Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-10
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MARQUIS ITO THINKS POWERS
SHOULD SPEEDILY AGREE.
CHINA MUST BE RECOGNIZED
No Binding Peace Until Emperor I:
Returned to Authority art
Needs Help. 2AA

New York, Oct. 10.-A dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser from Toxic says:
The Marquis Ito, premier of Japan and
dictator of the Japanese policy in re-
spect to China, received your correspond
ent by appointment this afternoon. and,
while disclaiming that his utteranceS
were official. talked freely on the para
mount issue of the day.
Il canont understand" he said. why
the powers do not convene a conferences
of plenipotentiary representatives ana
speedily determine Il concerted rpolicy
towards China. Though the armies. are
working tremendously, a conflict is sure
to arise if the governments neglect lon
ger to arrive at a definite understanding.
In my humble opinion the present dy-
nasty must be given a chance to return
to power, and the emperor and court
must return to Pekin before any eff
fectual settlement can be approached.
AS long as the impress. the court and
the few thousand imperial forces with
her are unable to restore a sernblance of
government in Pekin, their DEGREES will
be ignored, or, at least, be ineffective.
and the viceroys who have remained
passive will, for lack of central author
ity, soon be at odds with one another.
Negotiations with Lii Huns Chang and
Prince Ching will be fruitless. unless
ratified and reinforced by a re-estab-
lished government, for they alone, no
matter what they promise, canno carry
out anything. Tuan, Kang vi and Tung
Fun Slang dominate the empress, and
say they will resist the foreign powers
to the death if they are ignored. = It
is impossible to separate them from the
empress. If the attempt We're made by
force, the emperor and empress would
undoubtedly disappear altogether. I
think it is ineffective and useless to
make too many preliminary conditions
to Prince Ching. If persisted in, chaos
viii result Pekin should be evacuated,
the empress and court permitted to re-
turn. and negotiations should come after
wards. The foreign powers should
withdraw to the coast and hold their
forces there pending the final settle
ment. Further aggressive measures will
plunge the whole empire into war. and
chaos will reign for years. The dynasty
will be ruined. Russia promises to
evacuate Manchuria upon a permanent
settlement, if the other powers take
nothing further by force. America has
assumed a most diplomatic ard gener-
Gus position, and I think the other pow
ers will agree to her proposals. Japan
sent troops purely for humane reasons
to relieve the legations-and she would
withdrawal. The financial strain
that will result from further occupation
is more than the japanese people can
bear. We have no territorial ambitions
in China or korea-only commercial in
%terests. Our relations with Russia are
most friendly; there is no friction over
Korea or Manchuria, for neither covets
sovereignty in those places. I think Ii
Hung Chang is sincere in his desire to
avert a ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Chinese
empire. He is the only International
figure China has with brains capable of
understanding and formulating a settle
ment. War with China will be the
greatest disaster of the century for no
nation could conquer her single-handed,
and all the world would be plunged in
strife. The emperor is weak-dominated
entirely by the empress and Tuan.s 1.-The
viceroys would, I think, fight if partition
of China We're attempted. China must
be given a chance to rehabilitate herself
and punish the instigators of the insur-
rection, but the troops must not be
withdrawn from the foreign comnu-
mites until peace is an accomplished
fact. Japan owes a great deal to Amer
lea, and we all feel deep regard for your
people. If asked, we would assist
America in any way we could" 49,