Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27
HE CELESTIAL PUZZLE.
The United States Government Has
Indicated Its Solution to the
Foreign Powers.
THREE REPLIES HAVE BEEN SENT OUT.
They VIII Not be Made Public, How
ever, Until Time Sufficient Haa
Elapsed for Them to Have Been
Received by the Several Powers
Addressed.

N~aSnlnSIOn. sept. SZs-Lue CI1tSu
States government has made full and
and complete answers to the various
important inquiries that have been
addressed to it by the powers relative
to the Chinese trouble. Moreover, it
has gone farther and has made a dis
closure of all of its purposes, and as
a member of the administration puts
it, it has thrown its hand open on the
table. This action was taken after the
cabinet meeting yesterday and a
luncheon at the White House that fol-
lowed served to reduce the decision
to the ultimate form.
Satisfied Look on His Face.
At h~alf-past three o'clock Minister
WI called, by appointment, on Acting
Secretary Hill, and was handed a
memorandum embodying the response
of the United States government to
the request of Prince Ching that Mr..
Conger or some other person be en-
powered to begin negotiations with
the Chinese authorities for a final
settlement. The minister came away
with a satisfied expression upon his
face.
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Next came NJ. Thiebaut, the French
charge. A few minutes conversation
sufficed to impart to him, orally, an
answer to his own verbal inquiry.
Then Baron Sternberg, the German
charge, who had been notified of the
readiness of the state department to
make answer to the German note.
called, and was given hal answer. He
FASTENED away to cable it to his gov.
eminent.
Diplomatic Representatives Notified.
The department then sent the an
swer to the Russian inquiry forward
by messenger, and wired cablegrams
containing the substance of the an
swer to it's diplomatic representa-
tives abroad.
Thus closed II of the most in.
teresting and important phases of the
Chinese ENHANCEMENT.
Statement Promised To-Day.
The state department absolutely re-
fused to make any statement as to
the nature of b answers, taking the
ground that to do so would be a viO-
lation of the diplomatic ~proprieties,
However, as it was calculated that all
these answers will have reached their
destination abroad by this afternoon.
was promised that the tex of the
communications should be given to
the press about that time. The
ministers and charges who received
the messages here adopted the same
secretive attitude. The president him
self, it seems, has given instructions
that every effort be made to main
tain secrecy in this matter until the
official disclosure.
German Proposal Not Agreed To.
With all this it is known hat the
German proposal that negotiations
with China be deferred until the Chi.
ncse responsible for the Pekin out
RACES nave been SURRENDERED to the
allies, has failed of approval by our
government. The de%clination has beer
conveyed in a hat can not
give offense, as it is believed that the
United States government can not rec.
ognize the principle that a govern
ment may be called upon to surrender
its own citizens to a foreign power OF
powers for punishment. The govern
ment does not relinquish the idea OF
the ultimate punishment of the of
tenders when theyare properly identi.
fed, but it does not believe that the
pursuit of this object should put q
stop to all negotiations.
Commission to Adjust Differences.
The idea of a commission to adjust
the differences with China is again
brought forward, and &c is suggested
i kla% e,,ol communication IN tho MORT
of the United States may either form
part of the joint international com
mission which it is hoped will be ap-
pointed for this purpose, or, in the
event of the failure of the effort to
secure joint action, then the members
can go on and deal directly with
China for a settlement. The names
of Minister Conger, Gen. James II
Wilson and Mr.. Rockhill are men.
| toned in this connection.
VIII Withdraw Nearly All Troops
1t is believed hat the outcome,
from a military point of view, of yes.
terday's action will be the withdrawal
of all but one regiment of American
troops from China to Manila, where
they a be held ready to return in
an emergency. Gen. Chaffee, proba'
bly,, will remain in China in command
OF the force there, which will be re
garded simply as a legation guard.
One fact concerning the United
States answers that was earned Off
cially is that they contain no new
propositions; they simply clear away
the debris of unanswered inquiries.