The sun., 1900-12-13
AGREEMENT
Negotiations Regarding the Joint
China Note Completed. .ssass
ACCEPTED WITH ONE CHANGE
The Introductory Clause, Which De-
clares That the Demands Are
IrrevOcable, Has Now
Been Eliminated. ss

LONDON, Dec. l2.-Ine negotiations OF
tile powers in regard to the joint China
note have been concluded satisfactorily,
all agreeing to the conditions identically
as outlined by Count Won Bulow, the
imperial chancellor of Germany, Nov. 19,
with the exception of the Introductory
clause, saying that the demands are IT.
revocable, which is eliminated.
Count Won Bulow, on the occasion of
his first appearance in the German reichs-
tag as imperial chancellor, on Nov. 10,
alter making i statement defining Ger
many's policy toward China and outlin-
ing the Anglo-German agreement, PRO
ceeded to give the complete text of the
demands which the representatives of
the powers in peking had at that time
agreed to recommend TO their govern
ments to embody in Il collective note for
presentation to the Chinese government,
as follows:
"Article /. An extraordinary mission,
headed by an imperial prince, shall be
sent to Berlin i'll order to express the re-
gret of the emperor of China and of the
Chinese government for the murder of
Baron Won Ketteler. On the scene of the
murder monument worthy of the as
sassinated minister shall be erected, with
an inscription in Latin, German and
Chinese expressing the regret of the
emperor of China.
Death For Tuan.
"Article 2. (a) The death penalty is to
be inflicted upon Princes Tuan and
Chung. upon Duke Ian and, further,
upon Ying-nien, Kang-yi, Chao Shu-
chiao, Tungfuh-Siang, Yu-Hsien and
other ringleaders, whose names will be
given by the representatives of the pow
ers; ~ in all places where foreigners
have been killed or maltreated official
examinations shall be suspended for five
years.
ARTICLE 8. The Chinese government
shall erect monument in every foreign
or international cemetery which has been
desecrated or where the graves have been
destroyed.
'Article 4. The prohibition Of the import
of arms into China shall be maintained
till further notice.
ARTICLE 5. China has to pay just in
demnity to governments, corporations and
individuals, rs well as TO those Chinese
who suffered during the recent events in
person or i'll property in consequence of
being in the service of foreigners.
article 6. Every single foreign power
is granted the right of maintaining a per-
manent legation guard and of placing the
quarter of Peking where the legations
are situated i'll state of defense. Chi
nese are not to be allowed to live in that
quarter of peking.
ARTICLE Z. The Taku forts and those
forts which might prevent free commun-
cation between peking and the sea shall
be razed.
Article 8. The powers acquire the
right of occupying certain points, OH
which they will agree among themselves,
with the object of maintaining free COM
municatiOn between the capital and the
sea.
Must Post DEGREES.
ARTICLE 8. The Chinese government is
hound to post imperial DEGREES for two
years at all subprefectures. In these de-
crees-(W to belong To any antiforeign
sect is forever forbidden under penalty
of death; (b) the punishments inflicted
upon the guilty are recorded; (c) to pre-
vent fresh disturbances it is declared that
the viceroys, as well as the provincial
and local authorities, are made RESPONSE
pie Tor the maintenance of order in their
districts. In the event of fresh antifor-
eign disturbances or other intringements \
VI tHe lltHtltS Which are DOt ut once
stopped and avenged by punishment of
the guilty those officials shall be prompt
ly dcposed and never again intrusted
with official functions or invested with
fresh dignties.
Article 10. The Chinese government
undertakes to enter upon negotiations
with regard to such alterations in the ex-
isting commercial and navigation treaties
as the foreign governments consider to be
desirable, as well as regarding other mat
ters which are concerned with facilitating
commercial relations.
Article IL. The Chinese government
shall be bound TO reform the Chinese for
eign office and the court ceremonial for
the reception of the foreign representa-
tives and to do so i'm the sense which
shall be defined by the foreign powers"
Loving Cup For Bishop McLaren.
Chicago, Dec. 12.-In commemoration
of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his
conservation as bishop of the Chicago dio-
cese of the Protestant Episcopal church
Bishop William Edward McLaren was
presented with loving cup by the church
club of the diocese. The presentation
was made at tho cOnclucion of n Iou1,, o+