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CABLEGRAM FROM CONGER GENUINE BUT
PROBABLY WRITTEN TWO WEEKS AGO
Sly Chinese Officials Succeed in Deceiving Secretary Hay by a
Message Stating That the Ministers Are Still Alive.
RUSSIANS AND FRENCHMEN AIDED BOXERS AT TIEN TSIN
Sicacb .( Burilnf CrpKi Fill, lb J Alr-Ruiil.ai Killed Wou.ded Cblaeie-MO Fre.c.
Soldleri Fled PrcclplHlcly Before Ibe Boxen -Cblneie Killed Womea la Pre rent
Their C.pl.r by Ibe Rutilim-Chlnete Emperor AiU tor Freud Me
dlitloi .d Reprotcbei Jipio for Her I'laelihborly Conduct.
LONDON. July 21,-Th Conger dl.
jifiUh fall, to carry conviction to either
th lirlttoh pre, or public. IU genu
ineness In not disputed. fr. .. U point
ed out ln-r. th .'hnim itiut putHrM
iu1t a liaf of u h mnnaK-., which
the mlnllr frultks.ly rmJcavorcd to
it traiifnilttnl, from whl h thry could
cattily m-lwt a non-commliiiil llni utch
tu "iv the rwiulr-l runx'W.
It U PUipom-J that Conner omitted
t l-ntriy hi. cipher ,C'xJ and that
thin l now In the pK-KKlon of the
'h!n-. In whlrh event the (election
or fiiniMtliin of llpnti h'- would not
l.i ttirtiiult.' It I. ar(U'l that the til
latch. If It were a genuine reply to
an Inquiry of the American government
wouM go more Into detail. A .light
ruy of hope I admitted In the fact that
Mr. and Mm. Corigtr are known to
have bi-en on very friendly term, with
the emprin. dowag'f. but the unlvental
opinion here I that If the dinpatch I.
g-ouliif. the date I. falilfled.
The bare poiwiblllty that the new.
if the nmiuacre wa. premature, how
ever, ha had It. effect, and the gov
ernment hn iMiued a .eml-offlclal din
clnlmor of reponilbllty for the pro
Ped memorial ervi In St. Paul'.
Cathedral. whll the new.paper. ar.
railing for a po.tponement of the er
vl until all doubt, are et at reat.
Dlnpatche. from Tokohama announce
thai another dlvlnion of Japanese troop.
I. embarking for China, accompanied
by a .lege trjoo for the reduction of
I'wkln. ... . . . .
The Shanghai correnpondent of the
Dally Mall nK-rt tbat Emieror Kwang
u telegraphed to the Mikado an ei
pre.Hlon of regret for the murder of
the Jupanene chancellor, of Pekln. and
pointed out that the community of In
terenta between China and Japan In
the rn.t agnln.t the ambltlona of the
western power, should lead the Japa
neM emperor to make common cause
with China and to olt In the restor
ation of peace.
The Mikado, according to this correa
por.dent, replied that the action of the
Innurgeni. nil In complete violation
of thc'.r International law. and that
the murder of Von Kettler waa a
grlevouM offense. The Mikado added
that the Chliie.e government should
.upprvM the disorder, and rescue the
milliliters, thus disarming the hostility
of the Europeans. Hi. majesty', dis
patch" concluded thus:
"Japan Is cordially friendly, and I.
only sending troops to rescue foreign
ers In Pekln and to restore order. She
hits no ulterior objects hostile to Chi
na, and if proper measure, are tak
en she Is prepared to use her Influence
to conserve the Interests of the Celes
tial Empire."
WASHINGTON. " July 20.-Seiretary
Hay explained his reasons for placing
reliance In the authenticity of Minis
ter Conger', dispatch, saying It was
a complete reply, In .code, to the code
mesNUge sent to him, and that It. au
thenticity was vouched for by the
Tsung LI Yamun.
'uf cuunw." said Secretary nay,
smiling. "I am not omniscient and may
bo fooled, but I cannot see how the
authenticity of Minister Conger', ca
bie can be questioned."
