Show L SURE ITIS GENUINE t J i Grounds Upon Which Government Officials Maintain the Authenticity of the Dispatch Dis-patch Signed by Conger A It Came In State Department CipherAnswered Hays RequestPut a China in Attitude of Being Responsible for Hostile ActCalled for Quick ReliefVaried from Chinese Official Statements Under 1 Un-der Peking Date LinesDoubts are Purely Speculative TRIBUNE BUREAU u E01 Fourteenth street 1 Washington D C July 21 1900 z The doubt as to the date when the Conger dispatch received yesterday through Minister Wu and given out by the State department was forwarded still continues Wu insists that the dispatch came direct from Minister Conger and was written July ISth Secretary Hay continues to maintain the authenticity t authen-ticity of tho dispatch but Is not so sure of Its date The Government officials who maintain that the dispatch is all right do so on the following grounds I CAME IN CIPHER FirstIt was In the State departments secret clDher i SecondIt answered Mr Hays request for tidings of Minister Congers condition Third It puts the Chinese Government by Its reference to Chinese troops 1 c engaged in the attack in the attitude of being responsible for the attacks on the legations and of committing hostile acts against all the European powers I Japan and the United States I Fourth It called for quick relief I VARIES WiTH CHINESE REPORTS Fifth It is at variance with the Chinese official statements sent out under t j Peking date lines that the Government was endeavoring to protect the foreigners for-eigners therefore It is not likely that it was forged by Chlneac officials Sixlh It bears Internal evidence in every way of having come from the American Minister while all the doubts raised are purely speculative IOUBT WILL LAST I It the dispatch Is all it purports to be It Is unfortunate that It was not so I written an to leave no doubt on that head As it is doubt will last until the matter Is settled one way or the other beyond all question DONT LIKE ROCKHILL SpecIal Agent Rockhlll will sail for China August 23rd Objections to his selection for this mission are coming In from certain missionary quarters It Is a fact not wholly credible to American missionaries In China that they L have seldom been able to get along with tho ofliclal representatives of their t Government In that distant land MISSIONARIES TO BLAME i So far as anunprejudlced observer can tell from this distance the fault is I an almost every Instance with the missionaries They are reported as willfully t 3 Neglectful of the methods laid down for their procedure they becoming a law into themselves in most cases v with the result as seen in the past few weeks 1 ROCKHILL WILL PROCEED t I Mr Rockhill will proceed on his mission in spite of their objections He i j > 3s regarded as by far the best man available for this service knowing the j r Country speaking the language and having diplomatic experience J MARCH ON PEKING DELAYED l Admiral Hemey Cables that it Will not Start Until August 15th I Os Washington July 2L Two dispatches L from Chinese officials and one from 1 Admiral Homey at Taku represented the news development of the day so far as the Chinese situation was concerned con-cerned The Chinese dispatches were corroborative or were intended to be of the important news of yesterday relative to the utate of the legations Admiral Rcmeya dispatch aside from a list of casualties already transmitted trans-mitted wan most Important It conveyed a con-veyed the disagreeable news that the international column would not begin its advance upon Peking before the middle of August His notice was received re-ceived here with consternation In view of Mr Congers advice of the desperate cU position the legatloners were in on the 3 18th Lii 18thDELAY INCOMPREHENSIBLE The delay Is Incomprehensible to the i officials here It Is known that an army already formidable In numbers C and of veteran soldiers Is I at Tien Tsln and Taku and with a courageous r leader It was expected that this would la push on at once cutting loose from its 0 1 base if need be and forcing Its way I I to Peking leaving the reinforcements now streaming toward Taku from every quarter of the globe to reestablish re-establish the base and to reopen communication com-munication TWO CONCLUSIONS DRAWN jii It Is possible to draw two conclusions 14 from a failure of the foreign commanders i command-ers to do this First the European Governments have allowed the skepticism I skep-ticism as to the authenticity of Mr k Congers dispatch to carry them to the point of proceeding cooly and deliberately deliber-ately upon the first supposition namely name-ly that there arc no foreigners alive BI In Peking to be saved and that consequently iv con-sequently there is no need for haste FRICTION IS DEVELOPING The other conclusion Is that friction io developing among the internationals