The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-21
JUDGED IN THE PALACE ARE
THE CHINESE TROOPS

IHI UtIiuLuI ItIUUI v
Continued from page IL
to the state department.
Ii Eung Changs application for the
appointment of peace commissioner
express willingness TO conduct the
negotiations at a point desired by the
powers and it is expected that this will
be Pekin or Tien Tsin. A similar APP
plicatiOn has been made by Earl Ii to
all of the powers interested.
His suggestion of Minister Conger as
the commissioner is based on the idea
that as Minister Conger has been
rescued he has now the opportunity to
proceed to the point where the negotia-
tons will be held and conduct thsnn.
The application does not suggest any
particular termA nor does il ask for
The withdrawal of troops. 1t requests
THAI the negotiations shall be for the
purpose of bringing about a cessation
Of hOstilities.
Reply Not Yet Given Out.
The American reply to China's latest
appeal for a cessation of hostilities, re-
ceived today from Ii Hung Chang has
not yet been made known and it is
likely that the matter will be one of the
main subjects of consideration at the
cabinet meeting tomorrow. But there
is reason TO believe that the overtures
viii in effect be rejected, on the ground
that the conditions laid down in the
American note of Aug. u have not
been complied with, and unless COM
piled with the governments course
must proceed without reference to
China's appeal for a halt in the pro-
ceedings.
The dispatch Of Aug. u said specifi-
cally that the United States was ready
to enter into an agreement between
the powers and the Chinense govern
ment for a cessation of hOstilities on
condition that the relief forces should
be permitted Ito enter Pekin unmOlest-
ed" and escort the legationers there
from under such circumstances as the
commanding general might lay down.
But up to the present time there is no
evidence that the allied forces are IN
mOlested at Pekin or have received the
sanction of the imperial government to
convey the legatiorers to Tien Tsin
without further trouble and under the
conditions laid down by the command
ing general.
Conditions Not Complied With.
on the contrary all of the dispatches
indicate that the allies are meeting
with stubborn resistance and there is
an entire lack of compliance with the
conditions laid down by the United
States in it's dispatch of Aug. y. AS
stated, however, the government has
given no authoritative statement of it's
purpose in reply to China's application
of today, and there is still a slight
chance that complete compliance with
the demands of Aug. Il may be an
nOunCed in the Pekin dispatches be-
fore the final determination on the re-
ply is made. But the disposition is
clearly in the line indicated.
China's last application for peace ne
gotiations was received early today at
the Chinese legation and was trans
United by Mr.. WI to the state depart
ment Secretaries Hay and Root were
out Of the city, but Acting Secretary
of State Adee went over the subject
with the president. Earl LIS request
is that the United States shall name
Minister COnger or some other official
to act as peace envoy for the cessation
of hostilities. Ii expressed his willing
ness to go to such point as the powers
may desire. and under the limitations
made it is thought that Pekin or Tien
Tsin would be selected for the negO-
tiatiOns. The Chinese envoy proposed
no terms as 10 the withdrawal of
troops and made no other suggestions
as to what was to come before the
commission, his sole anxiety being to
secure the cessation of hOstilities.
Council of Peace Wanted.
The application is understood also to
have been made to the powers in the
hope that if all would name a commits
siOner there would be a general cOun-
Gil of peace between Ii Hung Chang
on the one hand and the several rep
resentatives of the nations on the 9th
er. Aside from the fact that the con-
ditions on Aug u have not been COM
ic l,a ~ az
this government would desire TO take
sufficient time 10 learn what the other
powers intend doing on the same line,
as all are acting in unison. Moreover
there are some unexplained features OF
ii Hung Chang application, one of
them being that while he asks the al
lies to cease hOstilities. he gives no
assurance that he has the power to
make the Chinese army and the re-
bellious Boxers cease their hostilities.
Dowager Certainly Gone.
Today's dispatches seem to make
clear that the emperor and the en-
press dowager have made their escape
from Pekin. and that about the only
present service of the imperial palace
and grounds is as an asylum in which
the demoralized Chinese soldiers are
making a last stand. The japanese
legations adyices today showed that
the banners of the imperial cOrtege
were seen leaving Pekin on the 18th
and that probably the empress dow
ager. as we'll as the emperor. had left
the city. Consul General GOOdnow adj
vised the state department that he had
Information from Chinese sources that
the empress dOwager had left Pekin.
The attitude which the international
forces will observe toward the emperor
and empress dOwager is understood to
have received official consideration
among the powers, resulting from a
request bv the southern viceroys that
no personal indignity be shown to Chi
mas rulers.
No Personal Indignities.
In response to this it is quite gener-
ally understood that there will be no
personal indignity to the emperor and
empress dowager, not because it is felt
that there is any special consideration
due them. but because China would be
precipitated into a chaotic condition if
the responsible heads Of the govern
nent lost their functions. In view of
he general desire Of this government
md the others concerned to keep China
intact. the disposition among officials
toward retaining from any personal
ndignities TO the Chinese rulers. 1t
develops ia this connection that all of