The age-herald., 1900-08-10
ALLIED FORCES HAVE
 CAPTURED YANG TSUN
The American Forces Were Actively Engaged and
 Suffered Loss of Sixty Men.


 communication to Minister Conger to which we await answer.
 I've are already advised by him in brief dispatch received August 7th that the Imperial troops are firing daily upon the Ministers in Pekin. We demand the im- mediate cessation of hostile attacks by Imperial troops upon the legations, and urge the exercise of every power and en- ergy of the Imperial Government for the protection of the legations and all foreign CTS therein.
 We are also advised by the same dis patch from Minister Conger that in his opinion for the foreign Ministers to leave Pekin as proposed in the edict of August would be certain death. In view of the fact that the Imperial troops are now firing upon the legations, and in view of the doubt expressed by the Imperial Gov ernment in its edict of August as to it's power to restore order and secure abso- lute safety in Pekin, it is evident that this apprehension is well founded, for if your Government cannot protect our Ministers in Pekin, it will, presumptively, be unable to protect them upon a journey from Pekin to the coast.
 We, therefore, urge upon the imperial government that it~s.4ll adopt the course suggested in the third clause of the letter of the President to His Majesty the Elm peror of China, July g, 1900, and enter into communication with the relief expedition so that cooperation may be secured be- tween them for the liberation of the lega- tion, the protection of foreigners, and the restoration of order.
 Such action on the part or the imperial government would be a satisfactory demon stration of its friendliness and a desire to attain these ends. ALVA A. ADEE,
 Acting Secretary, "Department of State, Washington, August
 9, 1900."
 MT. wu Worked Hard
 MT. Wu worked assiduously on the mes sage during the day, translating it first from English to Chinese and then from Chinese into the cipher code of China. Ow- ing to the gravity of the document this work required scrupulous exactness and time, but it is probable that it is by this time on it's way to the Chinese govern ment. The various foreign representatives in the city showed keen interest in this latest move by tte United States, and called at the state department to inquire con- corning 1t. They were furnished copies of the demand, and in an informal manner expressed their approval of what had been done. This action by the United States was taken solely its own responsibility without consulting other powers as to the advisability of the demand.
 The use of the word demand" in the American note thoroughly indicates the urgency of the message. In the technical parlance of diplomacy it differs from an ul- timatum which usually fixes d date or sets time within which there must be com- plance, the lack of compliance during the stated time being ground for war. While a demand Is less specific as to time of com- plance, it none the less asserts a right which the government will enforce if the right be not conceded Owing to the diff culties of communication with Pekin 1t is expected that some days must elapse be- fore an answer can be received and there is for this transmission.
 Important M essage from Goodnow
 Late in the day the State Department re- ceved an important despatch from Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai announcing the landing of British troops at that point. The Consul General did not state that he had protested against this action and the State Department judged from this that no protest would have been made by him in the absence of instructions. He stated, however, that the merchants of the city strongly disapproved the landing of the British troops, fearing that it would incite the anti-foreign Chinese to hostilities The government at Washington has taken no action in the nature of protest and It Is
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