The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-17

acting Secretary Adee, of the State De-
p&ytment, stated today that he was firmly
convinced that the despatch announcing
the relief of Pekin, as printed in the 10:15
a. m edition of The Times, is fact. He
| awaited some official confirmation of the
| news all morning and expects to receive
| a despatch from China setting forth the
! details OF the relief before night.
I have expected this for some time, .
said he this morning. land am as certain
! that it is fact as though l had already re-
ceived confirmation To my mind there
| can be no doubt about the truthfulness Of
| the message sent by the German Consul at
| Shanghai: in fact, this is the one press
| despatch under a Shanghai date which I
j have not received with reserve. As soon
as any official confirmation is received /
will give it oat. expect something be
fore tonight
! There is no doubt expressed by the other
department officials as to the truthfulness
of the despatch. and the news was received
with great pleasure
Awaiting Official Dispatches.
The receipt of a despatch from Conger
or Chafee is awaited with calmness and
without anxiety by the heads of the Gov
ernment. They feel that the crisis has
/ been passed in safety and that the be-
leaguered foreigners are already in thz
! hands of the allies
The press dispatches from Berlin and
LoEdon conformed so closely with the ex-
! pectatiors of the officials that no doubt of
/ their truthfulnsss arose.
The long strain OF the past Two months
| in which every effort has been made to
relieve The Legations was felt TO be eaded
and the climax of the most astounding in
cident of the century had been reached.
! There was little enthusiastic demo1-
! stration among the heads of the depart
J ments. For the past four days the opin-
/ ion had steadily grown that the relief OF
! the ministers was assured. As a ccnse-
| queuce. the knowledge that the advance OF
! the allies had proved successful was dis
counted by the confident expectation of t5e
! past few days 1t was with quiet and
complete happiness, therefore, rather than
with sudden and enthusiastic Joy, that the
officials this morning received confirmation
of the legations reliet
Waiting for Further News.
When formal notice from Chahee or
Conger comes, as it is expected to come
at any moment, il will be received merely
as most welcome confirmation of facts al
ready assured
The relief of the ministers doubtless
took place Tuesday. Wednesday. or Thurs
day of this week said high official of
the State Department, who heretofore had
decl:ned to discuss the situation The
marvellous advance of the allies who were
in Tung-Chow on Sunday, leaves little
doubt that they were al the relief Of the
ministers not later than the 10th instant.
We can as yet only conjecture how the
relief was accomplished. have no doubt,
however, that when the foreign troops
with Chafee reached the walls of the capi-
tai and the Chinese saw that an attack
would be commenced at once. they opened
communication with the commanders offer
ing to turn over the ministers to them
in safety. Such proposals, it is safe TO say.
would be followed by the demand of the
allies that party Of foreign troops be
allowed to enter Pekin TO bring out the
ministers and their households in safety.
We can rest assured that the Chinese
rather than to suffer an attack on the
capital, which they dread above all things,
would readily consent.
ITO say who would form the party en-
tering Pekin would be purely matter of
conjecture. but we can imagine the eager
rivalry among the soldiers in the little col
umn for the honor of having part in the
entrance into the city. "ss
The British Legation, where the for
eigners have been stopping. is in the
southern part of the Tartar City close un-
der the massive walls of the Chinese sec
tion- 1t is from that wall that the bonn
bardment of the ministers by hordes of
Boxers has taken place.
'sIt is possible that the allies may have
entered through the gates of the Tartar
city 10 reach the foreigners, but it is more
probable that they went through the Chi
nese section and then into the Tartar city.
To bring forth the beleaguered foreign
ers through such a bowling mob as must
now be in Pekin will be no easy task and
a large force OF the allies must be en-
ployed. It seems certain that there are
now no regular tr;sned Chinese troops in
the capital. The only disciplined force
which we know has been there was the
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