| Show TO TREAT WITH CHINA rr trident ident at my r an ain international tu to C Cund act negotiations president mckinley is considering the advisability of proposing to the powers the organization of an international congress which shall 6 sit t in china chin and recommend to the several governments represented a permanent solution ot of pending questions the president recognizes the fact that the duties united states stales minister conger would be called upon to perform would be so exacting and arduous that it would be unfair to ask him to tako take the additional burden of discussing a method of settlement of the mutters matter 1 in congrove con controversy trove ersy that special commissioner Rock cockbill bill will be too busily employed in obtaining information and in communication with high Chir chinese lese officials to give time to them and that direct negotiation beti between veen the powers is likely to prove unsatisfactory and give rise to complications which might otherwise te be avoided |
