Arizona republican., 1900-08-24

allies and the legationers are safe. the
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 THE ment of the Chinese
 CHINESE problem becomes of SITUATION prime importance. The
 mere occupation of Pe- kin is useless, except, of course. to bring relief to the foreigners who have been besieged there, unless it can be . accompanied by negotiations looking to the permanent adjustment of existing troubles. The allied army is not in the position to enter into sprinting contest with the dowager empress and her army for the purpose, by fear of capture. of bringing her directly to terms. DSpossessed of the imperial capital, it Is competent for her to estab- fish the seat of government wherever she chooses; and. barring the various viceroys, and more especially Ii Hung Chang, who is said to be acting unde:' imperial orders, but whose standing Is not as strong as it appeared to be q week ago. there would be no responsible authorities to negotiate with. so long IS the imperial court chose to fit through the vast interior of China. keeping out of the way of the invaders.
 If the opposition which was encoun- tered at Taku. Tien Tsin and Peitsang was not sufficient to justify the allied governments in declaring war against China. then surely nothing that has since occurred, except possibly such revelations as their diplomatic repre- -sentatives at Pekln make, to warrant such q declaration. The allied forces entered Pekin. and the Chinesa government simply left it. We are now in occupation of the Chinese capital. taken by force of arms and yet. paradoxically enough, We are not at war with China. We wish to reform Chinese administration in such a way as, first. to make impossible such outrages as those which have oc- cured in the past; second, to obtain Indemnity for sufferings endured; and, third, to secure an enlargement of the foreign trade area in the empire But how are we to accomplish these pur- poses and who are we to negotiate with?
 The situation is certainly a perplexing one, and will require the most careful diplomatic skill in its adjustment, par ticularly as there Is not a little reason for believing that possibly not two O. those govrnments that are now acting Tn concert entertain the same views ss to the ends to be sought for or the man. ner of seeking their attainment. As stunning that the controlling influence with the allies was sufficiently potent to secure an indorsement of the policy of political and territorial integrity in China, it would be competent. if those repre senting the dowager empress would not take up negotiat tions in good faith, to set up a native government m it's stead. We should suppose that, IS the result of the Japanese and the pre- sent struggle, not to speak of other raa- sens, the Ia Tsing dynasty would be pretty thoroughly discredited and that "SD@'i'NN'iOii A'i It. II NlSciS uilucI taken, might be successfully instituted. It is always a serious matter for foreign governments to bring about a dynastic change in the control of a nation, and possibly nowhere more so than in China. Still. it is necessary that We should have some one to negotiate with unless China is to be partitioned among the vctors. and if the dowager empl ess will not negotiate, then some authority must be created who will do this.