Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-08
e,n. Ministers Think Two 1hou-
sand Are Too Many
,or ANXIOUS TO RETURN.
,.,,.uon Perplexed- Hoe""'i'
Wy a,,.iye Notes from China

PeAp' pa" commissioner to FeR'n'
states , I, interview yesterday WIN
had 'Yp rbang. who satisfied him that
Ii Hu1s oot likely to be any further
tne's " >, hitch in the negotiations ior
inp'r'" IMPORTANT between China and the
Q %''' china has agreed to the list
power .,,orts submitted by the MIN
o. pa' the powers, asking only one
s'a' .'Ion. namely, deprivation Oh
'@.' instead Of Punishment in the
V'"''' man who is 70 years OF age
ca" y, ,be ministers have agreed.
TO yum tIone chang says the court is ex-
,.-,.Iy anxious to return to Pekln as
'oon a. the foreign troops eVacua'e
he capital o,,,.ors Of the mowers
4 guy "a mink that so large force as
g o46 ,rooos acting as legation guards IN
n" . Gv' nrooer would be great mis-
& tas w sneb a body would have TO re-
'ahg IN a space of one square mlle'
"A 5 1,a'" .,oops could not be allowed OUT,
Eide the legation quarter armed s .s a,ro
4 go1n probably not be safe Tor thein
=" nis thought by some Of the ministers
.hot n the encampmnet were maue
trom twelve 10 fifteen miles away, with
ibe necessary stores this arrangement
Would be much preferable, as a tele-
gram could bring the troops into the
city Immediately. -..o.o han
Moreover several ministers have been
,nsulted BY troops of other nauonall-
tles Mr.. Rockhill and Sir Ernest Ma
son Satow. the British minister were
returning from dinner in chairs, when
the chairs were stopped by German
soldiers, who proceeded to beat the
bearers The ladies' of the party were
greatly frightened. The ministers gen
orally fear that the presence IN PeKlh
Of a considerable force OF troops OF
various nationallties might be
source Of international friction. They
are not entirely pleased with the mill
tary proposals Of the generals, as
they fall to see the necessity Tor
The demolition Of all forts,
ADMINISTRATION PERPLEXED.
Washington April THE admins
tration is perplexed over cable dis
patch received from Mr., Squires, now
IN charge Of the American legation at
pekln. This dispatch, according to
publication today, said that the Rus
sian minister refuses 10 receive official
communications from Chinese minis
ters which carried the inference that
diplomatic relations between the two
countries interested would be broken
of The officials are very reticent
'8 about the matter, and decline TO affirm
or deny whether Il is correctly stated.
tThev will go only SO far as to admit
"A The receipt of dispatch whose purport
was not clearly understood, for which
reason It was not given to the press for
publication,
Another cablegram which reached
here today from Mr.. Rockhll, the spe-
clal commissioner Of the United States,
had no reference to the alleged refusal
OF the Russians to receive official COM
munloatlons from the Chinese commits
sioners. As Mr. Rockhil Is in a posi-
ton to know promptly what develops
between the ministers and the peace
commissioners, II is believed he would
De prompt TO report a step OF such far
( reaching Importance as the published
dispatch from Mr., Squlres would indl-
cate
At the Russian embassy no informa-
tlon on the subject was obtainable to-
night, II was said there that no com
munications had come from the office
~ ST. Petersburg since the Russian
note OF several days since. which de-
CARED that governments intention re-
earning Manchurla, a copy Of which
was handed 10 Sec. Hay The i'm.
preston Of the officials at the embassy
was that no special significance at
& ue,.d TO the Squlres dispatch. Ac-
3 ,9fa.ng to them, It simply meant that
.as russians had discontinued further
EXCAVATIONS az this time on the Man
1..llan question alone. which for the
lme IS held IN allegiance.
4 lls was In accord with the spirit
~ 'ne olllcial publications on this mat
z w, Wnleh asserted that remaining
,s,ealul 70 Its original and oft-repeated
s.sunsnl regarding Manchurla. ut
& WI quietly await the further course
e ~. VEINS Absolutely no concern was
.F "a, 'ne embassy on the subject, the
4 i .s,I n apparently being perfectly sat
n ',u 'na' the communication referred
sn, .,aIes entirely to the Manchurian
any,, NJ 9her diplomatic circles the report
, rpyt ~, 70 receive credence, on the gem
.po 1, ,uueory that the interests Of the
, ,rs,'an government in China were too
So ~. ana tar-reaching TO permit the
I'M s . OF diplomatic relations at
man,, T ule when substantial unity on
Ngs,sg - y, me matters OF negotiations
"ue 50 Promising.