The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-16
court READY 70 move
THE CHINESE EMPEROR Is sam To
BE PREPARING TO LEAVE
SIAN FU
POWERS ARE VERY FAR APART
Small Apparent Prospect of Any
Early Agreement on the Amount
of the Indemnity or Its
Division.

SHANGHAI, April ia dispatch from
Sian Flu to the local mandarins reports
that the court is preparing to go to
Hsian Yang, in the province of HUI Pei
The permanent officials of the six boar S
are described as having quietly left Pe,l n
for Sian Flu in anticipation of the estab-
lishment of new capital
GERMAN TROOPS BUSY.
BERLIN, April 15.-The German war
Office has received the following dispatch
from Count Won Waldersee:
Pekin: Saturday, April 1%:.Maj. Won
Schoenfeld. with companies - infantry,
mounted infantry and artillery. has been
sent from here to disperse robbers in the
mountains northeast of Chang Ping Oh u,
thirty kilometers north of Pekin. A COM
pany of troops from Chang Ping Chau
will intercept the retreat of the robbers.
MATTER OF INDEMNITY.
BERLIN, April 15.--lt is officially can-
firmed here that the United States has
made a proposition to the powers to fix
the total Chinese indemnity at G40 90, 90
(S200,O00, 000, coupled with the condition
that the payment be made Immediately.
German officials point out that the
amount named would require a heavy
scaling of the different claims, but that
the proposition is practicable and open
TO discussion, owing to the clause re-
curing cash payment. But if it is con-
templated to divide the indemnity me-
chanically, it is doubtful whether it viii
be acceptable, since Russia says her gov
eminent claims alone will amount to
317,G0O,000; this is aside from private
claims. The proposition would give Ger
many only So OO0,00O, whereas the Chi
nese expedition has already cost her
12,000,000. The claims of Great Britain
amount to less than 95000,0C0. officials
therefore argue that the amount should
be apportioned according to the expenses
borne by the different powers. The rep
resentative of the Associated Press gets
the impression that Germany is ready to
discuss the proposition in a conciliatory
spirit, influenced by the belief that China
Is unable to pay all the claims demanded
AMERICAN PLAN UNSATISFACTORY.
PARIS, April 15.-The correspondent
here of the Associated Press is informed
from a trustworthy source that the out
look for an early settlement Of the Chi
nese indemnity question is less promising
than a week ago. The negotiations be-
tween the powers are bringing out con-
fiicting ideas and interests and are likely
to be very protracted. The propositic n
of the United States to limit the total
indemnity to $2G0, 900, 600 is the only one
under discussion, and is not regarded
with favor by more than one govern
ment, others consider the sum too small
and are disinclined to reduce their claims
to the figures the United States desires
Washington dispatch, published in
London, affirming that the United States
proposes that the indemnity be divided
between the powers in proportion to the
number of troops which participated in
the actual relief Of the legations at Pc
kin is regarded as incorrect. No such
proposal has reached the French gov
eminent, which considers that the entire
expense incurred as a result of the whole
operations carried out must be taken as
the basis for indemnity.
1t is expected the claims of individuals
will be first presented and paid. This
will be expedited as much as possible to
allow early resumption of commerce en1
work on other foreign enterprises. Moth
ing is known here of the reported inten-
ton of the emperor to return to Pellin
without the dowager empress, and no
faith is placed here in the reported hos
tilfty between Russia and Japan The
French information indicates that the
conciliatory negotiations are proceeding
between those two countries, with the
prospect of a thorough understanding re-
garding the position of both toward Man
churia and Korea.
MINISTER WI is UNEASY.
WASHINGTON, April 15.-The Chinese
day in conference with Secretary Hay
on the status of negotiat tons at Pekin
The minister is somewhat concerned
over the delay in bringing about a final
adjustment and also en- the current re-
ports that the indemnites reach a very
large figure, which, he fears, will be be-
Gond the ability of China to meet When
seen at the legation during the day. Min
lister WI said, in response to inquiries on
u sc subjects:
We have been accustomed to hear that
China was very slow. But in this case
many weeks and months are going b.
without any delay attributable to China.
80 far as l have heard, and vet without
definite prospects of bringing the nego-
tiations to a close. This unsettled con
dition is very injurious to China but 1t
also Is an injury which affects the who,e
world. Take, for instance, the cotton in
dustry of the South. The shipments to
China are very large, but they have been
falling off, owing to the unsettled condi-
ton Of affairs, and the trade is seriously
5naccd. The same may be sal of MANY
lther branches of trade as well as
fmerica, is njuriously affected by the
present uncertainty of conditions in the
last. What we need and what the com
Eercial world needs, is stability, and