Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-10
CH|NA'S PROPOSITION
Punishments She Proposes to In
flict on Those Responsible
for the Trouble.
THREE ARE TO BE DEOAFITATBD.
Prince Tuau Gets 4 Sentence of Ban
ishTnent to the Border-OtheF
Celestial News.

London. Oct. 1O.-A Picking dis
patch, dated Oct. Z, says: Trust
worthy Chinese reports says that the
Dowager Empress is seriously i'll at
Tai-Yaun- Fu province uf Shan-SD,
and the free hand of the emperor in
affairs of state of late is regarded as
contir1natory of these reports. \ re-
| SpOnse to the German demand has been
transmitted to Ii Hung Chang. This
says that Ying Men, president of the
censorate; Yang VI. assistant grand
| secretary and president of the civil
board. and Chao Shu Chiao. president
OF the board of punishment. will be
decaptiated; that Prince Chwang.
| Duke Tsai Ian and Prince Yih, will
! be sentenced to life Imprisonment. and
| that Prince Tuan will be banished to
the imperial military post roads on the
| Siberian frontier, as II further punish
ment for aiding the Boxers"
That Second German Note.
Berlin. Oct. lot was aScertained
at the German foreign office yesterday
| by the correspondent of the Associated
Press that all the powers have agreed
to the proposals of the second German
note with the exception of Great
Britain. from whom no answer has yet
been received to either the first or see
Ond note OF Germany. The foreign Of
flee, however. expects Great Britsin'S
adherence to the second note and still
looks for reply to the first. With
reference to the statement cabled from
America that Great Pritain has acted
as n mediator in effecting an under
standing between Germany and the
United States. high foreign office of
fetal said that nothing was officially
known regarding such n service. if
it had been rendered; and that, as n
matter of fact. there was no neces-
sity whatever for a mediator. The lat
ter statement was corrobOrated by the
British ambassador. Sir Frank Iascel-
les. and by the United States charge
d'affaireS, Mr.. John b. Jackson.
Must Return to the Capital.
Shanghai. Oct 10.-The Chinese as
Sert that the governor of ShangTung
and the Nang-Tse viceToyS have sent Il
joint memorial to the empress. declar-
ing ii to De impossible 10 guarantee the
dispatch of money and provisions to-
Si-Ngan-E'u. and threatening to resign
unless the court returns to Peking. 1t
is believed that Emperor Kwang Hsu
is anxious 70 return. and the dowager
empress wavered until she heard of the
expedition to Pao-TingFu. Ii Hung
Chang'S secretary reports that foreign
troops. supposed to be British, have
already arrived at Pao-Ting-Fu. 1t is
said that Ii Hung Chang has advised
the emperor TO return to Peiing on the
ground that the powers can stop sup
plies from reaching the province of
Shen-Si.
Morrison Seems To BE Worried.
London. Oct. 1O-Dr. Morrison. the
Pekin@ correspondent of The Times,
wiring on Oct. >. says: Russia. i'm pur-
suance of her policy of being China'S
only friend. has restored the tSung-li-
yamen to the Chinese. Count Won Wal
dersee's decision to divide the railway
administration between Russia and
Germany shows the humble position
Great Britain is cOntented to occupy in
North China"