Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-09

After negotiating with each other for
several raoD tbs the ENJOYS of the powers
at Pekin -igned the preliminary demands
upon the Chinese government, and they
were formally presented to Prince Ching,
Li-Hung-C Chang being too i'll to pose as
joint recipient. The terms imposed on
China are, as long ago decided upon, rig
orous in the extreme. China must pay
an indemnity, make abject apologies TO
Germany and Japan, punish the Boxer
leaders, including seven members of the
royal family, raze the forts protecting
Pekin, permit permanent guards around
fortified legations, and cease the manu-
facture of munitions OF war. 1t is now
reported at Pekin and Shanghai that
China viii rot accept the terms; that
the Emperor hesitates to behead the
princes, that he does not wish to destroy
his forts, and THAT he fears the presence
Of permanent legation tire ops in. Pekin.
II the Chinese imperial authorities per-
sist In refusing the terms it remains for
the powers to decide upon a new pro-
gram. A new program is to be dreaded
above all things, for it may mean quar-
rcl~ between the rivals for influence in
the far East and bring about partition of
the Chinese empire, or even general
war. $50.
The meeting of the shareholders of the
Panama Canal Company in Paris on
Thursday developed the fact that, while
the directors of the company hope to
transfer the enterprise to the United
States government, the Individual holders
A. r,~A A y
control of the waterway. For some I'M
known reason few people of the United
States take the Panama canal enterprise
seriously. The De Lesseps failure, how
ever, was far from sounding the death
knell to the project. According to SCI
enti6c journals, the difficult engineering
problems have been solved and thousands
of men are being continually employed.
Work has been opened up along tthe en-
DIRE length of the canal. Fifteen of the
forty-six miles have bveen dredged to the
full width Of the proposed waterway, and
Z GA depth sf from sixteen to twenty nine
and one-haif feet. In a word, two-fifths
II the work on the great enterprise has
practically been completed.
Little seems to have come OF the Boer
invasi On of Cape Colony. The Dutch
residents of the British colony have not
risen IN masse to join the burghers, who
are making a desperate resistance to
Lord Kitchener's army. and the invad-
ing columns themselves have been so
closely pursued that they have been com
PEELED to abandon several guns and many
carts. In the Orange Free State the
d.. linr a ctr
effaort to capture Gen. De Wet, who Is
reported to be cornered- again-in the VI
entity of Thaba N'Chu, in the western
part of the territory. Numerous minor
engagements are reported daily in which
the Doe S seem to be holdi' their own.
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The people of Cape Town presented to
Lord Roberts a sword of honor. In his
speech he lauded Lord Kitchener and Sir
Alfred Miner.
The Grand vizier and other Turkish
dignitaries were present at dinner in
honor of the officers Of tie United States
battleship Kentucky. The Sultan also
received them.
An official report shows the water
plant owned and operated by the muni-
cipality of Paris netted y profit Of TO-
O0O. 900 francs $4,000. COO during 1900.
A small municipal electric light plant,
started as an experiment two years ago,
cleared 100000 francs ($1S0,V0Ol.
The years statistics show that more
than 1o.Q0o alcoholic patients were adj
mitfed TO thirteen Paris hospitals. The
treatment and maintenance of these des-
perate drunkards cost the city more than
100000 francs {S4e0,000'.
Tnere is always trouble in the States
tributary 10 Turkey and the Sultan's
ill-paid troopws are generally engaged in
suppressing an Instruction somewhere.
Just now Gen. Edhem Pasha with $500
troops Is ~ Mitrovilza in an attempt 70
QueIl rising OF the Albanian peasants.
II is reported that he has been instruct
ed t6 use extreme measures and to give
no quarter.
In British blue book on China, Sir
Claude MseDo1al6. former minister. de-
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