Show yts SILENCE ISUNBROIENI Jt tr bathj for tl Cry 11 ivv lulL fop 11Not a Word Has Been Received Regarding ii the Whereabouts of the Missing balle TlJ ij Miss-ing Legations I f SKAt j lfjf fKempff Cablegram Acknowledges the Error He Made in Reporting iiI 1e Report-ing the Ministers at Peking With Seymours ColumnSecretary I LwPr nSa a Root Completes His Instructions to Gen Chaffec Brooklyn p SSS With Admiral Rcmey is Pushing Toward Taku 1 I i1t J iGlrl ucet4 BARG Washington June 29The President 3 Oill Is quitting Washington his Canton J Ijome tonight full of confidence that I Ur D tho situation in China has Improved l 9 TI though it is fair to say that all the members of his official famljy do not A ngreo with him in that conclusion Indeed iyj In-deed the days news limited though ItO it-O liii was to a single cablegram from Admiral iIe G Ad-miral IvempfC and the preparation of tea L instructions to Gen Chaffco set out 1 nothing calculated to strengthen tho 3j hopes of the friends of the foreign mln 0 I HEA lJ 1 i isters and the missionaries who have 0 tt now been silent for fully two weeks Q l1 DISAPPOINTING CABLEGRAM lfti I ICempffs cablegram was a disappointment disap-pointment in his confession that he i knew nothing of the whereabouts of tho missing people and there are many I expressions of wonder that neither that I olllccr nor any of tho foreign naval Co II commanders at Taku have been Ingenious All IDAS In-genious enough to establish some system ItLd sys-tem of spying so as to learn within I l o 4 two weeks what has taken place at 3 C 1 Peking Still It Is said at the Navy R iO ew l department that Admiral Kempff apparently 5prInklt t ap-parently has done as well as any of 10 I roi the other commanders in getting the So news and that it would be manifestly unfair tq pronounce criticism upon cr 3ilm until all the facts develop If there has been any fault Admiral Rcmey who should arrive at Taku D 11F within a week according to the short message he sent today from Hongkong will make the fact tILL h t-ILL BE WELCOMED w Relative to the Interesting story that an international accord has been arrived xifL ar-rived at OK to the pro tempore sellle ment of the Chinese trouble State department de-partment ofljulals say that while the I f Uniled States Is not a party to such r PIiE5S1 an agreement if I the European powers dst and Japan have come to an uuiler worThi standing on the basis set out the 1 result rtr l f should be welcomed by all vho have no tt I selfish designs to satisfy It Js of course not possible lo predict accurately AGE G ly what attitude the United States t AGEOI would assume officially toward such a cl tfJ m combination nor whether the Government IlS Ii Govern-ment could be induced to enter Into nnLofCl the combination agreement except with Adrij come special reservations made necessary neces-sary by a desire to preserve theun = broken traditions of the United Stales LAfvEOJ in their relations with foreign nations 5 INSTRUCTIONS TO CHAFFEE 5BANTP Secretary Root devoted the afternoon ist w to tho preparation of instructions to 1F1TT2 BrlgGen Chaffee who has been assigned hip 5 as-signed to the command of the troops 5Z Z ordered to China and after a conference confer-ence the President approved them with lenth only a few verbal changes which did I not change their general character E91 Although Secretary Boot would not cb make public the text of the Chaffee Instructions In-structions ho said that generally TOX ppeaklng 1 Gen halTec had been ordered or-dered to Jook out for the Interests of L the United Slates in China to avoid AP entangling alliances hi ChIna tu act wf with the other powers here it was to io the general Interest to do so and in A word lo continue the policy which has marked the actions of the United is frt States since the beginning of the Boxer C iira troubles In China These Instructions will be telegraphed to Gel Chaffee at ci LtB San Francisco in order to reach him ey ortS before the departure of the Grant on Sunday evening i Secretary