Secretary Hay say. he attached no
significance to the use of words "Chi
nese troop." In the message. They did
not, In hi. opinion, mean that the Chi
nese government troop, were besieg
ing the foreigner.. He seems to enter
tain little doubt but that the Chines.
government Itself was doing all In It.
power to suppress the4 Boxer Insurrec
tion.
WASHINGTON, July 20.-A. soon a.
Minister Conger's cablegram had been
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translated, a cabinet council wa. call
ed In the ofllee of the secretary of
state.
' In reply to a 'question, Adjutant-Oiu-raJ
Corbln said It wa. Impossible
tj say now what effect the receipt of
Minister Conger', message would have
on our military operation. In China or
our preparation, here. He did cot
know but that Increased military haste
rnlaht precipitate matter. In China.
The cabinet council between Secre
taries Huy, Long and Hoot lasted
ubout 15 minutes. The postmaster-general
and secretary of the treasury did
not attend. No statement was given
cut after the conference.
LONDON. July 20. A special dis
patch from Hong Kong says French
gunooats have landed 300 Annamese
soldier, to protect Bhamlet, a suburb
of Canton.
WASHINGTON. July 20. Secretary
Long haa sent the following cablegram
to Admiral Kemey: ;
"Conger telegraph, that he 1 under
lire in British legation. Pekln. Use and
urge every mean, possible for Immedi
ate relief."
j WASHINGTON. July 20.-Secretary
I Hay ha. transmitted Minister Con
l ger's telegram to all our ambassador.
1 abroad, and ha. Instructed them to
I urge their respective government, to
; w hich they are accredited to co-oper
ate In the Immediate relief of Pekln.
LINCOLN, Neb., July 20. Mr. Bryan
today gave out the following In regard
to the situation In China:
"Every one deplore, the destruction
of life In China, and la horrified at
the barbarities practiced. Every one
believes that It Is the duty of our gov
ernment to protect the Uvea and prop
erty of American cltlten. residing In
China, and I have no doubt but that
the administration will do .0.
"For several years the European
nations have been threatening to dis
member China, and It 1. not strange
that their ambitious design, should
arouse a f cling df hostility toward
foreigners. That feeling, however,
ought not to be directed against Amer
ican citizens, and will not be If our
nation makes It known that It has no
desire to grab land or to trespass upon
the rights of China,"
LONDON, July 20. Minister Conger's
message to the state department at
i Washington Is not regarded here aa
J Justifying overmuch optimism, but on
I the contrary is generally accepted as a
further Chinese attempt at mystifica
tion. Some think the fact that the
message Is undated and the , similarity
of us contents to Sir Robert Hart'.
: message of June 2t, suggest that It
was sent off about the same time, but
wis Intercepted by the Chinese. The
sceptical are confirmed In their sus
! piclons by the fact that a message
was received by M. Delcasse. the
jFrnnth minister of foreign affairs, to
day, through the Chinese minister at
Paris, purporting to come from the
cmiK-ror, asking France's mediation
I with the Chinese and which. It 1. al
leged, wus dated July 19, and makes
' no mention of the foreign legation, at
Pekln.
The Chinese legation at London haa
been notified by Sheug, Chinese admin
istrator of telegraphs at Shanghai, that
the governor of Shan Tung baa received
a message from Minister Conger for
transmission to Washington.
WASHINGTON, July 20. The state
department omclal. do not accept the
conclusions reach ?d by some of the
London officials that Minister Conger's
fm.ltie
dispatch I. an old one which had b-en
Intercepted by Chinese official. While
(h'y refuse to make public the text
of the niexsuge sent by Secretary Hay
on the 11th Inst, to Minister Conger,
through Minister Wu, they say that
the message received today from Min
ister Conger Is a satisfactory r-ply'
to the one sent by Secretary Hay.
It I. further pointed out In support
of the auth-ntlcliy of Minister Con
ger's mt.ssage that the bombardment of
which he speaks did not begin accord
ing to all accounts, until July I, al
thouKh the legation, had been besieged
and attacked prior to that time, but not
with artillery.
