The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-21
C0NCER CABLES: "QUICK RELIEF ONLY
CAN PREVENT GENERAL MASSACRE


made by Minister VA that Their. has been a
great detection f,om tn" Chinese Army ."
| the rebel hosts and that III" troubles into
which the foreign cuvoys have 'ail-n hay"
been beyond the power Of the imperial GOV
eminent to prevent
D-sn't Improve situation.
II is acknowledged 1T ;he State Depart
meHt that Mr.. c0nge!'s message does not
Improve the situation materially. bui con-
hTnls the rer'rrt~ "i the h"prlrSSn.SS of the
hesiesed I'm the British Legation. The very
wording ~ the message shows that tn"
party WAS nearly ready 20 CIV" up thr struC-
gle. The department officials realize that
there must b- immediate a,tion. Sc,r' tarisS
Hay. Root and Long held a conference 'n
the message and discussed Jht. methods Ia
I b" adopted tor an immediate expedition.
Speedy action viii b. agreed upon with the
allied Powers. - th.; there will toe no fur
iher delay III pressing IN {" the capital
The 'unger ui~ptirh establishes with fca-
Sondbie .lsurn"sS that the legations Were
safe several days later than liz, time named
In the "irCnrrS;aIti.;I REPORTS OF th"i. mas
>a"re. There l. q prof. ability that the Dis
patch WIS sent ~ late a. "Wednesday. Tia
VAS the time il left Pekiu. according u
suppl" mental dispatches received from Con-
sul General Goodnow at Shanghai ami Ton
sui Fowler n Chr-fno. But TN" impatttnt
question Of it, ,Ialr is not perfectly rSlah-
iished either ny the telegram 10 the 'rli-
nr>e Minister ar those sent 10y u.T cnn~u.S
To the State Depar;ng nj. E..-Cnd doubt. IL
is settled that al the time the message WIS
dispatched the American and BRUSH l"gI-
tiuIs wer" I'm dire peril.
This knowledge has stimulated the Gov
eminent Ia urgent measures ~ relic: and !
has given ground for renewed h"pe u; sue
cess. Bur II is admitted hy the officials |
that there are yet many reasons Tor the
graVest anxiety "a 10 the fate ~ all the
l-satious.
Depend, Upon P-Lin.
In the Chimes Government Itself the
United States places its only hope for HE
safety Of Minister Conser. II thai Govern
ment is playing us false. then IL is felt ;hat
the fate OF the Minister is sealed The AL
ministration has faith in at least :; portion
OF the Chinese authorities. and believes 1t l. I
they that have preserved the lives or Min-
lister Conser ami the other diplomats IN A.,
Pekin up to this time The cahlegram Al |
legged 70 have come from Mr. Congef. nd |
which Was presented TO Secretary Hay BY |
Minister Wa to-day confirms the admins |
tration In the belief that its Confidence has
not been misplaced.
Since the beginning Of the Chinese out |
breaks the policy OF the United States has |
been 70 recognize the troubles ~ insured |
tionary and In 10 way promoted by the !
Chinese Government as represented by tt- |
Dowager Empress. Prince Ching and their |
followers. The Instructions sent TO General |
Chaffee. who Is ia command our forces In |
forwarded yesterda! 10 Nagasak before |
the receipts OF the alleged cablegram from |
Mr.. CUnger. but Secretary Root said to- /
day that these orders would BE- In no wise
affected by the latter conmunicat iOn.
IN fact he added. slowly. after mo-
ment's thought. Minister Corger's cable
gram simply emphasizes them.
1t is also ccnfirmstory OF the wisdom OF
the policy that has been pursued by ne adj
mtnis,ration.
Trying to Save CUnx-r.
Members Of the Cabinet axe Of the opin-
Ion that. feeling assured that the American
Government has no territorial designs upon
China. the Government Of that country. or
certain officials Of IL. have taken eNtrIor-
binary pains 20 preserve Minister tOuerr
from injury. This Government ie-ms Prince
Tuan. the accredited leader of the Boxers
rebel. and will lend its inhusnce to pre-
vent bis usurpiHs the rule or the Empire
This determination has been made known |
to the authorities al Pekin through Minis
ter WI Ting Fang. and doubtless inspired
them TO unusual efforts tu protect NJ. |
Conger BY assuming This attitude. the |
United States Government also places itself
in more advantageous position for the
collection OF indemnity for losses of life or /.
property Of iIs citizens III China.
The War Department has sent no further
orIeIs 10 our forces In China As a result |
of to-daS's Developments. A "a Die message |
was sent TO Lieutenant Colonel Coolidge. |
commanding the Ninth Infantry. the rank |
ing American officer with the allied troops. |
advising him Of the cOnger telegram and |
asking him to acknowledge its receipt, but |
no additional instructions were given him. |
No answer has vet been received from him. |
and IL ~ suggested that the departments
communication may not reach him. the |
country through which 4 courier must pass
in order TO get TO Ti-n Tsin IS infested by |
Boxers. |
Longs M~Se1xr % HrmrS.
Secretary Long cabled Admiral Remey at
Ch--Foo TO use and urge every possible |
endeayor for relief 1t is thought that the |
Admirs! might be Abl. To nd from s0j 10
43j blueIackets. but whether they would be !
able 70 connect With the lItti- army at
Ti-n-TSin IL nlateJr o: grave doubt. The |
department. does not suggest any other pos |
sible way IN which n. could hr Of service |
10 aid In the rescue. To be plain. the Off |
clsis here have little hvue ;fat the allied |
forces will ever succeed in reaching Pekin. |
unless they heavily re-eLforc-d. They l
are even fearful that the enemy may sue |
coed In cutting OF their supplies and have |
them in desperate straits. indeed. there il |
10 warrant fog believing that this has Lot |
already been done. and = line from LieI- |
t-nan; Colonel Coolidge would do much |
toward relieving the anxiety on this paint.
1t suggested by high Government |
officer tO-day that the most effective way !
10 mis- mind TO se; the allied forces ia P-kin |
was for each Government to send ser |
emptory orders 10 the commanding officer |
OF it, troops in China tn go there That l
would stop any pickering thar might b. |
going on. sEd do mot. than anything Else |
to cause the international forces to unite |
for the time for mutual protection. Under |
the policy adopted by the United STATES. il
Is said that our troops would not he gI..u
such orders. Their movements. il IS under
ST ODD will be governed largely b. the I'D |
vice Of the Chinese officials no credit !
81 with being friendly to Us. Ii these Of |
tiCiais think that forward Increment
" cul, not he taken by the Imperial troops |
mean an set o. hostility 10 them. then |
he order to move may be given. If on the
other hand. the officials advise tina, the |
press Of the foreigners n; or near PekIn .
would be misunderstood by the nativ. sol
;iers. # Is not probable that the attempt to
reach the capital viii be persisted ia. AZ |
the life Of Minister Conger might be preiu-
iiC ed thereby.
consul FONLERS DISPATCHES.
Washington. July 20-The State Depart
ment to-day ISSUED the following:
The Secretary of State received this |
morning a dispatch from Consul Fowler at |
I he-FOo. dated midnight. ~ saying q
Shanghai paper OF the 18th said all for |
eignsrs murdered. Fowler wired an. Gov |
.rnor demanding the truth. The Governor | ,
replied that his courier lief, Pekin on tn.
llth and all then were safe but P-kin east
city had been carried by rebels with intent