The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-23

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I'm a demand that said svo,,ar,,,,,..
render to the powers ss,1eb ,,al.- :
Rccordlhg-te the -aeternin a tsar. ,,f a.
powers themselves. may be held 10 ,I,a
me nIss ma real perpetrators OF those
wrongs. On the other hand. mis- 49, 49,
eminent is disposed Ia hoId s tIis4 s so
punishment of the high Responsible IN
tnoi's OF t<iese wrongs. not only in Pa
KIN Dut throughout China. is essen tiaI-
,s,si-.s S S. 20 De embraced and pro
Nlled Tor IN the negotiations for a fjnaI
settlement. II is the purposa Of fbis
government, at the earliest praatica HE
moment, TO name rs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Hssotlatng settlement with
~hilid' ana IN The meantime TO author
lze Its minister in Pekin to enter fo~tb-
with lts conference with the dulv an
lhorlzed rSDresentatives of the Chinese
government. with a. view to bringing
a., - IRE [eiiIillnary agreement where
Dy the Iuil exercise of the. Numerical
power ror the preservation of order and
Inc projection Of foreign life and nron
cry throughout China, pending nego-
tiatl9ns with the powers. shall be as
tSigned) DAVID J4HILL.
- Acting Secretary
Frelhorr SpecK Won Sternberg. etc
etc. etc, Washington
China's Plea For Peace.
,oS Chinese correspondence. Sept. 17-21
Concerning the appointment Of
Fflnce CHING as plenipotentiarv.
'(Handed TO Mr.. Adee bv tbs chi
lO:15 a. m.1 - V''
'cabiegram from Prince Ching dated
Sat Peyun) Sept. IS, 1900 transroi+tt5
by the Chinese minister AZ ST Pa+e,.s-
burg on the 18th inst. 10 Minister Wu
~ho received 1t On the night of the
Foreign troops have entered Pel,ip
and their maJesties. the E,mnrese 6 S1,r1i'
dgef andgthe emperor having roDa
westward on a tour, have received an
imperial edict appointing me envov
2lenipotehuary with full discretionary
powers IN conjunction with Grand Sec
fetary Ii Hung Chang, to Negotiate
peace HieaSe inform secretary of STATE
ana request that in view OF the r1onf,
tIIehdly relations (e0isting between the
Two countries), instructions be teie-
graphed to the Omitted States) minis
Ter at Pekin to open negotiations in a
harmonious may at an early date 70
cerned." Gil SOh-
Acceptance By America.
"(Handed to the Chinese minister by
the the acting secretary OF state, Sept. 2i.
1900 3:45 =. M -
Memorandum in resDonsa +o ~
Was communication, Sept. IL. 1900 Of
a cablegram from, Prince Ching da+ed
Pekin, Sept. s, 1900.
The government of the United States
accepts the plenipotentiary of Earl II
tuES Chang and Prince Ching a. prin3a
Iacie sufflclent for the preliminary me-
gotiations looking toward the return IF
the lmoerialS Chinese government and
TO the RESUMPTION of its authority in
Pekin, and toward= the negotiation OF q
complete settlement by the duly an
pointed plenipotentisries of the powers
and of China
ITO these ends. tho United States
minister in Pel<in VIII be authorized to
enter into negotiations with Ii Hung
Chang and Prince Ching as the repre3
sentatiyes Of the Chinese emperor.
NolSnedJ - IDA EID }. HILL
- . ACTIN Secretary
DepartmenteQf' State. washington,
u. c., Sept. n. 1900" -
Russia Wishes Inquiry.
Memorandum handed to Mr.. Adee
5y the Russian charge d'afaires, Mr.
De WollanE Sept. II, 1900, 10:45 a. m.
(TranslatiOn)
4. Has the federal government the
intention to transfer the residence sof
the legation from Pekin to Tien Tsin?
rms step has been recognized as prac-
teal and appropriate to the end. even
by the powers, which find it necessary
20 leave troops at Pekin.
Are the full powers of Prince
Chlng and Ii Hung Chang recognized
as sufficient by the federal govern
N ent?
''3. Is the federal government pre-
pared 10 charge its representatives to
enter without delay upon the prelim-
mary negotiations with the plenipoten-'I
tiaries of the Emperor of Chna2'
America Makes Reply.
II
Memorandum in reply to the Rus
sian charge daffaires memorandum !
dated Sept. i. 1900
u. The government of the United
States has not any present intention !
To withdraw its legation from Pekin.
?. The government Of the United
States accepts the plenipotentiary pow !
er of Ii Hung Chang and Prince Ching
as orima face sufficient for the pri-
mary negotiations looking toward the
return of the imperial Chinese govern /
ment, and TO the resumption of It's au- !
thority at Pekin, and toward the Gego- |
tiatiOn of complete settlement by the !
duly appointed plenipOtentiaries of the !
powers and of China.
''3. To these ends the United States !
minister in Pekin will be authorized to |!
enter INTO relations with Earl Ii and /
Prince Ching as the immediate repre- /
sentatiWes of. the Chinese emperor.
Department of State, Washington, /
Sept p, 1900"