Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-20
PARTITION OF
CHINA COMING.
United States May Have TO Take a
Slice as Indemnity,
FACES THAT PROBABILITY.
All the Powers DIsavow Any inten-
lion of Dlsmemberment nut
Work 10 That End

New York, Nov. 2O.--The China nego-
tia,ons, according to a dispatch to the
Times from Washington. have reached
most serious stage. The actions OF
the powers are making partition almost
Inevitable. The United states faces the
probability that It will either have TO
take a slice OF China or go without any
indemnity. In that case. It is positive
ly asserted by high authorities that the
United states win go without indem-
nifty.
The United states may succeed In re-
ducing the demands OF other powers
and is now making every effort TO that
end, but with no immediate prospect
of success.
Every nation has disayowed any in
tention OF Remembering China nut
that merely relates TO dismemberment
as a punishment for the Boxer OUT
RACES. No nation has pledged ltselt 10
avoid taking a course which VIII sooner
or later make dismemberment newt
able Il is firmly believed In Official
circles In Washington that the powers
are proceeding deliberately with the in
tention OF bringing about a situation
which will compel dismemberment
The whole ques ion hinges upon the
amount Of the mtney indemnity to be
demanded. While the United States
has not officially set maximum figure
for the indemnity II is the unofficial
opinion OF some az the highest officers
OF the government that $500 100000 Is all
that China can pay. The powers are
DESTROYS Of swelling the indemnity 10
at least twice that amount.
Two courses are considered for the
payment OF this large indemnity. Each
Is innocent on its face, but both mean
partition and the American government
Is so sure Of 1t that as soon as the pow
ers adopt either course, this country
viii retire from the concert and lose all
but faint chance Of ever recovering
any indemnity
one course Is TO exact territorial
pledges This Is the same thing as par
ttion for II simply means a mortgage
which is certain TO be foTeclosed. The
United States will not have anything
TO DO with the scheme
The other plan Is 10 have China issue
bonds, guaranteed by the powers. This
in the opinion OF the American govern
ment. means partition just as surely as
the first scheme. The bOndholders
would have recourse to the guarantors
who could not fulfil their guarantees
except by taking territory. Partition
By this means may appear a thing OF
the distant future, but a high Official
of the government has recently given
Il as his deliberate opinion that the
bond scheme would bring about parti-
ton almost as soon as the other. The
United states win not guarantee any
bonds How the United Safes can col
lect it's indemnity II IL does stay out
IL a mystery. The government officials
frankly give w the conundrum. The
United States viii not OF course. sur
render It's claim and give China a re-
cept in full. II will endeavor IN every
way possible 10 get it's indemnity but
there is no way open in the immediate
future, II the powers carry out their
plans.
The United States has, therefore,
only one way OF getting Indemnity
That is by inducing the other powers 10
reduce their demands 20 an Indemnity
which China is able 10 pay. The ad-
minlstration Is hopeful Of success, but
so far II has made no progress and the
chances seem 10 be all against It.
The United States spent about S2O-
600 900 on going to Pekln and this coun-
try's demand for damage to person and
property may range from 100000 TO
$4,000. 900. But the other powers are
actively swelling their expenses as
much as possible
LONDON IS IMPATIENT
New York. Nov. 20.-There Is a grow
ing feeling Of impotence In London
over the delay in effecting a settlement
! of the Chinese questions. says a Trib-
une cablegram. The English press
frankly confesses that IL Is hearing
about punitive expeditions 10 one quar-
ter or another, and that II considers
Il hardly worth while TO keep all China
In a state Of turmoil preventing there
by the restoration OF normal trade re-
lations in order to punish a few Grim
| inals who cannot be caught while the
court remains In exile
English opinion win not be fully eX-
pressed until the cues are provided by
! the foreign office, but Il is fairly safe
| 70 assume that u supports the Ameri-
can contention that the most urgent
| requirement Of the situation Is the es-
| adjustment at Pekln Of a government
with the essential elements Of stability
and authority. Since there can be no
substitute for the empress's rule, her
return 10 the capital seems foregone
| conclusion The punishment Of the
| princes, especially Tuan, Is the chief
obstacle to a settlement The latest
| dispatches indicate that the European
powers are gradually coming 20 a de-
| cision on the Dreliminaries Of peace on
which general negotiations may be
opened The trend Of events Indicates
that the European powers are slowly
approaching the American position on