The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-13
WORKING FOR PEACE.
Chinese Desire That the War be
Stopped and Are Lending Their
Endeavors in That Line-Demand
Made by This Government.

Stopped and Are Lending Their
Endeavors in That Line-Demand
Made by This Government.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Aug. Fin
dicatlons Of the desire of China for q
peaceful settlement Of her present DIFF,
iiculties have been multiplying for sew
eral days. Official evidence of that de-
sire was presented to the department OF
state to-day. II was in the form OF an
edict promulgated by, the emperor,
kwang Hsu. appointing Earl Ii Hung
Chang as envoy plenipotentiary to ne
gotiate with the powers for an "imme-
dlate cessation or.hostillties," pending a
solution Of the problems which have
grown out of The anti-forelgn uprising
in the; empire. Earl Ii is to act direct
ly for the emperor and fair Inference
is that whatever terms OF settlement he
may reach with the powers will be ap-
proved by the several governments,
During the day only one dispatch that
was made public reached any of the
government departments from China.
"A belatcd message from Minister Con-
ger was transmitted to the war. dtpart-
ment by General Chaffee. It expressed
simply his ability to .hold on" until
General Chaffec should come to his re-
lief. All the power of this government
will be cxerted to get that relief to him
and the other imprisoned legationers at
the earliest possible moment. &.
Minister WI was an early caller ut
the department OF state. Shortly after
8 o'clock he made an engagement with
Acting Secretary OF State Adee to meet
him at the department at 1890. Prompt.
ly at that hour. the minister's. automo-
bile stopped ut the west entrance to
the department, and Mr.. Wa alighted
and hurried to Secretary Adee's office.
He presented to Mr.. Adee copy of the
imperial ed!ct which he had received
last night. 1t had been transmitted to
him In the Chinese foreign Office cipher.
and It's translation and preparation sor
submission to the department of state
had occupied much Of the night.
In Confererae2 With Wu. ...
Minister WI rcr-nlne' with secre-
tary Adpc for thrce-quarters OF an
hour. discussing tho terms OF the edict
and the probable response to 1t OF this
government Sh=rtly before Minister
W. left the department, Secretary OF
War Root Joined the two dlplomatists,
but remained only long enough TO OBJ
tain copy OF the edict and discuss 1t
briefly with the Chinese minister. t5
Minister WI expressed the belief
that the edlct presented n means OF
peaceful adjustment of the present
trouble, and that the request Of the
Chinese government for q cessation OF
hostilities pending peace negotiations
was entirely reasonable.
Immediately upon the conclusion Of
the conference. the text OF the edict, to-
gcther with the details of the call of
Minister WI. was communicated to
President Mckinley at Canton. The
Presidents reply as yet has not been
received.
Late In the day Acting Secretary
Adee made public the text OF the edict
In the following statement:
THE department Of state makes pub
lie the following Imperial edict, ap-
pointing viceroy Ii Hung Chang ms
envoy plcnipotentInry to propose n cess
sntlon OF hostile demonstrations and
negotiate with the powers, u copy of
which was delivered by Mr.. WI to the
acting secretary OF state, this, Sunday
morning, Mt lO:30 o'clock, s.-. s.
"An imperial adIct forwarded by the
prlvy council at Peking, under date OF
the fourteenth day OF tho seventh moon
august 81, to Governor Yuan at ISL
Nan, Shan Tuns, who transmitted 1t
on the seventeenth day OF tho same
moon august ll) to the Tactal ut
Shanghai, by whom It WAS re-trans-
mltted to Minister WI, who received It
on the night OF the same day august
1D.
The Imperial Edict..
1.-THE Imperial scdict. us transmitted
by the privy council, is us follows:
"'In the present conflict between CHI.
ncse md foreigners there has been
some mlsunderstandlns on the part OF
the foreign nations, and also u want OF
proper management on the part Of
some OF the local authorities. A clash
OF arms Is followed by calamitous re-
suits and causes n rupture OF friendly
relations, which VIII ultimately do no
good 70 tho world. We hereby appoint