The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-12-28
! The Chinese
ITreaty......

The State department made public
the text of the joint note of the powers
to China Monday The official state
ment follows:
Department of State, Washington,
ID. C.-The following English version
is understood to be in substantial
the note to be addressed to the gov
eminent of China, as agreed upon by
the representatives of the cooperative
powers at Pekin, December 4, 1900,
and subsequently amended before
signature:
During the months of May, June,
July and August of the current year
serious disturbances broke out in the
northern provinces of China, in which
atrocious crimes, unparalleled in his
tory, and outrages against the laws
of nations, against the laws of hui
manity and against civilization, were
committed under particularly odious
circumstances. The principal of these
crimes we're the following:
First--On the Goth of June His Ex-
cellency, Baron Won Ketteler, while on
his way to the Tsung Ii Yamen, in the
performance of his official functions,
was murdered by soldiers of the reg
ular army, acting under orders OF
their chiefs.
Second-On the same day the for
eign legations were attacked and be-
sieged. The attacks continued with
out intermision until August IA, on
which date the arrival of the foreign
forces put an end to them. These at
taclls were made by the regular troops
who joined the boxers, and who
obeyed the orders of the court eman-
ating from the imperial palace. At
the same time the Chinese government
officially declared, by it's representa-
tives abroad, that it guaranteed the
security of the legations.
Third--On the 18th of June, Mr..
Sujyama, chancellor of the legation
in Japan, while in the discharge of an
Official mission, was killed by regu-
lars at the gates of the city. In Pekir
and in several provinces foreigners
were murdered, tortured or attacked
by the boxers and the regular troops,
and such as escaped death owed their
salvation solely to their own deter
mined resistance. Their establish
ments were looted and destroyed.
Fourtn-Foreign cemeteries, at Pc.
kin especially, were desecrated, the
graves opened and the remains scat
tered abroad.
These occurrences necessarily led
the foreign powers to dispatch then
troops to China, to the end of pro
tectng the lives of their representa-
tives and citizens. During their
march to Pellin the allied forces me
with resistance from the Chinese army
and had to overcome it by force.
THE TERMS OFFERED CHINA.
Inasmuch as China has recognized
her responsibility, expressed regret
and evinced desire to see an emo
put to the situation created by the
aforesaid disturbances, the power,
have determined to accede to her re-
quest upon the irrevocable condition,
enumerated below, which they deem
Indispensable to eNpiate the crime,
committed and to prevent their re
currencc:
1.-THE dispatch to Berlin of an eX
truordinary mission, headed by al
imperial prince in order to express
the regrets of His Majesty, the EN-
peror of China, and of the Chimes
government for the assassination o
his excellency, the late Baron Won
Kettler, ministers of Germany.
B-The erection upon the spot o
the assassination of a commemorative
monument, betting the rank of tn
deceased, bearing an inscription il
the Latin, German and Chinese Ian
guages, Expressing the regrets of tn
emperor OF emma Tor Jne Dlufuef.
II.
A-Che severest punishment for thu
persons designated in the imperial de
cree of September 20, 1900, and foI
those whom the representatives of thu
powers shall subsequently designate
B-The suspension for five years o
all official examinations in the cities
where foreigners have been massacret
or have been subjected to cruel treat
ment.
III.
Honorable reparation to be made by
the Chinese government to the Japa
nese government for the murder o
Mr.. Sujyama.