The Forrest City times., 1900-11-23
NE MILL HAVE NONE OF II
The European Powers Are Evident ly Bent on the Ultimate Par.
 tition of China.
UnITEDsTATEs DOESN'T WANT ANY OF IT
The Result, However, is Likely tO Re that We Shall Find it Difficult, if Not Impossible, to Collect Our Share of Indemnity for Losses and Expenditure.


 New York, Nov. 21.-The China ne- gotiations, according to dispatch to the Times from Washington have reached a most serious stage. The actions of the power are making par tition almost inevitable. The United States faces the probability that it will either have to take slice of China or go without any indemnity. In that case it is. positively asserted by high authorities that the United States will go without indemnity.
 The United States may succeed in reducing the demands of the other powers, and is now making every ef- fort to that end, but with no imme- diate prospect of success.
 Disavowals of the Powers.
 Every nation has disavowed any in- tention of dismembering China, but that merely relates to dismember- ment as punishment for the Boxer outrages. No nation has pledged it. self to avoid taking a course which will sooner or later make dismember- ment inevitable. It is firmly believed in official circles in Washington that ately with the intention of bringing about a situation which will compel dismemberment.
 Where the Question Hinges.
 The whole question hinges on the amount of the money indemnity to be demanded. While the United States has not officially set maxi mum figure for the indemnity, it is unofficial opinion of some of the high est officers, of the government that S2O0, ,000, ,Oo0 is all that China can pay. The powers are desirous of swelling the indemnity to at least twice that amount.
 Two Causes Considered.
 Two courses are considered for the payment of this large indemnity. Each is innocent on it's face, but both mean partition, and the American government is so sure of it, that as soon as the powers adopt either course, this country will retire from the concert and lose all but a faint chance of ever recovering any in- demnity. One course is to exact ter ritorial pledges. This is the same thing as partition, for it simply means a mortgage, which is certain to be foreclosed. The United States will not have anything to do with this scheme.
 The Other Plan.
 The other plan is to have China is sue bonds, guaranteed by the powers. This, in the opinion of the American government, means partition just as surely as the first scheme. The bond holders would have recourse to the guarantors, who could not fulfill their guarantees except by taking terri tory. Partition by this means may appear a thing of the distant future, but high official of the government has recently given it as his deliberate opinion that the bond scheme would bring about partition almost as soon as the other. The United States will not guarantee any bonds.
 Give Up the Connundrum. How the United States can collect its indemnity if it does stay out is mystery. The government officials frankly give up the conundrom. The United States will not, of course, sur render it's claim and give China a re- ceipt in full. It will endeavor in every way possible to get it's indemnity, but there is no way open in the inn 1 mediate future, if the powers carry out their plans.
 Only One Way to Do It. The United States has, therefore. only one way of getting indemnity That is by inducing the other powers to reduce their demands to an in- 'demnity which China is able to pay. The administration is hopeful of sue cess, but so far it has made no prog ress, and the chances seem to be all against it.
 What It Has Cost Us.
 The United States spent about seo.- 100000 on going to Pekin, and this country's demand for damage to per son and property may range from $10,000,o00 to s20,000,O00. But the oth- CT powers are actively swelling their expenses as much as possible.
 For the Agricultural Department.