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Show j TREACHERY OF CHINE3B. ' n.r..t lnl..t.llon.TI..ITh.lr llo.rB. I m.iiji liMlra Tl.am lo lata I'.kla L'nd.r lliln.aa ',. rt- I The secretary of atate rrcelfed the following from Minister Co-iger Hatur day: The Taung-llYamen states to the diplomatic body that the Tarloua foreign for-eign gorerninrnta hare repeatedly naked, through the rrspcctlre Chlneso ministers, that We Immediately depart from 1'ekln under suitable esrorL The- t Yamen asks us to Ox a date for our departure de-parture and to make the necessary arraugeuirnta to do sj Our reply la that we will seek In striictloua from ojr gorcrnnirnta and that In thenbsenceof such instructions we cannot quit our poiL 1 iiiutl Inform you Dial In order to Inauru our safe departure, foreign troona only can safely escort us, and they must be lu sufllclcnt force to safely guard 800 foreigners, Including 700 women nnd children, at well at 3,000 nallte Chrlatlnna who cannot bo abandoned aban-doned to certain inaaaacre. Wecannot ' accept a Chinese escort under any clr- Icumatances. AH tny cullraguea are dispatching the foregoing to their respective governments. gov-ernments. Of the American marlnra seven hate bern killed and alxtrcn wounded, among tho latter Captain Myers nnd Doctor Llppctt, who are getting along well. Coxokil In the light of this dlapalch, lbs att)tude of the administration is that I there It but one thing to do In the pre.entclrcumatancea, namely, to press on to the relief of tho besieged garrison ayl'ellln. The dispatch waa accepted aa showing show-ing conclusive Justification fur tho Imperative Im-perative demand of tho United Stales, sent to the Chtueso government on Wednesday night, to Instruct the Imperial Im-perial troops to co-opcrnto with the International forces In the rescue ol ministers, and until this condition, nt well aa tho cctaatlun of tho bombard ment, is fully conceded by China, lliero Is no other course open but to press steadily onward in the mission ot relief. |