The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-13

the present moment because the Em-
peror, if he be still alive. is under duress
and the Empress Dowager can answer
for nothing except the perpetuation of the
blind and ignorant hatred of the foreigner
which she and her advisers cherish in
common. 1t may be to the interest OF
Russia and Ii Hung Chang to make easy
the restoration of the authority OF the
Euspress Dowager, but it is certainly not
to the interest of any power that wants
to see China preserved from dismember-
ment and launched on career of peace
full progress and prosperity
THE RUsso-AMERICAN PLAN.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5-within the
Hast twenty-four hours the United States
IGCYernment has received from its rep
resentatives at foreign capitals much
material information in regard to the at
titude of the Powers on the Russian pro-
posal to evacuate Picking. These give the
general nature of the responses made TO
Russia by certain of the Powers.
| 1t is authoritatively stated that If there
was at any time a prospect of a serious
International clash this has been very
largely, if not entirely removed by the
harmonious character OF the communica-
tons the several governments are max
ing The exact nature of the responses
| is not made public by the State Depart
ment for there are yet replies to be trans
mitted and until all of them are in the
negotiations are considered in such an in
complete form that they will not be made
public.
| 1t is said, however, that the answers
go much beyond the tentative character
| of those heretofore referred to and are OF
| a conclusive nature, so far as showing
! the purposes of the governments, although
they may not be regarded as conclusive
! In accepting or rejecting the particular
proposition advanced by Russia.
| The responses are understood to be
ra ther long and somewhat argumentative,
SIMILAR in this respect to the American
res ponse. This very fact Is a cause for
lcongratula ton among the officials, as they
point out that there Is no disposition to
treat the proposal with terseness or in
any manner to give offense, but rather
to bring the Powers together on COM
mon basis.
] On the whole the general tendency of
the responses is such as to give entire
satisfaction here as to the course of the
negotiations. The satisfactory progress
| OF the negotiations along these lines has
had the effect of directing attention to
the personality of the ENJOYS who will
probably represent the Powers and CHINA
in the final settlement.
| The impression prevails here that Mr.
Conger is eminently fitted for such a task
on the part of the United States, sup
posing that each of the Powers interested
in the Chinese problem is to have
separate and individual representative
Mr.. Rockhills name is mentioned as an
alternative in case Mr.. Conger does not
care to remain in Picking, or to partici-
pate in the settlement. These sugges-
tons, however, are all speculative, for up
TO this time the State Department has not
conferred the necessary special powers
but upon any person to represent this
Government in the final negotiations.
If the present state of affairs in China
lis protracted until the arrival there of
Field Marshal Count Won ~Waldersee,
which should occur in about ten days or a
fortnight, it Is not to be doubted that the
Government of Germany will endeavor
to have all the negotiations with the Chi
lnese Government conducted through that
official as a representative, not only OF
Germany alone, but of all the Powers.
1t is gathered that strong arguments will
be advanced to support the ACCESSIBILITY
of combined action through one agency
lin this manner as the best means of secur-
ing a speedy and generally satisfactory
Termination of the Chinese trouble. In
fact, will be urged that there is little
hope for an early adjustment of the diff
ficuIty between the Powers and China II
each of the Powers is to lay down an in
dependent proposition, the culminative
effect of which, particularly in the case
of money or territorial indemnities might
be absolutely crushing to the Chinese en-
pire.
If there is any change in the military
lsituation since General Chaffees dispatch,
supposed to be of the Goth, no word of II
, has reached Washington. 1t is under
stood that the disturbances and outrages
upon missionaries continue in some of the