Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-20
PUTS UP BOLD BLUFF
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indemnity shall be paid to states, cor
porations and individuals. The tsungli-
yamen shall be abolished and its functions
vested in foreign minister. Rational in
tercourse shall be permitted with the en-
peror, as in civilized countries.
The forts at Taku and other forts on
the coast OF Chi LII shall be razed and the
importation of arms and war material shall
be prohibited.
Permanent legation guards shall be
maintained and also guards OF communica-
tion between Pekin and the sea.
Imperial proclamations shall be posted
Tor two years throughout the empire sup
pressing Boxers.
Indemnity Is to include compensation
for Chinese who suffered through being
employed by foreigners. but not compen-
sation for native Christians.
China shall erect expiatory monuments
In every foreign or international burial
ground where graves have been profaned.
Conditions Hitherto Unpublished.
The Chinese government shall undertake
to enter upon negotiations for such changes
In existing treaties regarding trade and
navigation as the foreign governments deem
advisable and with reference to other mat
mercial relations.
ut is impossible to forcsee further de-
velopments. We shall not allow ourselves
to be led beyond these demands except by
the interests Of civilization, and especially
by the interests OF Germany"
Later in his speech Count Won Buelow
said:
The loyalty Of Germany's policy has been
proved by the fact that tho other powers
have transferred to us the supreme COM
mand in tho province of Chi Ii. We would
willingly have placed our troops under the
supreme command OF any other power. We
notified Russia to that effect A desire was
expressed In many quarters to offer the
supreme command to Germany. We could
not be deaf to the call Of other powers and
In accepting the responsibility We pro-
claimed our conviction that Germanys pol
Icy contained rothing. from the point Of
view OF the other governments, that could
give ground for misgivng.
That his majesty of Russia--whose
speedy and complete recovery we, with all
Europe and with the world. desire with
all our hearts-that this noble and en-
lightened sovereign should above all others,
place the supreme command in our hands.
was recognized by us with special gratl-
tude.
This is a fresh proof Of what shall
always urEold, that between a well-con-
Quoted German policy. and a well-conducted
Russian policy there can be no deep. and
certainly no invincible antagonism.
by dispatching troops to China we have
in no way impaired our readiness to do bat
tie in Europe We declare that we are on
guard. In Undertaking the charge of the in
terests Of other nations, acting as a light
ming conductor for the other powers, we
have no desire to play the role of Provl-
dence on earth The Hohenzollerns will
not tread in the path of the Bonapartes.
Never will non n-German tendencies be fol-
lowed by the house whose great son has
declared that a prince is the first servant
of state. In the Spanish American and
South African wars we pursued a policy OF
honorable neutrality, because 1t was the
best for Germany"
DIR. Liber, the centrist leader. expressed
approval OF the statements OF the chancel-
lor and the policy followed by the govern
ment. including the Anglo German agree
ment and the maintenance OF friendship
with Prussia, but he declared that. In view
of the gross disregard which the govern
ment had shown for the constitutional
rights of the Reichstag, some indemnity
ought to be granted by the government for
its extreme presumption. Herr Bebel the
socialists leader, who followed. was called
to order for asking whether the centrists
did not feel the humiliation that had been
inflicted upon the Reichstag He attacked
the China policy of the government. de-
claring that Europe was reaping what she
and the missionaries had sown. He blamed
Emperor Williams speeches for the cruel
manner in which the war was being waged
in China. ridicuded the mission Of Count
Won Waldersce and asserted that It would be
impossible for China TO accept the cond-
tion. which the imperial chancellor had set
| forth.