The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06
Military Officers OF the Powers Re
fuse To Retire From Tiel-
TS,n Under Treaty.
Hay TO TAKE PROMPT ACTION.
VIII Address Countries Interested
Askin. That Soldiers BE Or
GCr,d to Withdraw. as the
Ministers u, ;

Washington. july The Chinese Gov
eminent has appealed to the Government
Of the United States 10 Use its god offices
to cause the Allied Powers VII c retain
their e-lli~rs IN T.gl-Tsin 20 evtcuate that
place. n couf-rnt ~ with The spirit 81 TIE
agreement Of Pek!c. whoa settled the
Roxer troubies-
The appeal was made today hy Minister
WI directly 20 Secretary Hay. in the shape
Il 4 yIs!CSrlm from EissToy Yuan shih-
Xxi OF Chill. vh.ch ths M'1'stcr supple
meate- with a i0Tg v-rfal EXPLANATION
a!IIitrr. Officers Arbitrary.
The cab!eE.am Is as follows:
.Yclr cabIegram Of July > g received
with much qualification. In TIE final pre-
;ocoI. .ITnsd by the different Powers. there
Is no stipulation that a supplementary con-
yearion VIII no made IN regard 20 tae res
t~oraticu % Iien-Tsin. But TIE foreign MI
!tary officers at Tlen-Tsin have arbitrarily
given r;-e to f-ssa comp ,atioHs a=d dawn
IN many articles Limiting to On the num-
hc- CT Chinese guards to he stationed at
Tlcn-Ts.r within the limit OF thirty kilo-
meters.
Sine the br!sanGs f. the vicinity Of
Ticn-Tsiu. on account OF the footing Of the
arscnals In 1900. are generally well armed,
il would be impossible fos such a small
force 10 suppress and punish br gtn:aSe:
much less can {; police the city and vicinity
and preserve order generally.
THE military officers appear 4 be willing
to restore the city. but in reality they wish
to delay. There Is reason 20 fear that ihsI-
acton T. not by any means for tie Iubiic
good. The foreign ministers at FtSin DO
not approve their action and they have re-
peatcGiy demonstrated with them: but the
military officers have not been willing to
come To- an agreement. Tire ministers and
the military officers each hold 10 heir oSn
opinions. which greatly impede the PROS
ress OF oar Affairs
II request you To ask the Government u
the United States TO consult with Ike ether
Governments so that Instructions may BE-
sent 10 the different military officers direct
" ordering them TO acceGe To the ~Igges-
TORS u the foreign ministers. 10 the end
that Negotiations may not lie further 6e-
Iayed."
Yuan ShIh-KnI n Man of Character.
TIL author Of this message. Yuan ShIh-
Kai. has taken the place Of the late ii
Hung Chang to n large extent in dominar-
ing Chinese foreign policies. and the United
States Government Is the more disposed 20
heed his appeal because OF his excellent
1AsAA eAAa > AAN &HA-NA SIAA~alLs liz Vas
the principal means OF communication he
tween the outside governments and the ie-
gatIcncrs during their time Of peril.
and but for his strength OF character the
entire Province Of shan-Tung would have
been drawn over to the Boxer cause.
Secretary Hay will address himself to the
different governments, probably through
Minister Conger, az Pek.n. and the foreign
ministers there located. The situation at
Tien-Tsin is peculiar, and in the view of
the State Department the attitude Of the
foreign military officials there Is perfectly
unreasonable. The State Department has
satisfied itself that the foreign ministers at
Pekin, whose governments are represented
by these military leaders. are thoroughly
anxious 20 have the treaty OF Pekin ex-
ecuted In a fair spirit. and TO that end 10
nave Tien-Tsin evacuated at the earliest
possible moment by the foreign officers. 30
II viii carry the Chinese appeal TO govern
ments concerned