Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23
THE TEXT OF THE NOTE.

The State Department to day made
public the text of the joint note of the
powers to China. The official state
ment follows:
Department of State, Washingtn:
The following English version is
understood to be in substantial equiv
alence with the French text of the
note to be addressed to the govern
ment of China as agreed upon by the
representatives of the cooperating
powers at Pekin, December 4, 1900, and
subsequently amended before sigma
ture:
During the months of May, June
Jul and August of the current year
serious disturbances broke out in the
northern provinces Of China, in which
atrociOuS crimes unparalleled in his
tory, and outrages against the law of
nations, against the laws of human
ity and against civilization were COM
mitted under particularly odious cir
cumstances. The principals of these
crimes were the following:
'First-On the goth of June, His
Excellency, Baron Won Ketteler. while
on his way to the Tsung Ii yamen in
the performance of his official func-
tons, was murdered by soldiers of the
regular army, acting under orders of
their chiefs.
'SeCOnd-On the same Cay the for
eign legations were attacked and be-
sieged The attacks continued without
intermission until the 14th of August,
on which date the arrival of the for
eign forces put an end TO them. These
attacks were made by the regular
troops, who joined the Boxers, and
who Obeyed the orders of the court,
emanating from the imperial palace.
At Lne same time the Chinese govern
ment officially declared, by its repre-
sentative5 abroad. tnat it guaranteed
the security of the legations.
''Third-On the 18th of June Mr.
SuJyama chancellor of the legation of
Japan. whAe in the discharge OF an
official mission, was killed by regulars
al the gates of the city. In Pekin and
in several provinces foreigners were
murdered tortured or attacked by the
Boxers and the regular troops. and
such as escaped death owed their sal
walton solely to their own determined
resistance. Their establishments were
looted and destroyed.
"Fourth-FOreign cemeteries at Pc
kin especially were desecrated. the
graves opened and the remains scat
tered abroad.
These occurrences necessarily led
the foreign powers to dispatch their
troops to China to the end of protect
ing the lives Of their representa- dives
and restoring order. During Their
march to Pekin the allied forces met
with resistance from the Chinese army
and had to overcome it by force.
"Inasmuch as China has recognized
her possibility. expressed regret
and evinced a desire to see an end put
to the situation created by the afore-
said disturbances, the powers have de-
termlned to accede to her request upon
the irrevocable conditions enumerated
below, which they deem indispensable
to expiate the crimes committed and
to prevent their recurrence.
A.-The dispatch to Berlin of an ex-
traordinary mission headed by an i'm
perial prince. in order to express the
regrets of His Majesty the Emperor of
China and of the Chinese government
for the assassination of His Excel
lency the late Baron Won Ketteler, min
lister of Germany.
"B.-The erection on the spot of his
assassination, of a commemorative
monument benetting the rank of the
deceased bearing an inscription in the
Latin, German and Chinese languag es
expressing the regrets of the Emperor
of China for the murder.
A.-The severest punishment for the
persons designated in the imperial de-
cree Of September %, 1900, and for
those whom the representatives of the
powers shall subsequently designate.
B.-The suspension for five years Of
all official examinations in all the
cities where foreigners have been mas
sacred or have been subjected to cruel
treatment.
Honorable reparation to be made by
the Chinese government to the Japa-