The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-11-01
.rr,qUpE OF FOREIGN MINISTER'S
AT PEKIN.
o,..atisfaction with Cry for Re-
,,i.als Set Up by Foreign Minis
tiers Ii steadily Growing-seem to
n. Influenced More BY Personal
Motives Than . Desire to Bring
m,uese Troubles to . Conclusion
.-chipese Government willing to
pecapitate Every Ansi-Foreigner
Named.

NC sbington, Oct. 2S.-There can be
longer any concealment Of the fact
not the American government ID
.horoughly dissatisfied with the atti-
.,,da displayed by the diplomatic corps
!. pekin toward the negotiations for
asace. and particularly in regard to
the punitive measures which the corps
asem necessary to institute against
NO Chinese who participated in the
recent anti-foreign uprising.
tn say that the authorities here are
s..o,,sted with the Pekin diplomats
would not be expressing the matter
100 strongly. The feeling OF dissatis-
faction with the cry for reprisals set
nm by the Official reports of the pow
arc who suffered the terrors OF the
two months siege Of u legations
has been
steadily Growing.
The receipt within the past fewAdays
Of detailed reports OF what h minis
ters desire has thrown new light on
the character of their demands, which
has served to impress the Washing
ton officials eve more unfavorably.
II is claimed here that the ministers
nj Pekin are the principal obstacles
10 the arrangement of peace terms.
The assertion is made that they nave
pursued a policy which leads to the
conclusion that they are more anxious
10 secure revenge for their wrongs
than to bring about and agreement
which will restore normal conditions
In China and remove the menace of
the Chinese question from the civil
lized world. The main allegation
against the diplomats is that they
have
Failed to Agree
on any definite list OF persons to be
punished for participating in the anti
foreign crusade. The Chinese gov
eminent, officials here assert, has been
brought to it's knees and is willing to
decapitate every Chinese. no matter
what his position, who is named by
the powers for that punishment. This
government believes that the list of
persons to be punished should be COM
pleted without delay and the sentences
imposed carried into effect as soon as
possible. But it is held that nearly
every foreign minister in Pekin de-
sires added TO the list the names of
some Chinese officials against whom
he has a particular feeling of animos-
ity. 1t Is not doubted that the min
listers honestly believe these persons
guilty of completely in the
M~assacres Of Christians
and the attack on the legations, but
the feeling here is that they have
been influenced more by personal mo-
tives Than by desire TO bring the
Chinese troubles to a conclusion and
prevent repetition of anti Christian
outbreaks. 1t is understood that the
Chinese peace plenipotentiaries are
pressing for an agreement among the
ministers on a list of malefactors that
Will be satisfactory to the powers,
but that the plenipotentiaries have
been put off from day to day. The
american government is anxious to
bring this to an end, and it is prob
able that steps will be taken to COM
pei the ministers to agree on a definite
course. 1t is contended here that the
continuance of the uncertainty is
rapidly bringing the Chinese empire to
a state OF anarchy.