Show UTHOH OF F THE EDICT I I I Prince Tuan Said to t Have Written the Document I I GOOD IMPRESSION SPOILED Some of its Most Forcible AntiFor eign Language Omitted from the Version Given Out at Washington by Embassador WuTwo Translations I Transla-tions Were Made Belated Message Received at Naval Bureau from Admiral Ad-miral Kempff On to Peking is the Policy of Uncle Sam I Polcy ot Ij j II I Washington July 12The good impression im-pression made by the edict of the Chinese Chi-nese Government given out by Minister Wu yesterday threatens to be offset to I some extent today by the reports from I London stating that Prince Tuan was the real author of this edict and that some of Its most forcible antiforeign language was omitted from the version given out here But at the Chinese legation le-gation these Intimations from London I are dismissed as groundless The dispatch I dis-patch was received hero In Chinese that Is In the numerals by which theJ I Chinese Government transmits Its official code This In itself It ficial messages iself Is said indicates that it came with tho I sanction of those In Imperial authority as tho official code Is not known outside I of this limited circle TWQ TRANSLATIONS MADE I Two translations were required first from tho numerals to the Chinese and i second from the Chinese to the English Eng-lish These translations were made oy tho members of the legation staff here i so that the ultimate text as made public pub-lic contained the phraseology adopted cntained by the officials In this city In making I their translation they say thty adhered literally to the telegraphic edict so that telcg1phie the published text contains everything embraced In the original DOES NOT SIGN IIIS NAME When the Emperor Kwang fIsh issues Is-sues an edict he does not sign his name authenticated by seal hut his acts are authenLcated which In this case could not be cabled I ca-bled so that thC document was authenticated the Privy Coun ticated as coming from llvy cil the highest body of dignitaries In ci closely associ China and the ono most cosel ated with the Imperial household HOW MESSAGE VAS SENT Following an Invariable custom in times of disorder the War office at Peking I 1 king was Intrusted with furnishing the runners to carry the message to the 1 Imperial Treasurer of Chi LI who 4n turn got it to Shanghai From that I point It was sent direct to the various Ministers the world over coming to Washington direct Instead of by the I usual route of London EMBASSY SAYS IT IS BONA FIDE Under the foregoing circumstances tho Chinese officials regard It as established estab-lished beyond the slightest question that tho edict Is a bona tide expression from the Imperial Government of China and moreover that It Is complete as given out here without the antiforeign addenda ad-denda sought to ho put into It in other quarters BELATED MESSAGE RECEIVED A belated cablegram was received at tho Navy department this morning via Siberia It bore no signature but Secretary Sec-retary Long believes mat It came from RearAdmiral Kempff The facts setout set-out In tho cablegram appear to have already been described In a little dlffor t nt form in previous advices from Shanghai The text of the message Is as follows TSUNGLIYAMEN BURNED Nagasaki Secretary Navy Washington Wash-ington Taku China July 2 Runner Peking reports German troops burned TsunglI Y men Chinese moved many field guns on wall commanding legations lega-tions Chinese subjects advised leave legations Runner heard heavy firing In Peking after leaving city ON TO PEKING On to Peking Is the policy adopted by our Government It Is said that regardless re-gardless of the Issues raised as to tho authenticity of tho last Chinese note or the accuracy of Its statement of factor I fact-or the question raised as to the responsIbility respon-sIbility for the present situation our Government at least Is determined not to relax Its efforts to reach Peking to got In touch with Mr Conger If he is alive to take tho necessary steps for the protection of American Interests and in fact to do all those things setout set-out In Secretary Hays note to the powers pow-ers Including a reckoning with the person per-son or persons responsible for the outrageous out-rageous events of the past fclx weeks BEGGING FOR TIME Twentyfour hours consideration of the Chinese note leaves the officials here convinced that It marks the beginning of a general effort on the part of the Chinese officials to relieve the Chinese from responsibility for the treatment of the foreign Ministers and the fighting at Tien Tsln That in Itself Is regarded as a hopoful sign of the approaching 1 collapse of the Boxer movement and tho termination