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

ANY Change rs "a Result OF the Re-
movaI of the Embargo On Des-
patehes-Eforts to Be Made to Get
a Full Report of the Conditions in
the Imperial Capital From MIR.
Conger-Wu Ting-fang Presents
the Chinese Documents at the
State Department, and Says He
Still Believes There VIII Be No
War-Stories of Barbarities by
the Russian Soldiers at Tfentsfn.
Minister Conger's latest telegram, re-
ceiYed by the State Department yesterday,
has. in effect, cleared the situation instead
of clouding it. There is now no longer
any doubt as to the wisdom of pressing
On to Pekin to rescue the foreign repre-
sentatives and those with them.
This Government has all along insisted
that the only proper policy to pursue was
to get the relieving force to the Chinese
to the promises and opportunities made
by the Imperial authorities concerning the
safety of the ministers. The Government
has made it clear that it would not stop
the advance of its troops unless, perhaps
Minister Conger agreed to accept a Chi
nese escort to Tientsin, but no promise of
ind 70 NJ
Conger has decided that it would be GER
tain death for the foreigners to leave Pc
kin, and these words make plain the duty
and the purpose of the United States and
the other powers.
Conferences by wire between the Presi-
dent and his advisers here are going on
today and until these are concluded it can
not be definitely stated whether the Con,
ger message will cause any new measures
to be adopted by the Government. From
what some of the officials say the diplomat,
ic situation will not undergo any change
Relations with the Chinese Government
will be maintained in their present unce1-
tain and unsatisfactory state, but SO long
as even this condition continues there will
be no formal war ii more troops are to
go that fact has not been determined.
Secretary Root went to the office of At
torney General Griggs this morning for a
conference and later in the day he will
have a talk with President Mckinney at
Canton over the White House wire.
In telegram received here on Monday,
General Chaffee asked for another field
battery and for siege guns The siege
guns he asked for were already on their
way to Taku from Manila, the request for
them having been expected.
The Chinese Government has, upon the |
demand by the United States, recinded its
decree forbidding free communication be- |
tween the ministers and their governments |
in cipher. Minister WI Ting-fang called |
on Acting Secretary Adee at the State De-
partment this morning and presented to
him telegram received by him from Yu
Liam Yuen. Taotai. at Shanghai, telling of |
the restoration OF free communication. The
telegram follows:
Have received telegram from Gov.
Yuan Shih-kai to the effect that the
Tsung-H-Yamen received on 9TH of
August an Imperial edict allowing all
the foreign ministers free communica-
tion with their respective governments
in cipher"
MIR. WI handed also to Mr.. Adee a copy |
OF an Imperial edict of August 2, similar to
that received by the Chinese Minister in
London yesterday, directing that the min
listers and other foreigners be given safe
conveyance TO Tientsin Immediately. This |
edict prohibited free communication be-
sween the ministers and their governments
In cipher, an order nullifed by the decree
of August 3, permitting cipher messages to
be sent.
The Imperial Edict
AS given out by the State Department
It is as follows:
"An imperial edict of the Sth day
of the seventh moon august ., 1900,
transmitted by Viceroy Ii Hung Chang,
Viceroy Liu Kun vi. and Director
General Sheng. under date of August
4. 1900. to Minister Yang at st. Pe-
tersburg, and retransmitted by the lat
ter. under date of August Z, and re-
cefVed by Minister WI on the evening
of the last-named date. 1t is as fol-
lows. Ii Hung Chang and Iiu Kun
". in response to their joint memorial
proposing the sending OF the foreign
ministers to Tientsin, received on the
Sth instant august p the following
imperial edict: Throughout the dis
turbances recently caused by our sub
jects on account of Christian missions.
which have resulted in conflict of
forces, it has been found necessary to
afford protection to all the foreign min
listers in Pekin. On repeated occasions
the Tsung-li -li-Yamen sent notes en-
A Cool August Day
Dnly to be spent at Chesapeake Beach.