The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-10
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THE CHINESE
NEGOTIATIONS
France Submits Propositions
Under Four Heads.

Wsshiugton. Dot 4 p. 90 ositions
Of . lss resobiog character concern
log Chius ere being presented iu
sspid soccessiou TO this government
The sasts department had no sooner
dispossd Of one Of these propositions
sodsy. By delivering Q response to
the German government, than il was
cosStoussd By an even more import
sss proposition submitted by the
French government. and within half
"a hour THE wss formsily seco ..ded
By the Russisn government.
The answer to Germany covered
The ssbject Of puniShiug Chinese
oEsndsrs and made known that the
United States bad instructed Minis.
ssr Conger along the lines suggested
By Germany. These instructions
look toward securing the names of
tho persons deserving chss,isemen ut !,
cleo whether the puuishments accord
With the gravity Of the crimes
committed sod fioslly. in what man .
nes the United Ststes aud the other
powers sse 10 be assured that ss.is.
1ectory punishmsht 10 inflicted
Aside from these specific purposes of
The note, it 10 regarded % important
chiefly 10 establishing the most
Satisfactory relations between the
eosesnmgnts at Washington and
Berlin
The Franco Russisu proposal takes
much broader SCOPE aud submits q
progrsnme under which the negosia
tioos for complete settlement can
b carried forward The French
charge. n Thiebaut. handed the
proposition to Secretary hay after
: noon today aud held y brief confer
euoe concerning il. Half an hour
lister NJ de Wollaut, the Russisn
charge, arrived ct the state depart.
nsos and headed to Mr. hay q note
expressing Russian approval of the
psopositioDs just submitted by
France. Mr. Hay gave no formal ao
ever 20 lhe two communiostions. a
they will 90 fret to the president at
Canton.
Tho Franco Russisu proposition 10
under four hesds. namely Fret, the
pssishmens OF the guilty parties /;
second. iossrdiotion Of the shipmen
Of ssus into Chine ; third. payment
Of indsunIsy TO the powers, and
FORTH. suncient guarantees for the
future
10 edition. . suggestion 10 made
Tor the establishment of Q permanent
legation guard st Pek,n for the
rssiug OF the Tsku forts. and for the
esin.susuce Of line OF oommunioa
sios between Petin and the soc
The impression here. 10 advance OF
seton on these propositions by our
government 10 shst they contain
nothing esssntislly uniting them TO
% subjects Of consideration in Q
hoss settlement The difficulty which
10 hkeIy 10 arise lies in the placing
OF proper Limitations upon the scope
OF esoh hesd. This 10 particularly
sroe OF the subjsct Of guarantees end
perhaps. OF that Of indemnity Still,
- already suggested, each is nm
dosbeedly . most proper subject for
discussion whom the iual negotiations
ere reached and therefore, M.
Dslcssse's brosdsss proposition, while
likely TO cOnsums some time in re-
ducing them TO Ultimate and binding
form. my 10 said to have Q fair 70.
cepsion swslting them
AZ to the Introduction of arms the
state department has intimsted tha,
there may DO . question 90 to ito
wisdom. sod there 10 reason 10 Do
lievs. slso, that Germany will not
view thst particular feature with
approval. But there appears to be
good reason 10 expect that Q middle
ground will be reached by con6nipg
the interdiction of srms 10 Q specified
period. possibly to be fixed by the
time required by China within which
TO psy the indemnity The chief
objection TO the proposition is in its
being permanent 10 ito present form
What the United States govern
mspt particularly desires to avoid ia
entering into . programme that leans
in any manner toward the maioteu.
sooe Of . fooshcld on Chinese soil
and u the osber propositions rels,ive
90 the maintenance of 0 liue of free
end ssfs Communication between
Pskiu and 'hs ses, and to the lsgs.