The sun., 1900-08-21
YELLOW DRAGON
SAYS China IS
READY FOR PEACE
Lii Hung Chang Asks That Con-
ger be Named to NegO-
tiata Terms.
APPLIES TO THE POWERS
Fighting Continues in Peking, and it
is Reported That the Japs
are in Pursuit of the
Dowager Empress,
Who Flees
Rapidly.
APPLIES TO THE POWERS

Washington, Aug. 20.-The Chinese
government, through Ii Hung Chang,
has made application to the United
States for the appointment OF Minister
Ccnger or some other American official
with authority to open negotiations fol
the establishment Of peace and for fix.
ing definite terms for the settlement Of
the present trouble.
The application came to the Chinese
minister and was taken by him to the
state department
The application expresses willingness
to conduct the negotiations at point
desired by the powers, and ii is expected
that this will be Peking or Tien-tsin. A
similar application has been made by
Earl Ii to all the powers interested.
His suggestion of Minister Conger as
the American commissioner is based on
the idea th;S as Mr.. Congcr has been
rescued he has now the opportunity to
proceed to the point where negotiations
will be held tsld conduct them.
The application does not suggest any
particular terms, nor does it ask for the
withdrawal Of troops. 1t requests that the
negotiations shall be for the purpose OF
bringing about O cessation of hostilities.
The state department has received a
cablegram from Consul General Good.
now, at Shanghai, announcing the occu.
patton of Peking by the allied troops and
stating that it is reported that the dow.
ager empress and emperor left Peking on
Aug, 49,
1'he Japanese legation has received
several important dispatches. One re.
ceived from Tokyo, dated Aug. 10, says:
after entry into Peking was effected
by the allied troops the Chinese troops
on Aug. l5 betook themselves to and re,
manned in the imperial palace. A body
of japanese troops was told off to guard
the palace, and there they met with oh
stirate resistance by the Chinese troops
Fighting is still going on. The head
quarters of the japanese army is in the
legation and the division is mainly quar-.
tered in the villages outside of An-Ting
Men"
The Situation at Pekins.
The bureau Of navigation has received
the following cablegram from Admiral
Remey dated Taku Aug. 10:
Authentic report from Peking i
from Lieutenant Latinier. Troops NOV
ing on Imperial City. Clearing out Tar
lHF NlIN. All AHltIlCuhS hlo lGiiiullltt
in Pekinc are well except one child
Captain Myers recovered from wound
has typhoid; crisis passed and now con
valescing. Assistant Surgeon Lippet
was wounded upper left leg, bone frac
tured! Leg saved, now recovering.
THE following killed during siege il
Peking: Sergeant J. L. Tanning, Private'
G. ID. King, j. w. Tucher, J. Kennedy
r. L. Thomas, A. Turner. and III. Fish
er. Wounded: Private j. Schroeder, ell
bow, severe, now dangerously i'll from
fever; Seaman ]. Mitchell, upper arm
severe, now recovering. All other wound
ed and sick returned to duty.
Casualties Major Biddles comman'
attack Tan Pating: Lieutenant Butler
chest; Private Greene, wrist; Privat
Warrel, right temple, all slight. Re
ported from Chinese sources that tn
royal family have escaped and are e.
route to Sian Fu."
The japanese cavalry has left Pekin
in pursuit of the dowager empress an
her court, according to a telegram fror
the north received at Shanghai by Chi
nese officials. These dispatches ave
that the empress and her treasure train
protected by 10000 troops, have alread
arrived at Wu-Ta-San, in Shansi PROV
ince
The field telegraph north of Yangtsu
is interrupted, and nothing under Pe
king date appears to have reached Yang
tsun since Aug. II. Heavy rains hay
been falling in the province of Pe-chi-li
The landing of the British troops .
Shanghai is not causing excitemer
among the natives. A detachment of 10
French marines has just landed ther,
A customs cruiser is reported to hay
gone to Tien-tsin to take away the fo
eigners rescued from Peking.
Many influential Chinese have inte
ested themselves in the fate of Chin,
man sentenced by an English court {
Hongkong to six months imprisonmeI
at hard labor because he was a membt
of the Triad society.
stories of Brutality Denied.
Tho dinlnmats connected with the Rn
sian embassy nave Deen annoyed by col
slant reports attributing atrocity TO ii
Russian troops in China. One of I'll
most notable instances was an ollege
interview with Mrs. Anna Drew, vii
of Mr.. e. B. Drew, the chief secretar
of Sir Robert Hart. As refutation {
the sentiments put in her mouth, Mr.
Drew has addressed the following lettt
from Chicago, under date of Aug. IA, [
the Russian ambassador After the usl
al opening phrases, she says:
eve have been living at Tien-tsin I'll
past year, and | returned from thel
'ouly last week. Our steamer was besic:
ed with newspaper reporters upaa or
arrival at San Franscisco, and, al.loug