The Forrest City times., 1900-12-07

| provisional administration.
 Our Chinese Policy.
 He recals the circular note to the pow CTS issued by this government on July 3 | outlining our policy as one of peace, guaranteeing the integrity of China, and i says:
 As was then said. "the pohcy of the l government of the United States is to seek solution which may. bring about ! permanent safety and peace to China. 1 preserve Chinese territorial and admin ] istrative entity, protect all rights guar 1 anteed to friendly powers by treaty and world the principle of equal and impar- ual trade with all parts of the Chinese 1 Faithful to those professions which. as | it proved. reflected the views and purposes ! Of the other cooperating governments, all our efforts have been directed toward | ending the anomalous situation in China i by negotiations for a settlement at the | earliest possible moment. As soon as the sacred duty of relieving our legation and | its dependents was accomplished we with | drew from active hostilities leaving our i legation under an adequate guard in Pe- ! tlement-a course adopted by others of | the interested powers Overtures of the ! empowered representatives of the Chi | nese emperor have been considerably en- | tertained-
 Accepted Russin's Proposition. The Russian proposition looking to the | restoration of the imperial power in Pe- king has been accepted as in full con | held and hold that effective reparation for wrongs suffered and an enduring settle ment that will make their recurrence in- possible can best be brought about un- | der authority which the Chinese nation reverences and obeys. While so doing we | forego no Jot of our undoubted right to exact exemplary and deterrent punishment l of the responsible authors and abettors of | the criminal acts whereby We and other 1 nations have suffered grieyous injury. For the real culprits, the evil eounselors hq fut q | diverted tse sovereign authority to their l own guilty ends. full expiation becomes ! imperative within the rational limits of retributive justice. Regarding this as the | initial condition of an acceptable settle ment between China and the powers, said In my message Of October IS to the Chi | nese emperor:
 | ''I trust that negotiations may begin so | soon as We and the other offended govern i ments shall be effectively satisfied of your ma1estys ability and power To treat with l just sternness the principal offenders, who are doubly culpable, not alone toward the i foreigners. but toward your majesty, un- l dwell in concord with the world had hith- 1 erto found expression in the welcome and protection assured to strangers.
 The Peace Negotiations. l Taking, as point of departure. the i'm perlal edict appointing Earl Ii Hung Chang ana Frlnce Ching plenipote ntiaries to ar range settlement, and the edIct of Sep tember ., whereby certain high officials were designated for punishment, this gov ! ernment has moved, in concert with the | other powers, toward the opening of ne 1 gotiauons, which MT Conger, assisted by Mir Rockhill. has been authorized to con- l duct on behalf of the United Staes General bases of negotiation formulat ed | by the government of the French republic have been accepted with certain reserva- | uons IS to details. made necessary by our own circumstances. but, like similar res ervations by other powers. open to dis eussion In the progress of the Negotiations ! The disposition of the emperor's govern. l ment to admit liability for wrongs done 10 foreign governments and their nationals and to act upon such additional designa tion of the guilty persons as the foreigr l ministers at Peking may be in a posifior ] to make, gives hope of a complete settle. ment or all questions involved. assuring l foreign rights of residence and fntercours, on terms Of equality for all the world
 Foundation of Durable Peace.
 regard as one of the essential factors O 1 a. durable adjustment the securement O | adequate guarantees for liberty of faith since insecurity of those natives who mal | fectual assault upon the rights of foreigl worship and teaching than would be tn direct invasion thereof.
 The matter of indemnity for our wronge, citizens is question of grave concern Measured in money alone, a suffcien reparation may prove to be beyond tn ability of China to meet. All the power concur in emphatic disclaimers of any pur pose or aggrandizement through the dis memberment of the empire. l am disposei 10 think that due compensation may b made Tn part by increased guarantees o security for foreign rights and immuni ties, and, most important of all, by tn opening of China to the equal commerce o l all the world. These views have been an will be earnestly advocated by our repre- 1 sentatives
 The government of Russia has put for ward suggestion that in the event of pro tracted divergence of views in regard t indemnities the matter may be relegate 10 the court of arbitration at The Hague.
 tayorably incline to this. believing tha high tribunal could not fail to reach solu ton no less conducive to the stability an enlarged prosperity of China itself tha Immediately beneficial to the powers. First Place at Paris.
 Our relations with other countries ar gone into in detail The Paris exposi ton Is referred to as offering an opportu nity for display of the good will ex isting between this country and France backs to proper exhibition of Americal products, but says:
 Despite all these drawbacks the con | tribution of the United States was no only the largest foreign display, but wa among the earliest in place and the mos | orderly in arrangement Our exhibit , were shown in l0l out of 12l classes. an more completely covered the entire classi fication than those of any other nation
 In total number they rank next afte those of France. and the attractive foru
 
 . | general attention.
 criterion of the extent and succes of our participation and of the thorough ness with which. our exhibits were or ganized is seen in the awards granted L American exhibitors by the internationa jury, namely. grand prizes. 240: gold med als, 597; silver medals, 776, bronze medals 5Al, and honorable mentions. 322-2 476 fl all, being the greatest total numbe given to the exhibition of any one ex hibiting nation, we'll as the larges number in each grade This significan recognition of merit in competition wit the chosen exhibits of all other nation and at the hands of juries almost who'll made up of representatives of Franc and other competing countries is no only most gratifying, but is especiall valuable, since it sets Us to the iron In international questions of supply an demand, while the large proportion O awards in the classes of art and artisti manufactures afforded unexpected proc or the stimulation of national culture b
 the prosperity that flows from nationa responsiveness joined to industrial ex | cellence
 Apart from the exposition several occa slons Tor showing interna tional good wi
 occurred. The inauguration in Paris o the Lafayette monument, presented b
 the school children of the United States and the designing of a commemorativ coin by our mint and the presentation O the nrst piece struck to the presi lent O