The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-07-26
Consul General Goodnow Shares
in the Opinion That it is
Not Genuine.
@ Do ALL THE FOREIGN OFFICIALS.
The STATE Department Has Not Varied
lis Position as 10 the Anthem
ticity Of the Dispatch.
Tho Government IL tsing Every
r6ort 10 secure Communications
with the american Minis-
ter at rcl.inE.

Washing Oh. JulN @i.-lhc Ohineh
minister hl, Just received ciphct
cable l,pfch from United State
N..,fcr longer. H. is in the stat,
,epar,mcnf cipher. and is TRANSMITTED
through 'Io Tsung III laIhcn and IN,
shanghai lao'ai.. II contains about
g. ward, and is signed In English
with tlc name "Congcr.'
The minister took the dispatch 10
Ne state department.
At quarter Of ten Minister Wu
handed tAe Congcr dispatch 10 Secre-
,ary Hay who Immediately called in
AIS assistant secretaries and private
secretary and work was begun in
tlanslafng Che cipher. This is now
IA progress. and the message being
cu!'c brief the text viii soon he out.
No doubt is expressed by state de-
parimcu' officials as to Lhe authen-
ucity Of The message. 1t Is understood
that The message is dated the 18th.
Nr Conccr's telegram is as follows:
In British legation. Under contin-
uel shot and she'll from Chinese
troops Quiet relief can only prevent
general massacre"
The message is not dated. but it is
WAS sent from Peking on
ic ls'h
he following statement has been
r,cn oul at the state department:
"On file I'M Of this month the state
apartment communicated Il brief
message asking tidings OF Minister
longer iu thc state department code.
Minister Nu undertook 10 get this
n'o Minister Cougcr's hands, il he
Mere alive He has succeeded i'm doing
his This morning the state depart
uent received "a telegram from Con-
ul General Goodnow at Shanghai.
aliug
"'lhe governor of Shanghai in
orms me that he has received to-day |
cipher message from Congcr of the
'lh.'
"A few minutes later Minister Wa
npcarcd at the state department with
telegram from Taotai Shang dated
MIS- 70, which had been received by
Inistcr Wu nt $50 o'clock this
corning. reading rs follows:
Your telegram was forwarded and
requested send reply from the
sung il lamen rs follows: Your
.Ieeram of The 18th date of this
oon Ol'm received. The state de-
lIimrnt telegram has been handed
Minister Cougcr. Herewith is Min
ter Congcrs reply to the state de-
'r'men' Z
IhS reply was IN the state depart 1
rn' cipher and IL is regarded by the
''r department., as genuine. mas
a'h ID, forecrics seem under the cir I
anre, impo, o,>ibN. =
Washington. July p The state de- /
i'"on' was the center of interest @
''r 'hnr,c situation Monday. q
''O"l Hay was, at his desk by 0 I
''''t' 'Ad tor.aH hour was busilv II
gagged with matter of such i'm 4
f''ncc that hc declined TO be in Il
''op'cd hy anyone. II
''oui i1.l5 the Chinese minister o
'N'n' aI WIS with the secretary d
som" 'm". On the departure of
'''''irr. the department gave ont
'"prr'. cdIct of the Chinese gov-
'"'''' The substance of which had Il
y" previously made known.
'"' ) state apartment has received
''' e OF dispatches from all quar-
vi ''c globe relating to the Con
mcs,lrc GO
'"'Ne sAp" the attitude Of foreign pl
'uemen'~. Without exception the fo
''"' We" taken 10y all foreign ofi- it
u '' 'hNt iAr dispatch is not gen ST
~ ''' u"r, not afford a basis for gi
I..". E .'. N'rcdVlity is also shared
''''''' STATES Consul General Good er
y 81 Shanghai who has corhnunicat- fr,
+" The SKATE department his disbe- to
;. ,'. ,'' authenticity Of the mes- 30
'"' ''N' of these several mes. by
o,, are ''' made public, as they are 90
H. ''' do not add anything 90
-" "sy OF definite. news 10 the
-" ''" al Poking, and the entire
'.' "hc OF doubt and sus-
.,.. ""'ial doubts are based OF
'"' '''N theories. One Of Them is Gel
r.,. ,'PloH was practiced by Ad
!, 'Su"s ia Yamcn. Sun another III,
''""naicd from high Chi lea
n'', ,'"',-s man holding a position gol
l,,' '' H"'hg or Prince Tuan.
..,,.. '''nf az ihe head of the pan
''N clement, and AT last .oc-1 Ad
Ine, '''''cd With The Tsung Lii ing
,r,.. Jul
..'''"ndng This food of doubt adj,
d..... 'li,.Gi2l quarters, the I'm
Inon . '"'n' Nas hot, varied its \
sge TO The authenticity of the a c
na, ,.' secretary Hays position be. Pre-
l. Il 1N 1t always has been thar cab
|oe", - ''SFy possibility of the cen. Tn,
". vs.. oi The message. altboSob lie.
1 1.'. possibility ihpt a fraud NAV -.
p, ,,o ~" pefpepatcd. We. as oyoinst
,Gar. ,'g possibility. Mr.. IIay feels u,
Irr.e, 's '' absolutely no motive for II. :
,,; r%''1lion Of such a mons,ro". ,"a ~ 40, y
'o". The Washington @,,Uu' ~ornpn' r".' lnes
lon on the Y''4e'ore, IA its bad
IT, The World ,.'s', "ine the SOU
aeo'.l. sS'srniaent that tl,s messaas a'i s'',a
tn Ga ,'ea Nee. as coming from Con-. s,sa s,'.s'
liant