Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-12-31
TEXT OF THE JOINT NOTE.

The state department has made
public the text OF the joint note of
the powers to China, which was sign
ed by the ministers at Pekin. The
official statement f"'l"ws:-
The following E ,LtIsh version is un-
derstood to ~ i, substantial equiva-
lence with TIC french text of the note
to the government Of China as agreed
upon by the representatives Of the
cooperating powers at Pekin, Dec. 4,
and subsequently amended before sig
! nature.
During the months Of May, June,
july and August of the current year
serious disturbances broke out in the
| northern provinces Of China, in which
atrocious crimes unparalleled in his
tory, and outrages against the law Of
nations, against the laws of humanity
ted under particularly odious circum-
stances. The principal of these
crimes were the following
First:-On the 29th of June His Ex-
cellency Baron Won Ketteler, while
on his way to Tsung Lii Yamen in the
performance Of his official functions,
was murdered by soldiers Of the regu-
lar army acting under order of their
chiefs.
Second-On the same day the for
eign LEGATIONS were attacked and be-
sieged. The attacks continued with
out intermission until the 14th of
August, on which date the arrival of
the foreign forces put an end to them.
These attacks were made by the reg
ular troops who joined the Boxers,
and who obeyed the orders Of the
court emanating from the imperial
palace At the same time the Chinese
government officially declared, by its
representatives abroad, that it guar
anteed the security of the legations.
Third-On the 18th of June Mr..
Suiyama, chancellor of the legation of
Japan while in the discharge of an
official mission, was killed by regulars
at the gates ofthe city. In Pekin and
in several provinces foreigners were
murdered, tortured or attacked by
the Boxers and the regular troops
and such as escaped death owed their
salvation solely to their own deter
mined resistance Their establish
ments were looted and destroyed.
Fourth-Foreign cemeteries, at
Pekin especially, We're desecrated, the
graves opened and the remains scat
tered abroad.
These occurrences necessarily led,
the foreign powers to despatch their
troops to China, to the end Of pro
tecting the lives of their representa-
tives and nationals and restoring
order. During their march to Pekin
the allied forces met with resistance
from the Chinese army, and had To
overcome it by force.
Inasmuch as China has recognized
her responsibility, expressed regret
and evinced a desire to see an end
put to the situation created by the
aforesaid disturbances, the powers
have determined to accede to her re-
quest upon the irrevocable conditions
enumerated below, which they deem
indispe nsable to expiate the crimes
committed and to prevent their
recurrence:
The despatch 80 Berlin Of an extra
ordinary mission headed by an i'm
perial prince, in order to express the
regrets of His Majesty, the Emperor
of China, and of the Chinese govern
ment for the assassination Of His tx
cellency the late Baron Won Ketteler,
minister Of Germany.
The erection on the spot of the as
sassination of commemorative
monument, BETTING the rank of the
deceased, bearing an inscription in
the Latin. German and Chinese Ian
guages, expressing the regrets of the
emperor of China for the murder.
The severest punishment for the
persons designa ted in the imperial
decree of Sept. %, 1900, and for those
ers shall subsequently, designate.
The suspension for five years of all
official examinations in all the cities
where foreigners have been massa-
cred or have been subjected to cruel
treatment.
Honorable reparation to be made by
the Chinese government for the MUIR
der of Mr.. Sujyama.
An expiatory monument to be
erected by the imperial Chinese gov
eminent in every foreign or interna-
national cemetery which has been
desecrated or in which the graves