The sun., 1900-09-18
China WANTS FEI CE.
Prince Ching Shows Anxiety to Settle
His Country's Troubles.
SAYS HE HAS CREDENTIALS.
Asks Minister WI to Submit Request
That Minister COnger BE Given
instructions to Hlgin Ne
gOtintions at bnce.

Washington, Sept. It's The desire of
China 90 actually begin Negotiations for
peace is evidenced in a dispatch from
Prince Ching delivered by Minister WI
to the state department. The dispatch
was dated at peking sept. 8, and in it
l'rince Ching states that he has been
clothed with full authority, along with
III Hung Chang, to negotiate for peace.
lie expresses desire to proceed in the
matter and asks Minister Yu to submit
a request to tho secretary Of state to
send instructions to Minister GuDSeu "a
begin the negotiations at once.
III is probable that no immediate re-
spouse to the request for instructions to
Minister Conger can be given, as Prince
Ching's request will have to be laid be-
fore tile president and sufficient time
given to consider tie question of his Gre
dentials as we'll az the dc STABILITY Of
proceeding at once. Moreover, it is like
ly that Minister CtIger's judgment as to
when the actual negotiations should open
will govern to considerable extent.
Whether Prince Ching's request has
been made to other powers as well as to
the United States is not known here, but
in view of the desire to have Mr.. Conger
proceed at once it is probable that the
Chinese officials are ready to negotiate
with the powers individually or with
them as a whole through the medium
Of commission.
Among the names being mentioned un-
officially us available in case a commits
sion is determined upon to carry forward
the negotiations are President Schurman
of Cornell university, John Barrett, late
minister to Siam, and DIR. Hill, the pres
mt first assistant secretary of state.
Dispatches From Chaffee.
The war department has received the
following cnblegrams from General Chat
fee from Taku:
sept. 13-Russian commander assures
me he has ordered repair material from
Port Arthur, VladivostolS and United
States and that he feels assured railway
will be repaired in two months. Need
20 storm flags and 5000 more small
flags. Latter required for Chinese houses
to show our protection. Goodnow tele-
graphs 7th, at request Ii Hung Chang,
latter leaves Shanghai in week or so'
1t is thought at the war department
that the date Sept. Is refers to the time
the message left Pelling. The railroad
mentioned is the line between Tien-tsin
and Peking. The second dispatch is as
follows, dated Taku:
'Peking, Sept. 14.--Expeditiop Tien-
tsin to Taku 80 mill soutl wal ], two
companies Fourteenth infantry partici-
pating. Returned Tie i-tsin, rligh oppo-
sition. Town destroyed by British troops;
no casualties. Filed liable Office $40 p.
M, 18TH"
General Chaffee's telegram, speaking
of the Russian railroad construction is
regarded as highly important in view of
the disclosure of the purpose of the Rus
sian government to reconstruct the rail
road from Taku to Tien-tsin and thence
to Peking, showing, it is believed, the ex-
pectation of the Russian government that
at least some Russian force will be main
tanned at Peking through the winter.
Through Admiral 9emey the state de-
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