The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-04

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Tt,esauons- t,s AT this critical iunot',re eii1 ne
the sne early spring of this wear q nrlrs,saI IN
cornbinede eny oy the other powers that a
SI.;.seu meet should be Assembled In
,,nae nndnese waters as a moral demonstratioI,
S,hSea-1S Sover OF which to exact of the
frenfv& r,shte shntxernment respect for fo@oign
noxers The United States Wills not ~ me eI,e
IIiclpating In the demonstration per.+
he snsrea e Fn1iaippines all ships that could
coast A small force of nsarinss ,i.ese ,'=sse
landed at Taku and sent TO Pekin FOR 49, 10
Other bowers m toos ons ss1Itsr Asmericen legation;
some 400 men were assembled in the cani
tai as legation guards --p.7
rs5ortad Ssln the peril increased. The legations
reporteo-. the. development of the se6ifioiIs
movement IN Pekin and the need of in
creased provision for defense against a.
lo,.sa s mlas preparaLons We're in progress for a
taag .aaIgeP expedition to strengthen the lega-
ION GUARDS and keep the railway omen
an attempt of the foreign ships to efYecf
the 1shinssss =. to.t rskn was met by a fire from
upon met by a. fire from the Chinese forts
Inc Inc Iorts were thereupon fired upon by
the foreign vessels the American admiral
taking no part in the attack. on the
ground We are not at war with China and
lnat hostile demonstration might con-
s1rIuate str the anti-foreign elements and
5Sstrengtnen the boxers to oppose the re-
nevlng column. Two days later the Taku
LOTS we're captured after. "a. sanguinary
with Pekin followed and a combined force
Of additional guards, which was advance
ing to Pekin by. the Pei Ho was checked
cations was complete The siege and the
relief of the legations has passed into
Then came the landing of moro +roo1S
at Taku for the relief Of the legations at
Eekln and the guards stopped at Lang
rang. 1s This was followed by the battle
AT lien Tsin, the attack at Pekin on the
legations, the death at Tien Tsin of Colo
nei 1Ascum and the murder at Pelkin sOf
Baron Won Ketteler, the German minister.
ested forged their way to Pekin and the
legations were relieved on Aug IA, after
PEI being alta, attacked nearly two months: In
the British legation were ;. crowded 400
persons throughout the siege and, in a
building adjoining were 1000 native ,con-
ers During the siege the defenders lost
% killed. lso wounded and seven children
died of disease.
Irresistible proof shows that the attacks
upon the legation were made by imperial
troops, regularly uniformed armed and
officered, belonging to the command of
Jung Lu, the imperial commander in
chief, organising them under. prominent
imperial officers, provisioning them and
even granting them large sums in the
to Exist Membefs Of tRs tsuns srG Kamen
who coUnseled protection of the foreign
ers were beheaded and even in the distant
pathy were put to death, prominent
among these being Chang Yen Hoon, for
merly Chinese minister in Washington.
The policy of the United States through
all this trying period was clearly an
nounced and scrupulously carried out. A
circular note to the powers dated July
3 proclaimed our attitude. Treating the
condition in the north as one of virtual
anarchy, in which the great provinces of
the south and southwest had no share,
we regarded the local authorities in the
latter quarters as representing the Chi
nese people with whom we sought to re-
main in peace and friendship. Our de-
Chinese nation. We adhered to the le-.
gitimate office of rescuing the imperiled
lega tion, obtaining redress for wrongs al
ready suffered. securing wherever possi-
China and preventing spread of the dis
orders or their recurrence.
As soon as the sacred duty of relieving
our legation was accomplished we with
drew from active hostilities, leaving our
legation under an adequate guard in Pc
kin as channel of negotiation in set
tlement-a course adopted by others of
the interested powers. Overtures of the
empowered representatives of the Chinese
emperor have been considerably enter
tanned.
The Russian proposition looking to the
restoration of the imperial power in Pc
kin has been in full consonance with our
desires for we have held and hold that
effective reparation for wrongs suffered
and an enduring settlement that will
best be brought about under an author
fly which the Chinese nation reverenceS
and obeys While SO doing, we forego
no jot of our undoubted right to exact
exemplary and deterrent punishment of
the responsible authors and abettors of
the criminal act whereby we and other
For the real sculprits the evil counselors
who have misled the imperial judgment
and diverted the sovereign authority TO
their own guilty ends full expiation be-
comes imperative within the rational
limits of retributive justice.
Taking as a point of departure the inn
perial edict appointing Earl Ii Hung
to arrange a settlement and the edict or
September IS, whereby certain high Of
ficials were designed for punishpent this
government has moved, in concert with
the other powers, toward the opening of
negotiations which Mr.. Conger. assisted
by Mr. Rockhill has been able to conduct
on behalf of the United States.
General bases OF negotiations formu-
lated by the government OF the rrencn
republic have been accepted ana WIZ WIZ
necessary by our own circumstances. buc
like similar reservations by other powers,
open to discussion in the progress OF the
negotiations. The disposition of the enn-
peror's government to admit liability Tor
wrongs done to the foreign governments
and their nationals and to act upon such
additional designation of the guilty per-
scns as the foreign ministers at Fekln
may be in position to MAKE, gives noPe
of a complete settlement OF all queStlons
involved, assuring foreign rights OF pre-
cedence and intercourse on terms OF
equality for all the world. o.. ,,r
wronged citizens is a question OF grave
concern. Measured in money alone,
sufficient reparation may prove TO De pc,
yond the ability of China to mee. an
fhe mowers concur in emphatic disclaim-
ers of any purpose of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
through the dismemberment or the cru
pire / am disposed to think tnat uue
compensation may be made m part oy IN
creased guarantees of security for ior-
eign rights and immunities, ana mos! I'M
nortanf of ALL by the opening OF emma
10 the equal commerce OF All the WorIo'
These views have been and VIII De earn
estly advocated by our representative
Foreign Relations.
The government of Russia has put Tor
uord q suPQestfon that in the event OF
nrotracted divergence of views In regard
70 fndemnftfes the matter may pc TTIe
gated to the court OF arpltration at .tt
EseTe' Il am favorably inclined to TINS;
haIieving that high tribunal could not rslI
70 reach n solution no less CONDUCIVE 70
the stability and enlarged prosperity OF
China Itself than Immediately penehciai
to the powers. vova,c-
While the Austro-Hungarlan sosen
rnent has in many cases that nave I peeI
..aylnrtad Of the arrest of our naturaiizeo
oStt1ans for evasion of military servlco
S,,Ii,S observed the provisions OF tne
treatv and released such persons 1rVm
:, tIjtSrv- obligations, 1t has In some m
stances expelled those whose presence al
The Community of their origin was AZ
sarted snr 70 have a pernicious influence:
Panresenfatiops have been made againsI
this country whenever its aooptioh n@"
Appeared unduly onerous. nnr.
VVo have been urgently Sonclteu " -. -.
rsnm IA ratify the internationai conSSn.
Gon of June /, 1899 amendatory OF tne
bAOtA - IF 1890. In respect