Evening star., 1900-08-13

state. IL may De that the imperative de-
mands contained in the memorandum in
duced the proInulgation of the edict de-
livered to this government Saturday: but
the edict in itself is not accepted as reply
to those demands.
The attitude assumed by the diplomatic
| representatives of European governments
| in Washington is sufficient evidence that
| the powers Will press vigorously the de-
mands which they have made upon the Chi
nese government. To Pekin the allied
armies will go, it is declared frankly, unless
every demand is acceded to and all possible
reparatlon is made by China for the out
RACES already committed Negotiations
looking 10 any other settlement of the dis
turbance in China will not be considered
| seriously.
Previous Demands Reiterated.
This government, inspired by deterplina-
ton to effect the rescue of the legationers
besieSed in Pekin. takes advantage in its
reply to the edIct to reiterate the demands
previously made upon China. Those de-
mands first We're made by The President on
July %. and subsequently were reiterated
substantially by the acting secretary of
state by direction of the President. The de-
mands for the protection of the ministers,
| for free communication between them and
| their respective goVernme nts and for the
| restoration of order in China. form the key
! note of the memorandum forwarded to the
I imperial government by the President last
| night. The iteration and reiteraton of the
| demands must It is thought. make it per-
| fectly clear to the Chinese government that
no negotiations will be entered upon until
| sQuare-toed compliance with them has been
made. Should the demands he acceded to
| there Will be no obstacle it is believed. in
! the way of settlement Of other questions
which have arisen out of the pending trou-
| bles.
The sumner at SaEasal<i.
| The arrival of the transport Sumner at
| Nagasaki was announced at the War De
| partment this morning and was hailed with
| considerable satisfaction, owing to the fact
! that the portion of the 18th Infantry which
| she carries will soon be available to rein
/ force Gen. ChafTee. The large force of sur
geOns. nurses and hospital attendants that
she carries will also be welcome addition
| to the hospital force now on shore in China.
| Gen. Barry from whom the dispatch was
| received. Is Gen. MaCArthur's chief of staff
| He will accompany the Sumner to Tssi to
| inspect that port with view to deta=min-
ing its availability a Chinese base of
supply. After this he will proceed to Ma
nia His message was as follows:
| "NAGASAkI. August IL, 1900
! "Adjutant General. Washington:
Transport Sumner arrived this port on
the 10Th No casualties occurred. Health
of command excellent. VIII proceed Taku
on Indiana. BARRY"
| The Sumner carried headquarters and 1st
| Battalion of the 18th Infantry, in all four
teen officers and 532 men, nine hospital
/ corps men. sixteen other officers, ten act
/ ing assistant surgeons, eight nurses and
twenty-five civil employees. There will be no
/ delay whatever in the movement of this ex-
| pedition TO Taku. as the transport Indiana
is awaiting 1t "a Nagasaki with full steam
up 10 make The run across to TakU.
Dispatch From ChaGec.
The War Department was in receipt of
d!spalch from General Chaffre today. which
was said to have been badly mdngleI in
Transmission, but So far as It had been de-
| ciphered it seemed to contain nothing OF
/ startling import.
China's Desire for Peace
| Official evidence of China's desire FOR
/ peace was pres .uted to the Department OF
. State yesterday. 1t was In the form of an
edict promulgated by the emperor, Kwang
/ HSu, appointing Earl Ii Hung Chang as
envoy p.enipotent.ary to negotiate w.;h the
powers for an Immediate cessation OF hos
/ tii4ties" pending solution OF the problems
/ which have grown out of the antl-fotegn
| uprising in the empire. Earl Ii is 10 act
| directly for the emperor, and fair infer
| ence Is that whatever terms of settlement
| lie may reach with the powers will be ap-
| proved by the imperial government.
! Acting Secretary Adee made public the
! text Of the edict in the following statement:
The Department of State makes public
| the following imperial edict, appointing
| ten;iary to propose a cessation Of hostile
/ demonstrations and negotiate with the pow
ers d copy Of which was delivered by Mr.
/ Wa to The acting secretary of state this
| Sunday morning 1880 O'Clock:
The Imperial Edict
/ An imper.a! ed!ct forwarded by the privy
! council at Pekin under date of the 14th day
/ Of the seventh moon (August 81 to Governor
| Yuan at Ts!-nan, Shangtung, who transmit
/ ted il on the 1Ith day of the same moon
/ tAugust ID to the Tao-tai at Shanghai, by
| whom II was retransmtted to Minister WI
/ who received it on the night of the same
| day (August III.
The imperial edict transmitted by the
privy council, Is as follows:
" In the present conflict between Chinese
and foreigners there has been some misun-
| dersranding on the part of foreign nations
{
/ The part Of some Of the local authorities
clash Of arms is followed by calamitous re-
suits and causes a rupture OF friendly rela-
! tons, which will ultimately do no good to
1 the world. We hereby appoint Ii Hung
4 Chang as our envoy pIenipOtentiary, with
/ instructions 10 propose at once by telegraph
! TO the governments of the several powers
1 concerned for the immediate cessation of
/ hostile demonstrations pending negotia-
| tions, which he is hereby authorized to con-
/ duct for our part, for the settlement or
| whatever questions may have to be dealt
/ with. The questions to be severaliy
| considered in a satisfactory manner and the
| result Of the .nego tiatons reported to us for
| our sanction. Respect this
The above Is res pectfully copied for
| transmission TO your excelency, to be COM
mun:cated to The Secretary of State for his
| excelIency's information"
| Mr. WI Much EIated.
Mr.. WI, the Chinese minister here, is
| very much elated over the appointment of
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