The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-08-03
A Message From Conger Of That
Date Comes to Hand.
FOREIGN POWERS GENERALLY
DOUBT ITS AUTHENTICITY
Severe Fighting At Tien -Tsin - Allies Lose
One Hundred Men-Chinese
Gunnery.

vent any Power but herself from proceed
ing to Picking In s',fIi, icnt for to he eff
fective and to proc IRE for herself sole oc-
cupation, either AZ conquerOr OF peace
maker.
Special dispatches received here today
frt m Berlin counieract the replies OF
President Mckinley and the German Min
ister of Foreign Affairs, Count Won Bue
low, TO the Chinese tmperors appeal,
from the standpoint obtaining nj Berlin,
that the object of u Chinese assurances
s to gain time for military preparations
and undermine the unity of the Powers
Z he Morrfing POSTS f'erlin correspondent
asserts that the attitude OF the United
States Government il regarded as "A de
cided triumph for Chinese diplomacy,
while the Daily News says the attitude Of
the Washington authorities is regarded IN
Berlin az a regrettahle affair. Similarly
the London morning papers regret that
the President OF the United States has
taken a line that can hardly rail to en-
courage the Chinese to further duplic-
ity."
The Pail Mall Gazette says: surely
this Is not the tine for amicable tea
table talk about settlements. President
Mckinley has merely succeeded In con-
veying the impression to Picking that the
United States will enter half-heartedly
into campaign Of reprisals. His exu-
berant courtesy may not however. have
much bad result. az Generals must soon
take the conduct of affairs out of politi-
cal hands,
The British Premier and Minister of
Foreign Affairs. Lord Salisbury. today
notified the United States Ambassador
here, Mr.. Joseph H. Choate, that 1t was
impossible to accept the evidence SO far
submitted by the Chinese or that trans-
mitted by the United States regarding the
Sc fety of the foreign Ministers at Picking,
ard that until their safety was fully es-
tahlished the British Government would
be unable to discuss any question of me-
diation or kindred matters.
WASHINGTON, July 25.--The message
from Minister Conger which came over
the wires from Captain Thomas was the
first communication of unquestionable
authenticity which has been received from
the American Minister at Picking since
his urgent appeal for help of June 18th
II establishes clearly the fact that the
American Minister and probably the 9TH
err Legationers We're alive on July 4th,
though in sore straits. Therefore 1t COM
plctely and finally disposes of the first
stories that Were published from Shang
hal of the massacre of June q
1t is true that 1t does not In itself mega
tive the subsequent reports of the massa-
ere on July 9Th. two days later than the
day of the dispatch, but the officials here
feel that there is quite as much reason to
believe that the second report was false
as In the case of the first report, now
shown TO have been erroneous.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-The State De-
Iartmcnt has received a cablegram from
Consul McWade at Canton saying that .
Viceroy TAX gives assurance that all the
foreign Envcys at Picking were alive and
we'll on July p.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-The State De-
pertinent has received cable dispatch
from Consul General Goodnow, but it Is
stated that 1t contained nothing TO clear
mp the situation at Picking. Mr.. Good
1Gw says that Ii Hung Chang viii remain