The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-17
DOES NOT TT THE CRIME
PUNISHMENT ORDERED ny CHI
NEsE COURT FOR TEE BOXER
LEADERS
MORE HARM THAN Go0D
Effect of the Many Punitive Expe-
ditiOns Undertaken Against the
Chinese by the Forces
of thu Allies.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16-Minister WI
has received from Director General
Sheng the following cablegram, which he
communicated to Secretary Hay today:
An imperial decree of Nov. Is depriVeS
Prince Tuan and Prince Chwang of
their ranks and offices and orders them
to be imprisoned for life: Prince Yih
and Secondary Prince Wing to be impris-
oned; Secondary Prince Lien to be de-
prived of MS rank; Duke Ian and Wing
zen to be degraded in rank; Kang II
being dead, no penalty can be imposed
upon him, and Chao Shu Chiao to be de-
graded, but retained in office, and Yu
Hsien to be eXiled to the farthest bound
ary." s.
The Chinese officials mentioned in the
decree are among the highest in China,
and comprise most, If not ALL OF those
against whom the powers demanded rig
orous punishment. Prince Tuan stands
at the head Of the anti-foreign and Boxer
movement. Previous edicts have de-
graded him and taken away his office
and servants, but this judgment Of life
imprisonment is the most severe thus far
given any of the leaders responsible
for the trouble. From Chinese stand
point it IS an extreme penalty to prince
of the blood but 1t remains to be seen
whether the powers will regard it as
adequate to Prince Tuan's ofTense. The
others mentioned We're Tuan's active as
sociates and two of them were specifically
mentioned for punishment along with
Tuan, in Secretary Hays note of Oct. 3,
advising the Chinese government that
this country would expect these officials
10 receive their just deserts. Kang-Yi
is one of the officials who died suddenly
after the demands for punishment had
been made, probably by suicide. Yu
Hsien is another who was thought to
have committed suicide, but the edict in
dicates that he is still alive.
AS the ministers at Pekin also have
been considering the question of punish
ments, it will develop speedily when they
lay their demands before the Chinese en-
vcys, whether the edict of the Chinese
emperor gives punishments which are
regarded as adequate to fit the crimes.
MORE HARM THAN GOOD.
The opinion is strong here" says the
Shanghai correspondent of the Daily EX-
press, wiring yesterday, that the allies
are doing more harm than good by the
punitive expeditions which by the de-
struction of villages, excite the Chinese
to execrate the foreigners, a feeling
which it will take a century to eradi-
cate.
1T is perfectly clear that the emperor
and empress dowager care nothing be-
cause a few hundred Cinnamon are killed
and the allies would be far better en-
ployed in trying to secure the return OF
Emperor Kwang Su to Pekin.
Vice Admiral Seymour. u. board the
British batt1esfip Centurion, and Herr
rr.appe. the German consul general, here
on board the Kurfurst Bismarck, have
assembled the river with the object of
stopping remittances to the court and Sc
curing the payment of customs funds
into the foreign banks
RUMORED SECRET TREATY.
LONDON, Nov 17-An unconfrmed
statement emanated from Paris and
COessa that a secret treaty has been
concluded between Russia and China for
the Russian occupation of Manchuria.
There Is no fresh news this morning,
throwing light upon the actual situation.
The Japanese minister in London, who
was interviewed yesterday, limited at the
possibility of the allies pursuing the Chi
nese court into the interior if they de-
sired, although he said it would be a
long process.
Shanghai sends a report that the en-
press dowager, alarmed at the rising in
Kan Su province now contemplates re-
turning to Tai Yuen Flu
From HankoW comes a report that Gen.
Tung Flu Hsiang is still at Sian Flu pro-
tecting the empress dowager, that Prince
Tuan has fled to Kan Su and that the
whereabouts of Yu Hsien, governor of
Shan ST, is unknown
1t is said that Prince Ching will be
sent to Germany to apologize for the
murder of Baron Won Ketteler.