The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-11
TO PRESS ON TO PEKIN.
Washington Convinced This the Only
Thing to Do Mt Present.

Washington, Aug. 1O.-In the light o.
the latest dispatch from Minister Con
ger received by the state department,
through Minister WI to-day the atti.
tude of the administration is that there
is but one thing to be done in the pres
ent circumstances, namely, to press or
to the relief of the besieged garrison at
Pekin. This was made known after ex-
tended communications between Wash
ington and the president in Canton, o.
The Conger dispatch was accepted as
showing conclusive justification for the
imperative demand Of the United States
sent to the Chinese government on
Wednesday night insisting that the i'm
perial troops cooperate with the inter-
national forces in the rescue of the min
listers, and until this condition, as well
as that for the cessation of lombard
ment, is fully conceded by China, there
is no other course open but to press
steadily onward in the mission of re-
lief.
The Conger dispatch was received be
fore daylight at the Chinese legation,
and as soon as the official day opened
Minister WI presented it to Acting Sec
retary Adee at the state department.
1t was in the American cipher and was
found to be an identical note with that
of the other ministers at Pekin Chat of
the French minister M. Pichon, already
having appeared), with the additional
fact that seven members of the Ameri-
can guard had been killed and sixteen
wounded. (The text of the message as
given out by the state department is
printed In full elsewhere in this paper.)
discussion with the president led
to the determination to reply to the
Conger message at once, and accord
ingly Secretary Root and Acting Secre-
tary Adee conferred on the terms of
this reply. The text was ready by
o'clock and it was forwarded late in the
day. 1t was announced officially and
positively that this message would not
be made public either in whole or in
substance. 1t was made plain. how
ever, that the message was sufficiently
guarded as not to further increase the
jeopardy of our minister in case the
Chinese have access to our cipher. AS
to the terms of the message, they are
believed to make plain that this gov
ernment will not advise, much less di-
rect that Mr. Conger leave Pekin under
StH1nGSe ESCORT WHeI IIlC illl1llSttl Has
advised Washington that this would
mean certain death. Moreover the re-
ply doubtless lets the minister know
that there is an unaccountable error in
the statement of the Chinese govern
ment as conveyed to him through the
Tsung- Li-Yamen that the foreign gov
ernments had urged repeatedly that the
ministers be sent out Of Pekin under
suitable escort. This clause, contained
in Mr.. Conger's latest dispatch, clearly
shows that the Chinese government is
leading him to believe that it is the
wish of Washington that he leave un-
der a Chinese escort, whereas the Unit
ed States government never has enter
tanned for a moment the idea of having
the minister set out on the dangerous
pilgrimage from Pelxin to the coast un-
der Chinese protection.
There is no probability that the at I
tention of the Chinese government will |
be directed to its apparent double deal
ing as indicated by the Conger dispatch. !
This government has transmitted to the !
o. her powers iterested the note to the /
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