The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-04
Powers Seemingly Unable to
Agree on Joint Note.
ALLIED ARMY ALSO A DRAWBACK
Prince Ching and Earl Ii Net Hopeful
That Any Terms Would be Acceptable 10
China so Long as n Foreign Army Holds
Chi.li Observation-Disclosures and Others
Still Crying Oat for the Punishment of
High Oficials-AIassaere In shan.si.

have now heard from their governments
regarding the joint note 10 the Chinese
plenipotentiaries, and a meeting will be
held tomorrow. The ENJOYS are not COM
municatiye; hut enough is known with
reference to the objections or different
governments to make il seem doubtful
that the meeting Will have a satisfactory
conclusion
Prince Ching and Ii Hung Chang both
say that they are anxiously awaiting the
demands Of the powers. They declare
that China desires peace at any price
commensurate with The dignity OF an in
dependent nation; but they point out that.
so long as a large foreign army occupies
the province Of Chill, the problem will be
harder to solve.
The missionaries and others who went
through the siege protest bitterly against
any suggestion Of lenieney. They urge
particularly that those who are high in
office and who were really responsible for
the oUtrages to foreigners, should be ex-
ecuted; and they insist also that suf-
ficient force should be kept in China to
guarantee order and to keep foreigners
independent of the Chinese. declaring that.
if this is not done. a repetition of the
troubles is inevitable.
London. Dec 4-"Placards are again
being posted says the Tientsin corre-
spondent of the Standard. wiring Sunday.
announcing a renewal of the anti-foreign
outbreaks as imminent"
The Shanghai correspondent OF the
Morning Post says the Hankow viceroy
told Vice Admiral Seymour during the
Iatter's recent visit that the court would
never return 10 Pekin; but. as the corre-
spondent learns. the Nankin viceroy holds
just the contrary opinion
Chinese Estimate of WaIdersee.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 3.-Kwan Chang,
an attache of the Chinese Legation here,
in a formal interview to-day, said:
1T is futile for Field Marshal ven Wal
dersee to send into the interior eYpedi-
tons, the presence of which only irritates
the natives and increases their animos-
ity toward the Europeans. The Emperor
will not return to Pekin as long as for
eign troops, beyond the legation guards,
are there. Should 1t be necessary, the
Emperor will fly farther than Slan-fu.
II do not believe he United States intends
to negotiate apart from the other powers
The interests of all the powers, including
the United States, compel them to act In
concert. Consequently. it is improbable
that Mr. Conger will be secretly instruct
ed TO act apart from the representatives
of the other countries believe the pow
ers will soon reach an agreement. China
is anxious to conclude peace as this con-
dition of affairs means the ruin of COM
merce, the gradual annihilation of pub
lie welfare. and the devastation of Pekin
and other towns and villages"
Berlin, Dec. IA dispatch from Field
Marshal Count Won Waldersee. sent from
Pekin under date of Saturday, December
], says that after hosting the German
flag at the Ming tombs, and furnishing sew
eral neighboring villages for the murder
of Christians, the late Col. YOrck's de-
tachment, commanded by Gen. Gayl, re-
turned to Pekin in four columns by way
of Yang Fang. Chen Pien Tcheng, Thang
Shan, and Niu Ian Shan, each about a
days march northward of Pekin.
The Kalgan expedition. the dispatch
also says, was very successful. Several
thousand Chinese regulars. under the
command OF two generals were driven in
wild flight from the province of Chilli to
Shan-Si
Massacre story from ShaH.si.
A special dispatch from China to the
' OlkS LSlluNB repOrtS a IeaTIul mission
slaughter in the province of Shan-Si. The
first victims. the dispatch says, were a
Catholic bishop and his coadjutors and
four European priests, Franciscans, Ital-
ian and French.
The governor invited them to his house,
pretending to give them better protection;
but when they arrived their hands were
tied. Then the governor himself poniard-
ed them all. Next the governor went TO
the bishops residence with a number OF
soldiers and seized six Marseilles sisters
He promised them money and distinguish
ed husbands If they would renounce
Christianity, which offer they unanimous
ly rejected. Thereupon the governor pO-
niarded them, and also number of Chi
nese priests, 30 Chinese sisters. and 200 or
phans from three 10 sixteen years OF age.
Fifteen semindrists. who had hidden
themselves in a cistern, were. the dis
patch says, tied TO stakes and forced to
drink the blood OF the first victims. They
were then killed.
A Chinese priest and two Christians who
attempted 10 escape were caught and put
in a small hut where they were burned
Tientsin, Sunday. Dec. Alt is by the
imperative order of the Gar that the
Russians are haHdiTg over the Snan-hai-
kuan Railroad 10 the Germans. The
necessary documents were signed this
morning