The Portland daily press., 1900-11-27
Or That Any Formal Proposition
Vas Made.
Nothing Germany Gould
Accept or Reject.
One Paper Favors Moderating
Demands for Punishment.

Berlin, November 60 The entire Ger
| man press refers editorially this evening
| to report that United States AMBUSH
dor White on Saturday handed the rew
American note regarding the Chinese set
Element to Baron Won Riohthofen, score
tary for forsign affairs, all the papers de.
claring that Germany refused to comply
| with the demands therein formulated.
When MIR. White was approached on
| the subject this evening he replied that
he had no interview with Baron Won
Richthofen on Saturday nor mad he then
received the American note. He asserted
that he received nothing from Washing.
ton since Thursday last and that that he
received then was not note but merely
Instructions, in consequence Of which he
had an interview with the secretary for
foreign affairs on Friday.
MIR. White reiterated that the result Of
the Friday interview was satisfactory.
adding:
cit was merely an interchange of views
in which no definite propositions were
submitted and no definite engagements
entered upon. What was said was in the
nature Of suggestion looking toward
greater moderation In the punishments,
but this was only a suggestion which
Germany could either accept or reject. IL
was not a formal proposition"
The vossische Zsitung says:
"a demand for more moderation In
the punishments is a sensible demand
which Germany could accept without
any loss Of dignity, especially as IL ap-
pears that Great Britain slides in this par
ticular with the United States
No other representative journal, how
ever, adopts this tone.
TWO PROPOSALS ACCEPTED.
London, Novem Der 27.-Dr. Morrison.
wiring to the Times from Pekin, Sunday,
says:
1.-THE foreign ENJOYS have agreed to two
proposals that were previously rejected,
owing to lack OF unanimity. These are
Sir Ernest Satow's proposal that China
should agree to recast the commercial
treaties and the italian proposal that
China should consent to foreign financial
control as q guarantee OF the indemnity.
1.-THE delay in the presentation OF the
Joint note is due to postponements by the
home governments. This increases the
difficulties of the position AMI aggrayates
the disIocation OF trade and finance. es-
pecially the collection Of inland revenues.
At the lowest estimates the indemnity is
computed at 60. 0OO, 600 pounds.
| CHINESE FLED.
Berlin, November ga despatch re-
oeivsd by the navy league here today
says that Col. Yorck's column reached
KaIgan (about 100 miles northwest Of
Pekin) on November Is. The Chinese
troops. numbering three thousand men,
fed. A battalion of Chinese imperial
soldiers was disarmed.
| GERMAN FLAG ON THE GREAT
WALL.
Berlin, November GA despatch re-
ceived here from Field Marshal Count
Won Waldersee, dated November "a, says,
Colonel Muehlenfell's expedition has
hoisted the German flag over the Great
wall, which was reached Novem Der 20,
by way of Hey Ting Cheng, after difii-
cult mountain march. The despatch adds
that the French have had severe tight
with Boxers thirty kilometers south of
Pao Ting Fu.
GOOD WAY FROM AGREEMENT.
Washington, November e6.-The state
department has been informed OF the
agreement reached by the foreign minis
tars at Pekin.
1t Is not regarded as proper to give out
for publication at this time any detailed
information respecting the agreement. 1t
may be stated however, that the arrange
ment stands very poor chance OF receiv-
ing the sanction of all this powers repre-
sentsd In the Pekin conference, unless
some material amendments are permitted.
Just what the Objectionable features
are can only be surmised in view OF the
adverse decision OF the auEoritIes respect
ing publication.
There is every reason to believe that
the Indemnity proposition has taken such
an excessive form as TO make it impos-
sible for the chinese government to meet
the demand and this fact, taken in con-
neetion with the unreasonable demands
Of some of the powers respecting punish
ments, may require our government to
make efforts to have the demands moder-
ated.
There are indications too. that In these
efforts our government is to receive the
support of one OF the most powerful of
the governments represented at the
Pekin conference, and one which general
" has been supposed OF late to have fav-
4 ored an extreme position.
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