New-York tribune., 1900-08-26
NO ANSWER FROM POWERS.
PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFER
ENCE IN ABEYANCE
rpY TELEGRAPH TO THE -z1sUSBl

IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TzIsUNEl
washington, Aug. 25.-The announcement
"a. - the White House to-day that owing
= the continued pressure OF public business OF
,-,-,ediate Importance" the President had been
obliged 70 forego the pleasure OF attending the
Rational Encampment Of the Grand Army OF
-. Repubsc was regarded by everybody as in
...s,,nr that the President expects TO be so
..,,,n,ed with the consideration OF matters re-
80 n the Chinese troubles that he considers
"a. --asence necessary at the seat OF Govern
nent
location OF important developments in the
resr future. The time appears TO have arrived
-vhAn IN the opinion OF the President and his
.sv-sers there should be a clear and well de-
.red understanding among all the Powers IN re-
- 70 the next step TO be taken and the means
= ~ en,ployed 70 restore public order through
-s.,s 50 that foreigners Of all nations may
- n-o+ected in the enjoyment OF the rights
.,,s-snteed TO them by treaties. Such a step
g concentrated in the note OF July B. and it
-. he taken soon. II taken at all. by co-opera-
1--WE act,on
us,oe information and suggestions are
.-s5 -s s,-uecred from at least three sources;
g. rom the respective Powers which Joined
1o-,es for the rescue and liberation OF the
MINISTER'S and other forces IN Picking; sec
80 rom Minister Conge- and Major-GeneTaI
-L.-Aa who are relied upon TO furnish much
,,sstul and pertinent Information and many
,-.,rebla suggestions as 20 future action and
=. - therein II any, which the United States
.-,-,s take. and, third. information from Ii
E7ng Chang who IS at present the only known
-,As,r-, Of Official communication between the
Government Of the United States and the In
ne-.al butterflies Of China, as 10 whether any
-,-a1a-a-tons are making or have been made
~ The latter 20 carry out the suggestions Of
es-e5 n NJ Adee's memorandum Of August ~
QUESTION OF ARBITRATION.
r-A Administration IS willing TO accept Il
Hung Chang as the envoy OF China. PROVIDED
be can present satisfactory evidence that he
has the power and the disposition TO restore the
conditions which existed IN China prior TO the
recent disturbances The best evidence OF mat
vi be compliance with the terms OF the Adee
-,emorsndum-
According 70 the best information obta1nabie
to-day he Administration has not received re-
rItes ron any oS the Powers TO its latest note.
and several days may elapse before such re-
plies are received Il has, however, received
dispatches from several OF its diplomatic rep
resen-atives IN Europe. who we're instructed
70 sound the respective Governments 10 which
they are accredited as 70 their views OF the
acceptab1ity OF Ii Hung Chang. Their replies
indicate considerable diversity ot opinion, It Is
understood
As 70 The second source communication be-
tween Washington and Peking Is interrupted,
difficult en6 uncertain War Department Of
dcisls declared today that the latest dispatch
received from General Cha6es Et Picking. was
dated more than week ago and al the State
Department Il was asserted with equal en-
phasis that the date OF Minister Conger's last
dispatch was week ago tomorrow. The state
rnent OF the War Department, however. did not
apply 10 two dispatches from General Charee,
which = has been found impossible to decipher
Both General ChafTee and the cable company, It
s understood, have been asked 10 repeat these
GLsparrhes. The interruption OF communication
between Washington and Ped1g 81 this critical
line Is causing the authorities here great an
noyznce and some anxiety. II is deemed Of
the highest Importance that the President shall
be-promptly and fully informed IN regard to the
ez1stlag situation and conditions at Picking. and
shall thereafter be Kept promptly advised Of
every important change or new development ss
Il occurs. The reasons for this obvious
as not 10 need explanation
DATE OF LIS REPLY UNNOwN
As 70 when a reply may be expected from L
Hung Chang nobody IN authority seems willing
10 venture opInion-not even Minister WI.
L Is believed, OF course. that Earl Ii viii ex-
Perience considerable difficulty and delay in
Communicating with the Imperial authorities,
whose location Il IS impossible 20 determine
here, and 10 receive and communicate their
reply. but II is also believed that he VIII exert
himself 70 The utmost 70 overcome the dif1cul-
ties and ghorten the delay. According 10 a
press dispatch published to-day the Emperor
and Empress Dowager and their retinue were
az PzO-Tng-Fu, the capital OF Pe-Chi-L Prov
ince place about eighty miles southwest OF
Pe1ng. Another press dispatch from Shanghai
reports them captured by japanese troops in
The same quarter. while Consul FowleTs dis
patch, received last night, indicated that they
lert PeE-ng the Day the International forces
appeared, and were fleeing IN the direction Of
Tai-Yusn-F'u. which also lies southwest OF Pc
king. tn the Province OF Shen-Se
dispatch was received az the Navy Depart
Tnent to-day from Admiral Reney which was
Eot made public This dispatch II is under
stood and believed mentioned Z Peking report
10 he effect that the Russian commander had
ordered his own troops 10 hold no communica-
ttoa WIKI the Chinese. This he would have a
right 70 60. and II Admiral Remey's informa-
ton was correct in that particular IL put &
somewhat different face on the reports circu-
lated yesterday respecting the attitude and dec
lsrztion Of the Russian commander
DENIAL FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT
War Department officials were considerably
annoyed to-day by press dispatches from Wash
f1gton saying that & dispatch had been received
from 4Ia5or-GeneraI Chaffee recommending
tGar the American troops in China be withdrawn
soon as the Americans in Peking have
reached places Of safety. and the statement
was officially dtscredited careful reading
q he official statements made by the Ad-
n-nistraron on July 3 and July % on the sub
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