In split of the earnest endeavors of the powers whose motives as to China J lire so far unimpeachable to prevent I 4 it j Color Is lent to this latter theory by the fact that the Governments have so far been unable to agree upon an IE international commander for tho expedition 1 ex-pedition to Peking and this too in L spite of the fact that Admiral Remey actlngjjtiy the Instructions of his Gov Etu ornmenfSls exhausting every effort to induce tho other commanders at Taku and Tlcn Tsln to hasten their movements 2 move-ments REMEYS DISPATCH KEPT SECRET ri Tle text of Admiral Rcmeys state mont relative 1 to the movement the I international column was not made i public in fact it was not Intended i that tin n < ws should get out and there waa a feeling of annoyance exhibited at the publication because of Its pos slble effect upon the International negotiations nego-tiations now under way ir ASKS FOR INFORMATION Meanwhile to secure an accurate statement of the exact conditions at Taku and Tlen Tsln and the resources which will be atithe disposal of the internatlonuj j commander whoever he may be Secretary Long today cabled Admiral Homey to send him a statement state-ment of the number of International troops now ashore in China separating the different nationalities CHAFFEE MAY LEAD THE WAY Gen ChaTfeo Is due at Nagasaki in a day or two He will transship at that point and arrive at Taku In about a week from thjs lime It has been suggested here that Chaffee will if need be leave the other commanders to their devices and lead the way to Peking himself His brother officers I In the War department say that he Is quite competent to undertake this task Others declare that with the small force of Americans at his command the attempt would be suicidal even If Chaffee were supported by the British WU RECEIVES ADVICES The Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang communicated to the Secretary of State two Important telegrams The first Is from Sheng the director of posts and telegraphs In Shanghai and saysFortunate Fortunate that Minister Congers telegraphic reply has come Imperial decree of the 22nd this moon corresponding corre-sponding to July 18th stated that all Ministers were safe Insurgents are fighting and killing each other LI Hung Chang Is proceeding northward to suppress riot will find It difficult to go PROTECTING THE MINISTERS The second telegram Is from LI Klu YI Viceroy of Nanking dated the 21st of July and was received by Minister Wu at 10 oclock the same day It is as follows According to edict of 22nd of this moon July 18th with the exception of German Minister who was killed by anarchists with regard to which rigorous rigor-ous measles are being taken to investigate in-vestigate and punish the guilty parties all the other Ministers for whom strenuous efforts to are being made for their protection are fortunately unharmed un-harmed Li Kilt Yl the Viceroy of Nanking is one of the great officers of China and stands next in rank among the diplomats to Li Hung Chang WHAT REMEY CABLES The Navy department has received tho following cablegram from Admiral Homey dated Taku July 20th Tlcn Tsln quiet Latest report Russian sources July 13th legations Peking still holding out Reliability of this Information uncertain Maj Regan Cap is Noyce and Bookmlller First Lieuts Lawton and Schoeffel wounded Ninth Infantry omcers and Second Xilcut Jolly marine corps sick now aboard Solace Expect about thirty wounded men Will send all to Yokfy hama hospital The Lieut Schoeffel who la given among the wounded for the first time by Admiral Remcy Is Francis H SchocfteU He was born In New York and was appointed to West Point from that Stale June 1C 1S87 He was appointed ap-pointed Second Lieutenant of the Seventeenth Infantry Juno 12 1S01 was 10 1892 He was made First Lieutenant September 16 1S97 and assigned to the Fifth Infantry but later was transferred trans-ferred to the Ninth and was with that regiment In the Philippines when it was ordered to China FOREBODING OF EVIL The Shanghai report that LI Hung Chang is to be detained and prevented from going to Peking is received herewith here-with foreboding of evil It cannot be conceived how LI could materially add to the Boxers strength even If he were so disposed by going to Peking On the other hand It cannot bo doubted that to interfere forcibly with his free dom of movement would precipitate a crisis In the southern provinces of China and certainly would prevent him from doing anything for the foreign Ministers if he is acting in good faith Feeling that the powers are now will ing to admit the error made by their naval commanders in not following Admiral KempffG advice at Taku the officials here deprecate the adoption ban b-an of the powers of further measures In the same wrong direction Possibly this subject may form the basis of some II rapid diplomatic exchanges |