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Show MUST STAY IN PEKIN. Troops Should Remain, Thinks Minister Min-ister Conger. (Copyright, 1900, by the Associated Press.) Pekin, Sept. 12, via Taku, Sept. 16, via Shanghai, Sept. 18. Mr. Conger, the United States minister, says that Pekin must be occupied by foreign troops until un-til some settlement is effected, as otherwise other-wise all the value of the expedition will be lost. General Chaffee has issued orders prohibiting the American troops from shooting from boats, looting or foraging. for-aging. Every facility is to be given i the Chinese who desire to reopen their I shops and everything taken must be paid for. |