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indemnify May be Left to Inter
national Court Of Arbitration.
PERMANENT GUARD AT PEKIN.
The United States Unable to Make
!, Permanent Engagement OF
This Nature-Prcsident Re
serves His Opinion Of
DismantlinG the
Taku Forts.

WASHINGTON. oct. 1.-THE rsp;y OF
the State Department to the French nots
relative TO the basis Of Chinese ne=o-
tiation was made public to-day. 1t read
as follows:
The Secretary of State to the French
charge d Affaires. (Sent to Mr.. Thiebaut
October 10TH 1860:
lMemorandum-The Government of thc
United States agrees with that OF France
in recognizing as the object to be OBJ
tained from the Government OF Chihd,
appropriate reparatIon for the past a'fd
subs stantisl guarantees for the future
The President is glad TO perceive In
the basis OF negotiation put forward III
the memorandum OF October 4th- the
spirit that has animated the dec arat;oas
heretofore made by all the Powers inter
ested and would be pleased u see IN
negotiations begun imm diately upon the
uSua! varificasiOn OF credentials.
1t may be conveIsisnt TO enumerate the
clauses OF the memorandum ana to a@l
some observations dictated by the att
tude Of the United States in the prese t
circumstances:
PUNISfHMENTS.
q The punishment OF the guilty par
ties who may be dt.s gnated by the re9re-
sentatiyss of the Powers at T, kin The
Chinese Government has alread} lndi-
cateG its intention TO punish a number OF
those r, sponsible for the recent disorder,
The representatives of the powers at
Pckin may suggest additions to that list
whln negotiations are entered upon.
80 The continuance OF the mterdlctloIl
against the Importation of arms. 1t is
not understood that this interdiction is u
be permanent ard the duration of it and
the dataiIs of it's regulation SENS a
proper subject of discussion by the neso-
tiaturS.
..S. Equitable tndemnities for the Gov
srnnlent, corporations and private indi-
viduals.
This is an object desired by all the Pow
ers. The Russian Government has suG-
gestei that in case of protracted divergence
Of views, this matter might be commended
to the consideration of the international
court of arbitration Of The Hague The
President thinks this suggestion worthy
of attention of the Powers.
PERMANENT GUARD.
a. Tie organization in Pekin Of 81 per-
manent guard for the legations The
Government of the United States IS unable
10 make any permanent engagement OF this
nature without the authorization of tbs
executive branch, but in this emergency
we haLve stationed III Pehln an adequate
legation guard.
- The dismantlng of the forts at Taku
The President reserves the expression OF
his opinion as TO ttlis measure. pending the
receipt OF further information in regard
to the situation in China
IS The military occupation OF two o!
three points on the road from Pekin tc
Ten Tsin. The same observation whicE
has been made in reference to No. applies
also TO this proposition The President is
unable to commit the United States tc
a permanent proposition in such occupa-
ton. but ne thinks it desirable that ths
Powers shall obtain from the Chinese Gov
ernment the assurance of their right tc
guard their legations N Pekin and to have
the means OF unrestricted access to them
whenever required. The President believes
that the Governments of France and the
otfner Powers will see in the reserves W.
have here made no obstacle to the initia-
ton of negotiations on the lines suggested
and he hopes it viii be found practicable
70 begin such negotiations at an early day.
Department of State, Washington. Octo-
Der 10. 1900