The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-30
MINISTERS
In China Were Safe When Last
Heard From

LONDON, JUNE 3O-3 a. M.-There is
absolutely no authentic word as TO the
whereabouts Of the members OF the lega-
tions, although abundant reports from
Chinese sources say that they were safe
a few days ago. The Daily Mails Shang-
hal correspondent, teegrapEins yester-
lay says:
"An imperial decree has been sent TO
III the viceroys advising them tAat the |
foreign ministers were safe IN Pekin on |
June 25 and affirming that the govern |
ment would protect them. This is au- |
thentic and reliable. received Il through |
a high Chinese official, having means OF |
communication from the captal 10 !
Shanghai by courier to Pao Ting Flu and
thence by telegraph.
There is no doubt that the Chinese gov
ernment fully recognizes what the safety
to the ministers implies at the present
time and for this reason there is less
uneasiness about them"
AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, JUNE 29.-The pres
dent is quitting Washington for his Cam
ton home tonight full of confidence that
the situation in China has improved,
though it is fair to say that all the mem
bers of his official family do not agree
with him in that conclusion. Indeed, the
days news, limited though it was to
single cablegrram from Admiral Kempff
and the, preparation of instructions to
! Gen. Chaffee, set out nothing calculated
to strengthen the hopes of the friends
of the foreign ministers and the mis-
sionaries who have now been silent for
fully two weeks. Kempff's cablegram
was Disappointment in his confession
n -.
of the missing people, and there are many
expressions of wonder that neither that
officer nor any of the foreign naval com
manders at Taku have been ingenious
enough ITO establish some systems of spy
ing so as to learn within two weeks what
has taken lace at Pekin. Still, it is said
at the navy department that Admiral
Kompff APPARENTLY has done as we'll as
any of the other commanders in getting
the news, and that it would be manifest
ly unfair to pronounce criticism upon him
until al the facts develop. If there has
been any fault Admiral Remey, who
should arrive at Taku within a week ac-
cording to the short message he ssnt to-
day from Hong Kong, viii make the fact
manifest.
Relative to the interesting story that
an international accord has been arrived
Il as to the pro-tempore settlement of
the Chinese trouble, state department OF
ficials say that while the United States
is not a party to such an agreement il
the European powers and Japan have
come to an understanding on the basis
yet out, the result should be welcomed
by all who have no selfish designs to sal.
isfactory. 1t is not poss BILE to pre-.
dict accurately what attitude the United
states would assume officially toward:
such a combination, nor whether tht
= government could be induced TO enter in
TO the combination agreement excep
with SOM special reservations made nee
essary by a desire to preserve the un
broken traditions of the United States il
y their relations wit hforeign nations.
Secretary Root devoted the Afternoon
to the preparation Of instructions to Brig
D Gen. Chaffee, who has bsen assigned t.
! the command of the troops ordered t,
China, and after a conference the presi
dent approved them with only a few
I verbal changes which did not chang
their general character. Although Sec
retary Root wou not make public tn
text of the Chaffee instructions, he sai
that generally speaking Gen. Chaffee ha.
been ordered to look out for the inter
ests of the United States in China t
y avoid entangling alliances, TO act con
n currently with the other foreign power
x where it was to the general interest L
Y do so, and, in a word, TO continue III
a policy that has marked the actions of tn
< United States since the beginning Of tn
Y boxer troubles to China. These instruc
x tions will be te.egraphed to Gen Chat
K fee at San Francisco in order to reac
= him b fore the departure on the Grant o
4 Sunday evening. Secretary Root sal
A It would be an easy matter to modif
4 Gen. Chaffees instructions by cable 4
4 Nagasaki, which would be the first POI
4 visited by the Grant after her par
4 ure from San Francisco Secretary RoC
= was asked if any more troops would /
a ordered TO China, and he replied, "NC
4 yet" but int,mated that the further "a
o ton of the war department in that ma
q er would be governed entirely by he ex
\ gencies of the situation. Todays instru
q tions are supplementary to his origin
= rders 'no proceed to Peh.n by way
y NaFasaki and Taku."
Y sEYMOUR's ENGAGEMENT.
Y LONDON, JUNE 30-9 A. M.-The a.
Y ventures of the hard fighting allies IA
Y der Adbiral Seymour-their reaching A
x ting, twelve miles from Pekin, the dec
sion of retreat, the capture of rice al
y immense stores OF modern arms and ar
a munition affording material for a sire
uous defense until relieved-all this
Y told in a dispatch from Admiral Seymo'
y received by the admiralty at nidnigt
a which runs as follows:
7 'Tien sin, June H.-Have returned
y Ten sin the forces hav ng been unable