The sun., 1900-08-17
|lJNALT TERABLE IS
| DEMAND FOR CONGER'S
1 SAFE DELIVERY
These Are the Only Terms on
Which Armistice Will
be Made
THE CABINET 50 DECIDES
Agree to Cease HostiIities at the
Gates of PekIng If Foreign
Ministers are Delivered to
the Allied Forces.
Straining Every
Nerve.

M Washington, Aug. tG.-A special meet
\ ing of the cabinet has been held at which
( the Chinese situation was thoroughly dis
cussed The several messages that have
y been received from Minister Congcr and
4 Consul General Goodnow and the appeal
&of Ii Hung Chang that the allied forces
halt at THneGhow III order that an
armistice be arranged were carefully con-
y sidered. All answer was prepared 10
" This appeal III which il is understood this
u goyernnent agrccs to an armstice Tor the
sf purpose Of relieving the ministers. the
\ members Of the legations and the people
; under their protection, either NJ the inner
gate Of the city or the outer gate, which
ever the officers in command Of the troops
\ may Designate after communication with
N the ministers themselves. II the min
listers think that arrangemnts can be
+ made by which safety will he assured III
moving from the British legation to the
inside gate, which is about 200 or 300
yards distant. this government will agree
to an armistice for that purpose. and
after Minister Conger has been safely
delivered this government will for
specitied time cease hostilities with a
3view to arranging terms of peace.
State Departments Bulletin.
$ The state department gives out the fol
lowing:
M 'The department of state received on
Aug II Il cipher dispatch from Consul
General Goodnow. dated the same day,
(which. on being deciphered, was found to
embody an undated message from Minis
ter Conger transmitted from TsiNan on
the 18th. From internal evidence it
would appear TO have left Peking about
the Sth or 9th inst. Ii is very brief add
ing little 10 what already is known, its
most interesting statement being that.
with the exception Of seven marines and
the baby of DR.. lnglis, all the Americans
are alive, although quite Il number are
\ Sick"
H The department also has received an
4 appeal from l.. Hung Chang, the Chinese
peace envoy, to have the allied army stop
their advance at Tung-Chow, ut which
place lie says. they will be met by high
Officials Of the Chinese government who
5wll h. empowered to negotiate an armis-
ificp. This is in response to The demands
< pf 0ur government in its communication
ito Ii Hung Chang.
H Complete Compliance Demanded.
# Nothing short Of complete compliance
l&with the demands originally made by this
s Hgol crninent upon the Chinese authorities
.fwill prevent The onward march Of the
allied armies upon Peking. This state
Nmpnt is made on authority. The appeal,
1hcrcfore, of Ii Hung Chang for halt
Aat Tung-C how with Il view to opening
peace negotiations will be rejected.
From the first the administration has in
Sisted that this government put into free
Communication with Minister Conger.
and, second that he. with the other mem
bers of the legation and all who are I'M
der its protection, be immediately reliey-
ed from their periluus situation. In all
of the correspondence which has followed
this first statement of the demands OF
this government there has never been one
word which could be construed as modi.
flying them in the least particular.
The United States stands now just
where ii stood at first, and no efforts on
the part of Ii Hung Chang or the inn
perial authorities will avail to stop even
+. for an hour the forward movement of the
allied forces Ii is true that the admin
x istration realizes that Il crisis is ut hand
in China. and hence the officials do moi
y attempt to disguise their anxiety for the
Immediate future.
lS Hoping For the Best.
M They are hoping for the best, and be
lieve that the rescue of the beleaguered
* ministers is only matter of Il very short
time, but nevertheless the fear is even
present that the Chinese in Peking, real.
izing their desperate situation, may mas
sacre every foreigner in the city and
then, taking the emperor and empress
s., dowager with them, leave the capital to
Y its fate. 1t is confidently expected how.
ever, that no such fate awaits the i'm
" prisoned ministers, and it would moi
greatly surprise the officials here to re
ceive word ut any time that the long
# awaited rescue had actually been eff
% fected.
In all the anxiety felt by this govern
ment for the safety of our own people
the Chinese Christian converts have moi
for moment been forgotten, and in any
negotiations looking to the safety of ouI
minister and the members of his lega
Ii tion these helpless ones will surely be
included Considerable anxiety has beer
ocasioned outside of the president and
the members of his cabinet by the with
"a holding from the public the message
from Minister Conger received Monday
a but it can be authoritatively stated that
the message really contained no news moi
" already in the possession of the public
For purely diplomatic reasons the mes
sage was not made public.
& Detective McVey obtained requisition
z papers at Dover for John Beale, arrest
# ed at Bridesboro, Pa, for robbng trunks
@H here.