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Show CHINA SUES FOR PEACE. ABKtJ POM APPOINTMENT OF COMMtttSiON. Irr.ld.nl Mtf ll..ll In fnn.M.r nrtMt -(realloul t'emiollM MX be Naxittlxl, The Cblnrte government haa made formal application through M Uung Clung at II envoy, for the apfolnt-ment apfolnt-ment of an American eoramliiloetr, to bring about the rrttatloo of hoil'lltlea In China and the rettoratlon of gmcral peace. Thlt, coming ilnce the captive of l'ekln, la the Ural ahowlnff of Cilni'i complete wearluett with the itmggle and her detire lo make term. No reply bat been made lo tie re qurtt, but there It reaton to vrlleva that tha overture will, In effrit, be rejected, on the ground that ltd con-dltloui con-dltloui laid down In the AmerlrKi note of Augutl I: hate not been eoeplled with, and unlet compiled wllh the goverment'acourie mutt procer4wllh. out reference to Chlna'a appeal for a halt In the procredluga. The dltpatch of Augnit II Hid prclrlcally that the United StaUtwat ready lo enter Into an agreemrat between be-tween the powen and tha Chlane gov-erumrnt gov-erumrnt far aceatatlon of hoillllllet, on condition that the relief forcrt tliould be permitted ''to euler I'eklo uumoleited," and etciirl the lrallou-trt lrallou-trt therefrom under tuch rrcum-alancea rrcum-alancea aa the eiuiniandlng riiifral might lay down. Hut up to the preaent time tttrt It no evidence that the allied form are linmoleitid at l'ekln, or have rrelved the unction of the Imperial pvrrn-lucnl pvrrn-lucnl to convey the Irgatlonert t Tien Tain without further trouble, aid nutter nu-tter the condition d down ly the commanding general. |
