The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-11-12
AN AGREEMENT OVER CHINA
POWERS REACH AN UNDERSTAND-
 ING ON IMPORTANT POINTS.

ING ON IMPORTA MT POINTS.
 these Include the Punishment of Man.
 darins and Princes, the Payment ot
 Indemnities, the Razing of the Taku
 Forts and the Maintenance of Com
 munication Between Pekim and the
 Shore-A Number of Demands by sepa-
 ate Powers Still Pcnding-FrictiOn
 Said to Have Been Caused by Smaller
 Powers Demanding Recognition.
 Berlin, Nov. 1.-The following is the full text of the statement, evidently 1n- spired, in the Cologne Gazette of satur-
 day, as to the understanding reached by the representatives of the powers ln Pekin regarding the Chinese settlement;
 "Pourparlers between the enyoys in Pekin for the purpose of agreeing upon the fundamentals for peace negotiations with the Chinese plenipotentiaries pro- ceed favorably in the whole series of important points.
 "An agreement has been reached be- tween the powers particularly regarding the punishment of the main culprlts, the mandarins and princes; also regard ing the witnessing of the execution or such punishments by representatives or the powers; also regarding the principle of paying damages to the several gov ernments for the costs of the China ex- petitions and for damages sustained by private persons and missions; also re- garding the permanent stationing of sufficient guards for the Pekin lega- tions; also regarding the raging of the Taku forts; and finally regarding the maintenance of secure and regular conn., munication between Pekin and the sea- shore.
 "On a number of other demands put forward by separate powers negotia- tions are still pending"
 Washington, Nov Tiff, as reported in the Cologne Gazette the powers have reached definite understanding in re- gard to China, its terms as stated by that newspaper omits several features, which have been a source of discussion among them. Probably the most import ant of these is the proposition to abolish the cumbersome office of the Tsung Lii Yamen, or board of foreign affairs, and place the duties of that body under the supervision of one person who shall be directly responsible for the manage ment of it's affairs. This change has been urgently desired by our govern rnent, and it is believed to find hearty a tha OfFipia1s profess an unwillingness to discuss with any detail the existing state of the ne- gotiations now in progress and the im- pression prevails that if an agreement has been reached it is incomplete, only partial. Nothing came from Minister Conger to-day.
 Minister Wu said tonight he had no information bearing on the movements of the imperial family. He was not dis posed to credit the statements that the court intended to go to Sze Chuan prov ince further to the west from where it is now, unless. compelled to do so as a result of the military operations of the allies.
 London, Nov. 12.-"Serious friction has been caused in the peace negotia- tions in Pekin," says the Daily Mails correspondent at Tien Tsin wiring No vember 10, "by Belgium, Denmark Hol- land and Spain clamoring to have locus standi in any important decisions. Russia and France have supported their claims. which are opposed by the powers. Belgium fs especially importu- nate and intensely pro-Russian."
 ;e Io coming increasingly restless on account of the strict course of the allies, partic- ularly the Germans and British, toward | the Chinese, Russians" says the | Bourse Gazette will reap the hatred of | foreigners which the Germans are sow ing" Official circles in St. Petersburg do not conceal their dissatisfaction over the recent executions of Pao Ting Flu officials.
 Pekin, Nov. 1O.--A profound impress sion was produced upon the natives at Pao Ting Flu by the execution there of the three officials, Tien Yang, provin- cial treasurer General Wu Shun Kong, and Colonel Kiu, who were condemned by the international court martial as among those responsible for the massa- CTeS Inere. They were beheaded and their heads were exposed on polce for a day before burial
 ct is probable, despite discrepancies. that the foregoing officials are identical with those referred to in a dispatch to The Associated Press from Tien Tsin. dated November 6, which said "Ting Yung, acting viceroy of Chi Lii, the Tar tar general Que Heng, and Colonel Wang Chau Me, were shot at Poa Ting Fun by order of the court-martial.")
 Rome, Nov. 12.--The Tribuna publish as the following from it's Pekin corre spondent: Lii Hung Chang and Prince Ching have informed me that the demands of the powers for the pun shment of Prince Yuan and the with lrawal from power of the empress are too humiliating to be accepted by the Chinese"
 London, Nov. 12.-"All the Russian troops here" says a dispatch to the Times form Tien Tsin, dated November }, "are being withdrawn"