The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-11
CHINESE not TRUSTWORTHY
OFFERS TO ESCORT LEGATIONERS
TO TIEN TSIN NOT ENTER
TANNED
CONGER MAY NOT GET MESSAGE
Government Authorities Are Not
Convinced Their Cipher Com
mUnicatiOns Are Transmitted
to the Minister in
Pekin.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O.-In the light
of the latest dispatch from Minister
Conger, received by the state department.
through Minister WI today, the attitude
of the administration is that there is but
one thing to be done in the present cir
cumstances, namely, to press on to the
relief of the besieged garrison at Pekin.
This was made known after extended
communications between washington and
the president at Canton. The Conger
dispatch was accepted as showing con-
elusive justification for the imperative
demand of the United States sent to the
Chinese government on Wednesday night
insisting that the imperial troops CO.
operate with the international forces in
the rescue of the ministers, and until this
condition, as well as of the cessation of
the bombardment is fully conceded by
China, there is no other course open but
to press steadily onward on the mission
of relief
The Conger dispatch was received be-
fore daylight at the Chinese legation, and
as soon as the official day opened Minis
ter WI presented it to Acting Secretary
Adee, at the state department. 1t was
y in the American cipher and was
found to be an Identical note with that
of the other ministers at Pekin 6hat
of the French minister, M Pichon, al
ready having appeared with the addi-
tional fact that seven members of the
American guard had been killed and six
teen wounded.
The discussion with the president led
to the determination to reply to the Con-
Secretary Root and Acting Secretary
Adee conferred on the terms of this re-
ply. The text was ready by o'clock
and it was forwarded late in the day.
1t was announced officially and positive
Iy that this message would not be made
public, either in whole or in substance.
1t was made plain, however, that the
message was sufficiently guarded as not
to further increase the jeopardy of our
minister in case the Chinese have access
to our cipher.
AS to the terms of the message, they
are believed to make plain that this gov
ernment will not advise, much less direct,
that Mr.. Conger leave Pekin under Chi
nese escort when the minister has ad-
vised Washington that this would mean
certain death. Moreover, the reply
aubtless lets the minister know that there
Is an unaccountable error in the state
ment of the Chinese government as con-
veyed to him through the tsung Ii yamen,
that the foreign governments had urged
repeatedly that the ministers be sent out
of Pekin under suitable escort This
clause contained in Mr.. Conger's latest
dispatch clearly shows that the Chinese
government is leading him to believe that
it is the wish of Washington that he
leave under a Chinese escort, whereas
the United States never has entertained
for a moment the idea Of having the min
lister set out on the dangerous pilgrimage
from Pekin to the coast under Chinese
protection.
There is no probability that the atten-
ton Of the Chinese government will be
directed to It's apparent double dealing,
as indicated by the Conger dispatch. This
government has transmitted to the other
powers interested the note to the Chinese
government intrusted to MiEister WI on
the night of the Sth. It has assurance
from the other powers that they have not
advised their representatives to accept
Chinese escort from Pekin. It was Off
cially stated at the close of the day
that no further representations have been
made to the Chinese government since
the Adee note of the Sth, and that none
will be made until the Chinese govern
ment has given some indication of the
attitude it will assume in complying with
or denying the demands of the United
States.
MESSAGES MAY NOT REACH CON-
GER
While the state department is contin-
uing to dispatch messages to Minister
Conger on the assurance of the Chinese
government that communication is unin-
terrupted, 1t is doing so with compara-
lively small hope of their delivery. This
assertion was borne out tonight when
Secretary Root said that there was no
convincing evidence in possession of this
government that any of our dispatches
really had reached Minister Conger. This
Indicates that the minister has not given
a direct and satisfactory answer to any
of the queries that have been addressed
to him by the department of state.
No additional dispatches We're received
today bearing on the military situation,
either from Gen. Chaffee or Admiral Re
mey. and the last information leaves the
International forces at Yang Tsun last
Monday night.