The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-10
DIPLOMACY IN PEKIN.
\ Picture of the 'ThiuIy-yeiIed In
science Of Mantiarius.
(F-om the London Teiegraph.)

(F-Om the London feisgr58h-)
Ten O'Clock has come, the morning rice
is over. and the legations o. Christian Eu-
ROPE are at work, plotting aad coInte--
plotting one with another for the benefit o.
those placid Crientals who are silently
longing for the day when they can slam the
gates TO and make a holiday for the Pskin
mob with our vrithing bodies. doe
horseren trot past. They are fol owed by
a motley group OF runners in various and
advanced stages of raggS dnesS. Tfel come
two or three chairs with four bearers, and
d few more horssmen. Taey trot over the
bridge and turn sharply to the right I he
Princes and Ministers-that is, the mem
bers of the Tsung-li- Yamen-are VISIT ng
the British Minister. This morning at
the Grand Councillors have cre8keG and
bumped through the streets 20 the palace,
where they attend the customary audisn e.
Yesterdays proceedings OF the Yamen
have been recorded in precis, and a e
now in the Empress hands. For three
hours they have been on their kn ses b fore
hsr and words have passed 4 difficulty
has arisen demand must be shuffied out
Of 1t viii hurt the imperial face 20 admit
that the last attack on Europeans b tween
the Yang-Ting Gate and the railway tern.-
nus is worth notice. The VI MS er has de-
manded the immediate and conGign punish
ment CT the offenders, and threatened to
bring up guards.
Messieurs the Princes have come to fni
how far they can safely go in the direct on
of refusing redress. They pass the gates.
The chairs pause. Red cards have been de-
livered. and they step out OF their fFoWsy
sedans In they troop, and when the
necessary compliments have passed, and
each man has sat down at precisely the
same second, business begins. OF a surety
we are wrong to attribute evil motives TO
them They have come TO express profound
regret Sharp and short will be tee fate CT
such of the offenders as may be caught
and the entire and undivided attention of
the police is devoted to the task of catching
them Caught? Very probably they have
already been caught. Certain? Well. not
absolutely, but it is at the utmost ques-
ton of day or two. Clearly it is not a
case of sufficient gravity to justify such an
uncourteous step as bringing an additional
guard to Pekin-just as if the authorities
intended to neglect their duties. Any proc
lamation? In truth the only question was
the precise terms which would be most ac-
ceptable to the legations.
The Minister almost monosylla bicalfy
presses for something more definite. Re-
ply follows reply, and presently all the
Ministers seem to desire to talk at the
same time Half an hour passes. and there
is a slight change in their attitude They
talk less of what they have done and more
of their Willingness to do anything and
everything Finally understanding is
arrived at, and off they go in their greasy
pomp. In two days more written COM
munication is received from the Tsung-li-
| Yamen eouched in terms as insolent as can
| he disguised in diplomatic form, and ST.
multaneously a proclamation issues as
nearly as possible declaring that it was all
| the victims fault, and that no more Eu-