of tho state of insurrection insur-rection that exists in Peking and ShanTung Shan-Tung Victors do not apologize hence the exculpatory statement yesterday is believed lo be pregnant with meaning KIND OF TROOPS NEEDED The news from Tien Tsln of the unsatisfactory un-satisfactory relations between the allied forces goes to confirm the War department ofilclals here In their original origi-nal conviction that two or three brl gad s of American troops veterann of the Indian wars of the Cuban campaign cam-paign and of the Philippine jungle hunts could havo achieved nome valuable valu-able results by this time had they been at Tien Tsln LISCUM HAS FREE HAND It Is Inferred at tho War department that Col Llscum and the two batlal long oi the Ninth Infantry which arrived ar-rived at Taku on Friday have reached Tien Tain Col LlucUm was given a free hand In the matter of an advance and it Is thought that by prompt movement that he already has reached the belcagurcd city of lien rain where according to advices today to the British Brit-ish Admiralty reinforcements were urgently needed Liscums orders are broadly frnnnjl and It Is said at the War department that while he remains in command of his own men under nil circumstances he may cooperate to any extent with the allied forces HO hut he Is of course likely to willingly execute any part or the campaign confided to him oven though it Involves his voluntary subor dination to a foreign senior officer HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL The bureau of military information has received an Interesting communication communi-cation from Maj Zalinsky United States army retired giving some details de-tails of climate and topography of the country between Taint and Peking He went over this road In 1S05 and 1SDG and rays that the trip from Taku to Peking occupied two days forced I march lie was traveling on a native I pony with light equipment but tho road practically killed the horses The country between 1 Taku and Pckjng ds l hilly1 and the clhhato will probably jnHi favorable for white troops than ple Philippines j CLIMATE ABOUT PEKING The mean temperature of Peking f I about the same as San Francisco but lij much better In summer and Is bit tcrly cold In winter In connection with the severe winter Maj Zallnsky says that the Pol Ho river and a largo part of the Gulf of PC Chili are closed to navigation by Ice early in December and stores for a winter campaign should be gotten Intothe country by October at least FUEL IS SCARCE Fuel Is scarce there being no wood to speak of while a small amount of coal Is reported in the north and I ground and mixed with clay to make It I burn slowly All timber for tent fioor ling it i and other construction will have 1 lo bo Imported He favors oil and wheeled cooking outfits as the most practicable and economical J KETTELERS MURDER The Japanese legation has received 1 a dispatch from Toklo giving briefly the details of the assassination of Baron vqn KtHteler at Peking and the fightIng I fight-Ing around Tien Tsln The dispatch was sent from Toklo July 4th but was In some way subject to great dp o I I lay I around the Siberian route It I stales that the German Minister was killed by a shot and that It Is not known whethei the mob element or the kn soldiery responsible for It The Japa I i > n ese report of the fighting around TIan rain Is similar lo that already conveyed con-veyed In the press dispatches MERE CONJECTURE Concerning todays reports from Yokohama that the Government Is being be-ing l urged to send 50000 troops to I China Mr NabeShlma the Japanese Charge says this Is little more than conjecture and that hero Is no present pres-ent evidence that the Government has tt the slightest purpose of pending morn than one army corps or 22000 men to China While the popular sentiment In I Japan might favor the dispatch of a l arge army to China he fools that the I Government will act quite conservatively I conserva-tively t particularly In view of the uncertainty un-certainty ns to the terms upon which Japan Is to undertake this mission JAPS SAIL FOR TAKU I It Is the understanding of the Japanese I Japa-nese m officials here that the Fifth army corps Is I now being put aboard transports I I tran-sports at ons of HIP great naval stations 1 i sta-tions near Hiroshima It Is expected that the transports will go forward in groups as fast as loaded each group being accompinled by a convoy of warships war-ships to afiord protection But as Japan and China have not declared Will against each other It Is not expected that a largo ionvoy of warships will he required The Japanese troops will jro straight to Taku the trip taking t about three and a half days |