The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-23
CHINA APPEALS TO M'KINLEY
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 came to the state department in such confused phraseology that it is impos- sible to do more than approximately state it's sense.
 The edict appears to state in begln- ming that owing to the trouble existing between the Christians and the popu- lace and to the subsequent seizure of the Taku forts, which aroused the mill tary to arms, the imperial court was laying great weight upon it's interna- tiona relations.
 Pekin,s Concern for Foreigners.
 The Manchu generals, viceroys and governors, therefore, are ordered to as- certain whether the merchants and mis- sionaries of the various nations resid- ing in the open ports are being protect- ed, and the assertion is made that pre- fleets and magistrates have been sent repeatedly imperial edicts to protect the legation. Orders also have been sent to the provincial authorities to protect missionaries. While hostiities have not yet ceased, the Chinese officials are di- rected to give protection to the mer- chants and others of the various na- tions in accordance with treaties and must not fail to obey. The edict refers to the killing last month of the Japan csc chancellor Sugiyama which it char acterizes as startling. It says that short time thereafter the German min ister was murdered while residing in the capital conducting international af- fairs. The edict expresses the deepest sympathy on account of his death and asserts that stringent instructions would be issued to seize the murderer who must be caught and severely punished after the cessation of present bostili- ties, together with those who have mur- dered foreigners and missionaries or taken their property without cause.
 An Txrmp,ion.
 The language of this edict as given by MT. Fowler on this subject is very much involved, but it appears to eX- empt from punishment those who have killed foreigners connected with war; The governor of Pekin and the viceroy of Chi Lii are charged to issue instruc- tions to investigate and then to deal intelligently with each case of wrong doing. The edict states that recently evil-doers created riots, deliberately re- belled and murdered good subjects-cer- tainly, it says, deplorable state of af- fairs. All viceroys, governors and high military authorities are ordered to ob- tain accurate details, presumably of the outrages committed by the Chinese and to make such seizures and take such action as the cases warrant in order to stop the disturbance.
 Besides the reference to the seizurt of the Taku forts as one of the causes Of the uprising, the Slgnlncant feature of the edict is the underlying express sion of the desire of the imperial gov ernment of China not only to protect the foreigners, but to make reparation for the injuries they have sustained. That would seem to be the meaning of the instructions to the Chinese vioeroys and magistrates to take steps to ascer- tain the extent of these injuries. Oth- erwise the ediet is mainly argumenta- tive and appears to be an effort to ex- tenuate the course of the imperial gov ernment. As such it may be properly laid aside for the present to be taken up for consideration in the final reck- oning and such will be the course of the state department.