The sun., 1900-11-21
FOR CHINESE.
German Official Says Punitive EXpe-
ditions Will Soon Cease.
ALLIES PLANS FOR WINTER.
General Humphrey Reports That
Ching-WOng-Tno Has Been Chosen
For II Winter Port and Costly
Pier viii Be Duilt There.

Berlin, Nov. 20.-An official of the for
eign Office in an interview said that puni
tive expeditions against the Chinese
would soon cease and that no others be-
sides the present one would be ordered.
a special dispatch to the Lokal An.
zeiger purports to give the result Of the
conference of Herr knappe, German
consul Mt Shanghai, with Liu Kun Vi in
which the latter stated that he had not
received an appointment as one of the
peace commissioners and professed not to
have any influence at court. He denied
the purchases Of arms in Shanghai for
fighting the foreigners. The arms, he
said, We're to fight the rebels.
Another statement which appears in q
number of papers declares that Herr
Knappe was sent to confer with the
viceroys of Nankin and WI Chang to
obtain their promises not to supply the
court at Sian-fu with provisions and not
to oppose joint measures adopted regard
ing this matter by the German, English,
French and Japanese authorities.
A dispatch from Ten-tsin says:
"Brigadier General Charles F.. Hum
phrcy of General Chaffee's staff, who left
about week ago for Shan Hal Kwan,
on the gulf of Liau-Tong, to inspect that
place, with a special view TO its avail
ability as IL winter port, has returned.
He says pier is to be built at Chang
Wong Tao, eight miles from Shan-Hai.
Kwan, at an international expense, the
cost to be $200,GU0. That port was So
lected because it can be kept open for
winter communication easier than any
other ON the gulf. The railway to Pc
king it is expected, will be ready about
the beginning of January.
"Ihc pei-H H9, north of Tung-C how, is
freezing rapidly, and river coinmunica.
tion may be closed At any time
In tie Reichstag.
The session of the rechstag was at
tended 10y large crowd. Baron Won Lu-
canus, chief of the emperor'S civil cabi
net, was present as his majcsty's repre-
sentative. The court and diplomatic
boxes were full. among those present be,
ing Sir II. c. Lacelles, the British en-
bassador: Countess Won Bulow and Do
ma Laura Minghetti. Count von Bulow's
reception was decidedly cool, and only
once was there hearty applause, when
the chancellor admitted that the govern
Inent had asked indemnity from China.
| the applause then being remarkable.
Herr Lieber, Centrst, and Herr Bebel,
i Socialist, both condemned severely the
| government for violation of the constitu-
tion, incurring the expenses in China
| without having first obtained the consent
| of the reichstag and for creating the Chi
ma colonial army. Herr Lieher sharply
criticised the emperor for his mo par.
dom speech. for declaring n campaign
of revenge and for saying that no deci
sion beyond the seas must be reached
without the emperor's consent. He brand
ell the German style of warfare in Chins
as inhuman and cruel and referred al
length to letters from soldiers proving
this. lie denied incidentally that I'll
American loan had served to pay tn,
campaign expenses.
| Herr Bebel created a sensation wheI
he declared faulty the empires constitu
ton, which does not provide specific pun
ishment for chancellor who violates it
The constitution, he said, alone prevent
ed the chancellor's impeachment. Her
Bebel also branded the German method
of warfare in China and read score oi
letters from soldiers there proving thu
charges he made.
General Won Gossler minister of war
made a most unfortunate speech. It
said the Huns once devastated Europe
and now was the time for historic retri
button in China. and he called it a lucky
circumstance that the army had a chance
to wage the war.
The members of the Left and Center
often interrupted General Won Gosslci
with jeers and laughter.