HOME. July 2C Tho Italian con.ul
at Hong Kong telegraph, under date
of Tuesday, July 17, that LI Hung
Chang lnfornhd him that he was going
to Pekln to "negotiate with the power.
In compliance with a dispatch signed
by the emperor and empres. dowager.
The consul asked him to forward a
llMpntch to the Italian minister, Signer
UiiKtfl, but LI Kung Chang replied
thut he had no mean, of doing to.
LI Hung Chang, the consul reports,
notified the director, of .customs that
they must obey orders from Canton,
not from Pekln. The viceroy of Nan
kin ha given similar Instruction, for
ShanKhal.
I'AIUS. July 20. Ti foreign office
has received Information from a Chl
nere source in which however, certain
reliance may be placed, that the for
eign ministers at Pekin have not been
massacred. According to thi. Informa
tion, on July 7 the minister, were at
tacked and the legation, burned, but
the foreigner, succeeded In ' crossing
the city to Prince. Chlng". palace,
which wa. then barricaded, and the
Europeans were holding their own up
t.1 the time the new. left. July 9. Since
then nothing ha. been heard from Pe
kln. NEW YORK. July 20.-The Presby
terian board of foreign missions today
cabled to five station. In China formal
permission to missionaries to leave the
country at once If they deem It wise.
Tills action follow, a resolution adopt
ed at a special meeting of the board
yesterday. The stations cover the en
tire Empire a. far as It is open to
communication at present. The mis
sionaries addressed are Rev. George
Cornwall, at Che Foo; Rev. Paul Ber
gen. Tslng Ta.; Rev. George F. Fitch,.
Shanghai; Rev. Dr. H. V. Noyes, Can
ton; Rev.- W. M. Campbell, Kiung
Chow, Island of Hainan.
Rev. Dr. "Leonard, secretary of the
Methodist Missionary' Society, cabled
aa follow, to the Rev. Frederick Brown,
Che Foo:
"Give location of missionaries. Anx
iety Intense."
PARIS, July 20. The Chinese min
ister at Paris has transmitted to M.
Delcasse, minister of foreign affairs, for
communication to President Loubet, a
telegram from the emperor of China,
which waa despatched by the governor
of Shan Tung, Thursday, July 19, ask
ing the mediation of France with the
foreign powers. The telegram makes
no allusion to the foreign minister at
Pekln.
M. Delcasse Informed the minister
that Loubet". reply would be addressed
to the French legation at Pekln. where
the Imperial government can obtain it,
but first the government of the repub
lic will wait until It 1. certain that
the French minister at Pekln Is safe
and sound.
NEW YORK, July 20.-A dispatch to
the World from London says: The
Daily Mail correspondent at Shanghai
telegraphs under date of July 19:
"The Boxer menace Is hourly ap
preaching nearer. Shanghai city and
the foreign settlements are full of bus
picious characters, and In the native
quarters a continually Increasing num
ber of armed Chinese are arriving"
from the north.
"The troop. In the Woo Sung forts
are being reinforced dally, and a num
ber of new gun. have been placed In
position. The foreign consuls today
presented a united protest against these
offensive preparations. Viceroy Ll Kun
Yih replied that he had ordered the
work of strengthening the forts to
cease Immediately, but the local com
mander still persists In the operations,
and refuse, to heed the viceroy's re
monstrance.. These forts completely
command Shanghai, and the guns al
ready mounted are capable of blowing
the foreign settlements to pieces In 1J
hours."
LONDON, July 20. To add to the
gloom occasioned by the extremely ser
ious Import of the news showing the
daily developing strength of the anti
foreign movement In the south of China,
comes this morning from Shanghai a
report that 60 missionaries and KM) na
tive converts have been murdered at
Tal Yuan, a fortified and populous city
In the province of Shan See. on the
Fuen Ho, an affluent of the Hong Ho,
25 miles southwest of Peklo.
