The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-10
N kinney At TIE CAPITAL
PRESIDENT AT A CABINET DISCUS
SION OF CHINESE
AFFAIRS
EMPERoR's RETURN TO PEKIN
Mr.. Wu Says 1t May Be Brought
About by the Powers Giving
Proper Assurances-Day in
the Supreme Court.

! WASHINGTON, Oct. 9-The president
! and Mrs. Mckinley, accompanied by Sec
rotary Cortelyou and the family ser
wants, arrived here at 7:45 this morning
! from Canton. The president and Mrs.
| Mckinley will remain in Washington
until about the 22d or 29d of the
! month, when he will again go to Can
/ ton, to remain until after the election.
! Soon after 10 o'clock the president sent
out a call for a meeting of the cabinet
at II o'clock today.
The cabinet meeting today, which oc
| cupied about two and a half hours, was
devoted almost exclusively to discus
! sion OF the Chinese situation. Special
| consideration was given to the French
note, and it is understood that more or
! less definite conclusion was reached as
to the nature of the reply which will be
made by this government, but 1t has not
| yet been put in diplomatic form. Its
purport will not be made public for the
present. 1t developed tolay that Mr..
! Conger, in compliance with a suggestion
/ from Secretary Hay, had submitted to
the state department a list of ten or
/ twelve names Of Chinese officials who
were prominent in the Boxer movement
against the foreigners, and in a great
measure were responsible for the assaults
upon the legations in Pekin. These off,
Gals, Mr.. Conger believes, should be in
! Guided with Prince Tuan and others in
any punishment which are to be inflicted
upon those who took a prominent part
| in the Pekin outrages. 1t is not unlikely
| that the position of this government, In
| regard to the punishment of these OIL
Gals, will be stated in reply to the French
| note.
Neither automatically nor from a mil
itary point of view has there been any
change in the Chinese situation here
since the reception of the French notes.
! 1t is conceded that the failure of the eff
fort to induce the Chinese court to re-
turn to Pekin has done much to retard
| the peace negotiations, although these
are still possible if the authority con-
l ferred upon Ii Hung Chang is sufficient
/ Gen. Chaffee was to execute the pro-
gramme for the withdrawal Of the mill
tary forces already outlined, and he has
| notified the war department that he will
have all of his men, except the legation
guard, out of China inside of fortnight
! The American troops will take no fur
! Their part in any military operations in
| China unless they are attacked, which
| is not believed to be probable. The Off
Gals do not credit the Russian admirars
report that they participated in the TAX
ing OF Shan-Hai-Kwan, as the sense of
Gen. Chaffee's orders was directly con-
trary to such participation.
EMPEROR'S RETURN TO PEKIN
The Chinese m mister said today that II
the powers regarded it as essential that
| the emperor and empress dowager should
return to Pekin, he was quite confident
this could be brought about, first by Civ
ing positive assurances for the personal
| safety Of their majesties, and then, as
| plain evidence of this assurance, direct
ing that the bulk of the allied forces now
! at Pekin be withdrawn to Tien Tsin,
| Yang Tsun, or some other point, leaving
| only few hundred troops at Pekin as a
| guard. MIR. Wu's statement was brought
out by the announcement he conveyed to
the state department yesterday, that the
imperial family had postponed their re-
! turn TO Pekin because of the presence
there of the allied forces, and by the re-
! gretS over this announcement, both
among officials at Washington and at
foreign capitals.
! Minister WI was asked what steps could
be taken to bring about their return to
Pekin.
"It seems to me- he said, chat the
most natural course would be to remove
the conditions which stand in the way of
| their return. Any fears they may en-
terrain would be overcome very largely
| by strong assurances from the powers of
| the personal safety of their maiesties
Then, as a clear evidence to them that
this safety was assured, the foreign
| forces should be withdrawn from the
capital, say to Tien Tsin If Tien Tsin
is too far then Yang-Tsun might be
desirable point to garrison with the al
lied forces. 1 have no doubt the return
of the emperor and empress dowager to
the capital would speedily follow
M. Theibaut, the French charge d af-
flares, called on Secretary Hay late in
the day, but learned that final action had
| not yet been taken on the French note,
and it would be some days before the re-
Spouse would be ready. The constitu-
tional questions involved require further
time for consideration
In a high diplomatic quarter the sugges-
ton was made today that the powers
send special envoy to Signan Flu, the
new abode of the imperial family with
a collective note urging the return of the
emperor to Pekin and giving guaran-
tees for the personal safety of the i'm
perial household Such an envoy it was
said, could accomplish much more tnan
the circuitous negotiations through Chi
nese officials. The suggestion also was
made that Chan Chi Tung, the viceroy
| of one of the Southern provinces. would
be well qualified to execute such a
mission, if the powers could be brought
together In a collective request.
MOTION IN NEELY CASE.
In the supreme court today, Assistant
Attorney General Maurey, for the gov
eminent, moved to advance the Nelly
extradition case and announced that he
had received a telegram from the coun-
ell, stating there would be no objection to
this course. The date that will be set
for this case has not yet been determined
The court announced that it would hear
oral arguments in the Chicago Drainage
Canal case on Nov. r. This suit involves
the state of Missouri, against the state
of Illinois and the Chicago drainage COM
mission, the contention being that the
Chicago drainage canal from Lake Michi-