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PROPOSALS
OF CHINA.
Only an Apology and an
indemnity.
BASIS OF NEGOTIATIONS
Instruction in Korea is Gain.
ing Strength and is Aimed
Against Foreigners.

YOKOHAMA. Oct 23-The Chinese |
following proposals as a basis of peace
Negotiations:
| I. That as the attack on the Foreign
Legations was a manifest violation of the
law of nations. there can be no question
about China's obligation to apologize.
| 3 That China is bound to pay a proper
Indemnity.
/ g. That the amount of the indemnity to
,be paid to the Powers collectively shall
Ibe fixed first, and subsequently, the in
IDENTITIES to each Power separately. and
that so soon as an arrangement is arriv-
led at on these points. the allied forces
shall be withdrawn.
4. That IL any revision or supplement-
ling OF existing treaties or any concluding
lof new conventions be contemplated, the
present opportunity should be taken.
g. That as the allied forces were put In
motion solely for the avowed purpose of
lsuccoring the Legations, an armistice
should commence simultaneously with the
lopening OF peace negotiations.
| These proposals amount simply TO an
lapology and an indemnity. IL Is farther
ldesire 10 utilize the occasion for revising
the tariff, 40 that they shall be able to
carry out the old project Of converting
the likin into customes dares. Such a
change would give an additional revenue
Iof about % cocoon taels. which would go
i far towards paying the contemplated in
Identities.
| OF course the proposals advanced by
1.-THE Chinese plenipotentiaries do not by
lany means represent what they are pre-
lpared 10 yield. Their omission OF any ref
terence to the outrages I'm the interior Is
most unsatisfactory. A telegram from
London, published by the Jill Shimpo. al.
lleges that they have rejected the propo-
sails set forth by the Foreign Representa-
ltives for the replacement of the Tsung-l
IYamen by a Ministry OF Foreign Affair'
according TO Western models, the dis
Imantlng Of the Taku forts and the es
Establishment Of direct intercourse between
1.-The Emperor and the representatives o.
. treaty Powers.
BUT IL may be confidently affirmed tina
this Is Incorrect No proposals can hav'
been formally submitted as yet by tn
Foreign Ministers. There has not beef
any news az 10 definite concord betweei
the Powers with regard TO basis. an
since the German and Russian Minister
had not left Tten-Tsin at the date of lat
= lest advices. II Is plain that no program o
\ negotiations can Rave been formulated OF
y the part OF the Powers collectively.
The submarine cable from Chefoo {
Tsing-tao-in Kiao-chow Bay-has bee
completed.
INsURRECTIoN IN KOREA.
News from Korea Is to the effect tina
an insurrection of the Pedlars and tn
Tongaaks has taken place In the neigh
!. lborhood Of WiJu: mat Is to say. In Ply
j !onyang-do, In the north of Korea. Thei
Header Is said to be e man named Cham
Kwi-myong1who enjoys much popularit
and wields great influence. The rebel
have gained possession of three towns
Kusong Yongchhon and Chholsan. an
they are believed TO be acting in collusio
with a number of fellow-thinkers In tn
neighboring southerly province, Hwang
haido. their plan being to unite an
march against Phyong-yang and Seoul 8
soon as the Tadong river becomes frozen
Eleven OF these men were recently ar
rested at Win. but II APPEARS that tn
Korean troops In that region are not sui
aciently numerous to deal with the emer
70 gency, only 200 Of them being proper
equipped. The citizens of Phyong-yan
are forming corps of volunteers an
ureparing TO resist the insurgents, who's
object Is said TO be the overthrow OF tn
present dynasty and the expulsion G
: foreigners They have already destroye
n Christian church, and murdered som
n native converts. Rumor represents ther
III "a acting I'm collision with the Boxers
v hut probably It would be more correct {
III say that the Boxers example has inspir
ed them.
FINEST BATTLESHIP.
The Asahi arrived yesterday at Yokosr
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