The age-herald., 1900-07-21
UNITED STATES MINISTER CONGER
 ALIVE UNDER SHOT AND SHE'LL
Message Received At State Department Asking for
 Quick Relief to Avoid Massacre.

instructions to lay 1t before the respective governments to which they are accredited and to urge upon them the necessity of CO., operation for the immediate relief of the foreigners at Pekin.
 Use Every Endeavor message also was sent by Secretary Long to Admiral Remey, conveying the in- telligence of the desperate situation in Pekin and instructing him to use and urge every possible endeavor for relief"
 This message, Secretary Long explained. meant for Admiral Remey to himself "use" and to "urge'' upon the commanding off, cers of the other powers the use of every endeavor for the relief of Pekin. Secretary Root sent a similar notification to Colonel at Tien Tsin. This action was the result of the conference of Secretaries Hay, Long and Root
 It was realized that the land and naval forces of the United States now in China could not single-handed push on to Pekin and the other powers accordingly were ap- pealed to on the basis of Minister Conger's message to cooperate for relief. Secretary Hay explained his reasons for placing re- liance in the authenticity of Minister Con- gers dispatch, saying that it was a com plete reply in answer to the message sent to him and that its authenticity was vouched for by the Tsung u Yamen. "Of course," said Secretary Hay, smiling, 1T am not omniscent and may be fooled, but I cannot see how the authenticity of MT. Conger's cable can be questioned
 Secretary Hay said he attached no signi- ficance to the use of the words Chinese troops in the message They did not, in his opinion, mean that the Chinese govern ment troops were besieging the foreigners He seemed to entertain little doubt that the Chinese government itself was doing all in its power to suppress the Boxer Msurrec- ton.
 Welcome Intelligence
 In this connection the message from Con-
  Governor of Shan Tung province reported that the Chinese authorities were doing all in their power to cut down the insurrec- tion is exceedingly welcome intelligence 1t not only confirms the theory of the State Department that the position of the Chi nese government is correct, but it seemed to indicate that Yuan Chih Kai has thrown the weight of his influence on the side Of the government Yuan Is considered one of the ablest, if not the ablest, General in China. He has, according to a statement made by Lord Charles Beresford to a prom inent State Department official when he was here last fall, the best drilled and equipped army in China under his con- mand. Some doubt was entertained as to which side he would ally himself with in the present insurrection and the fact that he appears to have come the side of the government is accepted as evidence that his best judgment is Prince Tuan's rebel lion Is destined to fail.
 Secretary Hay Congratulated
 Secretary Hay was congratulated on the success he had obtained to open up com munication between Washington and Pe- kin, for while the Chancellories of the world stood hesitating and inactive he had adopted course which had brought a message from our Minister. The Chinese Minister, MT. Wu, shared also in the uni- ......