The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27
CHINA ASKS MEDIATION.

tuned by the Celestial En-
pire to Stay the Force Of the
Powers-A Reply is Sent
and Result Eagerly
Watched.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July o.
The appeal for Intervention made
by Emperor Kwang Hsu to Presi
dent Mckinley was given out to-
day by the State Department, to-
gether with the reply made by
the President.
The first document is transla-
tion of a cablegram received by
Minister Wa Ting fang from the
Taotai of Shanghai, and says:
Have received a telegram from
Governor Yuan, dated 23rd day
of this moon, who, having receiv-
ed from the Privy Council a dis
patch embodying an imperial let
ter to the President Of the United
States, has instructed me to
transmit it to Your Excellency.
The imperial message is respect
fully transmitted as follows:
The Emperor of China
His EXcellency the President of
the United States.
Greeting:
China has long maintained
friendly relations with the United
States and is deeply conscious
that the object Of the United
States is international commerce.
Neither country entertains the
least suspicion or distrust toward
the other. Recent outbreaks of
mutual antipathy between the
people and christian missions
caused the foreign powers to view
with suspicion the position of the
imperial government as favorable
to the people and prejudicial to
the missions, with the result that
the Taku forts were attacked and
captured. Consequently there
has been clashing of forces with
calamitous consequences. The
situation has become more and
more seri )us and critical. We
have just received a telegraphic
memorial from our Envoy, WI
Ting fang, and it is highly graft
flying to us to learn that the
United States government, hav-
ing in view the friendly relations
between the two countries, has
taken a deep interest in the pres
ent situation. Now, China, driven
by the irresistible course ofeVentS,
has unfortunately incurred we'll.
nigh universal indignation, For
settling the present difficulty
China places special reliance in
the United States. We address
this message TO Your EXcellency
i'll all sincerity and candidness,
with the hope that Your Excel
lency will devise measures and
take the initiative to bring about
a concert of the powers for the
restoration of order and peace.
The favor of kind reply is earn
eStly requested and awaited with
the greatest anxiety.
KWANG HSU.
Goth year, 9th moon, % day
(July 10, 1900.
1t is, therefore, my duty to
transmit the above with the re-
quest that Your Excellency, in
respectful obedience of imperial
wishes, will deliver the same to
its high destination and favor me
with a reply.
w LIEN-KUEN,
TaOtai at Shanghai.
Kwangshu, Goth year, 9th moon,
23rd day Gully 10, 1900.
President Mckinley replies
from Canton, July %, as follows:
The President of the United States
The Emperor of China.
Greeting;
[ have received Your Majesty's
message of the 10Th of July, and
am glad to know that Your Males
ty recognizes the fact that the
government and the people of the
United States desire of China
nothing but what is Just and
equitable. The purpose for which
we landed troops in China was
the rescue of our legation from
grave danger, and the protection
of the lives and property of
Americans who were sOjourning
in China in the enjoyment of
rights guaranteed them by treaty
and by international law. The
same purposes are publicly de-
clared by all the powers which
have landed military forces in
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