The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-26

CONGER DISPATCH A FRAUD
Later One Gives Unimpeachable TeSti.
{ ~. mOny of the Fact.
SS'5kJ's -
Nop.
lkn" 1s'' .EEP TROOPS OUT OF pEKIN
Until Some Manner of Accounting for the
Massacre of The Ministers
AS THE WORK OF A FANATlCAL MOB
This Is the object of Iii Hung CnanR's
Thrent and Offer 10 Take Min
listers to Ticn Tsin.
AS THE WORK OF A FANATlCAL MOB


Especial to The Post)
Washington, July 25.-The dispatch re-
ceived today from Captain Thomas OF the
Brooklyn has justified thu suspicious en-
tertained here concerning the Conger dis
patch of the 18th instant. From the facts
it contains and its phraseology, everybody
suspects that the Conger dispatch was
las then stated in a dispatch to The POST
belief here now is that the Chinese are
playing for delay in the march of the
allied force on Pekin. The threat of l.,
Hung Chang that such a movement on the
astrous to the foreigners in Pekin is taken
to mean that the Chinese government
would contend that the movement so ex-
asperated the fanatical Boxers that COM
the legationers were murdered; this
would cover up the fact of their massacre
weeks ago. Again, the proposition to send
the ministers under guard. TO Tien Tsin
to hide the fact that they have all been
murdered by sending out the report that
they started to Ten Tsln and that the
guard was overpowered and the ministers
killed on the way to that city. In fact.
the officials here have about given up
hope that Conger still lives
In keeping with other mysterious phases
of the Chinese situation the proposition
of mediation has undergone some changes.
The developments of today make the word
mediation a misnomer. In order that
mediation" may be pertinent it will be
necessary for China, at some later date,
to repeat the request and make 1t to one
government, The Chinese government, III
practically an identical note, requested
several. If not all the interested powers
to use their good offices each with the
other to restore the Diplomatic status OF
the Chinese empire All the interested
parties to the dispute can not mediate
among themselves. The Chinese emperor
is simply attempting to carry on concur
rent negotiations with all the powers with
the view Of accomplishing a settlement Ct
the difficulties through diplomacy without
the use of force AS a matter of fact
mediation has today passed far into the
background. Opinion is almost unani-
nous that the conditions imposed both by
France and President Mckinley can not
be met. In such an event the whole ap-
peal fails.
The day was curiously closed with the
receipt of dispatch from Consul McWade
at Canton. saying that Viceroy TAX gives
assurances that all foreigners in Pekin
were alive and we'll July %. our chro-
nology.
Washington. July 25.-The receipt a,
Tien Tsin of an undoubtedly genuine and
autographs message from Minister Com
ger has done nothing to dispel the douhi
as to the situation at Pekin. This mes
sage, which was forwarded by the naval
officers at Tien Tsin. Taku and Chez Foo
has indeed served only to deepen the
darkest and saddest mystery of the cen
fury. The official conclusions are un-
changed, Of course. but it Is admitted that
careful scrutiny OF the autograph mes
sage in comparison with the famous cipher
message from Minister Conger admits OF
the belief that the two messages were
indited by Mr. Conger at about the same
time. The situation at the British lega-
ton is reported to be the same in each
case, and as Mr. Conger declares that
relief must come quickly, II al all, there
is ground for the supposltion that condl-
items could not have long remained un-
changed in such a crisis. The assumption
that this reasoning is correct involved
the further conclusion that Mr.. Conger' !
cipher message, If genuine, was redate1
as the 18th OF July, two weeks later than
the date OF the actual writing, and, oil
course, II related at all. hat Was done
by Chinese officials,
On the other hand and in support OF
the state department position, came today
message from another great Chinese
yiceroy. TAX, at Canton he VINO tooS
charge after Ii Hung Chang's departure
This also affirmed solemnly the safely OF
the legationers, and coming from SO many
different sources. ana from such important
Chinese officials these dispatches claim
attention. A pessimlstle view OF them
however, attributes to all common origin
some high Chinese parsonage at Pehin
II is noted that Talks assurance brings
the ministers one day further toward III
/ innate rescue than has any preceding
message. The fact THAI It allows OIL,