Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-20
CHINA SUES E0RPLA|||CE |||C
II Hung Chang Asks United States
to Appoint Conger as q
Commissioner.
The Other Powers Also Requested
to Appoint q Suitable Rep
resentative.
No Conditions Asked and Peace
at Any Price is Eagerly
Sought.

Sought.
Washington, Aug. 2O.:-The Chinese
government, thru Lii Hung Chang has
made application to the United States
for the appointment of Conger, or some
other American official, with authority
to open negotiations for the establish
ment Of peace and so fixing definite
terms for settlement of the present
trouble The application came to the
Chinese minister today and was taken
by him to the state department.
Ii Hung Chang's application for the
appointment OF peace commissioner
q expresses a willingness to conduct ne
gotiations at any point desired by the
powers and 1t is expected that this viii
Y be at Pekin or Tien Tsin. Similar appli-s
cations have been made by Earl Ii to
all the powers interested. His sugges-
tion of Minister Conger as American
commissioner is based on the idea that
as Minister Conger is rescued he now
has elllG 3OpPCi pAOSSHN " =
point where the negotiations will be
held and conduct them. The applica-
ton does not suggest any particular
terms nor does it ask for the with
drawal OF the troops. He requests that
the nominations shall be for the pur-i
pose of bringing about a cessation of.
hostilities.
Washington, Aug. 2O.-From reports
received from Gen. Chaffee and Admiral
Remey it is shown that the allies occu-
pyathe northern or Tartar city in Pekin,
and have been trying to force the Inner
q or forbidden city.
In this the troops are meeting with
much resistance Gen. Chaffee's dis
patch, reviewed shortly after noon yes
terday. says:
Che Foo, Aug. IA Adjutant General,
Agasaington-Pekin Aug. 15.--- We en-
tered legation grounds at . o'clock last
night with Fourteenth and light bat
terry. Eight wounded during days fight
Ing; otherwise all Well.
I. ".cEAFFEE'' ''
War department officials are inclined
TO think the date, Aug. 10, is an error in
Transmission, aa all previous accounts
agree that Pekn Was captured on the
evening of the 18th.
Admiral Remey tells about receiving
this word from Ghaffee, and also gives
news about the attack on the innerScity.
He says this news comes from Japanese
couriers. The admiral's message fol-
lows:
Che Foo (no date )-Bureau Naviga-
ton, Washing ton--Taku, 1S.-'Telegraph
line to Pekin interrupted. Information
Japanese sources, empress, dowager de-
taIned by Prince Yungedo. inner city,
which is being bomDarded By allies
Chaffee reports entered legation grounds
evening 18th. Eight wounded during
days fighting; otherwise all We'll.
..RENIEY."
Heretofore all news emanating from
Japanese sources has been found TO bt
truthful, and there is a disposition here
TO believe the information conveyed bs
Admiral Remey as to the attack upor
the prohibited city by the allies.
But in the face of this belief isa dec
laration by Minister Wu that he re
ceived message to the effect that TIL;
empress dowager and her court had tlet
from PekinS to the north.
Minister WI says 1T is a mistake t,
think the allies are attacking the inne,
city with the idea OF capturing the higf
and royal personages, for. he thinks the.
would know of the movement of the EN-
press Well enough to regard such at
tacls as unpromislng OF the results de
eired.
BE that as IT may. the report that tn
empress has fled is not founded on suf
flciently well-based grounds to max
Admiral Remeys information entirel,
untrust worthy.
The Chinese. it can be understood
prefer to let it be known thatsthe rule
of China is not where she is supposed t
be go that the allied army might no
storm the royal palaces and temples.
In endeayoring to prevent such
bombardment the orientals would nat
urally go as far as to get information t
their ministers thruout the world con
veying the news they wished to dissem
mate.
They are again, 1t would appear, de
pending on deceit to save themselve
from further attacks from the allies.
The Tartar city is really the import
ant portion of Pekin. and the other pol
ton, called the Chinese city, is some
what separated from the former.
The Tartar city consists of three in
closures, one within the other, and eac
surrounded by its own walls.
The innermost is the prohibited or fol
bldden city, which contains the imperi,
palace and its outlying buildings; tn
second city is given over to governner
officials. and the third is the bushes
part OF the place.
The second division is sometime
called the imperial city, and is marke
20 on maps of Pekin. but 1t is show
to contain the forbidden city, which
an Identical part in itself.
The legations where the allies are er
camped stand directly south and ada
cent to the walls Of the second cit,
There 10 q walled exit from the forbit
den city that extends out alongside
The legations and ends with the gate
Great Purity. ST
II 10 thru this gate that foreigner
have lat Within the last few years
been admitted dnto the inner and sacre
precincts Of the royal dwellings.
The allieG army, therefore, 10 In
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