Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-06
New Basis Of Negotiation for the
Powers,
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY LED
Punishmonts TO be az severe ~ Pos
sible-China Admits Her Liability
Conditions Accepted.

The great powers have practically
reached an agreement as to the basis
of future movements in China, ana
this basis Is that which was proposed
by Secretary Hay
Secretary Hay has cablcd Minister
Conger To sign for the United States
an agreement which the ministers
reached az Pekin, This agreement
was sent 10 the home governments for
their approval and with a single eN-
ception every power has already cabled
its representative M Pckin to sign the
agreement and that power viii prOba-
bly, do SO tomorrow or the next dey,
Thus the concert of the powers Is
preserved and a practical ana rational
basis of settlement has been reached at
last thanks to the skill and irmnes5
OF the American secretary OF state.
The chief features Of the agreement
are as follows
IL is stipulated that the punishment
10 be meted out 10 guilty Chinese are
as severe as Il is possible Tor the Chi
uese government 10 administer but
not more severe. The government Of
China is not TO be asked to do the Inn
possible.
IL IS expected that under this obllga-
tiOn the government will punish severe
~ eleven ring leaders I'm the attack up
on the legations and In the Indictment
Of anti-forcign outrages. Some OF
these viii be beheaded. Others Will
be banshed or degraded.
ENGLAND AND GERMANY.
II Great Britain and Germany had
been permitted 10 have their way the
dynasty would have been compelled to
agree TO behead men who are beyond
the reach of the emperors govern
ment-men who are IN the western
provinces and i'm command of military
forces sufficient TO protect them. Sec
rotary Hay has from the first contend
cd that while In justice all these heads
should be taken on 1t is necessary to
catch your hare before cooking him
and that IL was simply absurd to re-
quire the Chinese government 10 de-
capitate men whom it could not get
hold Of.
These guilty officials will be banished
and degraded, and thus IL viii BE- made
impossible for them to return to posi-
lions OF power.
IL Is stipulated i'm the agreement that
lhe Chinese government Is TO formally
admit It's liability TO the powers for
damages and for the expense Of mill
tary operations This done the amount
OF indemnity TO DE paid each nation is
to be ascertalned attlrward by means
of careful inquiries and estimates.
This part OF the plan will require
much time, and while OF course, II viii
give rise TO opportunities for trouble
making powers % precipitate new COM
plications, 10 is felt that a great point
has been gained by making the amount
of indemnity a subject of negotiations.
as IL should be, rather than a prelimi-
nary condition,
Other features Of the agreement per-
tain TO the legation guards 70 be kept
at Pekln to the ra2ing Of the PeNn
forts and other military precautions
similar TO those proposed by the French
government month ago.
To all these conditions II Is under
stood III Hung Chang and Prince
Ching, representing the emperor, are
willing 10 accede.
In official and diplomatic circles here
the belief is expressed that a great step
forward has been taken, and that again
there is good prospect Of an adjustment
Of the seemingly unending complication
without ACKNOWLEDGMENT and without
destruction OF the dynasty.
The agreement now reached points 20
an early military evacuation Of Pekin
and return Of the court TO that capi-
tai
ENGLISH PRESS COMMENTS
London, Dec. 6.-The Times, in the
course OF n skeptlcal editorial concern
ing chances Of an agreement at Pekin
says.
Are the Chinese 20 be judges OF what
is the severest punishment they can
inlet or the European powers? If
the latter Is the case, the acceptance
of the American view Will not take us
much nearer a solution, And the
same thing may be said Of the In
IDENTITY. i seems In fact that there
IS no settlement but simply an ad-
journment'
ut IS believed here" says the Shan
hal correspondent OF the Times, that
the Yangtsc vioeroys are gaining pow
or over the court and substituting their
troops Tor Gen. Tung Flu Hslang's, The
new governor OF the province of Che
Klang has been instructed 10 arrange
forthwith the questions arising out OF
the Chuchau massacre"
1T Is the general belief here says
the Tien Tsn correspondent Of the
Daily Mail wiring Tuesday, that
China will accept the demands OF the
Joint note which all the powers approve
within "a fortnight or three weeks and
that then the second stage Of the nego-
tiauons-the examination OF proposal
after proposal In detail-Will begin