Show MUST BE NO GRABBING I prevLt Uncle Sam Doing All in His Power to Prevent V Dismemberment of the Celestial i Empire Military Has Given Way to a Diplomatic SituationDifficulties in Way of Settling Question May Yet Necessitate Special Session I of CongressImbroglio in China Would be Quickly Ended if Chinese Government Was Accessible TRIBUNE BUREAU B01 Fourteenth street r Washington D C Aug 29 1900 In the absolute absence of anything alarming exciting or even Interesting in the military situation in China the I Shanghai features have ceased from troubling and the St Petersburg liars are at rest Even the London Journalists Journal-ists cease to vex us with their efforts I to set tho United States and Russia fcy the enrs The reason is that the military mili-tary had given way to n diplomatic situation sit-uation and the gentry referred to have not caught up with It I GERMANY 3sT0r SATISFIED I would be easy to bring the Ch I nese imbroglio to an end if only the Chinese Government was accessible and responsible LI Hung Chang claims to have authority to negotiate for pen eon e-on behalf of his imperial master but the credentials he exhibits are not satisfactory sat-isfactory to Germany MUST BE CONCERT OF ACTION Until all thc powers concerned accept ac-cept him or somebody else as the authorized au-thorized negotiator on the part of China there can be no concert of action ac-tion on their part looking to peace I Is this perplexing phase of the question ques-tion that Is now engaging the attention atten-tion of tho President and his advisers OPPOSED TO DISMEMBERMENT This Government utterly opposed I to territory grabbing by any of the I I powers or anything tending toward the I dismemberment of the Celestial empire and Is exercising all Its power nnd influence In-fluence to prevent any acts of that kind I Is recognized that If one of the powers begins to grab all of them wiI take n hand In the game but what the Iou I-ou teome of such u course would be no man can foresee I might embroil the I powers In the dreaded world war I IB I within the limits of possibility that the diplomatic difficulties may 7et necessitate necessi-tate a special session of Congress LONG CABINET SESSION I President and His Aclvi rs Consider Chinese Probltin I Washington Aug 2lVThe longest Cabinet session held h i years adjourned ad-journed at 5iO oclocl If this evening after having been In sclslon with the exception of an hours fecess since 10 excepton oclock In the morning Tho session was devoted to the consideration of the diplomatic problems wllch have arisen In connection with thi Chinese situation situa-tion as < result of tie position taken by the powers and centuated In the formation of a docunent for transmission transmis-sion abroad I That this document is of supreme importance In deflnlig the position of the United States isjnssumed from the prolonged and cartful attention with which It was prcpaed and considered but not a gUmme of light Is shed upon Its exact character All efforts to ascertain whether It Is in the nature of a reply to GenaIly or Russia or corrective note outlining the policy of the United Stalesunder the new con ditloni which ha developed since I the relief or tile legions were LUUIU The member rt the Cabinet pointed out the Impropiety of divulging them the-m ure of 1 dlromatle document before be-fore It has readied the power or parties par-ties to whom Its suldreascd One Cabinet Cabi-net officer hovcver expressed the opinion that Itwould reach the public In a few das Al manner of speculation specula-tion Is being hdiilged in us to Its purport pur-port and cont nts but it Is aCe to say the secret wil 0 carefully guarded until secet government considers it proper to dlulge Jt Secretary Adee who Is an expert In the phraseoogy of diplomacy was present thrcughout the session Of the preJI thrcshout Cabinot nui gave what assistance he could In tya absence of Secretary of State HaTh Ha-Th 1 Petersburg dispatch to London Lon-don ontainlng the assertion that Russia Rus-sia cJinoBl Immediately will notify the j pow rs tbat sho considers the r lerc1 Pckng legations i as the final accom pllshment of the military task of the allied forces i was learned late tonight to-night is the phase of the Chinese situation situ-ation which Is attracting the most attention at-tention from this Government at the time This assertion inferentially carries car-ries with It the Impression that the Russian Government is of the opinion that the legations had been iclloved that Government should withdraw Its military forces from Peking and thinks the other allies should do likewise No official Information along these lines however can be obtained here although I al-though the recent flying vlglt of the Russian Charge Mr DC Wollunt from Cape May to Washington Is believed to be Indicative that a communication of this character has been received from the Russian Government The withdrawal of the military forces of Peking is a phase of the Chinese Chi-nese situation to which our Government Govern-ment has not yet given serious consideration con-sideration believing the duty of the allies Is to reach some common ground of understanding wlh a view of opening negotiations for the settlement settle-ment of terms of peace with China The withdrawal of the military it is held might be Very properly n subject of after consideration The show of some authority o power in China to conduct peace negotiations and the recognition of International obligations obliga-tions it I Is insisted must be the first step toward the adjustment of Chinese affairs The Russian proposition of the character reported from London would nto therefore It Is believed be favorably looked upon by this Govern meat l As a result of the Cabinet meeting of today a reply outlining this Governments meats attitude In this matter was draftdd at tho State department and sent to our Embassador to St Peters I burg and 0 copy furnished to the Russian Rus-sian Charge In this country Officials familiar nature with It decline to indicate its I |