The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-08
:esarded the local authorities in the lat

regarded h local authorities In the lAt.
people with whom we sought to remain
~ q and friendship. Our declared
aims involved no agaanst tneaCM-
mate ottice Of resculng the Imperial iega-
ton, obtaining redress tor ron al
rsady suffered, securing wherever possible
IN CHINA and preventing u spread OF the
disorders or their recurrence.
AZ was h e said. ..the policy Of the
seek q solution which may bring ABOUT
permanent. safety and peace to China,
preserve Chinese territorial I'M admins
teed to friendly powers by treaty
the world the principle or a. ana Inn
partial trade with ali parts OF the Chinese
EMPIRE" -,
Faithful to these pro%testations. which, as
It proved, reflected views and purposes Of
the other cooperating ~gukesnnleilLs, al
our EFFORTS have Deen directed toward
ending the anomalous situation In emma
by negotiations FOR q settlement at the
sacred DUTY OF relieving our legation Il
Its dependents was accomplished we with
drew from active hosttnlles, leaving our
legation unuer an adequate guard in
tekin as a cnafalel OF neg ULlatiOli ana set
tlement-a course adop.cu py others OF
the interested parties. OVeTlures OF the
empowered representatives or the Chinese
emperor have been CONSIDERABLY enter-
tanned.
Ihe HuAStah FrOpOStt1On
looking to the restoration of the imperial
power in PeKin has been accepted as Ill
full with our own desires, for
we have held and hold that effective rep
ing settlement mat Will make their re-
currence Impossible can best be brought
about under an authority which the chi
nese nation reyerences and obeys. Wine
so doing we forego no jot or our UNI
doubtcd right to exact, exemplary n
deterrent punishment OF the responslole
authors and abetters of the criminal acts
which hereby we and other nations have
suffered grievolss injury.
For the real culprits, the evil counsel
ors who have misled the imperial juGs-
ment and diverted the sovereign authority
to their W guilty ends, full expiation
becomes imperative within the rational
limits 1EIi 9 . o H. rstrtbHtivs Justice: Rega.d,ng
settlement etwee China and the OWES.
I said IN my message of Oct. Is to the
Chinese emperor:
soon as We and the other offended gov
ernments shall be effectively satisfied of
your majesty's ability and power to treat
ers, who are doubly culpable not alone
toward the foreigners. but towsrd your
under whose rule the purpose
world had. hitherto found expression In
strangers
Taking as a point of departure the i'm
perial edict appointing Ii Hung Chang
and Prince Ching plenlpotentiaries to ar
range a settlement, and the edict Of Sept.
memf has moved in connectton with the
powers toward the opening of negotia-
Rockb Mhif has Mr. Been Go assSor assiSf 20 e by Mrt
behalf of the United States.
The e Proposal.
The general basis of negotiations formu-
republic have been accepted with GER
tain reservations as to details. made
necessary by our own circumstances, but,
open to discussion In the progress of the
negotiations. The disposition of the en-
government to admit liability for
Subjects, and to act upon such ad-
dttional designation Of the guilty persons
as the foreign ministers at Pekin may
b od in a q posis,Gn 10 IN MAKE; d gives n9ss hope of of
yolved, assuring recognized rights Of resi-.
dents and intercourse on terms of equal:
t tEa for all III world, ! regard as one Of
ment the seourement of adequate guar
antees for liberal faith, for .inse-
cMrity Of those natives who may embrace
upon the rights of foreign worship
invasion thereof.
wronged Citizens is a question Of. grave
concern. Measured in money alone, a
sufficient PREPARATION may prove to be .be;
yond the ability Of China to meet. sAll
the powers concur in emphatic disclaiIa,
ers Of any purpose Of aggrandizeanent
I am disposed to AXE due compensation
that may be made in part by increased
guarantees of security for foreign rights
and ~immunities, and. most important of
all, by the opening Of China to the equal
of all the world. These views
have been n will be earnestly advo-
Gated by our representatives.
The government of Russia has put for
ward a suggestion that in the event of
protracted divergence of views in reia-
ton to indemnities the matter ne rele-
gated to the court of arbitration at The
Hague. I favorably incline to this, believ-
ing that high tribunal Of arbitration
could not fail to reach q solution no less
conducive to the stability anil enlarged
prosperity Of China itself h immediate
~ beneficial to the E35ers. 4,