The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
BRITISH AND RUSSIANS AT THEN
TSIN HAVE DECIDED TO
BE GOOD
THANKS TO Won wALDERsEE
CONFERENCE BETWEEN THREE
COMMANDERS REACHES A SAT-
ISFACToRY CONCLUSION
THAT INDEMNITY QUESTION
Ratio of Distribution VIII Likely
Lead to Interminable Discus
siOns Among Representa-
tives of the Powers.

PEKlN. March o. a. m.-Count Won
Waldersee, Gen. Barrow and lien. No-
gack, have been in consultation, and Cen
WOgack has agreed to Withdraw the Rus
sian troops from the disputed ground at
Tien Tsin, provided the British also with
draw. He insisted also upon q guarantee
that work on the railway siding should
not proceed un:u the matter had teen
automatically adjusted. This proposal
and stipulation were satisfactory 30 Cen
Barrow and were accepted by him
Consequently the British ard Russian
troops will be withdrawn at O'clock
this morning Friday), thereby avoiding
all trouble at present. Orders ha 'e been
issued, however, that no British o1liC CT
shall leave or even sleep out" at night,
or go to dinner without furnishing his ad-
dress to the adjutant
The marines will return to the ships,
Admiral Seymour objects to any of the
Australian naval brigade who volunteer
ed for service on the railway remaining.
The military authorities say he does not
understand the situation, that his inter-
ference is uncalled for and that Austral-
ian marines are just the men needed. The
Russians have ordered a regiment to
proceed from Port Arthur to Tien Tsin.
The arrangements made by Gen. Bail
loud, the French commander, are re-
garded as completely satisfactory and all
darger of a collision between the British
and French IS considered obviated
RUSSIA NOT ON THE SQUARE.
LONDON, March 22-''It is generally be-
1eved that Russia will procure a secret
treaty with China" says the Pekin cor
respondent of the Daily Mail, fully es-
tablishing her prior claims to the disput-
ed concession at Tien Tsin Unro.tunate-
" this 20 only ;,o
stance of the friction of interests between
the two powers. The other instances
have not acquired such prominence"
DR.. MORRISON's STATEMENT.
LONDON, March l2.-Dr Morrison, wir-
ing to the Times from Pekin Wednesday,
says:
THE Russian right of way to the sid
ing at Tien Tsin is based upon the con-
cession made to Russia since the negotia-'
tiOns. The concession embraces a huge
area in a commanding position with
river frontage of two and one-naIf miles
such grant is scarcely compatible
with the pledges of the powers as to dis
interestedness, and it is doubtful whether
ii Hung Chang, as Viceroy of Chi Ii
had the right to make it.
Evidently the Russians themselves
have their misgivings, for In order to
strengthen their position, they are bring
AtlS Tie SItdIcSL pressure To D6dr upon
the Chinese owners to yield them titles of
the land.
The Anglo-French trouble is purely
local, but these Incidents serve to open
the eyes of the powers 10 one of the
manifest dangers of the famous scheme
of converting legation quarters in Pekin
into an international fortress Imagine
the condition of such fortress with 1000
troops of different nations cooped up
therein
Although no decision has yet been
taken as to the strength Of the different
legation guards, Germany has already
nearly completed barracks for nearly 800
men. and others are preparing to follow
her example"
WOGACK OFF FOR PORr ARTHUR
LONDON, March 22-The Tien Tsn
correspondent of the Standard, wiring
yesterday, says:
Gen. Wogack will leave tonight for
Port Arthur to consult with Admiral
AleXieff.''
AMERICAN PLAN FAVORED
WASHINGTON, March H.-Another and
later advice from Mr.. Rockhill, special
commissioner at Pekin, is of a more
hopeful tone than those Immediately
preceding, for it indicates that the sub
ject of indemnities is being discussed
unanimous decision.
The United States proposition, looking
TO the agreement of the powers upon a
lump sum for indemnities, fixed bv the
ability of the Chinese to pay without de-
stroying the government, seems to be
growing in favor But the difficulty is
that While perhaps the majority of the
powers, even all of them, might be in
duced to accept the principle of thus
gauging the burden to the strength OF
China, they are far from unanimous as
TO the method of distribution of this
money among themselves.
So far, although no less than three
schemes of valuation have been consid-
cred at Pellin, it has not been possible
TO secure the adoption of any one.
Without displacing the pending PROPOSE
tion, the United States government has
advanced another and a radical PROPOSE
tion namely:
'Co divide the total indemnity collect
ed-say $500, ,000, ,000-into eight parts, of
which the United States would receive
one. 1t is true that ten powers are rem
resented at PelIin but at least two of
them have no foundation for claim for
3ndemnity. This suggestion has not been
warmly received by those nations which
claim to have been put to very much
more expense than was the United States
through the Boxer troubles But the
cases the greater part of these expenses
was absolutely unnecessary, that there
was no occasion for the maintenance of
large military forces in China after the
fall of Pekin and equally unnecessary
and pernicious We're the various so-called
punitive expeditions which have been dis
patched from Pekiu at short intervals
ever since that date.
MINISTER'S VISIT HAY.
A number of foreign representatives
called at the state department today all
interested in China, and all keenly
aroused over the progress of negotiations
concerning indennities Among them
was the British ambassador, Lord
Pauncefote; the Russian ambassador,
Count Cassini; the German ambassador,
DIR. Won Holleben; the French ambas-
sador, NJ. Cambon; the Japanese min
lister, MIR. Takahira and the Belgian
minister, Count Lichtervelde. Each had
separate and rather long conferences
with Secretary Hay. Aside from these
! ambassadors and ministers gathered in
groups III the ante-room leading to the
diplomatic chamber, and discussed with
animation the progress of events in the