Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-22
MUST FIGHT OR WITHDRAW
cv1s1s HAS BEEN REACHED.
,s demands Add New Com
,.,;ons to the Chinese Situn-
Is I'D to the United States
,.Ie sam Must Decide.

.,n-Is Up to the United States
,,.,e sam Must Decide.
washington. Sept. 2O.-The general
;nnression here is that the German note
= Yesterday, demanding the punishment
= Chinese responsible for the outrages
the foreigners as a condition prece
e. 70 peace negotiations, has brought
~ Chinese trouble to an acute crisis as
81. az the United States government Is
orped. This conclusion is based upon
.So belief in official circles that the Chi
80 Government can not accept the Ger
,n nroposition so that it is now for the
United States government either to with
1,oy its forces from China Immediately
Or to Join Germany and England, and
perhaps some other of the allied powers,
n prolonged war with China.
Raron Won Sternberg, the German
.boroe datfaires, just returned to Wash
inoton. called early at the state depart
mont today to talk with Mr.. Adee, the
socond assistant secretary OF state, III eX-
papation of the points of the German
note
Mir. WI, the Chinese minister, had pre-
oeded him, showing visible signs Of merry
business and disquiet over this last move.
MIR. Adee made an appointment for him
with DR.. Hill, who, having recovered
from his indisposition, is again acting as
secretary of state. Then Mr.. Adee re-
naired to the White House to communi
cate to the president the substance of the
conversation he had had with the two
diplomats and to assist i'll the considera-
+ion of the German note. He refused to
discuss the latter publicly in any phase.
Attention was directed in some quarters
to the fact that in the very beginning, in
the note of July 3, Secretary Hay had
notified the Chinese government that he
expected the guilty parties in connection
with the ouhages would be punished.
However, this demand was not made
condition precedent to negotiations.
Now the belief is growing that if the
United States government is forced to
speedy decision as to the German prop
OSlllOu IL may ICSOlO " UNIV IN SDNi''
tons with the Chinese government, and
having settled its scores with that gov
eminent, withdraw from China, giving
notice to the allied powers there OF the
arrangement in order that the arrange
ment should be in full force and unatfect-
ed by the settlement that the powers may
make thereafter as to China.
1t is believed that after talking over the
situation with Attorney General Gnggs
and Mr.. Adee, the president reached
conclusion that response should be made
by this government to the German note.
Mr. Adee hurried back to the state de-
Iartment from the White House, and, after
a talk with Dir. Hill, began the prepar-
alton of an answer embodying the presl-
dents views 1t is believed that this draft
is purely tentative, for it is known that
it is to be submitted to the president and
to the attorney general as well as to any
other member of the cabinet who may re-
turn to Washington.
lie German government is manifesting
a disposition to secure a speedy dlsclos-
ure of the views of the United States re-
specting its last proposition. This result
is IlNely to be attained, though 1t Is en-
trely possible that the American answer
Will involve a counter proposition or at
least will seek to prevent threatened
interruption of efforts, which are now CIV
ing SO much promise, looking to the III
ltiation of peace negotiations.
hat the decision arrived at today mas
not changed the military situation Is
known from the fact that no additional
orders have gone to General Chattee'
Imperial Edict.
Berlin, Sept. 2O.-The Boersen Zeltung
prints a special dispatch from Shang-
hal, dated Monday, September II,
saying that an imperial edict, dated Sep
TEMPER I, commands all the Chinese gen
erals, under pain of death, to avoid hos
tile acts: orders all high officials to re-
turn to Pekin and assist i'll restoring Or
der and peace, and orders the suppression
OF the Boxers, whose leaders must be
captured.
\ second edict, the dispatch adds, orders
comprehensive reform in the entire adj
ministmtion of the empire.
The allies at Pellin, it is also declared
IL the dispatch, must insist upon the EN-,
peror's return and the punishment OF
Rang Vi and all the Boxer leaders.
VIII Have to Pay in Territory.
Ii Hung Chang is reported as having
said that as China could not possibly pay
the indemnity which will be demanded