Show CONGER STILL LIVESo Written Message from American Minister to Peking Dated Ju ly 4th Received at lien Tsin In it He Says British Legation Has Been Besieged for Two Weeks and Great Danger of General Massacre 1 ExistedLi Hung Chang Says China is Arranging to Guarantee stirement i of Foreigners J in Peking to Tien Tsin l l Washington July 25The following cablegram has been received at the Navy Department from Capt Charles M Thomas commander of f the Brooklyn t 4 Che Foo July Navigation Bureau Washington Written message o I t mes-sage signed Conger dated July 4th received at Then Tsin 21st says F Been besieged two weeks British legation I Grave danger general + massacre by Chinese soldiers who arc shelling legation daily Relief 4 I t soon If I at all City without governmentcxccpt by Chinese army Determined I De-termined massacre l foreigners Peking Entry relief forces into city t b probably be hotly contested THOMAS 4 A o 0 l I Legations to Leave Peking I Brussels July 25lhe Foreign office1today received the following i dispatch 1 Shanghai July 25LI Hung Chang told me the Chinese Government i Govern-ment was arranging guarantee the retirement of foreigners In Peking 1 toward Tien Tsln DE CARTIER I I De Cartier is secretary of the Belgian tonat Peking If What Li Hung Chang Says j I London July 25Thc Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Express c ii telegraphing yesterday says > ii c o As the result of a constant correspondence with the Governor of j Shan Tung Li Hung Chang this afternoon announced that the Imperial Im-perial Government was prepared at any moment to give a safe convoy + 1 to the members of the foreign legations from Peking to Tien Tsin provided pro-vided a guarantee were given that no advance would be made upon the + capital and that all matters In dispute between China and the powers 1 would be made the subject of friendly negotiations iTO j i-TO RENEW FRIENDLY RELATIONS I t i In the same communication to the Consuls Earl LI stated that the I sQme tl x4 imperial Government had submitted to the powers a statement of Its 1 position declaring that It had suffered greatly by recent events butt but-t 1 desired not only to suppress rebellion but also to remove the causes of the hostility of foreign powers Therefore he hoped that the offer to 4 escort the foreigners to Tien Tsin would regarded as an earnest desire de-sire of the Chinese Government for the renewal 1 of friendly 1 relations I i CONSULS WANT ROOF v The Consuls replied that no basis for friendly nogotiatlonwas possible 3 i pos-sible until proof was at hand that the Ministers werestill living Consul 1 J Con-sul Warren declined to discuss the matter at I all but in his reply to tho 4 4 French Consul Li Hung Chang undertook to obtain a satisfactory message o t 1 mes-sage from the French Minister M Pichon within five days + I = + + + I 4 X + + H lw y + + + + I + + ou + l + o1 I + o + |