Show NOT YET I SIGNED Congorle Signature Not Appended to I Agreement of Powers Washington Dec 3 iTIie text of the agreement arrived a by tho foreign Ministers at Peking has not yot reached the State department from Minister Conger and hO Is still withholding Hlgnature to tho document Meamhe It is said that following his latest instructions In-structions < confer vlth tho British and German Ministera at Peking he IH maklpg substantial headway towards IL1 toward-s I llio BublkUtjpjV pr U odllled agree i J meni on the lines of the policy laid down by the State departments various vari-ous oposllions to the powers While the United States has not Keen fit to make any formal protest against the continuance of the punitive expeditions expedi-tions being sent out from Peking from lime to time it has managed to convey to the powers Its belief that the further Is In indis prosecution of this policy creet and will tend to greatly delay the return of the Chinese authorities to Peking Pe-king and the final settlement toward which all efforts arc now directed I is believed these Intimations have been taken In good part by the various Foreign offices and that a restraining influence will soon be exerted upon the I military officers In China |