The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-21
THE C0NGER CABLE.
II Fails to Carry Conviction to the
Press or Public Of England.
CHINESE JUGGLERY SUSPECTED
If Reply We're Genuine 1t Would Have
Gone More Fully into Details.
PRESS SEES MUCH TROUBLE AHEAD.
Men Who Would Order q Russian City Tern
Down Would Dare Anything.
| PLOT HAS COVERED THE WHOLE EMPIRE
Empress Dowsger ms Well as Prince
| Tuan Envors an Extirpntion of
All Foreigners.
If Reply We're Genuine It Would Have
Gone More Fully into Details.
PRESS SEES MUCH TROUBLE AHEAD.
Men Who Would Order Russian City Tern
Down Would Dare Anything.
PLOT HAS COVERED THE WHOLE EMPIRE
Empress DowsRer as Well as Prince
Tuan Fnyors an Extirpntion of
All Foreigners.

London, July q, a. m.-The Copger
dispatch fails to carry conviction to either
the British press or public. Its genuine
ness 10 not disputed, for, as is pointed out
here, the Chinese must possess quite a
sheat Of such messages which the min
listers fruitlessly underworld to get trans
mitted, from which they could easily Sc
lect non committsl dispatch to serve
the required purpose 1t is supposed that
Mir Conger omitted to destroy the cipher
code and that this is now in the possession
Of the Chinese, in which event the ielsc-
tlcn or connection Of the dispatch would
not be difficult. 1t is argued that the dis
patch, if it were genuine reply to the
Inquiries Of the American government,
would go into details, A slight ray of hope
Is admitted in the fact that both Mr.. and
Mrs Conger are known to have been on
/ very friendly terms with the empress
dowagor but The universal opinion here
is hat il the dispatch is genuine the date
is fal iGed
( The bare possibility that the news of tue
massacre was premature, however. has
had its effect and the government has
issued semi-official disclaimer OF re-
sp5nsibility Tor the proposed memorial
service in ST. Paury cathedral. while thu
newspapers are calling Tor the pos tpone-
ment OF the service until all doubts arc
set at rest The Spectator says: 1T
matters nothing Whether the empress
doWnger or Prince Tuan is The reigniug
monarch. Both are devoted to the eX-
tirpation OF foreigners and not one OF the
ylceruys Will dare oppose the anLl-tore On
policy.
'lhe plot has covered the whole empire.
Men who have dared 10 order q Russian
city upon Russian ground to be torn down
: Will dare any tnlng. Within month tne
SIcerOys OF the coast TOWNS will have
thrown OIL the MASK aad the only sac
pbncc Tor Europeans VIII be on shpooard.
Europe has terrible task VINO Nouia
have dreamed STA monlns ago taat tVr
} 10000 regulars to take Tieu Tsn would
be q dlnicult taskl"
The Daily IGlegraph in an editorial con-
graduating the Washington government
upon ms energy Gays; Unless the powers
are olplble of responding Immediately 20
Nh Hays appeal by oraering their dntlI
forces to face and risk all for az .mno-
diate advance, the days not only OF old
chiialry, but OF modern humanity, are
dead together"
Sir Halliday McCarty. counsellor and
English secretary TO the Chinese leSa ion
in London, who was interviewed yeSter-
day admitted that the legation was IN re-
ccipt OF news which II was not aole to Us
close. He added You may take 1t b At
~ july is. the date OF the Conger 4e :
cage, all the legations and Europeans n
Pekin were safe ! can not SLY why ths
other ministers are not able TO communl-
cafe with their governments, but thsrs ,
no reason why they should not use the
same channel as Mr.. Conger has employed.
perhaps a supreme effort was made for
Mr.. Congers message and possibly the
Chinese do not realize the anxiety EXIST
ing In Europe
Dispatches from Yokohama announce
that another division of japanese troops
is embarking for China, accompanied by
siege train for the reduction of Pekin.
The Shanghai correspondent OF the
Daily Mail asserts that Emperor Kwans
Hsu Geographical the mikado an express
sion OF regret for the murder OF the
Japanese chancellor OF legation, sugisina
Akira and pointed out that the commu-
nifty OF interests between China and Japan
in the East against Western powers should
lead the Japanese emperor to make COM
mon Cause with China and to assist in
:. the restoration OF peace. The mikaon.
according to the correspondent, replied
that the action Of the instruction was
in complete violation of international law
and the murder of Baron Won Ketteler was
grlevtous offense. The inikado added
that the Chinese government should sup
press the disorders and rescue the MIN
listers thus disarming the hostllities OF
, Europe. His majesty's dipatch concluded
thus:
Japan is cordially friendly and Is only
| sending troops to rescue the foreigners
in Pekin and to restore order. She mas
Y no Interior objects hostile 20 China; and
, II proper measures are taken, she y
6 prepared TO use her influence TO conservs
the interests of the Celestial empire.
a The Shanghai correspondent OF the
n Times says he learns on good arthoriIy
. that Ia Hung Chang has Undertaken 20