Show cl inece in burned the secretary of state received a cablegram cab legra n Thur slay norr ing from mr united baates charge at pe 1 in dated at bekin april 18 saying police occue ed by von wal bersee ace destroyed by fire general ch ef of staff fatally burned th s incident lay prove more serious than appears on the surface it is known from d plo matic com munica t ons d in ashl ton that in tense feel ng has been aro sed among the chinese over tl e occupant on of the impress do lagers palace by count von and his m lutary staff this was graph cally set forth in a letter received here fron one of the foremost at pekin lie de sante 1 in dela 1 the manner in which tl e palace had been turned over to military uses and commented upon the ind agn ty wh 1 it involved to the achl nese people and to tl e 1 ly moreover it is kno that this mill on of the imperial palace was a dovir g cause for tl e rejection ol 01 all overtures for the return of the am aerial family to pekin nese nt it was impossible to even cons der tl e return of the empena family so long as tl e commander in chief of the all ed forces was in actual occupation of the empress palace |