The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-30
TEE EVACUATION OF China
Won Waldersee Transmits a Plan
to the Foreign Ministers.
Chinese Must show Purpose TO Full
hu Pence Treaty Conditions Be-.
fore Change Is Made.

PEKIN. Jan. 2s-f7,48 p. m.).-The Plan
Of Commander Chief Field Marshal Won
Waldersee for the evacuation of PeEin
and other places now held by the allied
troops WAS transmitted to the foreign
ministers today through the various COM
maHders of the allies. Count Won WaIder-
see says:
Before this change an be undertaken
the Chinese viii have 70 make q start At
least toward fulfilling the conditions OF
the peace treaty. I believe that for this
purpose the actual infection Of punish
ment On the guilty parties as demanded
by the Diplomatic Corps would be sufh-
cient. together with China's consent TO
pay the different Governments the war in
IDENTITIES to be demanded by them When
this mas been done the withdrawal OF the
foreign forces from Pekin and PaoUng-Iu
may follow. At the same time the forces
in Pechili may be rninimized-''
Count Won Wal6ersee then calls attention
TO the fact that It viii be impossible to
embark the foreign troops before March
on account Of the frozen condition of the
rivers and harbors ana the lack Of trans
ports Count Won WaIdersee continues:
''TLentsin ana the neighborhood Of Shan
haikwan viii have 70 remain occupied by
international troops until the following
two conditions are fulfilled:
The Chinese Government must give
proof that it is willing and able TO main
tain peace and order in the province Of
Chih-H and to enectually protect mission
aries. Christians. and other foreigners.
The Chinese Government paust state in
what manner 1t will manage to provide
money for the payment of the indemnities-
This must be satisfactory to the Powers"
During the transition period, Count Won
WaIdersee states in his letter, InIerna-
tioGal troops must remain as follows:
4 force of 2,0gO IN Pekin to protect the
legations.
In the districts OF Tientsin, Lutai. and
Taku, about 5000.
At Shanhaikwan, 1900.
There must be small garrisons Of two
or three hundred men along the railroad
line. The commander-tn-chief suggests
seven of these stations
The military stations on the Pei-ho at
Hoshiwa, Matow, and Tungchow viii re-
main occupied until the evacuation Of Chin
Il province The provisional government at
Tientsin viii remain IN force during the
transition period
In another letter Count Won WaIdersee
says that IL time of peace it viii not be
necessary to occupy so many stations from
Pelkin TO the sea. but the allies should
have a garrison Of 1900 at Tientsin and
posts on the way to Pekin sufficiently close
together to enable them TO patrol the IN
Uer"eniHg distance daily
He suggests that only troops Of one ma
ton should he at each station and that
the command Of the whole force should
rotate yearly between the nations inter
ested.
The court-martiaI of Dixon and Seaman.
two deserters from Company \. Fifteenth
United States Infantry, who organized a
hIIbustering expedition for the purpose CT
blackmauing Chinese villages. was con-
Guided today. Dixon was sentenced 10
twenty and Seaman to tweaty-one years
Imprisonment. Seaman escaped during The
trial