The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-25
SUMMING UP TIE
PRESENT SITUATION
How it Now Appears at the
state Department.

wsshingson, July 22 -Psssidsus
Mckinley bee received what pur.
Roses 10 b direct appeal from the
Chissss imperial government to use
bic good o6aoss TO sxtriosts that gov.
sssasnt from che difficult and dan.
gsroas posisiou 10 which Il hss been
Dlaosd 90 result Of the Boxer up.
rising sud the ensuing hostile atti.
tsds Of the great powers. Although
Ne sxsos ssxt Of the appeal made BY
The sopssor Of China TO Fssnce, o.
sssliasd 10 the cable dispatches Of
yesterday. bee not been made known
here. lie believed that the address
70 The president 10 similar in terms to
thss ooomuoicstion. In our csse
shs oo0munioation wss made through
niaistss Wu 10 the state department.
Thes ias . Assl answer hes not been
returned. The French government
seswsrsd q once. but that snswer
will sos serve 40. The United States
govssnassat 10 oonsoisntiously pro.
esedieg upon 90 entirely different
iiae q psliey In the treatment of the
Gee. Uoiostuosssly. the state do.
psstosas 6sds itself alone in this,
bee Devsrthslsss u 10 convinced that
its plsa , the best. and 10 hss behind
u The oossolisg assurance that st
present oil the Earopsan govern.
osses hsvs tsoitly admitted 90 error
vas nsds in che beginnipg 10 not
following the common senss sdvics
ef The United States naval commander
@ Taku. ..,
The poias Of difference between
Ne este department. snd the Euro.
peen governments 10 that the latter
sss proosediog upon the belief that
ell Of the foreign ministers -,d mis.
siosssiss and gusrds ct Pekiu have
bese killed and insist upon dealing
visA The Chinese government upon
tAss bssis. thereby sssumipg . hostile
sesieeds that tends TO destroy the lsss
eAssos Of svsiling Of whstever
friendly sentiment may yet exist
ssoog The powerful Chinese vice.
scye and ths imperial government
iessh Thus the French reply, - in.
dieassd 10 the four condition. laid
down b. u Dslessss yesterday, ssss
@ iopoesibls tssk for the imperial
gevessasnt In iss present ssrsiss and
ssDds 20 drive it at once TO make
tssos With the Boxers snd Prince
Tssa's party.
On The other hand our government,
While not guaranteeing the truth of
tAs sdvioes from the Chinese govern
osnt - 10 the ssissy Of the foreign
oisisters. 10 willing to accept The
sesssosnts temporarily, 10 the mean.
sims rsmitsing mono Of its efforts 10
gss sooess 70 Mr.. Conger through the
sss Of military force IL need be. By
following ous this policy the state
department argues that IL retains two
chances instead Of one Il may
reach Mr. Cooger With troops and {,
cleo may secure his deliverauce
through the friendly Offices of some
OF the powerful Chinese oficisls
which the powers srs not likely TO
obtain ior their own people BY follow
isg DOT their present policy.
lt nay be stated also that the
United Sistss government hss not
'slioquished any part Of i,s claim for
compensation and repsration IN the
slsimsss settlement. lts position iu
that respect, u holds, will not be
sasctsd uofsvorsbly BY prosecuting
10 efforts 10 make use Of the friendly
seotiments Of the Chinese ofieisls.
A particularly deplorsble effect Of the
rsssoniog Of the European govern
csuts on this point, 10 the es.
eiOstion Of our goverumeu,
10 the absndoumeut Of the ides
that there 10 particular need for haste
sed for taking even desperate
chances in the effort to get the inter
national relief column through 10
Pskin.
Il 10 true that the latest advices
IRON Tsku indicate that whereas i,
wss originally estimsssd BY the for
sign commanders that the expeditio q
could not DO started before Augus,
Id. IL is now regarded by them
80 possible to make . beginning
about the 6rst of August. But the
military experts here who have been
closely scsuning oil the reports from
Tien Tsin that'sppssr to be worthy oi
credit. feel that even now the way ia
open to Pekin snd that the march
should begin With tho force ct presen,
on the Pie Ho. leaving the powers ia
bring up rsentorcements to reopen
the bsse should the first expedition be
cot on According to the istes,
o@cisl reports the country around