The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-07-24
LEGATIONS SAFE
Except the German Minister
Who Was Assassinated.
TROOPS CAN'T MOVE.
Europeans Put Little Faith in Repofted
Safety of Foreigners Uncle Sans
Confidence Unshaken.

Brussels, July 2l.-The minister of
foreign affairs, M. Fabreauv, has received
the following telegram from Shanghai
dated today:
"A telegram from the governor of
Shang Tung announces that the minis
ters were safe July 20. They were under
the guardianship of the Chinese author
tiles. Lii Hung Chang has arrived at
Shanghai"
Paris, July 2l.-Yu Keng, the Chinese
minister here, today handed to the min
lister of foreign affairs, NJ Declasse, an
imperial edict, dated July IS, giving the
assurance that all the foreign ministers
in Pekin except Baron Won Ketteler, the
German minister, were then safe and
sound under the protection of the i'm
perial court.
The edict, which, as stated above, is
dated Pekin, July 18, was transmitted
by the viceroy of Nankin under date of
today and is as follows:
For month past, with the exception
OF the German minister, who was assas-
sinated by rebels who are under appre-
hension of severe punishment, we have
ordered all foreign ministers well pro-
tected by the court, and happily they
are safe and sound"
London, July 21.-The request of Sec
retary of State Hay to the powers to
make an immediate forward movement
on Pekin is not likely to meet with any
success in England. Lord Salisbury is
Just as eager as the American secretary
OF state to adopt such step, but he is
practically convinced that it will not be
possible until September owing to local
conditions and the allies lack Of equip
ment. Beyond courteous reply that
England is willing to cooperate in any
movement that the commanders on the
spot may deem advisable, nothing is
likely to come of the latest American
effort to reach the Chinese capital, for
all advices received here indicate that a
dash toward Pekin in the immediate fu-
ture would be military suicide. The
governments attitude may be taken as
a philosophic determination to grin and
bear it, hoping for the best yet fearing
the worst, until troops and climatic con-
ditions enable the powers to enter Pekin
and ascertain without shadow of doubt
the extent and cause of China's present
disintegration. Until that is accom-
plished every opinion worth repeating is
suspended, not only regarding the future
OF China but also as to the nature and
severity of the retribution to be exacted.
London, July 22.-4 a. m.-In the alb
sence of news from China, the papers
devote much space to the discussion of
the pros and cons of the reliability of
the Chinese assertion of the safety of the
Pekin ministers. A similar discussion is
being repeated in various forms at the
different capitals.
The latest news is the dispatch from
Chee Foo July 20 received in Berlin,
saying that the governor of Shang Tung
had telegraphed all the consuls: II have
just received authentic news to the effect
that all the ministers are free from mo-
lestation and under the protection of the
government"
While these reiterations have been
causing some revival of hope, there is too
great distrust of Chinese duplicity for
any acceptance of their truth.
A special from Shanghai announces
the arrival of the steamer Auping with
Ii Hung Chang. The consuls at their
previous meeting agreed that if the vice
roy called they would return the visit
and then allow him to have an escort of
100 men when passing through the set
tlement, it being understood that the
men must not be armed.
Washington, July 21.-After "a hours
of deliberation and after giving due con-
sideration to the incredulous criticisms
of the European authorities as to the
Conger message, the state department
remains unshaken in it's first conclusion
that the message is authentic and that
Mr.. Conger was alive on July 18. Cor
roborative evidence came to the depart
ment this morning through Minister WI
from two widely removed sources, the
one from Sheng at Shanghai and the
other from the viceroy of Nankin. They
made it clear that an edict certainly has
been issued relative to the condition of
the foreign ministers and containing
other matters of information of the
greatest value and interest, if they be
true.
1t may, however. be mentioned that |
this consideration was duly discussed by