The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-08-04
CHANG
Wants the Matter Left Open a
While Longer.

situation by the return Of an evasive ans
wer by Ii Hung Chang TO Secretary
Hays peremptory demand of August /, Ia
be put in communication with the foreign
officials at Pelin. LIS answer is not
final, and leaves the matter open to dip
lomacy. but LIS action as reported by
Consul General Goodnow is unquestion-
ably sincere and will amount to a final re-
lection of the American proposition, If
persisted in.
Mr. Goodnow's dispatch contains some
further information bearing on the ques-
tion Of the responsibility for Pekin condi-
ton in the statement that the command
er of the Chinese troops, ordered the Pao
Ting massacre. 1t is learned. however,
that Ii Ping Hong. the commander, is
wei known to all Chinese officials as one
Of the most rabid anti-foreign leaders
I'm China. He Is a close friend OF Prince
Tuan and the association Of these two
in Pekin affairs with the power behind
them to cause the ignominous death Of
two high officials is regarded a. bad
sign
simultaneously with Mr.. Goodnow's dis
patch came a Enthusiastically diplomat
fc message from Yuan Shi Kai the gov
ernor Of Shan Tung. repeating the story
ftwo days ago that the Chinese govern
ment was arranging to deliver the min
listers safe at Tien Tsin. No reference Is
made TO reconcile that statement with
Earl LIS refusal to allow communication
with the ministers.
General Chaffee's message as to the un-
expected resistance offered to the Chi
nese reconnaissance is regarded by mill
tary men here as forecasting greater
degree Of opposition to the international
advance than had been anticipated and
they are now satisfied the Chinese troops
will furnish material for at least onese-
we're battle before the way is clear to
Pekin.
IT appears that some misunderstanding
exists as to a ST. Petersburg dispatch
printed here this morning saying the Chi
nese minister there and his colleagues
in Europe had cabled the governor OF
Shan Tung, demanding that free COM
munication be opened between the Pekin
ministers and their respective govern
ments. This communication was in fact
q Joint memorial to the throne, concurred
in hy al Chinese ministers abroad In
cluding Minister w. in Washington. 1t
was forwarded by Minister Yeng Lu at
ST. Petersburg. because the latter is the
dean Of the Chinese diplomatic service. 1t
was transmitted through the governor OF
Shan Tung, to be forwarded to Pekin.
This action is considered very important,
as Indicating that the Chinese ministers
abroad have at last reached unanimous
conclusion that the situation Is no long
or TO be trihed with. Their action may
be regarded as a final effort on their par.
TO influence the government and its out
come is awaited with great interest
Meanwhile the government o fthe Unit
ed States has not abandoned its efforts
10 establish communication with its min
listers at Pekin and the state department
has instructed Consul Goodnow at Shan
ghai. and Consul Ragsdale at Tien Tsin,
to spare no effort or expense to open up
direct communication with Mr.. Conger.
In addition to his short message relative
TO the japanese check, transportation
throug hAdmiral Remey General Chaffee
made another and direct cable report this
afternoon,
The message was withheld from publi-
cation by Secretary Root. who declined
10 make it's purports public. 1t was pre-
sumably devoted to recital of General
Chaffee's needs in a military way.
the advance on Pekin actually began with
the present week there is also possib-
ity that General Chaffee's message has
some bearing on that subject, though
II IS thought the advance, If started could
not have progressed far beyond Tien Tsin
as the outpost as far as described by him
took place only ten miles out of town
The operations OF the American forces
e
the delay in the landing of the cavalry
horses, owing TO the lack Of lighters and
other small craft. Two squadrons Of the
sixth cavalry arrived at Taku on the
Grant several days ago, but in the alb
sence of their mounts, have been Of no
further service than regular foot troops,
and delay will occur I'm unloading horses
from the Lenox, Conemaugh and Leela-
nav, all at or on their way to China.
1t is estimated at the war department
that there are abut $500 American troops
WASHINGTON, AUGUST S.-The fol-
owing casualties in the Ninth United
States infantry, at Tien Tsin, on July lS,
last as reported by General Macarthur:
KILLED.
Emerson II. Liscum, colonel.
Company A.-John a. Porter.
George II. Buckley.
Company B.-Corporal Richard j. Slater
John Mcfarland, Gottrfiend Svenson.
Company G.-Barney Gonyea, Robert b.
Golden, enlisted at Philadelphia, nearest
relative Miss Lizzie Golden, ogden, Utah.
Company D.-John II. Porter.
Company F.-Oscar G. Olson.
John j. Dreher, Axel Skogsberg, James
j. Taylor, Caspar Schwertfeger.
Company G.-Clyde J. Jamison, Fred T..
John p. Smith, re-enlisted
Carlos A Ilnr,.orr