The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-13
MAY NOT TREAT WITH Ii

| O1ncla1S IAaC the conference Oh piendIy
authority upon Earl Ii to negotiate with
the powers for settlement Of existing
troubles Is a step in the right direction
| it is by no means assured that the United
! States government will consent offhand
to open negotiations with the distinguish
| ed viceroy. The demands of this govern.
ment upon China have been made plainly
and without equivocation. They cannot
be misunderstood. Assuming that the
Chinese government is acting In good
faith, the demands are reasonable and
can be complied with readily.
| AS transmitted to the imperial govern
rnent by the secretary of state through
Minister WI, the demands in brief were:
THAT the Chinese government give as
surance that the foreign ministers are
alive and, If so, in what condition.
THAT the ministers be placed in free
communication with their governments,
firing upon the legations cease and all
dangers to their lives and liberty be re-
moved.
THAT the imperial authorities place
| themselves in communication with the re-
| lief expedition, so that the legationers
may be liberated, foreigners protected
| and order restored"
Until these demands have been aceeded
to it is regarded as highly improbable
that the government of the United States
or any Of the united powers, all of whom
have made practically the same demands
| upon China, will consent to a cessation
| of hostile demonstrations" which are
! being conducted, at least so far as this
| government is concerned, with the sole
purpose of sufccoring the besieged lega-
TONERS in the Chinese capital
WI IS HOPEFUL.
Minister WI is inclined to take an op-
! timistic view the situation, but 1t can
| be said authoritatively that his view is
not shared in full by the Washington Of
ficials. There is no disposition evident
today to abate by one single jot the de-
mands which have been made upon Chi
ma. A strong hope is expressed, however,
that the Chinese government will accede
| to the demands eventually, and perhaps
| very soon. This hope is based upon the
edict appointing Earl Ii to sue for peace.
To this extent, it may be said, the view
of the officials here is optimistic.
EDICT NOT RESPONSIVE.
No reply-at least, no direct repfy-has
i been received yet to the memorandum
transmitted to the Chinese government
| through Minister Wu by the department
Of state. 1t may be that the imperative
! demands contained in the memorandum
| induced the PRONUNCIATION of the edict
delivered to this government today, but
/
| ply to those demands
The attitude assumed by the diplomatic
representatives of European governments
| In Washington Is sufficient evidence that
the powers will press vigorously the de-
mand which they have made upon the
! Chinese government. To Pelxin the allied
armies will go, 1t is declared frankly, un-
less every demand is acceded to and all
! possible reparation is made by China for
| OJtT1PpS already
t1at1ons looking to any other settlement
of the disturbance in China will not be
considered seriously.
GEN. CHAFFEEs DISPATCH.
During the day the war department Of
ficials awaited anxiously additional news
from Gen. Chaffee. One dispatch was re-
ceived from him transmitting a message
he had received from Minister Conger.
Evidently the message had been DELAYED
long in reaching him, and his own dis
patch was dated four days ago. The dis
| patch was as follows:
Adjutant General, Washington-Toits
| 60th-Message received today: ''Pekin'
! Aug 4th.-We will hold out until vour
| arrival Hope it will be soon Send
| such information as you can.-Conger"
-Cha1fee.
1t is presumed at the war department
that the dispatch Of Gen. Chaffee was
dated at Yang Tsun, and that an error
was made in transmission. While the
message of Minister Conger contains
nothing new it was encouraging to the
officials to have renewed assurances of
his ability and determination to "hold
on until relief reached him. That Gen.
Chanee viii communicate with the be-
sieged minister tidings Of hope and good
cheer, If the opportunity be afforded him,
officials here are certain. Minister Con-
gers expression of hope that the long
looked-for relief may soon roach him sim
! ply adds to the determination of the gov
ernment to press forward to Pekin as
rapidly as may be possible.
ITALIAN MINISTER'S REPORT.
ROME, Aug. 12.-The Italian foreign Of
fee has received the following dispatch
| from Its minister in Pekin, Marquis Sal
vator Raggi, dated Aug. 5:
'Shots exchanged between the defend
ers of the legations and the Chinese One
killed and two wounded We have nc
news from the allies since July 3O We
hope they will not delay advance tc
Pekin.'
FRENCH ACCOUNT OF SIEGE.
PARIS, Aug 12.-The French foreign
Office received this morning from M Pin
chon, French minister at Pekin, the fol-
| lowing:
EOIn June ~ 10 July II Chinese troops
besieged, fired upon and bombarded US
| -Four legations have been burned and
that of France three-quarters destroyed
We still hold out, thanks to the heroic de-
fense of the Franco-Austrian detachment
| Our loss is sixteen. The general loss is
sixty more and 10 wounded.
"All the missions in Pekin have beer
burned save the Peitang MISSION which
is standing, but the condition of It's occu-
pants Is uncertain Despite anguish and
privations, the people of the legation
are in good health.
! 1.-The bombardment ceased on July IT,
''The government is attempting indirect.
| ly to negotiate with US for departure
| but we cannot leave without some pre-.
lection other than that of the govern
ment.'
THREE CTIAPELS DESTROYED.
HONG KONG, Saturday, Aug 1.-THE
/ United States consul general here, Mr.
R. W. Wildman, has received a telegram
from the American Baptist mission al
Swatow, province of Kwang Tung. say.
| ing that three more chapels have been de-
molished and that there has been much
! looting Of mission property.
WORD FROM HART.
LONDON, Aug. 1S. $3.50 a. m.-'The
sooner we can be got out of this, the bet
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