Show 10 INVASION celb trove to ilaff silo if rawest irmes N trois 1 r las A now imperial edict he its been pro promulgated in chin chins ordering all viceroy end od provincial governors to endeavor to negotiate peace with the power powers whose ministers are re held as hostage pending the result rul tot of Uie iti oter avie for the ot of boull lo Ull ties tie ag finst china 1 the are also commanded to guard their tei ri vigilantly attack and still to prevent by all means ta in their power the advance of the foreign troop troops especially alone the year I 1 kiang the decree lays ya the will answer with their lives for fqy failure to execute these ordera orders Coruto ands are alio also that not a single foreigner ie to allowed to escape from the interior where there are fully european Kur connected with the missionary nila vork in isolated lUna tlona when the tb groyer nor of shan tung communicated tu the consuls the ills im ito palal decree of july 24 be omitt omitted Z a ampa tant addressed to LI aa it Is I 1 admittedly advisable all the ministers but it la Is equally unwise to tend send them to tien tin it will be 1 much wiser to keep the survivors at pekin aa Is 1104 tAgeL you are commanded to batten beaten to you are incurring imperial displeasure by delay you have been appointed viceroy of chi LI L bt bhame cause with your military experience you will ill successfully leal the imperial arms armlet es against the foreigner foreigners in chi lt which yn yu lu the pi dent viceroy la is unable to do owing to his hi ignorance at of M military affair lt ll hung chang replied to the tb edict asking 11 to be allowed to retire on an so c count of hia his age gis |