The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-26
mot AFTER MORE HEADS.
Position of United States Govern
Inent Misrepresented in Dis
patches from Picking.
Ii IS CENSURED IN A SPECIAL EDICT.
Is Blamed Because He Allowed Ger
man Expedition to March West
After French and Chinese Had
Agreed on Boundaries - China
Ready to Protect Foreigners.


After French and Chinese Had
Agreed on Boundaries China
Ready to Protect Foreigners.
Washington, April 24.-It is said
at the state department. that no
doubt, without intention, the Peking
dispatches representing the United
States as joining in the demands for
more heads and more punishment in
China, do not correctly portray the
position of this government. AS a
matter of fact Mr.. Rockhill, our spe-
cial commissioner at Picking, is act
ing under broad instructions from
the state department to do all within
his power to restrain the unneces-
sary shedding of blood. His presence
with the ministers in their cOnsid-
Grafton of the subject of punfshments
of provincial officials is therefore dis
tinctly palliative and deterrent. He
is seeking to minimize the punish
ments and it is not doubted that he
can do this with greater success by
adhering to the councils of the min
listers than by completely withdraw
ing himself from their deliberations,
even though the appearance is there
by conveyed that he is in full SYM
pathy with their demands.
Demand for More Heads.
New York, April pa dispatch to
the Herald from Picking says: The
ministers of England, France, Amer
lea, Holland, Belgium and Italy, to
whom the question of provincial
punishments was assigned, have sub
mitted a report to the diplomatic
corps that they demand four more
beheadings and the punishment by
exile and degradation of so more Off
Gals.
The demand was Immediately sent
by the diplomatic corps to the Chi
nese plenipotentiaries.
No New Complications.
Berlin, April 24.-Officials here en-
phatically deny the report, cabled
from London, that new complications
have arisen in the China question and
Washington, London and Berlin are
busily comforting on the subject.
Lii Severely Censured.
London, April ga dispatch from
Picking says that Lii Hung Chang has
been censured severely in a special
edict because after the. French and
Chinese had agreed upon boundaries
the Germans, who have no concern
with this matter, march west and
threaten the Chinese. The edict, it
is said, orders Ii Hung Chang to pre-
vent the expedition, and says that if
he fails the responsibility for the
consequences will rest on him.
The emperor, in the edict, says
that Viceroys Liu Kun vi and Chang
Chin Tung were appointed joint ne
gotiators with Lii Hung Chang and
Prince Ching, but that Lii Hung
Chang spurns their opinions. Here
after, it is added, Ii Hung Chang
must consult with them on all i'm
portant matters.
No More Need of Troops.
Washington, April 24.-It is under
stood here that the Chinese plenipoten-
tiaries at Picking, Prince Ching and
Lii Hung Chang, are preparing to give
a guarantee to the powers for the pro-
lection of all foreigners in China, if
the foreign troops now stationed there
are withdrawn. Thus far the reten-
ton of the foreign forces has been
urged as necessary in order to pre-
serve order and protect foreigners, but
the Chinese authorities say that or
der has been so far reesta blished that
the imperial government is fully able
to direct the Chinese troops in such
way as to secure complete safety to
the interests of all foreigners. This
is understood to be the basis of the
withdrawal of 10000 French troops,
and it is earnestly hoped among Chi
nese officials that this will be followed
by similar movement on the part of
the other foreign forces in China.
To Be Kept in China.
New York, April 24.-It has been de-
cided by the British government, the
London correspondent of the Tribune
says, to retain the services of the
Australian naval contingent in China
NAL authorities has been previously
obtained.
Another Uprising Threatened.
Berlin, April 24.-The Cologne Volks
Zeitung prints correspondence from
German missionary in China which
says that in southern Pc Chi Ii the
Boxers are preparing for another
great uprising, especially in the dis
tricts of Kuang Ping Flu and Mai Ming
Flu, where the population sympathizes
with the Boxers because of the famine
there. The population persistently dis
regards the DEGREES issued by the au-
thorities. ~
Referring to Yu Hsien (the former
governor of Shan SD, the correspond
ent says Emperor Kwang Su was fully
informed on the subject of Yu Hsien's
murders of foreigners, and ordered
the provincial judge at Kan Su to de-
capitate Yu Hsien, who has since fled
and diSaDDeared