The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-26
ADVANCE TO pEKIN

ADVANCE TO PEKlN
Being Prepared by General Chafee
and AL is Hurry and Bustle In
Army and Naval Circles.
WASHINGTON. July :5.-The receipt
at Tien Tsin Of an undoubtedly genuine
and autographic message from Minister
Conger, has done nothing TO disstpate
the doubt as to the situation nj Pekln.
The message which was forwarded by.
the naval officers AZ ,Tien Tsin, Taku
and Che Foo. has, Indeed. served only
to deepen the darkest and saddest niys.
tery Of the century. The official con-
clusion remains unchanged, Of course,
but 1t is admitted that careful scruti-
ny OF the autograph message In com
parison with the famous cipher mes
sage were indited by Mr.. Conger at
about the same time. The situation at
the British legation Is represented to be
the same IN each case, and as Mr.. Con !.
ger declaree that relief must come
| quickly if at ali, there Is ground for tbs.
supposition that cond!tiore could not
long have remained unchanged IN such
u crisis. The assumption that this rea-
soning Is Correct involves the fur;htS
conclusion that Mr.. Consrr',; r,phes
message, If genuine. was re-dnted as OF
the 18th OF July. tive weeks later than.
the date OF actual writing. and OK
course. II re-dated ut all that was done
BY Chinese officials. On the other hand,
and IN support of the sta:e department
position. came to-day 4 message from
another OF the Sreat Chinese viccroys
TAX, at Canton, he who took charge af-
ter Li'Hung Changs departure.
Safety of the Legations.
This also affirmed soiemnly the safe
ty OF the lega,ioners and coming from
so many different sources this from
such Important Chinese officials, the
dispatches do claim attention. A pessi-
mistic View OF them. however. attrib-
utes 10 all common origin. namely
some one high Chinese parsonage at
Pekin. 1t is noted that Talks assurance
brings the ministers ono day further
towards ultimate rescue than has any
preceding message. The fact thnt 1t al
lows only three days to cover the trans
mission over the great distance between
Pekin and Canton. has attracted attan-
t,H
PLANTATION, II the message Is to be ac-
cepted as genuinely OF Pek!n origin.
1t was not known to the state depart
ment until the publication OF the fact In
the news dispatches that the French
government also had been addressed by
the Chinese government In the effort 10
secure mediation, Now It appears tina.
still Other powers were addressed In
similar strain. 1t Is known that Grca:
Britain and Germany and probably
Russia have received such messages.
The language Is not the same. but the
animatins idea is.
Mediation Pure and Simple.
The state department officials feel
that generally speaking this idea Is not
80 much to secure mediation pure and
simple, as TO induce the powers to re-
sort to the settlement OF the difficulties
between them and China by the SUBJ
stitution OF the negotiations for armed
forces. This appears more clearly
from q comparison OF the various notes
than 1t did In the single note addressed
10 the President. Being so the chances
Of successful outcome OF this attempt
Of the Chinese government TO SECURE an
amel!oration OF the consequences Of the
boxer uprising are much diminished by
the lntimation that, the powers are en-
pected to refrain from pressing the
movement towards Pekin.
On the contrary. the United States
war department Is moving at present
with greater energy than at any time
since the original orders for troops to
get its contingent In position for the
task before It,
Tho Generals Report
General Chaffcc reported to the de-
partment formally to-day from Naga-
sakl and there received the orders
which have been sent by cable since his
departure from San Francisco. An
idea OF their general character can be
gathered from the generals report that
he was about to push forward at once
with his big transport for Tulu. He
VIII not even stop at Che Foo, and It Is
even doubtful whether he viii dptain
the Grant nt Nagasaki long enough to
take on conl. Hc Is also eaergeticaHy
linking steps in advance to meet tho evil
OF which all the foreign naval COM
mandcrs have complained. but none
have rcmed!ed tho lack of landing tacI: