Show L LI MS A AN OFFER Says S ays Envoys Wil Will be Given Safe Conduct Conduct London July Shanghai cor respondent r of the Daiy Daily Express tele g yesterday says saysA A As a result of a constant dence d ence wih with the governor of Shang Tung Li Hung Chang this afternoon an announced fl that the imperial government was prepared at an moment to give a safe convoy to the member members of the for f ig legations from Pekin to Tien Tsin provided a guarantee were given ghen that no advance would be made upon the he t capital and t that at al all maters matters indis in dis disnute nute Dute between China and the powers te would be made the subject ot friendly I In the same communication to the consuls arl LI stated that the im imperial tat serial government nt had sUbmitted to t he powers a statement of 61 Us its position that it IP had suffered greatly by bv recent event events hut but desired not only to SUDDress rebellion but also to re remove remove move the causes of the hostility of off f reg powe Th Therefore he hoped that hat t the ofer to escort the foreigners to Tien Tsin would be regarded as an earest earnest of the of the C Chinese inese government for t the e renewal relations The consuls tat that ro no bais basis for friendly ne negotiations s wa was p possible until proof wa was at hand that the minister ministers were sUl still Consul WarrOn de dined cUned to discuss the mater matter at al all but butin butIn in his reply to the French consul LI Hung Chang Charig undertook to obtain a satisfactory message from the French minister 11 M Fiction Pichon within five days das |