The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-02

Chang to deliver the ministers safe to
troops leave Chinese coil. I2e imrliei al
ternative, of course. is that the Legation
people will be slaughtered by the Chinese
Government should the offer be declined.
Secretary Hay had already refused su b
a compromise, and his conduct was ap-
proved by the President ard his advises
The Cabinet is disposed to feel that the
implied threat of massacre is a colossal
Chinese bluff
The reply OF Secretary Hay is the ulti-
matum of this Government in so far as ne
gotiations for peace are concerned. The
response is fina:, and no negotiations will
be entered into until free communication
has been established with Minister Conger.
but it is clearly and decisiveIy given out
that in no case VIII the movement on Pc
kin be halted or delayed. The State De-
partment officials admit that the allied
powers have favored the reply sent as
above, and are determined to first enter
Pekin and then argue means for restoring
peace and order.
The reply to Ii Hung Chang is regarded
as being the strongest document ever sent
forth by Secretary Hay. and is regarded
as not only demand. but threat 1t
is pointed out that such expressions as
This is insisted en-" lis demanded as an
absolute right AMI not as a favor" and
the Chinese Government puts itself in an
unfriendly attitude by denying it. and is
assuming a heavy responsibility in acting
otherwise" are almost too blunt and
straightforward TO be termed diplomatic.
The reply is regarded with favor by all
of the Department officials.
The War Department officials are some
what worried over the silence of Genera!
Chaffee, as a report was expected from him
last night. No word came from Admiral
Remey today. yet 1t is supposed that he
Hlusl nave hHoMieuSe Vi tIS HloNShSHI Oh
Pekin.
a marked copy of the China Gazette"
was received at the State Department to-
day with the following item outlined
We learn that a considerable quantity
of war material, guns, small arms, and
ammunition has lately been shipped up
North for the use OF the Chinese troops
and their Boxer allies. Today the China
merchant steamer Kwangchf was loading
such cargo in the river here, for Tongku.
The question arises whether this sort OF
thing should be allowed by the foreign
authorities, considering the peculiar posi-
ton Shanghai stands in with relation to
the foreign powers, and that such arms
and ammunition are intended to be used
against all foreign troops and in a general
massacre OF foreigners"
TIE paper is dated June %. and is ac-
companied by a statement from an Ameri-
can resident of Shanghai to the effect that
whole fleets of junks have been smuggling
arms into Southern China.
Minister Esu on Indemnity.
Minister WI refuses to conjecture on
what the effect Of the advance of the al
lies on Pekin viii be. He said today:
Anything that I might say on the prob
able effect in Pekin on the foreigners there
of the advancing of The army OF
the allies would be merely guess
ing. If were not servant
of my Government I would express myself
very freely on all sides of the questions
that have come up. I would not talk but
would write. I trust that the march on
Pekin Will not result in such terrible loss
of life and destruction of property and
Iooting as occurred at the fall OF Tientsin
LAS for the position of China in regard
to indemnity to be offered for the loss OF
life and destruction of property that have
occurred in Pelin, it is for the sufferer to
say what that indemnity should be. If
strike you and you are in a position to
make me pay damages you are the man TO
name the figure