The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-22

lied and in fine condition. Every
thing satisfactory. Go to Pekin to-
morrow sick ana wounded doing well.
re BARRY"
Important Developments in the Chinese
situation may be expected within the next
few days. There is reason 10 believe. al
though officials give 70 positive assurances
to that effect. that the Government is
considering and perhaps preparing the
terms of another declaration of principles
10 suit the new conditions that have come
with the fall of Pekin. In what form this
declaration will be made. whether as
computation to Ii Hung Chang or a
note to the powers, has net been aseer-
tanned. There is now apparently no actual
national Government in China. and the
United States aud the powers must con-
fesfn 10 the situation which such cen
ditiea produces,
II Is The kenersi hope OF the Washing.
ton authorities teat the Emperor kwang
IEsu has remained voluntarily in rekin, re-
fusing to follow The Dowagtr to Singan-fu,
in order that he may treat with the for
eign representatives in regard to the
maintenance OF peace between his Coy
crnment and theirs. But message re-
ceiycd by the State Department from
Minister Conger today indicates that the
Emperor. as well as the Empress Dow
sger, has left Pekin. and that there is
nobody there to represent the Imperial
Government
In these circumstances it is for the
powers 10 determine who and what con-
slitute the Government Of China. The
President and his advisers are quite as
much in the dark on the subject as the
rest of the American people. and it is
therefore necessary for them to determine
whether Ii Hung Chang or some other
official or group of officials shall be recog-
nized for the time being as the de facto"
power in the Empire.
Secretary Root and Acting Secretary of
State Adee, spent most Of the morning and
part Of the afternoon in the White House
with President Mckinley. They went over
every feature of the situation with par
tjcuIar reference to the completely Of he
Chinese Government in the attacks or he
legations with a view to determining the
scope Of the new principles which The Gov
ernment may find it advisable to make
known to the rest of the world.
Minister Wu Disappointed.
Minister Wu Ting-faEg reached Mr..
Adee's Office in the State Department at
1880 o'clock and waited until 1910. When
he left the department for the legation.
AIr, Wu showed disappointment over not
having seen the Acting Secretary.
He had come to the department to re-
ceiye the answer Of the Government to
Ii Hung Chang's latest proposal for a
peace conference which he was anxious to
transmit 10 Ii without delay. Mr.. WI
had understood that the answer would be
handed 10 him this morning, On return
ing TO the State Department just before
1 o'clock. Mr.. Adee said he had nothing
to give to the press. Minister Conger's
message has not been made public It was
ascertained, however. that the minister
said that the Chinese authorities had "ap-
parently'' left Pekfn.
Some of the American missionaries who
had been besieged in the legations. had
already left for home, he reported. while
others had decided to stay to care for the
interests of about a thousand native Chris
tians in Pekin.
Late this afternoon another long de-
spatch was received at the War Depart
ment from General Chaffee, but Secretary
Root declined to make any part of it pub
lie, or to give any intimation as to the
nature of its contents.
reports from Pekfn announce that in the
attack on that city musician with the
Fourteenth Infantry scaled the wall and
was the first American to get inside. The
War Department this morning prepared the
following statement, headed; The SOL
der who scaled the wall at PeIzin"
Calvin P. Titus, enlisted April 5. 1899,
at Wichita. Kan, aged nineteen and
half years. This was his second enlist
ment, his former service being in Company
K, First Vermont Volunteer Infantry. from
which he was discharged November ,, 1898.
He was assigned to Company E, Four
teenth Infantry. The muster roll of his
company for months of May and June, 1900,
shows him to be present for duty a
mus cian
He was born at vinton, Iowa cable
gram from Pekin dated the 18th instant
shows that he was wounded in the neck
slightly"
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