The San Francisco call., 1898-01-19
CHINA'S BIG CONCESSIONS
 TO GERMANY The Trouble Between the Two Nations
 Settled. Kiaochau and a Larue Belt of Land Is
 Leased. Punishment of Murderers of Missionaries and a Heavy
 Indemnity. WILLIAM HAS HIS WAY Every Demand Made by the Kaiser Seems to Have Been Com
 piled With.
Punishment of Murderers of Missionaries and a Heavy
 Indemnity.
WILLIAM HAS HIS WAY.
Every Demand Made by the Kaiser Seems to Have Been Com
 piled With.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1s.-A Washington special to the Herald says: Official an- nouncement has at last been made that the controversy between China and Germany has been settled. The an- nouncement was received to-day by Minister Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese diplomatic representative in Washing ton, in cablegram from the Tsung II Yamen, dated yesterday at Peking. A statement given out by the Minister in regard to its contents reads:
 "A settlement of the difficulty with Germany has been effected Kiaochau Bay is to be leased, belt surrounding the bay extending 100 Ii (about thirty miles) to be the boundary. All the German troops outside the prescribed limits are to be withdrawn. Two of the culprits charged with the murder of missionaries are to be punished with death and the rest with Imprisonment. Permission will be granted for the building of churches in the cities of Tsi Ng, Tsao Chow Flu and Gnu Yeh, and dwelling houses for missionaries in seven places in the districts of Tsao Hien and Shan Hien will be erected, for which purpose the sum of 225, 900 taels will be allowed. This amount is to be taken also as compensation for the killing of missionaries. The sanction of the throne has been obtained to the above mode of settlement
 Minister Wu declines to discuss the terms upon which China has settled her trouble with Germany, but it is generally believed that he has felt all along that the Berlin Government, while Ostensibly seeking redress for outrages perpetrated upon her mission aries. was really after a port on the Pacific In official circles the indemni- ty which China has been compelled to pay Germany is regarded as excessive.
 The distribution of missionaries throughout the province of Shan Tung shows conclusively, it is believed, that Germany proposes to fly her flag over the entire province in the course of time. At present she is restricted to "a belt surrounding Kiaochau Bay, ex- tending about thirty miles," Where this belt shall be measured from and what steps have been taken by China to prevent encroachment by the Berlin Government are questions that are be- ing asked by officials and attaches of the Chinese legation. It is said at the Chinese legation now that if Germany has formal possession of Kiaochau, she will be the one to make the necessary regulations for the government of the port, and it must be to her that the United States must make any repre- sentations it may desire looking to the free access of it's commerce to that port.
 LONDON, Jan. 1S.-A special dis patch from Picking says: China is ready to open three new treaty ports and to agree to an extension of rail- way into Hun Nan province, but de- clines to agree to the exclusion of other powers than England from the Yang Tse Kiang valley. The Peking corre- spondent of the Times says: "The Rus sian charge d'affaires, M. Pavloff, pro- tests strongly against the opening of Talien Wan, but China is apparently anxious to obtain British financial as sistance and will give ample security for the repayment of a loan. She will also permit the extension of steam communication on inland waters and will grant increased trade facilities at all open ports"