The sun., 1900-08-04
LII Hung Chang Declares ENJOYS
Will be Killed if The
March Continues.
ADVANCE COLUMN In FIGHT
Consul Fowler Reports That He
Has Obtained the Original of
the Famous Conger Dis
patch and Believes it
Genuine. Anarchy
in Peking.

Washington, Aug. 3.-The state de-
partment makes public the following tel
egrams received Aug. 3 from the consul
general at Shanghai and the consul at
Chefu:
Shanghai, Aug. 3.-Americans left
Chunking yesterday. Ii told French
consul today no messages will be deliv-
cred ministers because foreigners adj
vancing on Picking. Two proforeign
members Of the tsung-li-yamen beheaded
9th for urging preservation ministers by
III Ping Hang, now commanding troops
Peliing. He ordered pao-'ring massa-
ere. GGoDNoW.'
"Chefu, Aug. 2.--Just received tele-
gram from governor OF Shangtllng re-
questing me to transmit to you the fol
lowing from him:
"'Have Just received kilograms dated
July 80, tsung-li-yanen, stating various
ministers. the German legation and 9TH
ers (foreignersl all well; not in distress.
Provisions We're repeatedly sent. Rela-
tions most friendly Now comforting as
to proper measures to protect various
ministers to Tien-tsin for temporary shell
ter which conference will soon be ended
'FowLER."
Bad news has come from Admiral Re-
mey in a report indicating that serious
resistance has developed to the progress
of the peking relief column. His nd
vice confirms the opinion of the experts
here as to the fights already reported
near Tien-tsin being nothing more than
the result of "Reminiscences. Still a
scouting party 500 strong is no inconsid-
cradle force, and the fact that the Jap
anese suffered severely is regarded here
as proof positive that the relief column
will have some lively fighting ahead.
Remey's Dispatch.
Admiral Remey's dispatch is as fol
lows:
"Chaffee reports that 500 Japanese
scouting toward Peitang lost 3 men Kill
ed, - wounded. Enemy III trenches and
loopholpd houses"
y feeling akin To Indignation was OK.
cited here by Il press report from Tim
tsin OF the apparent Indifference OF the
commanders there to the critical state af
the logatinneis 1T Pciing. The war d.
pittncat officials nre satisfied that Ehaf-
foe. IT least, Is blnmeeSs. for hc nm
douatedly is exercising all Of his intlu-
tnce with the other commanders to get
the column in motion. Meanwhile the
sharp check received by The Japaneae
scout ng party IL All Indication of what lie
rtrttc eLunce Of pushing forward alone
Secretary Hay and Minister WI added
another score to their credit when dis
patch came from United States Consul
Fowler at Chcfu apparently removing all
doubt as to the authenticity of the fu-
nous cipher Conger dispatch. In CON
nection with this the state department is
sued the following:
THE state department has received a
dispatch from Mr.. Fowler, consul at
Chefu, dated Mt night on the 2d of Au-
gust, stating that when he learned from
the Shanghai papers that doubts were
entertained of the genuineness of the
Conger cipher telegram he wired on the
9th to the governor of Shangtung to
send him the original by courier. The
governor at once complied with his re-
quest, sending a special postman, who,
by travelling night and day for five days.
made the journey which in ordinary times
would have required II days.
He delivered TO Mr.. Fowler the orig
inal of the Conger cipher dispatch. 1t is
signed by Mr.. Conger and dated the nth
of July. 1t is precisely the same as the
message received at the state depart
ment, with several words prehxed which
came in an unntelleible form to the Chi
nesc legation here. The dispatch in its
FoHlUlete loTil says tHht the members of
the American legation had been hesieged
for month in the British legation. Mr.
Fowler has no doubt of the genuineness
of the dispatch"
Some Interesting Facts
Some interesting facts connected with
the original cipher message have been
brought to light by Mr.. Fowler's report.
1t appears that when Minister WI re-
!. ceiyed the cipher message on the 21st
= uit. he found that il contained a cipher |
within cipher. The governor of SAans-
tung. Yuan, transmitted with the mes
sage a message from the tsuns-i-yamei. |
which, in turn, transmitted Mr.. Congcr's
messag.. The latter was in the state de- |
partment cipher; the former in the Chi |
nesc official cipher.
When Mr. WI. in deciphering the mes.
sage, reached the end Of the tsung-li-ya- |
mems message of transmittal. he vas un /
aware of that fact and Thought that the |
several groups of figures follnwin. were
portion of the tsung-i-yam@n's mes
si'ga. As matter Of luct. they We're thu
it.al words of Mi. Congcr's ge an9 |
Il ey were nudgciphe,ahlc by Mr.. WI he
cause they were in tie state departtann.
q her Instead of beginning, "In BRITISH
l@s4tian." etc. Mr.. Conger's niessage
rta. r heean. we have been for nionh
III TIE British legatian," etc.
AHi5her fact d,ttlaEcd l.. that ;l;e ~ =