The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-25
:M'KINLEY'SANSWER.
To the Imperial Message Asking for
Mediation
'cOUCHEDlNDIPLOMATICTE TERMS
to Intervene If the Heathens
viii Agree to Rescue the Legations
and Respect the Governments Of
Civilized Nations-our Purpose in
Landing Troops Was to Protect Our
Citizens in the Orient.

SiSiIEeu NutioiSl.Sur purpose In
Landing Troops Was to Protect Our
Citizens in the Orient.
\ WASHINGTON, D. C., july 24.4The
correspondence between President Nc
KinleSt and the emperor Of China was
given to the world to-day, and is as fol.
lows:
First translation of a cablegram re-
ceived by Minister WI on July 20, 1900,
from the taotai Of Shanghai, dated july
70. 1900: 2.
Have received q Telegram from Gov!
ernor Yuan (ot Shan Tung) dated Esd
day of this moon (July 19.-who, hav-
ing received from the prlvy council ut
Pckin dispatch embodylng an imper.
ial letter to the President OF the United
States. has instructed me to transmit 1t
TO your excellency. The imperial mes
sage Is respectfully transmitted as fol-
lows:
Emperor Appeals to the President.
The Emperor Of China, to His Excel
lency, the President of the United
!. States. Greeting: &
China has long maintained friendly
relations with the United States and is
deeply. conscious that the object of the
United States is international com
lneIre.; Neither country entertaIns the
least suspicion or distrust towards the
Others Recent outbreaksiof mutual an
tipathy between the people and Chris4
tan missions have caused the foreign
powers to view with unwonted suspi-
clon the position Of the imperial gov
ernment as favorable to the people and
prejudicial to the missions. with the re-
suit that the Taku forts ,were attacked
and captured. Consequently there has
been eiash,ns, OF. forcesEyyith caiamit-
Gus consequences. They situation has
become merc.a and more. serious and crit
,icaL We have just RECEIVED tele-
graphic eE::amar;s.i from our envoy. WI
Ting Fang, and 1t is highly gratifying
to us to learn that thesUnited States
government, having In view the friend
~ relations between the two countries,
has taken deep interest-in the present
situation. Now China. driven by the ir-
resistible course of eventsf has unfor-
tunatelys incurred well-nlghS universal
Indignation For settling the present
difficulty China places special reliance
In the United States. We address this
message to, your excellency in all sin
certify and candidnessi with the hope
that your excellency will devise meas
urcs and take. the initiative In bringing
about concert. Of the powers for the
restoration of order and peace. The ia
vor OF kind reply is earnestly re-
iquested and awaited with=the greatest
anxiety.
KwANGHsU.
; 10th Year, 9Th Moon. 23d Day.
Gully 10. 1900 oDi
1t is, therefore. my duty to transmit
the above, with the request that your
excellency. in Observation-Disclosures of
imperial wishes. will deliver the same
to its high destination and favor me
with reply.
(Signed) Yu L1EN-YUEN,
(Taotai at Shanghai.)
Kwanghsu. &c year, 9th moon. % day.
Gully 70. l9OO.)
President Mckinley Replies.
This cablegram was at once commu-
nicated to the President at Canton and
the following is his reply:
The President OF the United States. TO
the Emperor OF China. Greeting:
I, have received your majesty's mes
8 sage of the 18th OF July. and am glad to
know, that your majesty recognizes the
fact that the government and people OF
the United States desire OF China MOTH
Ing but what is Just and equitable. The
purpose for which We landed troops In
China was the rescue OF 4ou- legation
from grave danger. and the protection
OF the lives and property OF Americans
who were sojourning in China in the
enjoyment of rights guaranteed them
by treaty and by international law.
The same purposes are publicly deeiar-
ed byTnlr the powers which have land.
cd military forces In your majestys let
ter that the malefactors who have dis
-turbed the peace Of China, who have
murdered the minister Of Germany. and
n member Of the japanese legation. and
who now hold bcsieged in Pekin those
foreign dlplomatIsts who still survive,
have not only not received any favor or
encouragement from your majesty. bu;
are actually In rebellion against the
imperial authority. II this be the case.
most solemnly urge upon your ma
5esty's government to give public u.s.
surancc whether the foreign ministers
are alive and II go. In what condition.
ITO put. the diplomatic representa-
tives OF the powers In Immediate and