Show CONSENT IS Al All Powers Mut Must Agee Agree Before Media Mediation Mediation tion tion Washington July the United Stater States is to medIate in Chinas Interest she frt first secure the assent of all the powers powers who have suffered in life or pro property erty at Pekin The difficulties I i in the way of such an und undertaking are likely to be many and serious itt view serous iI of en te the exhibition of feeling in Europe But it is said here that the United State States wl will undertake Unite tIe the I task provided it its conditions are met I If I it doe does not in inducing the European power powers to be lenient in their treatment of te The government of China the United States government wi will not b be drawn into further hosti tes ties after we have taken care or of our own affairs but we will m withdraw tak takIng taking Ing cae care however to let it be under understood understood stood that this government wi will not al aI low it its proper interest interests I In China to be injured by the acton action of any of the power powers that may choose to remain ob durate One Power Is Suspected At least one of the greatest power powers is under strung suspicIon here of acting and without regard to sentiment or anything more than the most material of consi considerations I It is believed hee here that this power is quiet quietly taking measures drop out of the leage league at Tien Tsin Tam and conduct a campag campaign on I it own account against Pekin and and i it is even suspected that this power is already moving mong troops to toward toward ward the Chinese capital One fact regarded a as now be beyond need of f demonstration in view of the Chinese appeal is hat the Chi Chinese Chinese nese officials at te the coat coast ports are ac actually In communication with what whatever whatever ever remains of the imperial gover govern government ment at Pekin and the text of Kwant Kwang Sus appeal appear appears to establish the fact that the Chinese government itell is sanctioning the resistance to the in advance upon Pekin The state department and the Chinese government substantially agreed in estimate of six six to eight days a as the time necessary to get a reply to the presidents presidents answer to the appeal of the Chinese government According to the best information here urgent messages are beIng transmitted between Pekin and Shanghai b by the Flowing e ox press mentioned in Consul Fowlers cablegram a few days ago This ac according according cording to the Chinese Is 0 a relay system tern tem of mounted messenger messengers similar to the old pony serice service across the plains and is used when the wire communication ton tion Is interrupted The rela relay rider riders make about mies miles a day I It is mies miles from Shanghai to Pekin and this seems to agree ver very well the speed made in forwarding and returning the Conger message Rute Eoute of the Ministers Assuming from dispatch that a movement was on foot on the to get the foreign ministers started from Pekin to Tien TsIn under esCort or imperial troops the state department would not be surprised to get definite news of them from the headquarters of the allied forces aled in a short time The dIstance from Ten Tien Tsin to Pekin is mies miles and at this season the trip is usual usually made by byroad road from Pekin to Tong Choo a point on the Pel Ho twelve mies miles below the cap Ial Ital and the remainder of the way by boa boat t This trip would take four days supposing Ing the escort of imperial troops snot met with no resistance from the Insurgents I If the moving from Pekin was made within I I das days after informatIon was re re received it would ba possible that the le and their escort are now in touch with the headquarter headquarters of the ales allies always supposing that nothing serous serious happened to the party on te the road road |