Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-21
Will !. HIVE No Delay
Minister Conger Declines to Delay
the Demands Of Powers on
China.
Ii Hung Chang Disappointed Over
the Rejection Of His Latest
Overture.
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The Imperial Edicts Accepted as
Proof Of China's Intention to
Punish.


opinion is that the punishments pros
posed in the edicts should not be re-
garaed as sufficient ans: many persons
hold that the DEGREES are really an in
suit TO the intelligence of the allies.
5 The Representatives of the powers be-
lieve that these edscts show that the
dowager has the power 10 fur- /
Their punish the guilty parties. mas
much as she can go as far as to de-I
priye Prince Tuan of his title and noble
rank and sentence him to be confined
within high walls. while Prince Ghwang
is banished to Mukden5 and sentenced TO
Imprisonment for life and all military
operations are to be stopped. is adj
mitted that these punishments. IL en-
forced, Will be severe, but the offenses
Of Tuan and C'hwang should not be for
gotten.
During the sieg ST the legations att
Pekin these two men issued and had
posted the following order:
Whereas. the missionary chapels in
Pehin have been burned and Foreigners
nave no longer a place where they
seconded from sight: therefore. ttts
proclamation is issued TO inform
scholars soldiers and brave Boxers and
the eomnioners that If foreigners are
caught hiding they will certainly suffer
death by ecapitation If brought to-
Us alive reward. OF 30 taeis VIII be
paid fol, 4 man: 40 taels for a woman
and 80 ,aeis for a child. They must be
alive when turned over5to US and wnena
shis is verified the reward viii be i'm
oil ~
Disregard this special proclama1 ion. =
There Is no question that Tuan and
gshwang issued this proclamation: and
hence Ill is argued that the Gs4,nand for
the Death punishment in thei, cases isy
Yiil and Of Secondary Prince Tsiai Yiag
IS not garded as sufficient, because
they personally directed the Chinese
troops who tiredon the legations.
The same is true in regard TO Tsai
Lien, Who. according TO one of the
5edlcts is ordered to be kept Within
closed doors where he may reflect on
his misdee6s. The punishment Is looked
upon as ridiculous. Duke Ian is to. be
deprived OF his safety degraded in
rank and transferred. The serne, pun
iishnaent is Imposed on Wing Men, who
personally led the Boxer attacks.
0ne thing natireable in the principal
stiicf is that kang vi. who is dead, is
denounced as the most vicious of ali the
az xa ted ilg gt.s Involves. Another
pon K that Ghao Chi chiao. the presi-
GsIit & he board Of var Mtlo Vas the
most t.st tet of all the anti-foreigners
s5;ing s commended the Chinese for
naut.d .6ns them, Is deprived Of his
rank. bul retaineE3in Office.
The only severe punishment ordered
I is mat in The case OF Y-u Hsien, the for
mar governor OF Shensi, who $ to be
deported 70 the frontier. where he Is 10
work a hard labor for life, with fur
tiler proviso that he can never ba par
aened. Yu Hsien personally aided in
the massacre OF missionaries and other
Christians.
4 The ediet for the punishment of the
\ guilty parties conciuas-s as follows:
We believe that this deprivation Of
rank and punishment is just and i'm
partial thruout and We think that tbs
whole world will now excuse US.
From the tenor of this edict it Is
4 thought here that the empress Gowage,
4 does not realize the seriousness of this
Il situation and this fact has rendered The
4 foreign ministers stronger in insisting
on their demands. In addition the min,
II isters have been further strengthened
n because the empress doWager, in for
i warding the edic, to Ii Hung Chang
Il sent a note in which she told him tina
A was. Impossible al present. to punish
II Gen. lung Flu Slang, who command.
q the imperial troops, but she promised
Il to attend to this matter later. She alst
Il asked Earl Ii to explain frankly to III,
\ ministers the reason why she couiG. n o
punish this official a present.
She sent another eGiict to l.. Huns
a Chang. in Which she informed him tina
4 she had inflicted severe. punishment OF
81 the minister Of state responsible for tn,
troubles. Some Of these guilty person
had not been seen lately but the,
a would be punished. i was decreed
& Furthermore that Ii Hung Chang ant
a Prince Ching would be held responsibl
Fl for any further delay in the opening o
the peace negotiations.
It All Of these orders and DEGREES wer
personally presented to United state
Minister Conger by Ii Hung Chang
Several persons were present al thi
Interview, during which Earl Ii aske,
to delay the question of the punishment
Of the guilty parties. To this Mr.. Con
ger repliedE
1T will be necessary for somebody t
= prevail on me first
That ended the interview for the tim
being and left Ii Hung Chang in al
4 unhappy frame Of mind.
He called on Field Marshal Coun
Won Waldersee, the commander-in-chie
OF the allied forces on Thursday. Coun
& Won Waldersee told him plainly that l
there was any further interruption o
the operation OF the railroad thru an
!. village, that place would be burned an
!. the people killed. He also irforme
Earl Lii that all imperial troops mus
be removed from the vicinity of place
held by the allies.
1T is certain that the recent edict
will not affect the demands that are /
be made by the ministers.
TEXT OF THE EDICT.
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