The report le not yet corroborated,
but it tends to confirm the belief that
the hope that the Central and South
ern viceroys would hold aloof from the
Boxer rising never had much founda
tion. If this massacre has occurred
in the province of Shan See, there can
bo little question that the intense anx
iety at even Shanghai Is fully Justified,
for an attack later by the masses of
Chinese gathering In and about the In
ternational concessions would mean
horror, compared with which the mas
sacre at Pekln would be Insignificant.
The rumor I. again current In Shang
hai that the empress and emperor are
preparing in retire from the capital to
See-Ngan-Fu.
The authorities at St. Petersburg are
satisfied that the measure, for the re
lief of Tarbln, which 1. Identical with
Charbin, will be successful. With a view
to showing hi. good faith, the Chinese
minister at St. Petersburg has begged
the Russian foreign ecretary to ex
amine all dispatches arriving for the
legation before their delivery.
Indian troop, are dally arriving at
Hong Kong, en route to Taku.
A Hong Kong dispatch report, a
daring act of piracy within the har
bor there. A score of pirate, armed
with revolver, seized a launch and
took It up the Canton river, capturing
two Junk, en route. After looting the
craft, the pirate, abandoned them.
LONDON, July 21.-The Dally Ex
press has received the following from
Tien Tsin, dated July 18:
Casualties in three day.' fighting
before the native city at Tien Tain
exceeded 1,000. It I. now certain that
there were several Russian, and also
Frenchmen fighting on the Chinese aide.
The Chinese killed their own women
by wholesale to prevent them falling
into the hands of the Russian..
'Yesterday the whole native city was
in Humes.-and the .tench of the burn
ing corpses was unspeakably horrible.
'Among the Incidents of the fighting
July 13 wa. the precipitate flight of
30 French troop, from Annam. They
had been ordered to hold an Important
front, but, on being charged by Chi
nese with bayonets, the entire detach
ment bolted panic-striken.
"The Russians killed all the Chinese
wounded. In revenge of the Pekln mas
sacre."
BRUSSELS, July 20.-The Belgian
consul at Shanghai sends the following
dUpatch under date of July It:
"Sheng. the Chinese administrator of
telegraphs, announce, that the foreign
ers In Pekln were safe and sound on
July 19. An Imperial decree, dated
July 1, orders the viceroys of Tien
Tsin to appraise the damage caused by
the troubles and order, the local mili
tia to repress the rebellion."
LONDON. July 20. A bill prohibiting
the exportation of arms to China was
Introduced in Parliament today.
WASHINGTON. July 20. As was an
ticipated, the Japanese government has
given it. cheerful assent to the appli
cation of the United Stale, government
for permission to land troops and mili
tary supplies at Nagasaki in transit to
Taku. China.
WASHINGTON, July 20.-The follow
ing statement has been given out at
the state department:
On the 11th of this month, the state
department communicated a brief mes
sage, asking tidings from Minister
Conger, in the state department ciph
er. Minister Wu undertook to get this !
into the minister's hands, If he were
alive. He has succeeded in doing this.
This morning the state department re
ceived a telegram from Consul-General
Goodnow at Shanghai, saying:
"The governor of Shan Tung In
forms me that he has received today
a cipher mlssage from Conger of the
18th."
A few minutes later Minister Wji ap- i
peared at the state department with a
telegram from Toatai Shang, dated
the 20th of July, which had been re
ceived by Minister Wu at 8:30 o'clock
this morning, reading as follows:
"Your telegram was forwarded and, I
as requested, I send reply from the
Tsung Li Yamun. as follows:
" 'Your telegram of the 13th day of
this moon (11th of July) received. The
state department telegram has been
handed to Minister Conger. Herewith
is Minister Conger's reply to the state
department:' "
Mr. Conger's cablegram Is as follows:
"In British legation. Under contin
ued shot and shell from Chinese troops.
Quick relief only can prevent general
massacre.
The message Is not dated, but it is
understood was sent from Pekin on
the ISth.
