The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-06
Ministers Will Soon Reach an
Agreement in the Demands
to Be Made on China.
MAY ADOPT THE AMERICAN PLAN.
The Attitude of the United states on
the Subject Has Been Made
Clear to Mr.. Conger.
No Demands Should De Made Upon
the Chinese Imperial GOvcrn-
mcnt Which II Is Not Able
to FuIfIl.

Tien-Tsin, Dec. 5.-Four companies
os the German troops are reported to
be seriously menaced IS miles west
oi Pao Ting Flu. Eight companies of
French troops, with three days ra-
tions, have left to go to their re-
lief.
Washington, Dec. 3.-Administra-
tion officials continue sanguine that
the ministers of the powers at Pc
king will soon reach common
ground of agreement in the demands
to be made upon the Chinese imperial
government in satisfaction for the
Boxer outrages. The state depart
ment is in communication with the
ministers and ambassadors of the
United States to the European courts
and ad,ices which have come from
them from time to time lead the Off
cials here TO hope that the powers
will be brought to the position MAIN
sained by the United States in dealing
with the Chinese. viz: That there
should not be demands made upon the
imperial government which it is not
able to fulfill.
Oar government has persistently
held to this view in the progress of
The negotiations between the min
listers at Pcking. and if the principle
of this contention can be maintained
in the combined note to be handed
to the Chinese plcnipotentiaries.
decided advantage will be had at the
start. The attitude of our govern
ment on this subject has been made
clear to Mr.. Conger. The meeting be-
tween him and the German and
French ministers Saturday at Peking
presumably was in compliance with
the minister's latest instructions
from Washington. Nothing has been
heard from Minister Conger by the
state department for several days.
London, Dec. 3.-"Count Won Wal
dersee expresses some solicitude,"
says the Peking correspondent of the
Morning Post. concerning eXpedi-
tions into the. surrounding country,
but he believes that they are neces-
sary and salutary. Most of the Brit
ish officers approve them.
''Sir Robert Hart. in the course of
a conversation, said he considered
the resentment against foreigners to
he partly just and the outgrowth of
the last GO years of treaty relations.
He seemed to think the settlement a
difficult problem.
"Chincse militia forces are being
formed everywhere. and even if the
importation. of foreign arms is pro-
hibited a supply will be easily obtain
able from Chinese arsenals.
"A body of 100 American cavalry
men is escorting some Chinese off,
GERS TO Tien-Tsin.
Chang Chi Tung has received a
dispatch from Sian Nu." says the
Shanghai correspondent of the Stand
ard, ''directing him to stop the for
wardng of further supplies to the
province of Shen 81. 1t is rumored
that Emperor Kwang Su will return
to Peking Immediately. and that the
empress dowager will follow if the
reception given him is satisfactory"
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times also reports that il is believed
in well-informed circles that the Chi
neSe court is anxious to return to Pc
king. but he says that such a course
would not be agreeable to Ii Hung
Chang. who hopes to gain an advan-
tage from dissensions among the
pOwerS.