The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-01
CHINA STILL UNSETTLED
POWERS ARE YET UNABLE tt
AGREE
The Dangers Said to be Increased by
Another Proposition From Germany.
Congers Views of Punishment.

NEW YORK, November 21--A spe-
cal to the sun from Washington says:
After a silence of more than week
Minister COnger has again been heard
from. but the information he sends is
not of a character to encourage the
Government in its hope that the Chi
nese troubles will be adjusted soon. In
a telegram received at the State De-
partment today Conger said that the
punishment programme contained IN
the Chinese imperial ediCt of October
3lst was not satisfactory. He indi-
Gated that the punshments imposed
on Prince Tuan and other dignitaries
were too lenient and that some of the
Boxer leaders were not included in the
list. The dispatch was sent appar-
emily in response to instructions tele-
grapahed COnger recently, giving him
authority to determine whether the
punishments to be inflicted by the Chi
nese Government We're satisfactory
without further advice from the State
Department.
The dangers of the situation in China
have been increased by another propo-
sitiOn from Germany, made to the for
eign Ministers at Picking, of which the
State Department has information. Ger
many wants Prince Tuan and the other
Boxer leaders and derelict dignitaries
executed before the Ministers proceed
to negotiate with the Chinese peace
plenipotentiaries on the other matters
at issue. This Government is opposed
to the principle of having the powers
compel China to decaptate Tuan and
other malefactors. 1t believes that the
punishments should be severe, capital
if need be, but that China could deter
mine them.
A cable to the Sun from Picking, No
vember 20th (via Taku, November 20th
and Shanghai, November 2lst 6:l5 A.
NJ says: The Ministers held another
meeting yesterday, but nothing was ac-
cOmplished, as several of the represen-
tatiVes of the powers had not heard
from their home offices. Adjournment
to an undesignated date was taken.
At the meeting the Ministers talked of
the ediCt issued by the Empress Dow
ager on November 18th for the punish
ment of the Princes and the officials
responsible for the present trouble. Of
ficers most familiar with Chinese char
acteristics say that nothing should be
done to induce the Empress Dowager to
return to Picking. She appears to be
the only person possessed of the idea
that it would be impossible to do with
out her. These persons say that the
edict of November 18th and the note
which she sent to Ii Hung Chang, with
the official decree, in which she told
him that he and Pri~~- Ching would
be held responsible for further delay in
the opening of negotiations, shows that
she is lacking in the spirit of meekness
which the powers seem determined to
ireti'' - her before they finish. They
say the edict is really her ultimatum
and that what she orders in that decree
is as far as she will go to settle the
trouble 1t &c suggested by some people
that a further exhibition of a spirit of
meekness on her part might be desir-
able before word is sent to her to re-
turn. Otherwise the powers may de-
eide to place someone else on the throne
and leave her in exile.