The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-23
TEXT OF JOINT NOTE
OF POWERS TO CHINA,
trrevocabfe Conditions Under which
Forces of the Allies win Be
Withdrawn

WASHINGTON. Dec a2s-4The state de-
pafiiasnt ial Today made public the text %
ane JONI note nf the powers TO China
Inc "iheiai statement follows:
bepartnent OF State. Washington, ID.
-, Dec 2.-The following EnKlieh vsr-
equivalence with the French text OF tho
note g DO addressed 70 the government or
nina, as asreed upou by the representa-
ukes ~ the cooperating powers Al PEE
kiilR. December 4, 1850 and subsequently,
fusnde6 before signature
During the monihs OF May. June. July
anu AuSust 81 the current year serious
provinces ~ China Ii which alroclous
crimes unparalleled "a history aud out
RACES against the law ~ nations, against
The laws of humanity and against elyiiixa.
ton were committed under particularly
odlous circufnsiancrs. The principal ~
these crimes we're The following.
firY~Dn the aoth nf June his excel.
ienry Harvl ven ketteler. While on his
Way 10 the tNnnN q yasnpn IN the per.
fgfmanee % his offlclaI functions was
murdered hy soifiefs ef the regular army.
acting under ORDERS of their chiefs
"Second-on the same day the fureiaa
legations were attacked and besscged This
ATTACKS continued without intermissisu
until the itih OF August, on which dAts
The arrival Df the foreign forces piit ~.
fnd 20 them. These attacks pere made
hy the regular troops, wha ioined The
court tmAnatiug from this inipcriaI pmf-
aee. Al The same Tins the Chinese gov4
efumsng Officially declared ~ it's ret,fe.
seufativss abroad. that II guaranteed tha
security ~ the legations
'-fhird-pn toe iifb ~ JBne MIR. Soil.
yafua. chancellor ef the legation Of Japan.
while ia The diaehsFge ~ ag oiilciai mis-
sion was killed ~ feEuiars at the gates
- tbe CITY. IN Feking and n several
provinces foreigners we're murdered, tors
snFed or attacked ~ the faesefx and tho
regular troops. ang saseh ~ escaped death
owed tGeir ha9F&tirn solely ~ their owa
determined feNlstahee. fheif esiablisl..
fWeata we're iagf4d and ds.stfosea
Fourth Fcfs}En cemeteries. at Fekiag
especially. were feEfsfaned. fbe graves
9peasd and the remains scattered broad
cast
is'gfexe occurrences necessarily led the
fotslgn ppweys 70 dispatch ihesf troops so
China - the end ~ protecting The nyes
az thflr Representatives and Nafiogal order
restored. During the march 20 pekinx
tl3e allied forces met with Fesiatsace from
she chinfre army ard had % overcome Il
'lnasmanh AZ China haa denied her ~.
EHnmfsb3ify, expressed fsNrHt Sm8 eFsuced
a desire 20 pat r. 90 cod ffse sisu8tion
cfsttea ~ ne at9rsstaig elafhrhanees. the
powers have GetefnuneQ tV Heeete - her
request upon the irreyocabla conditions
enumerated bflpa. which they Deem iedia-
ptaaahie 70 expiata the crimes committed
and 70 prevent their recurrence
Irresoenbie Conditions.
n faj--The dispatch 70 Berlin n an exc
fraoTdinary mission headed b an inpis-
rial prince, ia order 20 express the regfeig
Of his majesty the emperor Of China and
0f the Chinese government tgr he a1sBa-
sgnatlqn % his exeeileney fke lasf Baton
Won Eettcler, minlater ~ Germany.
''fsj-yThe erection on the spot ~ the ax-
sasgiuatiop of a commemorative month
ment. betting the rank of the defeabe1s
bearing an inscription Ia Lain, German
and Chinese languages, expressing the re-