Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
LEAVE TUAN OUT.
NO PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH
HIM AND EMPEROR.
PEACE ENJOYS ARE ABSOLUTE.
No Hope to Punish Boxer Criminals
if Papers Go to Privy Council +.
and Tuan.

New York, Sept. ga special to the
Times from Washington says: If the
protest regarding the appointment OF
Prince Tuan, remains witout effect and
Iuan is kept in the privy council the
United States will refuse to negotiate
with China until assurances are given
that the action of the nvo shallsnot
be subject to review by the Chinese en-
peror. This is an unusual step, but the
circumstances of the case are held to
make 1t necessary. In the ordinary course
OF diplomatic procedure a sovereign
would have the right to accept or reject
a treaty negotiated by his ENJOYS. !. II
Tuan is kept in the privy council. it Is
certain that the peace treaty would have
to pass through his hands in order to get
to the emperor. and to prevent that the
". ted States will insist that the emperor
Viii divest himself Of all powers by MAX
ing those of Prince Ching and Earl Lii
absolute. When Ching and Lii were first
appointed, the Chinese papers announc-
ing their appointment We're somewhat
ambiguous. Some of the powers We're told
that Ii and Ching were invested with full
authority to negotiate peace, while others
were told that the proceedings We're sub
ject to review by the emperor. 1t is
learned that the powers Of Ching We're
broadly defined. The United States will
insist that no papers shall pass through
the privy council. This is all based on
the assumption that the Chinese govern
ment will refuse TO dismiss the new privy
councillor. 1t is absolutely necessary that
such a demand hould be made for the
reason that first demand of the peace en-
voys will be for the degradation of Tuan
and the punishment of the Boxer chiefs,
and 1t is evidently impossible that such a
demand should be submitted to him even
for transmission to the emperor. Moth
ing is known here of the alleged appoint
ment of Wang Wen Chu to succeed Tuant
in the privy council. Wang is supposed
to be friendly to the powers. Nothing is
known of his attitude at the state de-
partment n the government officers
have no knowledge of his views except
those obtained from the reports sent in
by the Shanghai correspondents at the
time of the imaginary massacre. The re-
port from St. Petersburg, that owing to,
the hostile attitude of the Chinese fleet
at Shanghai, Russia proposes to blockade
the Chinese naval ports, created much.
interest at the navy department and in
government circles today. 1t is ssumed
the blockade proposed comes under the
designation in international law of pa
citic blockade a pacific blockade is con-
sidered something of an anomaly and
though it's justification is not recognized
by some writers on international law, it.
has been r%esorted to on several occasions
during the past century and is now rec
ognized as a measure of constraint short
Of war. 1t has been instituted sometimes
by the joint action of several powers,
simetimes of a single power, in some
cases against all vessels and in other
cases against only the vessels Of the ma
ton concerned. The penalties generally
have been the seizure and confiscation of
the property and cargo OF the offending
nation or seizure and detention. If the re-
port from St. Petersburg should prove
to be correct, the superstition is that 1t
is based on the alleged activity of he
Chinese fleet and would be directed
against China ports where there are ma
val stores, docks or coalinS stations.
There are but six of these ports on the
Chinese coast not within the spheres of
foreign power. namely: New Chwang,
where there is a dock; Taku and Tiein
Tsin, where there are Chinese govern
ment docks and yards; Foo Chow, Annoy
and Whan Poa. where there is a granite
dock owned by the Chinese government.