Show CHINESE ASK K AID AlD j jt t OF UNITED STATES Want Foreign Troops to Ev cu cuate cuate ate ath ilea Tien 4 WILL COMPLY WITH REQUEST t MINISTERS AT PEKIN FOR TOB oa AN A ADJUSTMENT S t 7 July 0 The Chinese ChInese Chi WASHINGTON W V nese government has appealed to toa a the United States to use its it good offices s to t t cause enuse cus the allied alie powers pwe Pos who sine re retain their soldiers in to J evacuate ev cuate that place fn n conformity with the spirit of the agreement of ot Pekin which settled the boxer troubles Tile The T appeal appal wa wa made today by Min Minister ister lster Wu directly to Secretary Hay Itay in the shape of a cablegram from Viceroy Yuan ShihKai of Chi Li L which the minister supplemented with witha a long verbal vertal al explanation Translation of a cablegram received July 4 1902 fifth moon day From Viceroy Yuan ShihKai of ot Chi ChiLi ChILI ChiL day Li dated July Ju 3 1902 filth fifth moon L Your cablegram of at July 2 is re receIved with wih much gratification In the final protocol signed by the te different powers powel there Js is no stipulation that a supplementary convention will be made in Tsin Tam regard to the restoration of ot Tien TIei L But the te foreign military mU x officers at al Tien Tip Tsin have lave arbitrarily given rise to ta fresh complications and drawn up ur many articles limiting to 10 0 OO the num nuin her ber ier of or Chinese guards ards to O be stationed L at t Tien TsiA within the limit of thirty r kilometres Since the brigands In the th vicinity of ot Tien Tl n Tsin Tein on o account of r the to th I looting of ot the arsenals in 1900 are gen generally gener er ly well armed it would be ble for such are a a small smal force to t suppress ss 3 and punish brigandage much less Jess can car canI carIt L it I police the city and vicinity and an pre preserve preserve serve order generally The military officers appear to 0 be willing to restore the city ci but o In ini I I i reality re Uy they wish Ish to t delay there Is Js j i reason re on to fear a that their action is Ia not tt t by b any means for the public good gooI The Tle t foreign ministers jt at t Pekin do not ap approve approve approve prove their they have hv re repeatedly repeat repeatedly peat dIy remonstrated with them ihm lh m but the the military officers have have not ot been bee will willing wI ing lug to come to t an agreement The min uIa minister ister and the th military each 1 hold to their own opinions which great greatly geal ly impede the progress pro of affairs I 1 request you to ask the th government of at the United States State to consult with wU wIb j the other governments gov so that in lg instructions in n s may m be sent to the th I military officers direct ordering them then I to accede to the suggestions of the for foreign foJ eign elg ministers to io tho th Q end e that thi restoration may nay not be further fUrther de e The author of this thI message m age Yuan ShihKai has taken takei the place of the th late Li 1 Hung Chang to a large arbe extent in Ip dominating Chinese se foreign policies and the United States government is 1 I the more disposed to heed his hs appeal I because of t his hil hi excellent conduct during I the tM Boxer uprising He Ue was wa the prin principal I cipal CIP l means mens of communication between I the outside governments and the tM lega ega egar r during duing their time of peril and hut bt b t for tor his bis strength of or character char peri the entire province of would have been drawn over to the Boxer Boxe cause Secretary Hay ay will wl address addres himSelf him to the various governments probably through Mr Ir Conger at and the foreign ministers inister there ther The situation at t Tien Tsin is 1 peculiar and in the thi view vl w of pf the state department the at attitude tude I of ot the t foreign military officers There er Is ls perfectly perre ly unreasonable The Tie state s te department has satisfied department itself itI that the foreign ministers minter a at I Pei in whose governments are re by these military leaders leader ar are thoroughly l anxious to t have the th treat treaty pre 1 of or Pekin executed In a a fair fIr spirit an and to t that end to 10 t have lave Tien Tsin evacuated evacuate at the earliest erUest possible moment by th the foreign officers so it i wilt will wU carry crr th the Chinese appeal appel to the governments con concerned concerned I t |