Show DOES NOT CHANGE HATTERS I Secretary Hay Talks on Second Message Mes-sage from Conger Cleveland O July 25 Secretary of State John Hay was shown the cablegram cable-gram from Capt Thomas U S N referring re-ferring lo the message presumed lo have been received from Minister Conger Con-ger and dated July lib This message said Secretary Hay after he had read Congers transmitted message does not necessarily contradict contra-dict the message supposed to have been I sent by Mr Conger July iSlh In response re-sponse lo my message lo him The state of affairs represented In oils message of the lib may sllll prevail pre-vail I hardly think Capt Thomas would have transmitted the message to the Navy department unless be were sure of Its authenticity Neither of the messages however changes the sllualion Whether they are genuine or nol the course of this Government course now being pursued must be the same The Staje department is acting on the supposiiion that It has heard nothing from Minister Conger since July 12tlu China la at peace with the world so far as the otllclal facts are concerned As yet no cause forwar has been proved Russia is not at war with China It must not bo thought that the oulcomei lie present situation a war even if the worst that has been published is i true There is always a possibility of avoiding war If Iho worst feared proves to bo true there may still 1er par ttlon without war The situation Is one of terrible uncertainty un-certainty tmd nothing ban come or purported pur-ported to come from our Minister at Peking his lessened the danger or uncertainly un-certainly Ho one can say what mayor may-or may nol be the outcome |