Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-23

theories. one OF them lH lhdl llr ot-
cepuon was practiced by the Tsung III
Yamen itself SulI another Is that IL
cmauatcd from "a nigh Chinese Official
"a man holding a position Ike that of
sheng or Prince Tuan. the latter being
at the head of the anti-foreign element
and at last accounts connected with The
Tsung Ii Yamen
HAY ASKS MOTIVE.
Notwithstanding this flood OF doubt
from foreign official quarters. the state
department has not varied lbs position
AS 90 the authenticity of the message
Secretary Hays position being now, as
IL always has been that there is pos
sibillty that a fraud may have been
perTetrated. But as against this Ie-
mote possibility Mr. Hay feels that
there is absolutely mo- motive for the
Preparation of such monsuous dee
cepu0n The Washington government
is mistaken therefore. in It's position
on the message while the rest of the
world has made it known 90 this gov
eminent thar this message is not ace
cepted as coming from Conger on the
18TH inst
THE CHINESE APPEAL.
Concerning the proposition Of media
ton made Go the United states 10y CHI
ma. the state department was not pre-
pared today 90 make any statement
10 was surmised that Mr. Hay was en-
gagged IN considering the governments
answer, which probably would be- de-
nyered Co Minister Wa later but no
statement as 90 the course of procedure
could be obtained Ia any Official quar-
ter
AS communication will be required be-
tween Washington and the President,
10 Is hardly likely that the answer viii
be forthcoming at once Both the
state department and Chinese officials
took occasion early 10 the day t0 deny
a report that plans Were on foot toward
the delivery of Minister C0neer by the
Chinese authorities to Admiral Remey
az Tien 1sn.
4. S. STILL PUSHING
There Is reason 20 believe that the
government Is again using every effort
90 secure communication with Minister
C0nger and this time To- get an answer
from our minister which viii be So con-
elusive as TO remove a shadow OF doubt.
ln this connection II was reported today
that Minister Wa yesterday sent an
other cipher cable dispatch TO Minister
Conger, but there IS a strong disin-
ClInauon In official circles % discuss the
various steps being taken, while they
are still In an inconcusive form.
BRITISH UNBELrEF
London. July 22.-In the house OF
commons today the parliamentary sec
Rotary Of the foreign office Mr. VIM st.
John Br0dCrick, made certain state
ments with regard 20 the safety OF the
legations az Pekin and said the Chinese
minister declared them TO be unframed.
MT Frederick read the text of the sew
eral edicts of July Is. commenting on
Minister COngcrs dispatch 90 the de-
partment OF state OF the United States.
Mr. BroderiCk said that though the
dispatch was the same date as the
elict of assurance OF safety the lat
ter was not borne out by Mr.. Conger.
Consul Warren had telegraphed TO the
governor OF shan Tung Co know how
a message from Pekin reached him In
two days and why there was no mes
sage from their foreign minister Sir
Claude Macdonald.
NAV LLtEJ lOb FAST.
The governor had replied that the
United States minister's message was
sent by the Tsung IL Yamen by a mes
senGer travelling 600 leagues, roughly
200 miles q day. 81 assure you" the
governor Of Shan Tung had added.
there Is ~ telegraphc communication.
J cannot explain why Macdonald has
not telegraphed but / beg you not to be
anxious about the ministers for they
and the others are an living and UNI
harmed. OF this I have already had
several reliable messages"
IL might be Ills" instead Of leagues"
A u Is one-third Of a mile.
MT Broderlck continued: Seeing
that over a month has elapsed since
any communication has reached the
government from the British legation
and the Tsung Vi Yamen Is in communi.
cation boy messenger with various Chin-
esa authorities her maiesty's govern
ment feel they cannot give credcnce 10
any statement on 10 any DEGREES at
trbuted 20 the emperor or Chinese gov.
eminent until they are fortified by let
tiers signed and dated by Sir Claude
Macdonald or other British officials or
by some cablesram in our cipher
TRANSMITTING THE EDICT
According to the translation read by
Mr. Frederick, the imperial edict Is as
follows;
In Tho Confuclan philosophy. IN the
spring and autumn q Is written. envoy
should not Doe Killed. How. then can IL
be supposed the thrones policy Is 10
conn.va at allowing troops and people
90 vent their wrath on foreign minis
tcfs2'
the edict then gives the assurance al
ready made unto the public.
IN The house of C0mmons the score
tary O; state Tor India Lord George
Hamilton. announced that the Mahara-
iarah Of Ualhier would afford the gov
eminent a fully equipped hospital shin
upon which Il Is proposed 10 spend
twenty lakhs OF rupees for service In
China as a mark OF loyalty to the
queen. The OFFER was accented
Lord George Hamilton also testified
10 the governments appreciation OF
those who are sending tho Maine to