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manner toward the Ulditlltildutt VI d
foothold on Chinese soil, and If the
other propositions relative to the main
tenance of line of free and safe COM
rnunications between Pekin and the
states and to the legation guards. can
be modified in the direction Of tempo
rary exDedients they Will be more like
~ to receive the support Of our gov
eminent. 1t is apparent that the COM
plexity of the latest Franco-Russian
proposal that the phase of negotiation
thus initiated will take some time 10
dispose of.
Following is the text Of the American
reply to the German note delivered. TO-
day, BY Secretary Hay to Baron Speck
Won Sternbarg, the German charge
daffaircs:
The Secretary of State to the Imperial
German Charge:
Memorandum in response to the in
quiries made Of the secretary Of state.
Oct 2 1900 by the imperial German
charge d'affaires. touching the Chinese
imperial edict in regard 70 the punish
ment Of Prince Tuan ana other high
Chinese officials.
The Chinese minister communicated
10 the secretary of state on the %
instant, a telegram received by him
from Director General Sheng. convey
ing the purport Of an imperial edict
dated Sept %. 1900, by which the de-
graduation and punishment Of Prince
Tuan and other high Chinese officials
is decreed.
The government of the United States
is disposed to regard this measure as
a proof OF the desire of the imperial
Chinese government 10 satisfy the rea-
sOnable demands Of the foreign pow
ers for the injury and outrage which
their legations and their nationals have
suffered at the hands Of evil disposed
persons in China: although il has been
thought we'll, in view Of the edict in
regard 70 the punishment which some
of the inculpated persons are TO re-
ceive to signify to the Chinese min
lister the Presidents view that Il would
be most regrectable if Prince TU4n.
who appears from the concurring tes-
timony Of the legations in Pekin ~
have been one Of the foremost in the
proceedings complained Of, should es
cane such full measure Of exemplary
punishment as the facts warrant. or II
Karg vi and Chao Shu Chiao should
receive other than their just deserts.
With a view to forming a Judgment
lister in Pekin has been instructed to
report whether the edict completely
names the persons deserving Of chas
tisement: whether punishments pro-
posed accord with the gravity Of the
crimes committed and in what manner
the United States and the other powers
are to be assured that satisfactory
punishment is inflicted.
1S..-
to these interrogatories will confirm
the government Of the United States
in the orinion which ii now shares
with the imperial German government
that the edict in question is an impor-
tant initial step in the direction OF
peace and order in China.
Department Of State. Washington.
Oct 8, 1900.
The American note To Germany is re-
garded as one Of the most important
moves thus far made not only in fix
ing the course Of events in China but
in giving formal expression to grow
ing and most satisfactory state Of feel
ing which has arisen between the gov
ernments at Berlin and Washington.
This has come about after several eX-
tended conferences between Secretary
Hay and Baron Sternberg. All Of them
looking toward common action by th@
two governments.
As these dispatches stated. yast@r-
day. the point now under consideration
il the supervision hE the ministers OF
the mowers at Pekin Of the punish
nents to be administered by tn chi
nese authorities. The desires NJ Ger
many in this matter wer@ expressed al
length ana were communicated II the
President They met with the most
hearty approval as they were seen u
be In lire with what thc United States
had announced as one its chief aims.
viz: To hold the guilty parties To the
utterm0st accountability for their
wrong doings As q result, Secretary
Hay prepared the note delivered. tu-
day. Ii was clbled Immediately KY tn
Berlin foreign office.
Ii is felt her that the American note
will create q most favorable impre+-
sion in Berlin and VIII prove aunthe~
bond between the TWO governments. i
has been recognized that after the last
note TO Germany some friction was
manifested III the German press ana
there was some apprehension chat the
accord between Germany ann tn
United States as to means - dealing
with tnlitt Hight bt 7-4 -44A4N'A+ IA --''e
broken For that reason. and the
hearty concurrence which now ha7
been brought about, i booked upon as
little short Of a triumph in !Hterna-
tional comfy and alike satisfactory Il
the United States and III Germany.
The instructions to Minister Conge-
disclose the Grmness with which this
government win see that the punish
nents are administered. The thief
personages guilty of the outragcs have
been taken into consideration during
the latest negotiations and il can b5
stated that foremost among them art
Prince Tuan, Chao Shu Chiao and
Kang vi Except Tuan. thesn names
have been little mentioned among those
China has marked for punishment. but
they are none the less those who have
had largely 70 do with the outrage.
and they will be held To strict account
ability.
The German note contained in To-
days dispatches from Berlin concern
ing the punishment Of Chinese offend
ars. is that which Baron SDecll EOr