The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-22
WOULD EIGHTEEN
GHINt'S BURDEN
England Desires Moderation of
Indemnity Demands.
SECURITY FOR PAYMENT
STATEMENTS ON SUBJECT MADE
IN BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

LONDON, May 21.-,The house OF. com
mons today. BY 800 70 l23 votes. rejected
the motion Of Six Henry Fowler. liberal
@Aleq was supported By the liberal
readers disappearing the budget pro
sPosals- Mr.. Balfour tue government
IeadeFs annoCnced that the government
9outd regard the rejection 'of. Tho mo-
lloil as q vote OF confidence The T7isJ,
sustained from voting.
Lord Cranbornee Droceeffaf5 ~, r,,7, !,
SsIlefdI statement on the China cues
tloh, sdy1ng the governments CHIEF con
Cetli at present was to mod egata ee
Isf 3 s possible, the demands for fF,sia,,7-
-LiltS' ana see THAT they did not infringe
- - lelal interests. The govern :
posed 70 raising the import tlllUies "a
per cent as security for the ra5yr1eTf ~
ttte lIdennlty, and, in reply to All s11fE
sSSSioAs, mad requested that Great Bril-
- - would only consent to sucn raise of
HuIIeS IN connection with cOmmerciag
improvements in the Chinese .fisCzI ,sI-e-
taxes. = i,Sii
i, AS TO moderating the total Indemnity.
uLiSTe were more than one wav
OF aehieV1ng that object, and China =
5uFGeh might be perceptibIy Fghtened
Dy Uhe method of payment In regard
~ Uhe proposal that the indemnify he
oeIrayea- by "a loan gIaranteeds g5v a
Sslliceil q the powers, undoubtedly
Shlh8S obligation to pay the fndeu1uitSy
was joint obligation. and tbougb ne
h02ed1L would not be necessary. if such
q. Ioan was guaranteed it would have
10 be by the joint force of ali the now
-, me obJectIon 70 a Joint guaran-
-, IioNeFeF' was 50 OBVIOUS that the
government would have nothing 10 do
with IT. Considering that British credit
stood higher than that of anv-.e+I7er
poWeIS WINE Great Britain claimed only
a small portion of the indemnity. If
would lbe nothing snort Of insane to
agree to Jointly guarantee the loan.
After mentioning thai. three .hfef7
placea celiqUents had been executed
that three had been permitted to com
nllt suicide, that four had. been ban
ISned, and that The powers had de
nlanded the Pupishment of. 10 provin-
cial On lorfUs, Lord C,ranbOrhe concll1ded
by SAYING that on the Whole the affeirs
OF china were entering eOf a more ma
enc phase. and that the governrnent
hoped TO soon withdraw a large portion
o. the British troops from that coun-
Payment of Indemnity.
Lord eEansdowne. the foreign secre-
tary. made a staterneQt in the house. of
lords similar to the one made by Lord
Claiborne IN the house of commons. He
said the government desired to avoid
an arrangement for the payment. OF. the
Compelled 10 contract separate obliga-
ttOns, and could not agree to a Joint
guarantees OF the loan. The govern
meHt, therefore, had suggested to the
powers that China should give the pow
ef's bonds reTreSenting the amount due
20 each of them These bonds might
De eKt1nguished- in. a term OF wears by
the payment OF the principal and inter
est Certain sources OF revenue should
be ear-marked, and the yield be paid
To a board which should distribute #.
II China then made default it would be
20 the bowers collectively.
The government hoped che powers
would be content to base their demands
on common principles, and satisfy them
from common sources, and in default
demand payment by common action
The proposed board would not be con
of taxes. II, in pursuance of the sug-
gested pians payment was exacted from
China in Bonds at their face value, and,
If possible, To arrange, as Great Brit
ain VIZ as PREPARED to do, tor not enfOrc-
ing the full amount OF these annual
payments, Il wotld greatly improve the
position Of China and render it far
easier for her 10 meet her claims than
If. driven to the expedient of a loan.
In regard to the Withdrawals troops
the foreign secretary said 3, 300 British
troops would leave immediately From
the first Great Britain had indicated
an objection to be drawn into expedi-
tians remote from Pel1in. He believed
the feeling was shared by the other
powers, who desired the arrival of the
moment when it would be possible to
withdraw from China.