The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-07
NO AGREEMENT YET
AS TO .',,DEMNITY.
Amount 10 BE Asked of China and
Method of Collecting Ii Not
Taken Up.
POWERS NOTE DISCUSSED.
Gnly Propositions Submitted Al"
Acknowledgement nf Liability
and That Empire viii
Punish he Criminals.
EEpl-rI.I, crENlNI.

! EEPlrII' SPECIAL
/ Wu~hia%tun Dec 6-'Thr nl,.th hnd nr col
lrctirE tlc indemnity from china and ihc
am, ANA "r such Indemnify th" Iyrn i'm
rortlnt questions To- hc >glti Il Will: that
3 nation. are not set forth ia tire tentative
! agreement "f foreign Ministers At Pckin
which Minister Cong = has been instructed
| to sign
This statement was made to-day at the
State Department after the salicI; points
! of the agree mrnt as cahI, Il 10y Minister Con
ger had been freely discussed 10y Secretary
Hay with th, Ambassadors and Ministers Of
ttr nations Interested
What has been .tccompliS he'd, there fore.
* merely that tn" MinsS,e.s have a@re.d on
a memorandum in general terms To- 10"
submitted to Ii Hung Chang ANA the other
Chinese plenipotentidTi"s. The understand
ing il. uf course. that there viii lac no peace
negotiations if some preliminary bases are
not accepted by China.
Th.. opinion is that. aside from the agree
menl to get an answer from China On the
two propositions OF ackn"w eicment of liza
! blity for indemnity and that she will pun
ieh tn, criminals in severe manner. little
progress has been made.
dangerous Work Ahead.
Ii is pointed out that the dangerous work
ahead is still not merely the all. cunt ot in
Gcmnty. but the Plan for it, collection.
The question of punishment. which h =
been conceded. was important, hut inn
nle.tsu.;i5ly less - than that of indemnity.
bn the whole. the situation has been
materially changed 10y the agreement II
iii,. Ministers Ia make propositions il
nina. The danger to the concert lies in
t..g. arrangement of thc indemnity. The
opinion = still held II, u. ,hal inc il-ist-no,
upon excessive indemnitiaS viii eventually
cause III" Powers each to act indcpenda ant-
iy and. pOtWithStan'.iii- pledges hyr"t'f"r"
made. to obtain COM rISit.u.I 10y oNacting
territorial pledges from china.
Mt Wa Tin, Fang, lh- chinese Minis
ter. said tu-,!av:
that the Powers have M last decit7d upon
the terms they viii impose upon China.
The terms are Very severe as they stand.
Eut | an .lsd ihj, tH- United States Gov
eium. .GJ succeeded j. irdu,. 8; some Of
the other iaWrrS To modify thv h "Sn ir
mur.u~ which thcy We're AT iilst H., .j..ed
insist U..n ana which Were impossible of
acr,l tame I- china.
Il, -i,, = ut" pleasure To- testify tn the
jro.c.. IL .iu't of the nr=ou1liuns by the
Cuit,% S,J,,S.
Il an satisfied that approval of the de-
r,anJs 70, Wu';.cd bv the Ministers in
l,iir :nG D.. g., pIes-1 -1taji'1 in - few davS
To the Chinese euvcvS viii hay a good
e.t.-, .r.,c the CHS e.. rle''
90, -:Si: G,Nt; Ets>,t CREDIT.
IG-JDU. Dec. 1.--:J'-,jgr Nuuis u. wiring
to t., Times from = lin December :. CON
firms the reported acr. ptarc- of Sir Con
gers amendments tn the joint not Ind
says:
Tho names Of tn" guilty are no. specified.
the stipulation OILY providing that those
Princes and Official. must be punished! who
are ,acosnize'i as guilty by the Chinese Gov
-r-ir' nt. with the addition of others to be
hereafter designated 10y the Ministers.
The practical result of this compromise
is that the form of puniShme mt is left for
the d, O., rIaination of the Emprts - DowaScr.
who is tho arch-cuiprit. The history of the
compromise is instructive. The proposal
came originally from japan. II was com
muuirated to Germany and then to Wash
ingJnn. Although the amendments were pre-
scented by NJ. Conger. all the credit for Sc
Cur.n= sOftened terms is given b. the chi
nee not to Japan or America but to the
EuSSiGns who continue to handle the Chi
nese with considerable dexterity."
Influential Chinese state" SAYS the
Shanghai CORE Spondent of the Times. that
the court IL preparing to leave Sian-Fu i'm
although its de1tinaton is not |
kpCwn here"
e cmr:enting upon the attempts to represent
the attitude If America as divergent from
the other Powers in China. says he learns |
hat the formal assent of the United State,
Ia thS demands Of the Powers was In,i-
mated ny Amhas-9d.r White to the For
ai2n Office to-day Thursday