The National tribune., 1900-11-01
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
Indemnity !. ?7.off + a.s2oO,ooO,OOO De-
@ manded of China.

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1t is stated that the, French reply to the
position of LiraHangi Chang and Prince
Ching regarding what China wished to do
IN the settlemene repeated that the essen
| tlal condition of9peace was the execution
Of Tuan, Chnang,0 Tungfuhsiang, Yu
Hsien, Duke Ian, Chaoshuchiao, and
kang II. This demand was made last
week. Apropos of the punishment of the
responsible authors of the troubles Chang
and Ching have communicated to the Le-
CATIONS the Imperial decree in accordance
with which the Princes aud Ministers are
to be punished according to their various
degrees of culpability
Shortly after this presentment was
made, on Oct. %, the Chinese Minister in
Washington received a dispatch stating
that kang vi, n member of the Cabinet
with Yung Lu, and one of the intense anti
foreign leaders, whose punishment was de
mnnded, died of illness (suicide?) on the
18th instant; also, that Yu Hsien. lately
Governor of Shansi, who is alleged to have
been responsible for the death of many
missionaries, has committed suicide by
swallowing gold leaf. This delicate method
the Chinese of high station have of ridding
mankind of their presence is supposed to
be representative of their high station. The
leaf forms a CONCEALED ball in the canals
of the body and brings death from suffo-
cation. Prince Tuan, Minister Wu's adj
vices state, has been visited with severe
censure from the throne. When all this
has been proved true, and it is shown that
Tuan will be really punished, and that the
Emperor is really in earnest about going
ahead with the punishments, there will
probably Re no further delay in the nego-
tations on the other points. The sudden
deaths are supposed to have occurred after
the tribunals in the culprits' cases had
passed upon them and the hope of re-
newal of the Imperial favor had disap-
peared.
The Anglo German agreement has
caused much discussion, especially the
meaning of the third clause, relating TO
the intention of the two Nations to take
suitable measures in their own interests in
the contingency that other Powers seize
territory in China.
A German official but informal state
ment made in Washington is to the effect
that the agreement involves no menace
whatever to any Power concerned in
China. An English newspaper idea adj
yanced is that in the event of seizure of
Manchuria by Russia, England and Ger
many would divide the Yangtse- -Kiang
Valley; that it is belief in diplomatic cir
cles that the agreement is mutual guar
antee against either country SeiZing the
Yangtse Valley.
The demonstrating force of allies, which
started about two weeks ago for certain
parts of the Empire afflicted with Boxers,
and where masSacres occurred, is still on
the move.
In the Yangtse region Chinese Imperial
troops are drilling in large numbers and
practicing mqsketry firing under foreign
trained commissioned officers.
The Boxers. are still heard from in sey-
erai localities The remnants of the Chi
nese troops in the wide spaces of the coun-
try around Mukden are broken up into
guerrilla bands, which are plundering vii |
lagos and farms.
In the Hal Ping district the Boxers |
have offered rewards for the heads of GER
tain leading missionaries.
Ii HING Chang has been appointed |
Generalissmo of the Wu-wei army, CON
sisting of foreign-drilled soldiers armed |
with foreign weapons.
Minister C0nger has been authorized by |
the Government to begin negotiations al |
1nce with the Chinese ENJOYS on the basis |
Of the points in the German and French |
notes upon which all the Powers have
agreed. Upon those points where diver
sence of views has been found to exist !
he Governments themselves will nego-
late with view to reaching a further un-
lerstanding.
The latest in the Chinese situation rs
We go to press is a report from Shanghai |
hat the Chinese Plenipotentiaries have
opened negotiations by proposing that
China pay an indemnity of 5000, 100000
Il 60 installments, agreeing that the likin
md the customs service be under foreign
control until the obligation is discharged
t is also stated that the Plenipotentiaries
greed that TtIan should be imprisoned for
ife, and certain places be opened to for
ign trade.