Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-04
FIRST NEWS FROM LEGATIONS.

| which for a month had been organizing
between Taku and the capital. ,rRen-
| forcementS sent by all the cooperating
! governments We're constantly arriving.
/ The United States contingent hastily as
sembled from the Phi ippines or dispatch
! ed from this country, amounted to some
| five thousand men under the able COM
mand of the lamented Colonel I.isclln
and afterwards of General Chaffee
| Toward the end Of July the movement
! began. A severe conflict followed at
| Tien Tsin. in which Colonel Liscum was
! Killed. The city was stormed and partly
/ destroyed. Its capture afforded the base
| of operations from which to make the
| final advance. which began in the first
| days OF August. the expedition being
made up Of Japanese. Russian, British
| ana American troops at the outset.
VICTORY AT YANG TsUN.
Another battle was fought and won at
Yang Tsun. Thereafter the disheart-
ened Chinese troops offered little show
! OF resistance. \ few days later the i'm
/ portant position of Ho ST Woo was taken.
I \ rapid march brought the united forces
! to the populous city Of Tun Chow which
ca'oltulated without a contest. On Aug
| ust IA the capital was reached After a
| briof conflict beneath the walls, the re-
! lief column entered and the legations
We're saved The United States soldiers
sailors and marines, officers and men
alike. in those distant climes and un-
! usual surroundings. showed the same
valor. discipline and good conduct and
| gave proof OF the same high degree of IN
| telligence and efficiency which have dis
/ tinSuished them in every emergency.
ment had fled before. The city was With
4 out visible control. The remaining I'M
| perial soldery had made on the night Of
I the 18th last attempt to eXterminate the
besieged, which was gallanty repelled Il
fell to the occupying forces to restore
order and organize a provisional ad-
ministration Happily, the acute dis
tuFtances were confined to the northern
provinces. It is a relief to recall ana a
pleasure to record the loyal conduct Of
the V!ceroEs and local authorities of the
southern and eastern provinces. Their
efforts were continuously directed 10 the
pacific control OF the vast populations
under their rule and to the scrupulous
observance of foreign treaty rights. At
critical moments they did not hesitate
to mennorialize the throne, urging the
protection of the legations, the rastora-
tion of communication and the assertion
of the imperial authority against the
suhversive elements. They maintained
excellent relations with the official repre-
senatives. To their kindly disposition
is largely due the success of the consuls
in removing many of the missionaries
from the interior to places of safety. In
this relation the action of the consu,s
should be highly commended. In Shen
Tung and eastern Chi Ii the task was
difficult but, thanks to their energy and
the cooperation of the American for
eiSn naval commanders, hundreds of for-
elgners, including those of other nation
aLties than ours, We're rescued from
imminent peril.
The policy of the United States
through all this trying period was clear
~ announced and scrupuously carried
out. a circular note to the powers dat-
ed July 8, proclaimed our attitude treat
| ing the condition in the north as on. Of
virtual anarchy in which the great prov
inces of the south ana southeast had no
share. We regard the local authorities
in the latter quarters as Representing
the Chinese people with whom we sought
to remain in peace and friendship. Our
declared aims involved no war agaiust
the Chinese nation. We adhered to The
reriled legation, obtaining redress for
wrongs already suffered. securing
wherever possible the safety of Anieri-
can life and property in China, and pre-
venting q spread Of the disorders or their
recurrence.
AS was then said 'the policy of the
government of the United States is to
seek solution which may bring about
permanent safety and peace to China
| preserve Chinese territorial admins
| uative entity, protect all rights guaran-
, teen to friendly powers by treaty and
international law and safeguard for the
+ world the principle of the equal and inl-
partial trade With all parts of the Chi
nese empire" Faithful TO those pro-
feSsions which, as it proved reflected the
views and purposes of the other CO.
operating governments. all our efforts
nave been directed toward ending the
| anamolous situation in China by nego-
tiations for a settlement at the earli-
. est possible moment. AS soon as the
scored duty of relieving our legation and
| its dependents was accomplished we
withdrew from active hostilities, leav-
ing our legation under adequate guard
in Peking as a channel Of negotiations
ard settlement-a course adopted by
others of the Interested power. Oyef
lures OF the empowered representatives
or the Chinese emperor have been con-
siderably entertained.
RUSSIAN PROPOSITION. -@s
The Russian proportion looking to the
restoration OF the imperial power in
leking has been accepted as in full
consonance With our own desires for we
have held and hold that the effort FOR
reparatlon for wrongs suffered and an
enduring settlement that will make thcir
recurrence Impossible can best ,,be
brought about under an authority which
the Chinese nation reverences and obcys.
While so doing we forego no jot OF our
undoubted right to exact exemplary and
decided punishment for the responsible