New-York tribune., 1900-08-17
NO CHANGE IN DEMANDS
AMERICA INSISTS ON THE EN-
VOYS DELIVERANCE.
ANSWER To APPEAL FROM EARL IL
DISPATCH FROM REMEY.
rBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1Buxz.I

TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE1
Washington. Aug 16--The Ministers and
other foreigners who have been besieged in Pc
king since June %, will be liberated and safely
delivered to the commanders OF the inter
national forces. When. in what manner. and
al what place the delivery shall be made will
depend upon the decision Of those commanders
Maior-General Chaffee has plenary power to
act so far as Minister Conger and the people
under his protection are concerned No
armistice will be agreed to or negotiations en-
tered into with China by the United States until
the former has fully complied with the condi-
tions laid down in President McKinley's note
of July % supplemented by Secretary Hays
note Of August = and Acting Secretary Adee's
memora andum of August L. That is the situa-
tion as il exists in Washington tonight 1t Is
substantially the same the situation de-
scrfbed in these dispatches last Sunday night
and the Administration is as confident tonight
as il was on Sunday night that the result VIII
be the liberation and safe delivery OF the Min
listers and persons under their protection by the
Imperial authorities Of China acting in CO
operation with the commanders of the inter
national forces now operating near Peking-
The developments Of to-day were exceedingly
important as will be seen by the last pathetic
appeal of Ii Hung Chang IN behalf OF his Gov
ernnent and Acting Secretary Adee's memo
randum in reply thereto. both OF which. to-
gether with extracts from Minister Conger's
last dispatch, were made public this evening. In
accordance with the decision of the President
and his Cabinet in to-day's meeting. AS the
Conger dispatch furnishes the basis OF the last
paragraph OF the memorandum. it Is presented
first IL was received this morning and was
handed 10 Mr.. Adee by Mr.. WI. who explained
that he had received it at midnight from the
Taotai Of Shanghai. by whom it had been
ceived by way Of Tsi-Nan. August 15- It IS
undated but would seem 10 have left Peking
some time between August : and August IL
The portion given to the public reads as follows:
Secretary of state, Warrington
Our cipher is safe. May ft he sufficient
authenticity. We have been Imprisoned and
completely besieEed since June %. Con-
tinued artillery and rifle firing until July
IL; only rifle since. but daily With IL fre-
quentIy desperate attacks. one last night.
Have already reported losses. French.
Italian Belgian, Austrian, Dutch Legations
and all other foreign property Peking de-
strOyed. DIR. IngIis's child dead. Marines
flaming, Fischer. Turner. King. Tuteher.
Kennedy and Thomas killed. All other
Americans alive. Inform Alta and Secretary
Ryan. Nearing allied forces gives hope.
CONGER-
INSIST ON MINISTER'S DELIVERANCE-
This dispatch. together with the dispatch OF
Ii Hung Chang and the draft of memorandum
in reply thereto. the subject OF careful
consideration at the Cabinet meeting. where the
its bearings by the President and his advisers
II was unanimously agreed that there should
be no change whatever in the attitude policy
of the United States toward China pending her
compliance with the conditions laid down in the
Presidents note of July 23 and subsequent Of
fetal communications. The appeal Of Ii Hung
Chang which handed 70 Acting Secretary
Adee by Minister Wu this morning at O'Clock.
was dated August II. and reached the Minister
4 dav II ads f01i
The allied forces are approaching Tung- Chow
I have memorialiZed the Imperial Government
to depute envoyS 10 negotiate an arm1Stlce with
the several commanders on the spot will also
shortly proceed TO Peking. The Powers. being
fully aware of the embarrassing position In
which Their Majesties the Empress Dowager
and the Emperor are placed, are earnestly re-
quested to telegraph instructions 10 their re-
spective commanders after their arriving at
Tung-Chow with their forces 10 stop their fur
ther advance TO the capital. not TO cause
alarm and fear 10 Their Majesties and calami-
ties to the people For such an advance would
shake the foundations Of the Tu Ching Empire
and wound the feelings of all her people high
and low. For compliance OF this appeal the
millions OF people of the empire will be pro-
foundly grateful to the Powers Please comnu-