Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-07-23
APPEAL FROM CHINA.
United States Asked to Extri-
cate Her From Trouble.
MORE FRIENDLY THAN FRANCE.
This Nation Inclined to Accept the A..
surances of Foreigners safety and
Treat China Aecordingiy--sforo Liable
to Thus Rescue Conger.

WASHINGTON, July 22.-Presldent
Mckinley has received what purports
TO be a direct appeal from the Chinese
imperial government to use his good Of
fees 10 extricate that government from
the difficult and dangerous position in
which it has been placed as a result Of
the Boxer uprising and the ensuing hos
tile attitude OF the great powers
Although the exact text Of the appeal
made by the emperor Of CE ma to
France, as outlined in the eab5e dis
patches Saturday, has not been made
known here, it is believed that the adj
dress to the president is similar in terms
to that communication In our case the
communication was made through MIN.
lister Wa TO the state department. Thus
far a final answer has not been re.
turned The French government an.
swered at once. but that answer will
not serve us.
The state department has the consol-
ing assurance that at present all OF the
European governments have tacitly adj
mitted that an error was made III the
beginning IN not following the common
sense advice of the United States naval
commander at Taku. The point of diff
ference between the state department
and the European governments Is that
the latter are proceeding upon the belief
that all of the foreign ministers and
missionaries and guards at Pekin have
been killed and insist upon dealing with
the Chinese government on that basis,
thereby assuming a hostile attitude that
tends to destroy the last chance of avail
ing whatever friendly sentiment may
yet exist among the powerful Chinese
viceroys and the imperial government
itself.
Thus the French reply, as Indicated
in the four conditions laid down by M.
Delcasse Saturday, sets an impossible
task for the imperial government in its
present straits and tends to drive it at
once to make terms with the Boxers and
Prince Tuan s party.
On the other hand our government,
while not guaranteeing the truth of the
advices from the Chinese government as
to the safety of the foreign ministers, is
willing to accept the statements tempo
rarily, i'll the meantime RENTING none
of its efforts to get access to Mr.. Conger
through the use of the military force If
need be- By following out this policy
the state department argues that 1t re-
tains two chances instead Of one.
It may reach Mr.. Conger with troops
and it also may secure his dellverance
through the friendly offices of some OF
the powerful Chinese officials, which
the powers are not likely to obtain for
their own people by following out their
present Obey. 1t may be stated also
that the United States government has
not and does not intend to relinquish
any part of it's claim for compensation
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A particularly deplorable effect of the
reasoning OF the governments on this
point, in the estimation of our govern
ment, is the abandonment of the idea
that there is no particular need for haste
and taking even desperate chances in
the effort to get the international relief
column through to Pekln. 1t Is true
that the latest advices from Taku indi-
cate that whereas it was originally esti-
mated by the foreign commanders that
the expedition could not be started be-
fore Aug. Is, it is now regarded by them
as possible to make beginning about
the first of August
But the military experts here, who
have been closely scanning all the re-
ports from Tlen Tsin that appear to be
worthy of credit, feel that even now
the way is open to Pekin, and the march
should begin with the force at present
on the Pei Ho, leaving the powers to
bring up reinforcements TO reopen the
base, should the first expedition be cut
off. According to official reports the
country around Tien Tsin is clear of
hostile Chinese.
The flower of the Chinese army i'll
that section has been defeated at Tien
Tsin, and these army experts calculate