Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-19
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Germany 3 Note Demanding Deliy.
cry Of the Guilty Cinnamon
Cause Fer Alarm
United States Must Now Withdraw
Or Participate IN q War
Against ChtsA
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sQrdW lis FlOrCeS IyOmsChlna lmme0lately
or Join Germany and England and pos
sibly some Of the other allied powers in
g prolonged war with China.
5GERMANY,s PLAN TOO HARSH.
wnshinaton Government Not In.
clincd TO Take Germun View of
Cllina,s lunishment.
washington, Sept 1s.-while the
United States agrees with Germany
that there should be punishment OF the
Chinese officials, like Prince Tuan and,
Gen. Lung Lu, who are known to have
been guilty of instigating and perhaps
actually leading the attacks upon the
Legations. 1t is not believed the presi-
dent Will join Germany in demanding
that those guilty, persons be delivered
up to the allies for punishment.
Instead OF this the United States Is
likely to demand that Tuan and Yung8
Iu be adequately punished by the Chs
nese government. 1t is held here that;
TO require the imperial authorities to
deliver the accused over to the foreign
eers az a condition precedent TO peace
negotiations might be demand for the
impossible, as 1t is by no means certain
that the government can lay hands on
+ the Offending officials. Nor Is 1t cer-3
tain that the imperial government
1 would consent to deliver up q prince of
4 the blood lLke .Tuan to the custody and
Strial Of f0reigners,
sss OMclals of the state department who
{ Are SIpposed 10 know soi,,a hing df the
q spresident.s mind ON this question say
he lie not In favor OF q harsh pollcys
4 toward the dynasty and believes no
good can come OF holding the misguided
and superstitious Chinese to as rigid
an accounta bility as wouiu certainly be
the case II they were western nation
and had been guilty Of similar offenses.
Literal acceptance OF the German
program would require that the ems
press dowager herself be delivered over
to the European troops in Pekin and
that her head be cut off to make a for
eign holiday In the imperial city. There
Is no longer room for doubt that the
empress is equally. guilty with Tuan,
Yung and other reactionaries If not
more guilty. Minister Conger's dis
patchs to the state department confirm
Dr. Morrison's and other dispatches
from Pekin which state that the en-
} press ordered the attack upon the lega-
tions.
But 1t Is contended that II the powers
attempt to punish her there can be no
peace in China. Her person Is sacred
lin the eyes of all Chinese. II she was
harmed probably the allies would find
themselves with a large task on their
hands. Dietasteful as 1t Is, there seems
to be no recourse for the powers but to
permit her to go unpunished, unless it
shall be found that ii is safe to deprive
her OF power and restore the emperor
TO full possession Of his authority.
This Is as far as the United States
cares to go. and 1t is not as yet certain
that it Is willing to 30 as far as chat.
UP to this time in all the negotiations
4 between the powers the United States
has Represented the extreme of leniency
4 toward the dynasty. while Germany
has stood for extreme harshness How
4 the other powers align Themselves upon
this particular question Is not accurate
4 ~ known. The probabilities are 0that
y middle ground will be sought by q
4 majority.
i II Germany will yield her demand that
the guilty be turned over to the allies.
leaving the dynasty to mete out Its
punishment in its own way. basis OF
agreement may be found. The United
States has from first to last pursued a
consistent policy, and has In conse-
quence won the friendship and conf
dence OF the progressive Chinese off,
clals to a marked degree.
1t IL believed the president will persist
4 in this policy with good results. tho
without breaking the harmony Of the
: powers.
GERMAxY LIKES BUELOw NOTE.
Berlin Government 10 Reported to
Claim American sanction for IL.
berlin, Sept. 19.-The publication OF
Count Won Buelow's circular note