Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21
STATUS OF THE
CHINA SITUATION.
State Department Has Many Notes
to Answer
PROPOSITION TO WITHDRAW
Sands same az when First Presented
-Vlceroys Ash that No Moro
Troops be Landed.

washington. Sept. 2O-The status Of
tbs chinese situation at the close Of
tbe day, according to a high authority
Is as follows
There are now before the depart
msnt of state q number Of notes await
nr answers These include the Ger
man note concerning the surrender Of
Chinese ring leaders; the original Rus
siam proposition for the withdrawal Of
tr81ps from Pekin. which has not yet
been acted upon as a fnalitv; a memo
ranium from the Russian government
asking as 10 the purposes of this gov
eminent and request by Prince
Ching that instructions be sent to Min
lister Conger TO proceed with peace ne
g5uations at once. In addition there is
a verbal inquiry from the French gov
eminent as 20 the program Of the
United States,
THESE various communications hove
accumulated slowly and an under
standing has now been reached by the
administration that there shall be a
general clearance Of the entire subject
This may be expected either late to-
morrow or early the following day It
w1l clearly enunciate the program Of
he United States on the various CUES
lions presented.
There will be seperate notes accord
ing 10 the character OF the commune
cations addressed 10 this government;
that is, the recent German note Will be
answered by a note. and the memo
raudum Of inquiry from Russia viii be
answered by q memorandum, while the
French verbal inquiry Will receive a
verbal response,
AS 10 the contents OF these several
communications the authorities are not
willing 90 give any possible intima-
tons though as far as the German
note Is concerned the belief Is almost
general here that the response OF our
government Will amount To declina-
ton 10 make the surrender Of the Of
Tending Chinese a condition precedent
70 negotiations OF any kind.
Concerning the Russian proposition
Tor withdrawal II is stated officially
that &c stands today the same as first
pregalted there having been no modih-
cations whatever on the part OF Russia
ul DO The present time"
Or WI presented 10 the state de-
parjnent this morning an appeal from
the yiCegoys of WI Chang and Nankiu
provinces. that no more international
troops DE landed in their territories.
They feared the exciting effect upon
the Chinese Of the presence Of these
troops and were willing 10 guarante
tha peace OF the provinces, and the pro-
lection Of foreigners If these troops are
excluded
There were interesting dispatches to-
day from Admiral Remey and Gen.
Chaffee Admiral Remey's official rec
ognition OF III Hung Chang does not
commit our government IN anv way,
the recognition having been extended
without doubt TO Ii in his capacity OF
vceroy OF Chi L.
Gen. Chaffee's statement relative 10
the division OF his forces indicates that
he Is still carrying forward his pre-
paratlons for wlntering his troops TO
the best advantage 1t does not signify
that he expects 10 remain in China
during the winter. but simply means
that he is preparing for eventualitles.
President Mckinley, Attorney-G
eral briggs and Gen. Corbln, the acting
secretary Of war. took dune~ tonight
at The Country club, There was a fur
Their discussion Of the German proposal
making the punishment OF Chinese
ringleaders in the Boxer trouble a con-
dIuOn precedent TO peace negotiations
and OF our answer thereto, Advantage
was also taken OF the situation. No
new advices had been received, II was
DO o'clock when the party returned 20
tha city No statement was made. re-
glriing the dinner, save that the Ger
man proposal had been under consider
alton and our answer was still In pro-
cess OF construction" and under ad-
yIsament.
10 was stated that the discussion to-
night arrived az the matter Of the an-
sWer 10 a more definite shape, but that
there had been no final action IL is
expected that this final decision will be
taken az the cabinet meeting t1mor-
row, and an announcement concerning
u may be made before the President
leaves for Canton tomorrow night.
While there Is yet a possibility of
some modification by the cabinet to-
morrow. 70 may be reiterated that the
answer as now formulated does not ac-
ceie 20 the German proposal. and the
otlit of the answer already written
ana which win be submitted 10 the
cabinet tomorrow. reviews at consid-
cradle length the reasons why the
United states cannot accede.