The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-10-01
GERMANY is PREPARED.

Washington, September 29-lmportant
news came from China at the end OF the
day, whieh in Itself tends to advance ma
terIallv the efforts for q final settlement
China has accepted the suggestions OF the
United states contained I'm the answer
TO the German proposition. and has be-
gun voluntarily the punishment of the
reactionary Chinese leaders who were re-
sponsible for the Pekin outraSes'
The department of state was inlorIiieu
I by Consul General Goodnow at oh'iie' i'''.,
/ that Sheng, Chinese director OF railways
ana teleeraphs has banded him decree
/ of the emperor and empress, dateu a.
/ Taignan September 18th, blaming ilei
/ ministers for encouraging the boxers ~
edict orders the degradation Oh ioul
princes and deprives Prince Tudn OIL NO
! salary and official servants. lie Is 10 p1
/ brought FOR trial before the h'peiiH'
/ clan court. .o.
II will be recalled that in our answer
| the stale department was careful to state
| that while it did not believe in dehidH"
| ing the surrender OF the Chlhese TIE
| leaders as a condition precedent To heSo-
! tiations, 1t was resolved firmly, as oec!I
| tary Hay had said in his note OF july 'u,
that in the end the guilty parties sholI"
he held to the utte.most Accountability
intimation to heart, and perhaps has'eneu
i'm it's action by the recent mdhieStd.l oii'
Of dissatisfaction by the United Sta'es
government at the reported prom"''ol %
Prince Tuan, already has begun the pun
ishment of him and the other chinese
leaders who are held guilty
The decree recited Icy snehg IS fe!t 10
be of the utmost Importance as ihdicatliIs
a complete change Of hcart on the par
of the rcigning dynasty. 1t means tha'
the reactionary influences when haNo
be.n dominant in Pekin throughout me
uprisine and have beer continued OF Late,
have suffe cred a complete over 'hroN' al"
that the most conspicuous hSuEe5 az
on trial 1t is believed here that II 'hl'
action is genuine, Il Will be nara lor any
of the powers to hud reasonable pre-
text for longer refusing To need the APP
peals Of the Chinese government Tor li'S
cpcnins of negotiations looking 10 a SCI
tlcmcnt.
The Importance of the action is shown
Iv the determination To try Prince Iuaii
before the imperial elan court TINS y
the supreme judicial tribunal of emma
and Is The only one hEing jurisdiction
over the members Of tina imperial family
IL is presided over by Prince l., with The
wcll-knGwn Prince Ching as hrst vice
president Prince Ii s. the hrst of the
eight princely families Ct CHINA, ana Is
REGARDED as friendly TO the lfo5IfS9+Nc
element. The attitude OF Prince China
has been notable throughout the trouble
as friendly to foreign interests There are
five other members OF the court, al oil
them hiyh persouases. They occupy
building at pekin, ana are in regular scs-
sion for the trial OF cases Affecting mem
bers of the nobility and the highest per-
sonages. Chinese officials here say that
/ the reference Of the ease 10 this hlSh
court is If itself the fullest assurance OF
the gravity with which the throne regards
the matter. Ii is noted also that even
before the trial Prince Tuan Is sdipped
of his salary and official servants. LENS
a man of large and independent means
m, loss af salary would not amount to
much. if il were not that this and the
loss of the servants is a special means OF
humiliation.
The name Of the four princes who have
been DEGRADED are not known here either
10y the state department OF by the Chinese
legation.
The action of the Chinese government
I'm overthrowing the reaCtionaries is like
IN 10 give the most intense graiticaion
Ia the friendly viceroys of the south OF
China and to the ministers here, In Lon
don ami IN Europe who have SO streDh-
ously resisted the boxer movement. 1t
may be specially noted that only today
Minister wa received information that
these viceroys. including III Hung Chang.
had memorialiZed the throne To punish the
very element which has now been over
come