| Show Lvio ARE RESPONSIBLE I Tuan Kangi and Number of Other Chinese I l 1 Officials Ordered Degraded and Pun I L Z r < < t ished by Imperial Courts + j L I i 1 t I J Consul McWade at Shanghai Advises Department of the Issuing rl i ofDecre to Punish Men Guilty of Inciting Outrages Upon L i ForeignersA5nister Conger Also Cables the Appointment of Commission by China to Begin I Negotiations I I Washington Oct 1 Several Important Import-ant dispatches were received today J from China Generally they tend to confirm the evdnts recorded yesterday From Canton Consul McWado reports the Issue of the decree punishing Tuan and his colleagues so that there Is no longer doubts as to the accuracy of Shengs statement on that point Mr Conger also has received notification of the Chinese peace commission which I I was forecasted by Minister Wus advices ad-vices several days ago Mr Conger j made ro reference to the condemnation decree hence U Is Inferred that It was I not Issued when his dispatch was sent I last Thursday The text t these two dispatches Is as follows 1 MWADES DISPATCH I Canton China Oct Secretary of State Washington Docrco just Issued Emperor blames Ministers for whole tioti blo Orders Tuan Kangi und other oftl clals degraded and punished by imperial courts Emperor holds Tuan und others entirely responsible for bloodshed MWADE CONGERS CABLEGRAM Peking Sent 27 via Taku Sept 3 Secretory oLf State Washington 11uvo received notice today from Prince Chin lint he Earl LI Yung Lu and Viceroys I Tin Run Yl and Citing Chip TimE will act In concert In negotiations for peace Yung j Lu is In the Interior LI Hung Clang is at Tien Tsln CONGER WHO COMMISSIONERS ARE I Is evident that the two Viceroys I mentioned are Lu Kun Yi the Viceroy of Nanking and Chang Chip Tung the Viceroy of Wu Chang the difference spelling being In telegraphic transmission transmis-sion There has been some question ns to Yang Lu being ciw member of the commission but Mr Congers report settles all doubt Minister Wu already had received an edict naming Yung Lu as one of the commissIon but thte was S questioned In other Chinese circles YUNG LU IS OFFENSIVE The appointment is not likely to be I satisfactory to any other of the powers as Yung Lu has made himself as often slvo as Prince Tuan He is generalissimo generalis-simo of the Imperial troops and is regarded re-garded as mainly responsible for the persistent fight on the legations during the crisis p LI AND CIIING ACCEPTABLE The other commissioners arc highly acceptable Earl Li and Prince Ching are already favorably known as the two Viceroys are among the most pacific pa-cific enlightened and proforeign men In the empire I Is the understanding of Minister Wu that the Viceroys will not come to Peking to take part In the commission but will be counseled by telegraph f LI Hung Changs long stay at Tien Tsln Is exciting some comment as ho Is aware of the American Instructions Amercan InstlucLons to Minister Conger to open negotiations with him at Peking I gives the idea that Earl LI Is not fully satisfied that the reactionary element Is overcome at Peking and Is awaiting more positive assurances NAVAL EXPEDITION ORGANIZING The attention of the officials of the navy Is being called to the report from Tien Tsln that the United States Is about to take part In a naval expedition expedi-tion organising at Taku for operations against Shan Hal Kwan It was stated that this probably referred to an old project Some time ago while hostilities hostili-ties were In full progress a movement against Shan Hal Kwan was projected to divert the Chinese from their resistance I resist-ance to the Peking relief expedition With the fall ot Peking the necessity for such a movement has expired I Is regarded as unlikely that the United Unie States forces will take part Inlt If I it Is revived by any of the powers Gen Chaffcc reports he Is moving with rapidity ra-pidity toward the execution of the departments de-partments orders relative to the withdrawal I with-drawal of his troops WU NOTIFIED OF DECREE Mr Wu the Chinese Minister has received oflicial confirmation of the Issuance Is-suance of an Imperial decree degrading Prince Tuan Kangl and other officials olclals for their course In regard to the recent troubles in China This Information agrees with that contained In a dispatch dis-patch received by the State department from Consul McWade at Canton Tho Minister has head nothing oC the designation desig-nation of officials designated by Minister Minis-ter Conger to act in conqert In peace negotiations but he has no doubt it is correct t |
