Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-02
|IHINA WILL NOT
| SIGN CONVENTION
| ,...,,, So Irstructs the Chinese
pIsnlpotontiaries'
|,,,c FORTS TO BE RAzEO'

FORTS 10 De A>N
/ Relation. Differ fro" Those
S''I l,s's,r power.-r'""s-'''
4 Ysmep iteforn'
/ =. ,orlI 2.-Dr, Morrison, we 90
London pcsn to the Times, M Mare ro 90
bs ir' .n,.. yang.tse viceroys have GAR ga. ].
sy'' lns "a Hung Chang VINO
I'D he os, ass, urging Emperor kw ,.as
Wired lu'' s,aer his decisian' received
81 70 I'sr't that the thrones decision ,..lao
81 anss '..nce Of the unanimous ADVICE
hia' .slef provincial officials was IT. :,
q me CH'' IA that the Manchuriah
f''SaDs .0 could not be signed
ei''na'V" - nor threats, Russia seems
'lnsp'w y IAN the door. Negotia-
t'.'', Tween Ii Hung Chang ana NJ
tons Os' o.s,s certainly proceeding yes
Dc ol''' chem o NJ. de Glers agreed 70
iefda', , '., amendments of the text
seer, .ynical and bold diplomacy APP
s ~, tar once to have oveF-r'a'h'a It.
Rl" on s,cN
80, loril 1.-The Chinese en-
an officially informed has ~,
n ls~ ,.a mo chinese plenipotentiaries'
~, \. I pekln correspondent of the
4 s s''' w Nall mot to sign the Manchur-
p.i' .aovsptiop even in madified
= form" .on,,
p.s,O Aprll g.-The ministers oil the
..n'sr. NET today to consider the reso-
I fa.., ~ tbe special committee TOT
q leIlons ~ .nstion az the tsung-ll-yamen
lne ' WV c , Of cermonials. II was
4 decided that the tsung-h-yamen shV ,,ao
II Ss,setter consist OF one prince anu 'mo
nenois,sa ministers, who should be re-
spEjb 10 the world for the behavior
Il y china The court ceremonlals WIN
"A ~ en i,oa an western lines, making
4 Spe allowances for oriental ideas ana
Ths indemnity committee Is not yet
reaSy Ia report, but il IS generally con-
q csded that the demand viii be nm
n mense Mr. Rockhill, acting upon IN
strnctons from Washington, has sent
n letter 10 the ministers Of the powers
asserting that in the event OF the
amount being larger than China couiu
possibly afford without the disruption
Of the empire, the ministers should
agree to reduce their demands In pro-
norton to the losses and expenses or
their respective countries, and that IN
the event Of being unable TO agree, the
matter should be left to the arbitration
4 of The Hague tribunal.
Il Commlssionaries have reported to the
n United States legation that they have
81 received reliable information that q
& German expedition from Shanghai,
# 5000 strong. has reached Thai Juan.
a The Germans at headquarters deny
Z having any knowledge on the subject.
H RussIA's RELATIONS TO CHINA.
st. Petersburg, April 1.-The Russian
government publeists DO not cease to
emphasize the radical difference be-
tween the Russian position toward
China and that Of the other powers.
The Noyoe Vremya, developing this.
says For others China is merely a
market which they can leave to seek a
better one II Il becomes Improbable.
Russia cannot leave China because of
Their Immense common frontiers"
While recognizing the truth In this
connection, The foreign merchants are
prooably less complacent than the
Noyoe VNmya In contemplating the
possibility Of their seeking a substitute
Tor the Chinese market
FORTS MUST BE DESTROYED
pekn April 2-Regardlng the de-
tuucilon Of the forts the generals are
'hfacuc4lly afreed that those al Taku-
saah'lial-kuan and Tien-Tsln must at
gas De rendered useless while the
ztih iorl at the entrance OF the river
4sIA must be destroyed entirely ON
s%9ht Of the fact that ever since II
s% oullt It has caused lower water on
Y, ear having diverted the course of
'n' stream The merchants have fire.
<s-sluy complained to the consuls bur
4 sv.elhment has liked TO ask China
a uesuoy a fort at the entrance to an
paI''Iant river. This. however. can
4 ~ Vt done as a matter OF military
sr's''y and will give foreign mer-
= ,Ae intense satisfaction as In conse-
u wv Of II being done the river will
mSH time again be navigable as
4 as Ten Tsin.
ABOUND PAo TING Flu.
Zee Iso Ting Flu, Saturday, March 90. via
W. sunday March 81, by post TO
i tl.usO,-lhough Pao Ting Flu may be
4 ,sc 49, ~ lew hours by railway. IL IL
4 pdS.! unknown TO foreigners now
n'Nh Marvellous stories and ru-
X,s pass as current facts but are en-
4 c, y silhout foundation. After the
( =, -sS ,a Of Pao Ting Flu, an agree
4 4, ~, ~ entered into between the al
y III l NE Chinese that the former
n !. ceot advance beyond the PROV
J, az ii and that the latter should
veyohd 10 miles inside the Shan
4 sy'lace. The Chinese have fire.
AVE- ofoken that agreement and
& M rsn attacked by both Germans
tN,s s,slc1 In different parts Of the
hlr@,.s chi Ii at present has 10 600
'kbs,,,. HOODS, commanded by Lin
\. vi,,l. We famous Black Flag lead
ksrs A L miles Of Hue Lu. where
mr.. 400 French troops. who are
3trlnsS make an attack but are re-
psho.T positive orders from PekIn,
.fsrrasl the French minister. having
freBeb ush' Noyron, commanding the
trctls,a' vps, that he had received in
BE- so ~.as lfom France TO the effect that
liye sc, e,,.heht does not desire aggres.
'rrlssss on the part OF the troops.
shkb h me Chinese do not advnce
Ii1s os = not considered likely there is
b. nance Of a collision
sttaS 10 March 100 Germans were NJ.
ltrt t,n7sr the border and two man
sfed ~ Two thousand soldiers en-.
In,e.s,diann 81 province through NE
syond s hts, pass, driving the Chinese
NE. uHi,nnaalquan' and then retiring TO
snp. 's' where they are now in
dlfere"r,v u'cers state that Shan 81 has
Re- the ,I phcople from the Chi Ii prov.
Nd ds,, inhabitants being more AFRO
be FTer 'l,s me foreign troops 10 enter
hene 'Yth have large sunnlles a.