Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-12
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LAST REPoRT8FROM CONGER
Mail Received at State Department From
Our Minister to China.
j WASHINGTON, July 9.-The last China
mail to reach the state department
brought the report of Minister. Conger,
perhaps the last that will ever come to
hand. This bears date of Peking, May
81. 1t is of the utmost Importance,
/ disclosing, as it does, a full colnIrehen-
sion on the part of the foreign minis
ters in Peking of the character and ex.
tent OF the Boxer uprising, even though
Mr.. Conger himself, by disposition ops
tmlstlc, found sole reason to hope that
theiworst was over at that date. What
Mr.. Conger has to say as to the atti-
tude OF the Chinese government toward
the Boxer movement as revealed in the
formal interchange that took place be-
tween himself and the Tsung- Ii Yamen
is not only of peculiar interest now, but
probably will have a bearing on the
final reckoning that must be had be-
! tween the civilized nations and the
Chinese. In his report he says:
+ q "On. the 18th inst. during an ex-
tended interview with, the Tsung.h-
Yamen,I called their attention to the
fact that Notwithstanding constant
warnings from this and other Legations,
the Boxers had continually increased
and spread Until now they are boldly
organizing inside the walls Of Peking.
The existence Of thousands is known in
thevillages around Peking and Chris
tlan converts, are being prosecuted and
Threatened, ,eyerywhere.r pos IL
..They replied that I did not under
stand the many difficulties under which
they labored, but they had succeeded in
suppressing the Boxers dn. the province
of Shang Tnng. and would do so here.
| ,v""I told them saw no effective meas
ures whatever being put forth. They
replied that the. movement ahad not
heretofore been looked upon, as serious,
but now the government was fully
aware of the gravity of the situation
and that a, recent confidential decree
had been sent to the viceroy,2 the Pc
king and neighboring officials, which
would surely prove effective. After
reading the decree, which was much
| like those heretofore published, they
asked me if would not wire my gov
ernment that they could and were sup
pressing the Boxers.
+ e4I replied that at present I would
mot; that had been for six months tel
egraphing the issuance of ineffective
| DEGREES, but if they would show me the
| fact by actual and immediate repres-
sion. which they could if they would in
three day S, would gladly and quickly
wire it to my government. II
| { s'"They assured me that sufficient
troops had been sent o,the disturbed
districts to restore order and afford pro-
lection. "
4 again told them that restored or
der would be the only possible proof. l
also said that unless the situation was
relieved and the threatening danger
from mebss averted should be com.
! PEELED totask at,once sufficient guard
of American marines to insure the safe.
| ty Of the legation. e
Z They said:, Don't do that 1t is
| unnecessary. y c And again promising
energetic action, the interview ended
''Uniess some energetic action is
taken the situation will become fraught
with great danger to foreigners, not
from any Intelligent or organized acts,
[but from ignorant, infiamed mob vio-
lence. 1, however, believe that the
government is aroused and will take
more energetic action, but no one can
be certain of this until it is done
hope and believe the worst has passed. =
ELEVEN, AMERICANS KILLED..
Result of, Last Weeks. skirmishes in the
Philippines.
| MANILA, July 9.-The past week s
scouting in Lnzop resulted in IL Amer
leans being Killed and ,l6 Won,s ded. One
hundred and sixty Filipinos were killed
during the IS eek and Gig hit 81 Americans
who had been fpriso sonersin stheah hands OF
thetrehel els2;wers surrendereds and ssa00
rifles were turned oyer to- the Inised
States officials
The enepsys ambushedsa a wagon TRAM
between Indang and Naic. The TfiiTd
infantry lost nine men while on an ex-
pedition to punish the ladrones in the
delta of the Rio Grande. i dJblloE
In the Antigua province Of Panayaa
running fight Of three hours duration
resulted in the killing or wounding Of
76 Of the enemy. There were no casual.
ties, among the Americans, The in
surgents are slowly accepting the am
nesty provisions. In some instances
the Americans are tsuspending opera.
titions in order to give the rebels an op.
portunity to take advantage of the de-
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