Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-02
CHINA TOPAY DEARLY
JOINT NOTE OF THE ALLIED
POWERS SUBMITTED.
Severe Terms of RepaI alton Imposed
on the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Amount
ing to Two Hundred Millions De-

The joint note TO China was signt in
Pekin b. the foreign ministers at IL
o'clock Saturday morning. Two hundred
million dollars is the maximum sum de-
manded by the powers for the Boxer out
RACES, yet the claims to be made by nj
uyes and individuals are likely to be
many times that amount.
The joint Eote was apparently drawn
up with two purposes in ". The chief
purpose. Of course, has been to secure
substantial measures of reform looking
to indemnities. punishments and the pre-
vention of further uprsngs Incident
ally some OF the provisions have been de-
signed, evidently. for the express purpose
of impressing the Asiatic mind with
sense of the danger of meddling with oc-
cidental peoples and their properties.
Presumably the proposed reforms of this
class, fantastic as they may seem, have
been adopted with a full understanding
OF the Chinese character. The compul-
sorry erection of monuments and the dis
patch of embassies bearing apologies no
doubt mean something to Al Chinaman,
however trivial tnese measures may seem
to foreigners
toned in the note several are obviously
just and essential. 1t is eminently pro-
per that China should be compelled TO
pay indemnities, punish leading offend
ers and permit the fertilization of for
eign legations. Of even more impor-
lance are the various administrative re-
forms by which the Chinese government
will be made to suspend its system of
oficialism in certain provinces, abolish
the anti-foregn societies and punish all
officials who countenance anti-foreign dis
turbances.
The indemnity to be paid to the gov
ernment is in the nature of the expendi-
lures incurred in dispatching and main
tanning troops in China, and may be
made TO include sums paid to heirs of
those killed in action or to those who re-
eeiyed wounds during engagements Incl
dent to the capture of Pekin. The total
losses Of the allied forces defending the
legations were q killed and 20 wound
ed, and many Chinese in the employ of
missionaries and the legations lost their
lives.
An idea of the indemnity to be demand
ed for the expenses of the several mill
tary expeditions may be obtained from
this table showing the strength of the al
lies:
Men.
Russia, brought from Siberia. -. .4S509
Japan transported from Japan. .22,5T3
Germany mostly brought from
Germany Al guns and. ....... $4,000
Great Britain, brought from Hong
kong and India. .....,... STAG
United States, dispatched from the
Philippines and the United States 5,61S
France, sent to the north from
Cochin China ................ 53IS
Italy, transported from Italy..... 1000
Austria, landed from its warships. 294
The societies named in the agreement
are the religious bodies which maintained
missionaries in China, many of whom
were killed. They will want not only
heavy sums to indemnify the heirs of
those killed, but to solace those who We're
insulted. and also to cover damage done
in the destruction of mission property.
Many merchants suffered losses in conse-
quence Of the outrages. The American
legation in Pekin was owned by Col.
Charles DENLY, Mr.. Conger's predecessor,
and the other legations were owned by
foreigners or foreign governments.
Administration officials believe the
amour demanded should not be more
than $2O0,000000, and that in case Of
inability properly to distribute the indem-
nit" the matter should be brought to the
attention of The Hague court of arbi-
tration. In case, however, it should de-
velop that it is impossible to agree on
reasonable sum, then this government
will urge the immediate reference of the
whole indemnity question to a court of
five jurists, to be selected from those
members of The Hague tribunal nominal
ed by countries whose interests were not
largely affected By the Chinese trouble.
There are sixteen nations signatory to
The Hague treaty, ten only of whom
were involved in the Chinese trouble. Re
naming ones are Denmark, Sweden and
Norway, the Netherlands, Roumania and