Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-23
SETTLEMENT COMES NEXT.
China Has Eleven Nations to Reckon with
In Settling for Her Fool
ishness.

Washington, Aug. 20.-Now that the
primary object for which the allied
armies marched upon Pekin, viz, the
rescue of the besieged legationers, has
been accomplished. the drift of discus
sion in official and diplomatic circles
Necessarily many of the predictions
as to what this will be are purely on
iectural, as it is realized that COM
plete and definite information regard
ing the condition of affairs in Pekin
must be awaited before any positive
action can be taken by the govern
ments whose interests have suffered
as a result of the Chinese troubles.
New Conditions and Aspects.
eve are on the threshold of an n
tireiy new condition OF affairs; a new
aspect confronts u.s." said a well-post-
ed official of this government last
night. THE efforts of the several gov
ernments during the past few weeks
have been devoted to the rescue of the
legationers in Pekin. Now that that
has been accomplished the course of
the governments whose interests lave
been affected is for the present one
largely of conjecture"
An Armistice Probable.
The presumption here is hat the
next move will be an agreement for
an armistice. This may be under
taken by the commanders of the Chi
nese army, and those of the allies on
the spot, where the fighting, accord
ing to the latest reports from Pekin,
appears still to be in progress. This
accomplished, the question of the
withdrawal of the foreign armies, the
payment of indemnities and many
other problems may be left to COM
missions duly appointed to adjudicate
them.
Lii Hung Chang's Mission.
Ii Hung Chang has already been ap-
pointed a plenipotentiary by his gov
eminent to negotiate terms of peace.
and in this capacity, he made an inef-
fectual attempt to stop the progress
of the allies in their march on Pekin.
Whether Earl Ii will be continued in
that capacity by the imperial govern
ment is not known here, but such
seems altogether probable, as, with
his well-known ability and his &C
quaintance with the world, he would
be able to make possibly better terms
than any other Chinaman.
Eleven Nations Have Suffered.
There + IL nations, pointed out
the same official, which have suffered
as a result of the Chinese disturb
ances. All will expect a settlement of
damages which have resulted from
the Boxer outbreaks, the murder of
missionaries, and the destruction of
legation property. Spain is one of
these, and, although she has not par
ticipated in the relief expedition, she
has suffered alike with the others,
and will expect to be Unidentified for
her losses.
1t can be stated authoritatively that,
up to this time, there have been no
exchanges between the United States
and other powers regarding the steps
to be taken in the future to bring
China to terms for the losses that
have been incurred. The sole interest
of the United States up to this time
has been the rescue of the legation
ers, which is now an accomplished
fact.
No Definite Conclusions Reached.
Informal discussion has taken place
between the president and his cabinet
as to what this government will do to
secure ~reparation for losses, but the
conclusions reached are purely tenta-
tive, and in no sense definite.