This reply was In the state depart
ment cipher, and It Is regarded by the
state department as genuine. Inasmuch
as forgeries seem, under the circum
stances, impossible,
NEW YORK, July 20.-A dispatch to
the Tribune Irom London says:
The wildest rumor In print Is a
story that Russia has been secretly In
triguing with Prino Tuan and that Ll
Hung Chang is behind these negotla'
tions. The Chines? camarilla which
has defied the civilized powers will be
anxious to create discord among them.
Rumors of this kind will be started
wherever there is a pre3s writer at a
Chinese seaboard credulous enough to
cable them to Europe or America. The
czar reigns over Russia and he cannot
have rushed into the emhraoi of a red
handed assassin like Prince Tuan,
The anomalous condition of de facto
warfare which lias not been legalized
by a declaration o? war Is illustrated
by T.I Hung Chang's Journey northward
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
CHINESE POLICY
DECIDED UPON
America Will Not Consent to
the Partition of China.
REFUSES TO DECLARE WAR
Will C.-eper.te With Other Power, la Re
storing Order i.d Punishing Guilty
Olfid.lt, but Will Prevent Die
nemberme.t II Possible.
CHICAGO, July 20. A special to the
Tlnws-Herald from Washington say.:
As a result of the cabinet meeting,
held Tuesday and Thursday, the policy
of the United States concerning the
great world's crisis in China 1. fully
and definitely decided upon. The ub
stance of the policy Is as follow.:
1. The United States will under no
circumstance. Join In the partition of
China among the powers.
2. The United States will use all its
Influence, to the utmost extent short
of war, with European nations, to pre
vent the dismemberment of the Chinese
empire.
3. The United States proposes to
have a veritable settlement of the Chin
ese troubles, and Its voice will ever be
raised against spoliation and In favor
of preservation of China's territorial
and governmental entity, along the
lines set forth In Secretary Hay's note
to the powers dated July 3.
4. The United States will not declare
war upon China on account of the
showing of facts, no matter what other
powers may do.
5. The United States. . acting Inde
pendently and for Itself, will co-operate
with the other powers In restoring or
der In China, in punishing all officials,
high or'" low," found guilty of "crimes,
against human life, in letting up a
stable government which may give guar
antee of security of life and property
and freedom of trade.
BECKHAM NOMINATED.
Democratic Stae Convention at Lex
ington. Kentucky.
LEXINGTON, Ky., July 20.-Governor
Beckham was nominated by the Dem
ocratic state convention for governor
of Kentucky by acclamation at 3:05
this morning.-
After the names of Judge Black, of
Barboursville, and Judge Tarvln, of
Newport, were placed In nomination,
the roll call of the convention began.
When McClean County was reached at
3 o'clock Eeckham had the 347 votes
necessary to nominate. Then Black
and Tarvln's names were withdrawn,
and the latter moved that the nomina
tion of Beckham be made unanimous.
The motion carried, and Beckham was
escorted to the platform where he made
his. speech of acceptance.
FIRE AT M MINNVILLE.
Town Narrowly Escaped Destruction
Yesterday.
M'MINNVILLE. July 20.-Flre started
this morning at 1 o'clock in Fred HSbbs'
bicycle shop. It spread rapidly to ad
Joining buildings, but was quickly
subdued by the fire department within
20 minutes after Its arrival.
No wind was blowing, which was a
great help In stopping what threatened
to be the greatest fire in the history
of this city.
The total loss was about $7,000.
DAMAGES ARE HEAVY. '
On the Tellus. 130,000; on the Belgian
King, $10,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20. The col
lier Tellus, which was In collision
with the transport Belgian King, Is be
ing rapidly discharged of her cargo. A
rough estimate by an expert places
the damage to the Tellus at $30,000,
while $10,000 will have to be spent on
the Belgian King In repairs. The own
ers of the Belgian King here filed a
libel suit against the Tellus for salvage
in towing the disabled steamer to this
port.
BOUND FOR MANILA.
CHICAGO, July 20. Inspector-General
Hugging and Paymaster Hugh R.
Belknap, of the department of the
Lakes, have received order, to .proceed
to San Francisco for service in th.
Philippines.
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