Show I WU rllTG PANG GRIEVED Confident that Satisfactory Termination I Termina-tion Will bs Reached Now York Aug 20A dispatch to tho Herald from Washington says Wu Ting Fang Chinese Minister to the United States In an interview made the following statements China recognizes the Emperor and Empress Dowager as her rulers I have no Idea that an attempt will be made by the Chinese to overthrow them An ofllcnl dispatch which I received re-ceived yesterday from Li Hung Chang announcing the entrance of the allies into Peking and the safety of the lega tions also stated that before the city was attacked the court had gone to the wesL westIS IS DEEPLY GRIEVED Naturally I am deeply grieved he continued that conditions should have arisen which have brought about a conflict between the Chinese and the allied forces but I am hopeful that a full and free discussion such as will undoubtedly occur between Li Hung Chang and the representatives of the powers will Indicate where the responsibility respon-sibility lies for what has occurred and will culminate in a settlement of the questions and a permanent withdrawal withdraw-al of the foreign troops Now that the Ministers and those under their protection have been rescued res-cued and the Emperor nnd Empr shave s-have signified lluough LI f Iluig Chang their desire to accomplish n S complete restoration of friendly relations I rela-tions With the Western world I am am confident that in the interest of all the nations and their subjects not to mention men-tion their commerce a satisfactory l termination tained of the trouble will be at DOES NOT WANT WAR hI have said from the first that China Chi-na did not want war with the whole Western world She appreciates the immense strength which It I would be able to hurl against her Essentially a peaceful nation she has always endeavored en-deavored to maintain pacific relations with her sister nations In all parts of China except Taku and Peking there is aside from n few local l disturbances order and the fact that It is and has been maintained under un-der most trying conditions shows tho strength of the Imperial Government and of its servants In southern China particularly there has been no disturbance of any moment the Viceroys there preserving quiet to the satisfaction of the foreigners foreign-ers as well a to that of the Chinese I do not anticipate from the reports which I have at this moment any outbreaks out-breaks in these provinces as the Viceroys Vice-roys have the situation well in hand THINKS EMPRESS ESCAPED I presume from LI Hung Changs dispatch saying The court has gone to the west both the Emperor and Empress Dowager are meant I believe the report of a few days ago that the Emperor and Empress Dowager had gone to Tsi Nan Fu Is correct The mere fact that the Emperor and Empress Dowager are not now in Peking Pe-king does not change the governing power of China Queen Victoria recently cently went to Ireland butishe still remains re-mains Queen of Great Britain So with the Emperor and Empress Dowager I hav6 told you that I do not fear an Internal In-ternal revolt against them and I sincerely sin-cerely trust that the powers will do nothing to remove the present ruler from the Government of China I am not Informed as to the terms which the powers will present and I am equally uninformed as to the propositions propo-sitions if any which LI Hung Chang will submit Whatever the wrong for which China may be responsible she will rectify I I am sure |