Show is VERY NEAR A CLIMAX 0 < I Chinese Situation Considered Very Grave by Washington Authorities Pointed Message Mes-sage Sent Chinese Government This Message Demands of the Imperial Government a SquareToed Compliance With the Thre Conditions Made by the President in His Reply to Appeal of Emperor of China Asking the United States to Mediate Washington Aug STho Chinese situation Is considered very grave by the authorities In Washington The receipt of 0 message from Minister Conger last night which Indicated a continuation oC firing on the legation that i ers and the Government insistence the Ministers should leave Peking would which Mr Conger considered 1 mean certain death brought matters to an acute stage All day the Cabinet officers who are In town have been consulting with one another and the President has been communicated with by telegraph and telephone Secretary Root held two conferences with AttorneyGeneral GrIggs and several with Acting Secretary Sec-retary of State Adee and their views President were communicated to the MESSAGE SENT TO CHINA As a result It was announced that a message to the Imperial Government at Peking had been delivered to Minister Min-ister Wu for transmission to his Government Gov-ernment The text of the message j was prepared by Acting Secretary of State Adee and Secretary Root and in its final form l was made known to the President In 3 talk conducted by Mr Root over the White House longdJa tance telephone DOCUMENT A POINTED ONE I was then stated definitely that the authorities oC this Government would not make public the text of this latest communication to China until Minister Minis-ter Wu had opportunity to forward It to his Government The chief officials of the Government were not willing to outline in any definite manner the r contents of the message although It was generally accepted l that the communication com-munication was emphatic and to the point BE OF GOOD CHEER The State department sent a cipher cable message to Minister Conger responsive re-sponsive to his message made public last night and Intended to test the assertion as-sertion of the Chinese edict that fren serton oJ cipher communication would be allowed t cpher lowed I advises him of the approach of the relief column and exhorts him to be of good cheer The dispatch wad Gent direct to Minister Conger at Peking Pe-king and a duplicate of it to Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai Good I now wan directed to spare no pains or expense to get the message to Minister Conger DEMANDS NOT COMPLIED WITH The message sent to the Chinese Government through Mr Wu accorl ing to the best Information obtainable Informs that Government that the removal re-moval of the restrictions upon com munlcation with our Minister evidenced i evi-denced both by the receipt of Mr Congers Con-gers message and the transmission of the edict ot the 5th Is very gratifying but Is not an entire compliance with the demands of the President In his reply re-ply to the appeal for mediation The President In his original communication communica-tion to the Emperor of China ald down three conditions precedent to any action looking to negotiations for the settlement of the differences between be-tween China and the powers These conditions In the Presidents own words Wca follows 1I WHAT CONDITIONS WERE I most solemnly urge upon your Majesty Majes-ty B Government t01lvC public assurance I whether the foreign Ministers are alive and If o In what condition To put tho diplomatic representatives of the powers In Immediate and free communication com-munication with their respective Government Gov-ernment and to remove all dangers to crnonant 01 1 their lives and liberty rmScr It To place the Imperial authorities of China in communication with tho relief expedition eo that cooperation may bo secured botwcon lwm for the liberation of the legations and the protection or foreigners by tho restoration of order DANGERS NOT ALL REMOVED nE These three demands practically veto reiterated In the dispatch which 4 Secretary Hay sent to ConsulGeneral j Goodnow at Shanghai August 1st for transmission to Li Hung Chang The authorities consider that the opening of Cwnmunlcatlon with Minister Con RcrTHhcrefore only partially compiles p with the Presidents demands With the legations still under fire the ll ncse Government cannot be sail to I have removed all dangers to heir lives and liberty and moreover so far 1 known here the Imperial au S thoiiues of China have made no pf t fortH to communicate and cooporate with lie relief expedition I SQUARETOED COMPLIANCE The new demand upon the Chinese I Government IB for squarotoed compliance com-pliance with these conditions There Is I hope growing r out of the fact that the fhlneso Government has yielded partially that when confrontel with the firm position taken by the United Stales It will he sufficiently Impressed to make complete acquiescence This Governments determination I Is hoped will show ihe Chinee Ooorn ircnl that Ihf United States Is I not 10 Io 1 trifled wilfiand will bring the shift Inprevaslve authorities In Peking to n full realizatIon of the situation and the consequencco of refusal WU IS PERTURBED Minister Wu early in the lay brought to the Slate department the Imperial J edict removing the restrictions trom J frep communication with the Ministers IIo af plainly perturbed over illnls tel rangers report that the legations veie under lire but still contended that his Government was acting In good faith and protested against a misrepresentation of the situation He pointed out that the fact that the absence ab-sence of artillery fire might Indicate that there were no regular troops engaged en-gaged In the assault and that the rifle flic spoken of by Mr Conger simply might be the sniping of disgrnnfi i i regulars who were engaged In guerrilla guer-rilla tactics ser |