Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-11-20
Won BUELOW
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has thrown in her lot. What Germans
desire is. not a political adventure, but
| the assertion of our interest, our rights
and our honor as a great people. we
| are waging no war of conquest on
| China. We only wish for atonement
| for Chinese misdeeds and guarantee
| of reforms. We especially desire
| atonement, since otherwise such things
| might occur again. We desire the IN
| fiuence accruing TO Germany IN the
present movement shall be preserved
| to her. We desire our share in what is
to be won from China. We Will not
| oVerreach any one and we Will not let
any one overreach us. We have moth
| ing TO gain by partition of China and
do not desire it. We shall fare best if
China RECEIVERS herself so far as pos
| sible under the best ordered admins
| tration obtainable. and remains sol
| vent. We wish to confine ourselves to
our present position and will not shake
| China unnecessarily. We have no
| reason for going beyond the convention
! of Aug B. 1898. or TO strive for terri
toral acquisitions which will place
| disnroportionate strain upon our re-
! sources.
Neither have we an interest in nail
| ing ourselves down III China TO Il def
mite stretch of territory. German trade
| has spread far and wide in China long
! before we occupied Itlao Chou We
| defend our rights in peaceful compeli-
| ton, therefore. with all nations. on the
principle of live and let live That is
| the object of the Anglo-German agree
ment of oct. 16, the principles of when
| the other ca binets have declared them
/ selves in agreement with.
we assume that the other powers
| will not make territorial acquisitions.
| There is no ground for doubling the
| loyalty of their attitude. On the END
set in view by the circular note only
| the most urgent point, the liberation
of the Europeans in Pekin, has been
attained. Other highly important OBJ
| jects remain to be reached-securitF
of the lives and property of foreigners,
| adequate satisfaction for our outTaseS'
| compensation for the disbursement
| made and the costs incurred ana the
| safeguarding Of our possessions. For
| the attainment of these an unanimous
| agreement has been arrived at by the
representatives of the powers in Pekin
whose demand l now communicate:
| China shall erect 4 monument TO
Baron Won Kette,er on The site where
he was murdered, and send an Imperial
| prince to Germany TO convey an apol-
ogy. She shall infiict the death penalty
upon III princes and officials already
named, and suspend provincial exam
nations for five years where the out
| RACES occurred.
| I'm future all officials failing TO pre-
vent anti-foreign outrages within their
| jurisdiction shall be dismissed and
punished.
Indemnity shall be paid TO states,
corporations and individuals. The
Tsung Ii Yamen shall be abolished
and it's functions vested in foreign
| minister Rational intercourse shall De
permitted with the Emperor, as in
civilized countries.
The forts of Taku and the other
forts on the coast of Chi Ii shall be
RACED, and the importation of arms
and war material prohibited.
Permanent legation guards shall be
maintained and also guards of commu-
nication between Pekin and the sea.
Imperial proclamations shall be
posted for two years throughout the
iempire suppressing Boxers.
for Chinese who suffered through being
employed by foreigners. but not compen-
sation for native Christians.
China shall erect eXpiatOry monu-
Iments in every foreign or international
burial ground where graves have bscn
lprofaned.
The Chinese government shall under
take to enter upon Negotiations for sucn
changes in existing treaties regarding
trade and navigation as the foreign gov
Icrnments deem advisable and with ref
lcrenco 10 other matters having in view
the facilitate ton Of commercial relations
lit is impossible to forcsec further de
veIopments We shall not allow ourselves
to be led beyond these demands except by
the interests of civilization and especially
by the interests of Germany.
| Later in his speech Count Won Bueiow
said: The loyalty Of Germanys policy
has been proved by the fact that the
other powers have transferred to us the
lsupreme command in the province of Chi
Ii. We would willingly have placed our
troops under the command of any Other
: power We notified Russia to that effect.
\ desire was expressed in many quarters
to offer the supreme command to Ger
many. We could not be deaf to the call
of other powers. and in accepting the
responsibility. We proclaimed our convic-
ton that Germany's policy contained
nothing which, from the point Of view Of
1.-THE other governments, could give ground
for misgiving.
by dispatching troops to China we
have in no way impaired our readiness
to do battle in Europe. We declare that
we are on guard. In undertaking the
charge of the interests of other ma
tons, acting as a lightning conductor
! for the other powers, we have no de-
sire to play the role of providence on
earth. In Spanish-American and South
African wars We pursued n policy of
honorable neutrality. because it was
best for Germany.
DR.. Lieber, the centrist leader cE-
pressed approval of the statements of
the chancellor and of the policy follow
ed by the government, including the
! Anglo German agreement and the
: maintenance of friendship with Rus
) STA; but he declared that, in view of
the gross disregard which the govern
, ment had shown for the constitutional
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