Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1901 — Conger Starts for Home. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Conger Starts for Home.

Minister Conger has Just left for this country on sixty days’ leave of absence. Commissioner Rockhill will have full power to conduct the negotiations now in progress. Conger returns of his own initiative. For some time pest he has been anxious to get back to lowa, but the opportunity has not presented itself until now. Now that the foreign ministers have satisfactorily settled the question of punishments of the offending Chinese officials, and a new subject Is to be taken up, it will be easy to pass the negotia-

tiona into Mr. Rockhill’s bands without sacrificing any points. It was Mr. Conger’s own suggestion that Mr. Rockhill be placed in charge. Our government has now received assurances from nearly all the powers represented by military forces at Pekin of their entire agreement with the United States government as to the inexpediency of resuming offensive military operations in China while the peace negotiations are in progress.

MINISTER CONGER.