Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-25
THE APPEAL AND ANSWER.
chna's ImpIoring Message to Pres. Mckinley
and What He Replied.

Washington. July 24-The depart
ment of state made public the Chinese
appeal for mediation and the Presidents
reply; Minister WI brought to the de-
partmcnt a copy of the identical tele-
gram sent ont by Sheng to the powers
repeating the Chinese assurance of the
safety of The legationers up to the 18th
inst; and finally Special Commissioner
Rockhill returned to Washington and
began to prepare for his journey to
China. Such We're the developments of
the morning SO far as China was con-
cerned.
The Sheng telegram was made public
at the state department in the follow
ing statement:
Minister WI visited the state de-
partment. this morning July pa. and
handed to the acting secretary of state
the following text of Il cable message.
explaining that it was a cablegram
from Director General Sheng at Shang-
hal. dated July %. 1900. to the Chinese
minister at London. by whom ii had
been re-transmitted to Minister WI
ana received by the latter on the night
of the same day.
News from Pekin of 22d day of
sixth moon corresponding to July IS,
says Wen Jul, by direction of Tsung
Ii Ylmen. went to see the various for
eign ministers and found not one of
them harmed. Jung Lu proposes TO
memoriaiZe imperial government to
supply them with provisions at once,
and then devise plan to detail troops
to escort them to Tien Tsin.'
The following is the correspondence
in full:
Translation of cablegram received
by Minister WI on July Goth, 1900, from
the taotai of Shanghai. dated July 10Th,
1900:
Have received a telegram from Gov.
China nothing but what is just and
equitable. The purpose for which we
landed troops in China was the rescue
of our legation from grave danger and
the protection of the lives and proper
ty of Americans who We're sojourning
in China in the enjoyment Of rights
guaranteed them by treaty and by in
| ternatOnal law. The same purposes
are publicly declared by all the powers
which have landed military forces in
| Your Majesty's empire.
| l am to infer from Your Maiesty's
| letter that the malefactors who have
disturbed the peace of China. who have
murdered the minister of Germany and
member Of the japanese legation.
and who now hold besieged in Pekin
these foreign diplomatists who still
| survive have not only not received
any favor of encourageme from
| Your Majesty. but are actually in re
bellon against the imperial authority
! ha he I al ~,
urge upon Your Majesty's government
to give public assurance whether the
foreign ministers are alive. and, if so.
in what condition.
Yuan (of Shang -Tung). dated 23rd day
of this moon July 18th. who. having
received from the privy council cat Pc
kim dispatch embodying an imperial
letter To the President of the United
States has instructed me to transmit
to your excellency. The imperial mes
sage is respectfully transmitted as
follows:
His Excelency the President of the
3 United States:
| Greeting.
China has long maintained friendly
relations With the United States and
is deeply conscious that the object of
the United States is international COM
merce. Neither country entertains the
least suspicion or distrust toward the
, other. Recent outbreaks of mutual an
tipathy between the people and Chris
tan missions caused the foreign pow
ers to view with suspicion the position
of the imperial government as favor
able to the people and prejudcial to
the missions. with the result that the
Taku forts We're attacked and captured.
Consequently there has been clashing of
the forces with calamitous conse-
quences. The situation has become
more and more serious and critical.
We have just received a telegraphic
memorial from our envoy WI Ting
Fang; and it is highly gratifying to