Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-24
WILL BE HOLD Up
POWERS WILL ROB CHINA WITH
FREE HAND.
MANY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS.
Indemnity Will Be An Enormous
Sum Everybody Wants
Money.

New York Dec. PA special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Two hundred million dollars is the
maximum sum the administration wants
the r,nwers to demand of China as in
demnity. Vet the figures are likely to be
many times -hat amount. The L. 8.
army has deficiency of s11,o00,00o for
transportation and army supplies and
most ot tha; is charged against China.
A determined effort will be made by
the pres Sticnt and Secretary Hay to in
duce the powers to consent to the arbi
tIation OF the indemnity question by a
court to be appointed in conformity with
the provisions of The Hague treaty.
Article of the agreement signed by
the fore ien ministers in Pekin, requires
the payment by China of equitable in
IDENTITIES Of a Very sweeping character.
The indemnity to be paid to the govern-
ments is IN :he nature of restitution of
the expenses incurred in dispa tching and
maintainin. troops in China and it is
feared ,ha; may ne made to include sums
to be paid 20 the heirs of those killed in
action. OF 10 thOse who received wounds
during me "n@asements incident to the
CAPTURE or pekin.
The total losses of the allied forces de-
feniins ;he legations We're 81 killed and
l2O wounded and many Chinese in the
employ of missionaries and the lega tons
lost their lives. An idea of the indem-
nifty to he demanded for the expenses
of the several military expeditions may
be obtained from this table. showing the
strength ~ the allies:
Russia 4S.JoN men. brought from ST.
IBERIA: japan 22.51S men. transported
from Japan: Germany 1560O men and "A
guns. all b0t a few hundred Of whom,
stationed "cfore the outbreak occurred
a kiou chou. We're brought from Ger
many: Great Britain SIT men brought
from Hong Kong and India: United
States 5.tlS m@n. dispatched from the
Philippines and the L. s; France 5.37S
men sent to the north from Cochin.
China: Italy Loco men. transported from
Italy: Austria 294 men, landed from ner
Harshios.
The societies named in the note Of the
powers are th@ religious bodies which
maintain missionaries i'll China, many of
whom were l,li l. they will not only
want heavy sums TO indemnify the heirs
of those Killed. hut to solace those who
Wer@ jrsull@a. also to repair the damage
done in the destruction Of mission prop
erty, Many merchants suffered losses in
cohSaCueaoe nt The outrages. The Ameri-
can le2ati"@ in nefin was owned by Col
CharleS iheHuN, Mr. Nongers predecessor
and the oIher .@gations were also owned
bE foreigners or foreign governments
1, VIII thus be seen that the amount
OF indemnity viii assume gigantic
amounts American officials believe the
amount demanded should not be more
than S2hp,teh.ot0 and in case of inabil-
ity 10 rTfDerly distribute the Indemnity
tho mat>+g should be brought to the at
tentivn {. I'm" Hague court In case.
how.Ver, il should develop that it is i'm
POSTAL t. agree on a reasonable sum,
then this government will urge the i'm
meilate reference of the whole indem-
hlty question TO court of five jursts to
he selected from those members of The
hague tribunal nominated by countries
whose interests We're not largely affected
py the fNhlnese troubles. 1t is pointed
out that there are sixteen nations sigma
tory TO The Hague treaty, ten only of
Whom We're involved in the Chinese
trouble. fhe remaining six, Denmark.
Sweden and Norway and The Nethar.
iahds, R@u1laan1a and Portugal, have an
pointed or Will appoint. if the precedent
HNsd hy the other powers is followed
theH lblest lurists. SO that there would
pe n" dltfeulty in the way of getting an
unbiased court. Claimants could submit
thelf Grams to this court, which would
fecleV and consider them.