Show CHINA SUES FOR PEACE ASKS FOR appointment OF commission president may decline to consider international commission may 1 be suggested the chinese government has made formal application through U L hung chang as it its envoy for the appointment of an american commissioner to bring abent all of hostilities in china and the re restoration sturat lon of general peace this coming since the capture of pekin is s the bist showing of china complete weariness with the e struggle and her desire to make terms no reply hns has been made to the request but there i is reason to believe that thail the overtures will in effect be rejected on the ground that the conditions laid down in the american note of august IS 12 have not been complied with and unless complied with the gover governments ments courie must proceed without reference to cainas chinas appeal for a halt in ia the proceedings the dispatch of august 13 said sp specifically leally that the united states slates was ready to enter into an agreement between the powers and the chio go government for a cessation of bo bastes stes on an condition that the relief forces should bo be permitted 11 to 0 o enter pekin unmolested and escort the legation ors ers under tinder such circumstances as the coin commanding manding general might lay down don n but up to the present time there is no evidence that the allied forces are unmolested at relia pe rin or bare received the sanction tion of the imperial government to convey the legation era to tien tain without further trouble and under the conditions laid down by the iho commanding general |