Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-23
DIRECT APPEAL
MADE BY China.
Continued From FIRST Page.

in order 10 stop the disturbances.
Beside the reference to the seiz-
ure of the Taku forts as one Of the
causes of the uprising, the signifi-
cant features of the ediet is the
underlying expression of the de-
sire OF the imperial government of
China not only to protect the for
eigners, but to make PREPARATION for
the injuries they have sustained.
That would seem to be the mean
ing of the instructions to the Chi
nese viceroys and magistrates to
take steps to ascertain the extent
OF these injuries. Otherwise the
edict is mainly argumentative and
appears to be an effort to extern
uate the course of the imperial
government. AS such it may be
properly laid aside for the present.
to be taken up for consideration
In the Final Reckoning,
and such will be the course of the
State Department. The admins
tration is determined to keep aloof
from any movement that would
unnecessarily entangle the govern
ment of the United States in Chi
nese affairs 1t, OF course, must
join heartily with the other powers
in the effort to get to Pekin. but it
does not follow from that cooper
alton that it will be led to taking
part in any chickering's or dissen-
SlOnS that enSue over the future of
China after our people have been
taken care of. 1t is the intention
Of the administration to withdraw
our forces, military and naval,
after the Americans at Pekin have
been relieved and, wash its hands
of Chinese affairs, looking only
to the preservation of such priyi-
leges as it has a right to retain
for Americans.
A brief cablegram was received
by Secretary Long to-day from
Rear Admiral KemDff at Taku. He
announced that the Newark was
going over to Nagasaki to be locked
and cleaned. although he did not
say so, it is assumed that he is go
ing with her, as she is. his flagship.
Five hundred United States ma
rines started from this city to-day
direct for. China. They were plac-
ed on special train bound for San
Francisco, where they will cross
the Pacific on an army transport.
This is the largest body of marines
that has yet been dispatched to the
East, and the departure was made
conspicuous by the presence of
Gen. Haywood, the commandant of
marines, and the full Marine Band.
Major Dickens commands the de-
tachment.
Nothing New.
With the exception of the brief
dispatch from Admiral Kempff, an
nouncing that the Newark was go
ing TO Nagasaki, there has been
nothing received in Washington
to-day by the State or Navy De-
partments regarding China. This
was also true of the Chinese dele
cation, Minister WI saying aA,er
dinner tonight, that he had not a
word from his country to-day. The
latter continues extremely optimist-
ic of the safety of the legations in
Pekin and hopes that the dispatch
from Minister Conger, received here
Friday is but the precursor of more
detailed information of a still
brighter character from the Chinese
capitol. Many of his callers to-day
inquired OF him about the report
that China had asked the United
States government to exercise its
good offices for his country in the
present crisis, but he declined pos
ltively to make any statement on the
subject. At the Japanese legation
which has been a source of much
OF the news which has recently
come from China, the officials were
also without adyices to-day. Moth
ing has been heard at the legation
of the report published in the
American newspapers that the Jap
anese government is about to dis
patch a second division of troops
from Yokohama for Chinese ter
ritory.
When Secretary Hay received
the Conger despatch on Friday he
promptly telegraphed the fact to
our ambassadors and ministers
abroad, coupling it with instruc-
tons to lay it before the respective
governments to which they were
accredited and to urge upon them
the necessity for cooperation for
the relief of the foreigners in
Pektfn Several replies have been
received at the State Department
in response to the Secretary's des-
patch, but they are withheld from
publication for the present. The
officials here will abate none of
the effort now making to obtain
more definite news and to push
forward the relief column on it's
way to the Chinese capitol.
Up to a late hour tonight, moth
ing had been heard from Major
General Chaffee, who is to COM
mand the American forces in
China, and whose arrival at
Nagasaki is hourly expected.