Mr. Conger to Mr. Hay.
Pekin, China, April 16, 1900.
Sir: Continuing the subject-matter of my dispatch No. 356, of the 12th instant, I have the honor to report that on yesterday there appeared in the Pekin Gazette a memorial from the viceroy of Chihli acknowledging receipt of and embodying the Imperial decree of the 19th of February last concerning the “Boxers.”
At the end of the memorial appears the following rescript or Imperial order:
The memorial is noted, and the viceroy is hereby commanded that in the future, and in due course, he must take action in good earnest to suppress this society, and must not be lax or remiss in the discharge of his duty.
Thus finally the Chinese Government have in their own way and time done what the five ministers in their identical notes requested.
It remains, however, yet to be seen what will be the final result of their efforts towards suppressing the “Boxers.”
I have the honor to be, etc.,