Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-14
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official. who ia c,osa "a the President.
..There.1s BIN ona Indemnity which thew can
give our ei$le.fand that is a monetary in
demnity TO ME- families of their American
victims, Fkseverv one of these China
must nav Asufti$snt s,Iyyr to keep their
families frot waXt d,,y5ns their lives This
governmental lexact assurances OF. a salts
factory ch&acter that s,,ch a state of af-
fairs as nov exists in China shall not again
occur.
1.-THE nature or these assurances will be
determined later. The collection of indem-
nifty may prove dift1cu,t and 1t may be de-
cided, although ss.Yar the proposftion has
not been considered, to station warships in
the harbors Of sthe principal cities, and Of
ficials within these cities TO watch the reve-
nues and protect the interests of the United
States, II need bS, bytakfng charge of such
revenues and reserying some portion Of
them to apply to the indemnity.
In addition to requiring assurances Of q
restoration Of order and the strictest pre-
caution to5 prevent q similar state, OF az
1a1rs In the future, small bo0y OF troops
may be necessary to protect the officials
stationed at these ports. II this plan should
De ADOPTED the different allies doubtless
WIN cooperate.
Hnort VIII De made or course TO trace
inc responsibility for the recent outrages.
Due i. "Htsoe' a-afnaf1zft- cask' as there Will
De niue disposition among the Chinese to
tel tne truth, especially when it would
Ilnplica.e one OF their number. The Chinese
Fio. VIC puihsned indlscrlminateiy Tor the
nut wherever sucn oHense Is
80 W al INDIVIDUAL hign OF low' MS pun
InN VIII ne required. Al II can De
,a Una, ORDERS Tor the hos.iiities were
$50 ~ -. sne empress oo"ager or the en-
other government will be set. up If Tuan
IS proved to havezordered the outrages the
severest punishment may be accorded him."
No Delay in ReinfOrcements
There has been no DELAY whatever in the
movement of the endorsements taken nv
the Sumner from San Francisco They ar
rived at Nagasaki Yesterday morning and
were transshipped during the day to the
Indiana, which sailed with them for Takn
where they are expected to arrive tomor-
row. The detachment consists of a hatt,1-
ion Of the 15+b I,f,n+-, ,rd 4, ,oro,o foo
of nurses and bosnit.I corns ,nan IT,,
will he forwarded ot ONO. 70 T,.,, r-,, 49,,
in casa of ,eoess,t,, nil, ,.,,a,+ tr,a;at,
IN ioin tho r.,t.e oo,,,,, ,,,,., g., r,,,.seos
of Hos; u, s,...u, - s;. ,e
zion hoe hoo, r.i,,,, - ,. .. ~. 80.
:. l.; aono.,,I a..-, 49,, -.
won't ,h.t ~ e,h I,o,,aI,.,, =, - ~, 80.
with c.n Cb.e,o I'VE ,,,, oa.s,aa.n
hi. a.Ia, ~ AZ T., a. ,.,,t - ..a,.
rounts hut ~, ai@o,,t,os o,irr;,ou,, 49,,
e.,~.. =. 800 - o ~
,I.,, =,
$50 80. ,s-s--,.., ~. % -
=. =, - ~ '.e
c,;saa o.s,..,Ns-
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Can Capture Pekin.
There ia no longer any doubt of the abil-
ity of the foreign column to reach Pekin
and eventually effect the capture of that
CITY in case OF necessity but it Is recognized
that such action, would not necessarily
mean the rescue of the legationers 1t is
admitted that If the Chinese authorities de-
sired 10 90 so they couid nold the ministers
almost lnoenhi.ely as hostages ny .he SIM
PIE eApeoieh' VI 'ahihs .heh' WIN .heii ihto
inc Lar iiieeiioi eNeis .ihe .neS ieiea'eo
nv % -
LII INA. case 'he eoho''io VI Tic pfisoiieis
"'uiu neoo.e ese. noie seli JUS nan :. -
,'.1,I. .i-. 50 :.
,,s -, g.. - S
We pioionseu ,''ueii'eis' VI asaiii' 'he
A'''''e 'i'ie -. II iii,pe' pan ~ put
mem ou' %. existence peiore 'hey apan-
o'heu 'iie eapi.ai 10 .he -aiiies rather thah
heVe 'iie tfo'ioie oi 'heir care curing their
retreat ihto tiie interior. Inc TACT mat the
small iorce OF foreigners on the British
c"ihpouho III chill nave peen apte 10 hoid
out against the repeated assaults or the
natives can h4Fus pe accepted as posi-
ssnnins homh. rdrent fron, W. 800 a