Hoot said that in case the riE progress of events made It necessary a modify It would be an easy matter to r Gen Chaffees Lnslrucllons by cable to CIAJJ t Nagasaki which would be the first port visited ly the Grant after her xe 0 departure from San Francisco E NO MORE TROOPS ORDERED ii6i JJI Secretary Root was asked if any I I iV i more troops would be ordered China Zfflt and he replied Not yet but Inu mated thatthe further action of the War department in that matter would B bo governed entirely by the exigencies p instructions I of the situation Todays are supplementary to his original AvtW orders to proceed to Peking by 1 way r1 I TS if nanlcl and TakU flL 0 KEMPFFS MESSAGE J The Navy department this morning from following cablegram rtcoeived the AFr Admiral Kempff ublcf of the > Che Foo June Secrelary r NavvPeklng relief expedition now in Tien Tsln with 200 sick and wounded with ro Minister and Peking party not thcmNo news from them lJrBMPFP KEMPli AC1 ACKNOWLEDGES HIS ERROR it will lJe 5CCIL Admiral Kempff J fc J acknowledges the error he had made III l ciIi reporting the presence oC the toieign L bUl1d I1nltJtmi with Admiral Seymours miles out from Tien Tsln liOr eight olumu iG ib that there admits 1 no His > lcmowledgc cablegram of their hcrcabouls u I tI the I1rrorin t and it is assumed the error Wetj1 Admiral first report arose from the I of a rumor that was very rrl1J ua uepUince the current at the time 110 r Pncally I r or tr cubksraJ1 was sent 1 The fact mat the Admirals message i i0uii 1 Is tilled at Che Foo today warrants opposition that telegraphic com I tile between iSV has been restored Tiiiinl allon SLIP that Point and Taku where the foreign j ilSi ifcs There is i however a pos ri1i I iihiin that the Admiral could get tt of i3Jf i slimility from laltU to dice Iot Co dispatch across olk the Bi1Jne date by pushing the tork been used as a dispatch town whIch bus pJS patch boat PUSHING THE jBHOOKLYNt iI9 the Hmey Is pushing pCi Admlra1 toward h with all diSpatcim IOoJtln imc will Ball Inku and he cu1lcs that he QCiS HouglIJng nOIthwala tomorrow from fa arrive at to 1115 main care will be making thus coal bunkers 1m with Cull be lead rookln will up sure that the she ss isquired when tOI gerICcle J any his an Ott Hence C tu1y4 lchcs that port Nagasaki s7 nouneed purpose to stop at Japan The stoP thrt also will en gS nblC ta Navy iepartmeult lO change aR 5K orders IW 1 direct cable fommun ca OfldtiOlms change Ilur tliii In rase tin aoSiiFt JhClIlr I1UI1 to lug till BooltbJJt ymit5 lt lIt ce9sJJrY I5I1galal 1 mo aI lo mak bptC I to do GO This port Is scarcely out of the route between Hongkong Taku so there will be practically no loss of time Involved In entering Nagasaki I SECRETARY HAY ILL No news from any oC the American Staib department otnclals Jn China was received today Secretary Hay who was severely taxed by the exhaust ing labors thrown upon him during the i present healed spell was Indisposed to day and remained at his home while Assistant Secretary Hill looked after the routine business of the State department de-partment NO CHANGE IN SITUATION None of the members of theCablnet who were at todays session could seethe see-the least change In the Chinese situation situa-tion Secretary Hay was not present nor was Secretary Gage but the other members said that nothing had been beard from the Ministers stationed at Peking and this fact was causing the greatest alarm for their safety It was stated that every possible effort was being made to secure Intelligence of their whereabouts but up to this time without results No additional troops it was said had been ordered to China but matters were being put In shape to meet any emergency that might arise When the Cabinet meeting broke up a little before oclock thcre could bono bo-no doubt that the members shared the general depression at the lack of news from Minister Conger While unwilling un-willing to admit that hope for his safety was fast fading they felt that their gravest fears might be realized al huy lime |