Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-15

initial condition OF an acceptable set
tlement between China and the pow
efs. 1 sale In my message OF October
IL 10. the ChInese emperor:
thrust that negotiations may begin
so soon as we and the other offended
governments shall be effectively salts
fled of your majesty's ability and pow
or to treat with just %sternness the
principal offenders, who are doubly
culpable, not alone toward the foreign
ers, but toward your majesty, under
whose rule the purpose of China TO
dwell In concord with the world q
hitherto found expression In the well
come and protection assured to strang-
ers."
The Pending Negotiations.
Taking, as a point OF departure, the
imperial edict appointing Earl Ii
Hung Chang and Prince Ching pleni-
potentiaries to arrange a settlement,
and the edict OF September rs, whereby
certain high officials were designated
for punishment. this government has
/ moved, in concert with the other pow
ers, toward the opening OF negotia-
tions, which Mr.. Congar, assisted by
Mr.. Rockhill, has been authorized to
conduct on behalf OF the United States.
l General bases OF negotiation formu~
lated by the government of the French
republic have been accepted with GER
tain reservations as to details, made
necessary by our W circumstances,
but, like similar reservations by other
powers, open to discussion in the prog
ress OF the negotiations. The DISPOSE
ton OF the emperor's government to
admit liability for wrong don TO for
elgn governments n their nationals,
and to act upon such additional desig-
nation Of the guilty persons as the for
eiGn ministers at Picking may be In Il
position 10 make, gives hope of IA COM
plete settlement OF all questions in
volvcd, assuring foreign rights of resi-
dcnce and intercourse OF terms OF
equality for all the world.
] regard as one OF the essential fac
tors OF n durable adjustment the Sc
Curemen Of adequate guarantees for
liberty of faith. since insecurity OF
those natives who may embrace alien
creeds Is a scarcely less effectual as
sault upon the rights OF foreign wor-
ship and teaching than would be the
direct invasion thereof.
Question of Indemnity.
The matter OF indemnity for our
wronged citizens is q question Of grave
concern. Measured I'm money alone, u
sufficient PREPARATION may prove to be
beyond the ability OF China to meet.
All the powers concur in emphatic dis
chalmers Of any purpose OF ~aggrandize-
meRt through the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
the empire. / I'm disposed to think
that due compensation may be made
in part by increased guarantees OF Sc
Curity for foreign rights and immuni-
ties, and, most important of all, by the
opening OF China to the equal COM
merce Of all the world. These views
have been and VIII be earnestly advo-
Gated by N representatives.
The government Of Russia has put
forward a suggestion that in the event
OF protracted divergence OF views in
regard TO indcmnitIes the matter may
be relegated to the court OF arbitration
at The Hague. / fayorably incline to
this, believing that high tribuna could
not fail to reach n solution no less con-
duclve to the stability n enlarged
prosperity Of China itself than imme-
diately beneficial to the powers.