Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-13

] lue powers TOT an immaculate NNcHdNl'H
/ Of hostIIIties' pending "a solution of
/ the problems which have grown out OF
/ the 8nti-foreigu uprising in the em-
| pire Earl III Us 90 act directly for the
| emperor and fair inference is that
| whatever terms he may reach with the
| powers VIII De approved by the Inn
/ perial government
CONGERs GRIT
During the day only one dispatch
I that was made public reached any OF
| the government departments from chi
| ma IL was "a belated message from
| Minister Conger, transmitted 20 the
| war department by Gen Chaffee. and
/ expressed simply his ability to hold
| on" until Gen. Chanee should come 90
| his relief All the power Of the gov
/ eminent win be eXerted TO get the re-
/ lief 20 him and the other imprisoned
| legat.Oners at the earliest possible mo-
| ment
W.T. AND ADEE.
Minister WI was am early caller at
| the department OF state. He went into
/ conference with Acting Secretary Adee
/ az 1880 o'clock. having previously made
/ an engagement for that hour and pre-
scented 90 Mr. Adee "a copy Of the im-
perlal edict which he had received last
night. i had been beer, Transmitted .,imii'e,1 to nm nm
/ its translation and preparation for sub
/ mission 90 the state department had
/ occupied much OF the night
Mr.. WI remained with Secretary
| Adee for thrco-quarteTs OF an hour.
7 discussing the terms of The odict and
/ the probable response TO DC of this gov
/ eminent shortly before Minister Wu
. left the department Secretary Root
Joined the party. but remained only
/ long enough 90 obtain copy OF the
| edlct and discuss 30 briefly Mr. Wa
/ expressed the belief that The edict pre-
scented a peaceful adjustment of the
/ trouble and that the REQUEST OF the
/ Chinese government for q cessation of
. hustIiues pending peace negotiations
I was entirely reasonable.
ep>.-, NO ,t,t.,>-r
Immediately upon the conclusion Of
/ the conference. the text of the edict.
together with the details of the call OF
Minister Wa. was communicated TO
/ President Mckinley at Canton The
/ Presidents reply as yet has not been
J received Later IN the day Acting Sec
rotary Adee made public the text OF
/ the edict In the following statement:
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IN EDICI'
The state department makes public
the following imperial edict appointing
/ Viceroy Ii Hung Chang as envoy plenI.
! potentlary TO PROPOSE a cessation of
/ hostile denominations and negotiate
with the powers copv OF which was
/ delivered bv Minister NVu to the acting
secretary of state this sunday morn.
ing at 1920 O'Clock.
An imperlgl adlct forwarded bv the
privv council at pekip date of tfth dav
| of the seventh moon august 0thl 10
| Gov yuan al Tsl Nan. shan Tuug.v who
| transmitted n ON Inc l-th dsv of the
| same moon august lithJ TO the Taotai
/ AT Shanghai by whom IL was retrans-
mlttcd 10 Minister WI who received
it on che night Of the same day CAu-
| mitted by he priyy council is as fol-
lows.
I In the present conflict between Chi
| uese and foreigners there has Uaen some
Observation-Disclosures ON tho mart OF the
| foreiep nations and also IA want of
/ proper management ON The mart of some
| of he Incal authorities A clash of
| arms is followed by calamitous results
and has causod "a rnpture M frisndiv
rsietiors which yin I,l,inatelv do no
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80 MISUNDERSTANDING. h,
/ While IL Is conceded by the Washing
! ton officials that the conference OF
/ plenaly authority upon f'aH II 10 ne
/ g0tiate with the powers Tor setllement
! OF existing troubles is step 10 me
! right direction, ~ by no means assured
/ that the United states government Will
| consent oh-hand 10 open negotiations
/ with the distinguished NceioE me
/ demands Of this government upon chr
ma have been made plainly ana Wlth1
/ out equivocation They cannot be MIS-
nesa coyern,nent h acting I'M good faith
/ the demands are reasonable ana can
I DE- complied win ready
AS transmitted To the Imperial SOW
| eminent by me secretai! OF state ,
ihroush minister WI the deIna ,.,,.s, lI