The sun., 1900-12-23
DEMAND NOTE ON CHINA.
t,rr or rHE AGREEuENT STONED nv
IHE MINISTER'S,



tlon. and the Dcsuuction OF Forts.
v,siuv0roN, pcc. :? The stato De-
..,,..,rt to-day received word through the
NO., Foreign once and American oiIic.u
,..,... but not from Minister Conser that
pc,.reoment ~ the Ministers of the Powers
..t,lylns the conditions which the Chinese
G,,,r,imeut must accept prior TO the initltion
o., r,,cc ncgotiltions. had been signed At
p,u'r The text Of the agreement was there
,,.,, mado public by the Department. Its
tc,us In substlnce. have been published.
rc only new feature developed by the text
lq,rg that China must rgrce not ohly 10
,rt,,-h Prince Tuan and the ten dlgnltirles
design ted In the Emperor Kwang-su's decree
,fscpt %. but those " HON the representatives
~ tho Powers shall subsequently designate
Tt. will permit the innictiOn OF the se-
vare-t punishment" on Chinese concerned
IN any OF the attacks on foreigners and not
merely conine punitive measures 10 hiSh
ocItls The agreement was certified TO
fl Hung Chang and Prince Ching. the Chinese
rcacc plenipotertiaries. ard they ust accept
ne terms In behalf Of the Emperor before
H., general peace conference may begin.
Tie .grpencnt is embodied in the following
:, ,smeut of the state department:
-prpPosEu IpI$IIrAL Nu1tof liE POWERS.
sI.rfol wing English version Is understood
,obc In substantial equivalence with theFrench
toy, Of the note TO be addressed To- tho Govern
rert -: china, rs agreed upon by the repre-
,ca'atlvcs Of the cooperating Powers NJ
pch.r Dec T. 1900. and subsequently amended
before signature:
"Duripr the months Of MAY. June. July and
August Of the current year serious dis
turbances broke out T. the northern prov
lr,p- OF China. in which atrvunus crimes un-
parallcled In history and uutrages against
the law OF nations. against the laws or hl-
rauity and against O.vl"7auon' were COM
mittad under particularly odious cIrcum-
,,arccs The principal Of these crimes we're
tie following
"First-On the 2oth ot June. his Excel
,s,c,. Baron Won Ecttelor. while on his way
g. the Tsuus-ll-Yam"n. IN ne performance
o, his oNlcia! functions. was murdered ny
soldiers Of the regular army. acting under
orders of their chiefs.
.',ecord-Or the samc day the foreign
legations were attacked and hesioced. The
attacks continued without iutermis-Ion uutil
the i.th Of August. on which date the arrival
O; the foreign forces put an end to them.
These attacks we're made hv the reglla
trorps, who Joined the Boxers, and who
ohnyed the orders @: the Court eInara'ins from
u, lmIcrial Palace A. rnc sane time the
It, representatives. abroad, that II guaranteed
The security OF the legations.
"I.!-d-On the nth Of June Mr. snjyamn
Chancellor OF the legation ~ Japan. while
IN the discharge Of an of1cill mission was
Killed by regulars NJ the gates Of tho city.
In pekn and In several provinces fnrc cgnrrs
we're murdered, tortured or attacked 10y tho
Boxers and tho regular troops. and such as
,scarad death owed their salvation solely
to their own determined resistance Their
establishments we're looted nd destroyed.
-Fourth-Foreign cemeteries. at Pedn
especially. we're desccrated. the graves
opened and the remains scattered abroad
These occurrences necessarily led the
foreign Powers to despatch their troops to
China 10 the end of protectiuc the lives Of
their representatives and nationals and re-
storing order During their march to Pekin
the allied forces net with resistance from
to Chinese army and had 20 overcome 1t by
force
"lUlsmuch as China has recognized her re-
sro'~ ~,bility. EXPRESSED regret, and evinced
desire /. see an end u 20 the situation
crea ID b thu aforesaid disturbances. tho
Powers have determined 20 ac'ede T.
her qpe-t u!on he irrevoc bic cond ions
enumerated below. which th.y deem indis-
psusable 70 expiate the crimes committed and
e. prevent their recurrenCo:
l.
",al The despatch to Berlin Of an Itraord-
nary ml.-io headed by an Imperial Prince.
la order to express the regrets OF lis
Majesty. the Empe IT Of CHM, mi OF tn"
tLlr,r Government tor the assassination Of
b., L, ,ccleucy, the late Baron Won Kettelcr.
Minister Of Germany
",bJ The erect on on the spot Of the assss-
tulion of a commemorative monument, befit-
ting tie rank 4 the deceased. bearing an
Inscription in the Latin. German and Chinese
hnsuax's ex ressing the regrets Of the
En- eror OF hina Tor he murder.
H.
"tal The severest punishment for the rer-
sons desi2nated IN the Imperial decree OF Sept
rs. 1870. and for those whom the representa-
tive OF tie Powers shall subsequently desig-
nat.
'lbi The suspension for FIVE years Of all
Official c11minati ons in all the cities where for
s,gner- have been massacred or have been sub
!eotei t. cruel treatment
III
Honorable reparation 70 be made by the
Chinese Government & the japanese Govern
m.nt for the murder of Mr.. Sui
the Imperial Chinese Government in every for
cigu or International cemetery wh.ch has heen
de>ecrated or In which she graves have been
destroyed.
The maintenance under o. ndl.!ons to be
determined by the Power', OF the interii y
ton agaln,t the In portation of arms es
well as Of mater ais employed exclusively for
the manufacture OF arms and ammunition.
VI.
Equitable ,ndomnities for the Governments.
societies. com snies and ndvid lals as well
rs for Chinese who. during the late occIr-
renoes have suffered In person or In prop
erty In consequence Of their being In the
service Of foreigners China 10 adopt fnan"i-l
measures aoceptabe to the Powers for tie pur.
Iosc OF guaranteeing the pav ment Of said
indernites and the interest and amortzat on
Of the loans
VII.
TIE hight for each Power to maintain a
permanent guard for its legation. and 70 put
the diplomatic quarter in n defensibe con-
dtion. tic chinese having no tight TO reside
in that quarter