The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-15
AMOUNT CHINA Gan PAY'
FIFTEEN MILLION TAEHIs FOR
THIRTY YEARS ABOUT
THE LIMIT
PRAISE FOR YANKEE TROOPS
Gen. Gaselee, British Commander,
Commends American Soldiers in
His OmciaI Dispatches
to London.

PEKIN, Sunday, May 12-The answer
or China to the statement of the min
listers of the foreign powers as 20 tha
losses sustained by nations and NIL
Vlduals In China has been received The
answer commences with an appeal to
mercy, saying that the country Is i'm
pover1shed The answer explains tn Il
the utmost China can offer is 1900. 900
taels annually for the next thirty years
This amount will be derry ed as fol-
lows: From salt, 100000 taeis; from
the hkin tax, 100000 and from native
customs, 100000
The communication further asse ts
that We're this done, 1t would leave thu
country unable to meet the exp ense of
government without assistance. It re-
quested that the foreign customs be in
creased one4third and the receipts there
from to be given to China for the pur-
poses of government. The ministers re-
Iase to discuss this answer until IT ha3
been considered by them On meeting,
PRAISE FROM GEN. GAsELEE.
LONDON, May 1.-THE under-fore.gl
secretary, Lord Cranborne, In the no g.
Of commons, today, said that the gov
eminent remained opposed to any in
crease of the import tariff in China be.
yond raising the duty to an actual 3
per CERT .ad Valorena, except In conne2-
ton with a scheme for the protection of
foreign trade.
The foreign Office has issued a Chinese
blue book bringing the record of the
negotiations down to December Thu
cable mistake by which Mr.. Conger was
instructed to agree to the conditions i'm
posed on China being irrevocable forms
the basis for almost a score of dispatol-
es. One Of these, from Lord Lansdowne
to Lord Pauncefote, dated Dec, 18 CON
tains the following:
Mr.. Choate told me there was doubt
as to whether the president has the
flsht' without an act Of congress. to &C.
cept words which might have the eff ct
of making it incumbent on the United
States government to remain in per-
manent occupation Of Chinese territory.
l told Mr.. Choate that in my opinion tn
words did not go as far as he supposed. &"
A dispatch from Gen. Gaselee, the Brit
lsh commander at Pekin, reviewing the
operations in China from August IA to
January II, has been gazetted, 1T wish
to take this opportunity" he says to-
ward the conclusion of the dispatch, "of
paying tribute to some Of the foreign
officers with whom the British have been
associated by force Of circumstances,
This contingent has been more with the
American and Japanese than with those
of the other powers and in consequence
of their close operation with US on their
AliECA 10 EShlnI 1 nave SOOQ reason Tor
partfcularizing these forces among our
allies. Gen. Chaffee and Gen. Baron
Yamaguchi. who respectively commanded
the United States forces and the Imperial
Japanese contingent have been most 10y
al in all their relations with me, and I
may say the same of Gen. Wilson of
the United States forces and Gen. Fuku-
sh1ma, chief of staff of the Japanese,
while among the many officers with
whom we have been closely associated I
desire to mention the following: Col.
Dickman, Maj. Mills, Capt. Crote Hutche-
son and Maj. Waller. United States ma
rines, on the staff of the United States
contingent, and Col. Heistand and Lieut..
Stamform, Of the signal corps.
Gen. GaseIee favorably mentioned.
briefly. several Japanese, Russians
French, Germans and Italians In sue
ceeding parag graphs. He alludes to Lieut..
Gaussen, of the first Bengal dancers, hav-
ing been especially brought to his no.
tice by Gen. Chaffee and Lieut. Col Whit
for carrying off an American trooper who
had been endorsed during a reconnois-
sance August Is, under a heavy fire.