seSelul poWGlo SOuSSihSe
for the immediate cessation OF hostile
demonstrations pending negotiations,
which he Is hereby authorized to con.
duct for our part, for the settlement OF
whatever questions may have to be
dealt with. The questions arc to be
severally considered in satisfactory
manner and the result OF the negotla-
tions reported to us for our sanction.
Respect, this n Is
"1he esove is respectfully copied for
t,nnk&<slon to your excellency to be
communicated, to the secretary. Of state
for his excellency's information" I'll
While It Is conceded By the Washing
tor officials that the conference OF plen-
airy authority upon Earl Ii to negotiate
18th the powers for settlement of ex-
is:irg troubles Is q step in the right
direction, 1t by no means is assured
that the United States government will
consent offhand to open negotiations
with the distinguished viteroy. The
demands OF this government upon China
have been made plainly and without
ea,iivo:ation. They cannot be mlsun-
derstood. Assuming that the Chinese
government. Is acting in good faith, the
demands are reasonable and can be
complied with readily. ,.is
Tho Demands in Brief
i H q. D. 4
As transmitted to the imperial gov
ernment by the acting secretary Of
state through Minister WI the demands
In brief were:
That the Chinese government give
assurance that the foreign ministers
are alive and if,sn In what condition.
That the nlinsters be placed in. free
communication with their governments.
firing upon the legations Cease, and all
dangers to their lives and liberty be
removed.
That the imperial authorities place
themselves in communication with the
relief expedition, SO that the legntloners
may be liberated, foreigners protected
and order restored.
Until these demands have been ac-
ceded to-. 1t Is regarded as highly i'm
probable that the! government of the
United States or any of the European
governments, NIL of which have made
practically the same demands upon
China. will consent to a cessation OF
hostile demonstrations which are being
conducted, at least so far as this gov
ernment Is concerned with the sole
purpose of succoring the bcsleged lega::
toners In the Chinese capital.
Minister WI is inclined to take IN
optimistic view of the situation; but 1t
can be said authoritatlvely, that his
view. Is not shared in fully by the
Washington officials. There is no dis
position evident o-day to nbate by one
single lot the demands which. have
been made upon China. A, strong hope
is expressed, however that the Chinese
government will accedc to the demands
eventually, and, perhaps, very soon.
This hope is based upon the edict ap-
pointing Earl Ii to sue for peace. To
this extent, 1t may be said, the view OF
the officials. here is optimistic.
No Reply Received.
< No .reply--at least, no direct reply
has been received yet to the memoran-
DUN transmitted to the Chinese gov.
ernment through Minister Wu by the
department OF state. 1t may be that
the imperative demands contained in
the memorandum induced the promul-
CATION OF the edlct delivered to this
government to-day; but the edict in It
self Is not accepted as a reply 10 those
demands.
The attitude assumed by the dlplo-
matte representatives. of European
governments In Washington is sufIl-
ctent evidence that the powers VIII
press vigorously the demands which
they have made upon the Chinese gov
ernment.
To Pekin the allied armies will go, It
is declared frankly, unless every de-
mand Is acceded to, and all possible
reparation Is made by China for the
ou,raGes already committed. Negotia-
tions looking 10 any other settlement of
the disturbance In China will not be
considered seriously.
Z During the day the war department
officials awaited anxiously additional
news from General Chaffee. One dis
patch was received from him, trans-
mitting a message which he had rcceIv-
ed from Minister Conger. Evidently
the message had been delayed long In
reaching him and his own dispatch
was dated four days ago.
Dispatch From conger.
The dispatch was MS follows:
"Adjutant General. Washington.
"Toitsun, Sth. MESSAGE received TO-
day.
.eEKIN, August 4.
y" we will hold on until your arrival,
Hope II Will be soon. Send such In
formation as you can.
(signed) "'CoNGER.'
"CHAFFEE."
1T is presumed ut the war depart
ment that the dispatch of General
Chaffec was dated at Vans Tsun and
that an error was made In transmits
sion. While the message of Minister
Conser contained nothing new 1t was
encouraging to the officials to have re-
newed assurances of his ability aud de-
termination TO hold on" until relief
reached MIN. Tint General Chafrce will
communicate to the bcsleged minister
tidings OF hope and good cheer IL tho