Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-03
MODIFY NE DEMANDS
Chinese Enjoys Secure Abate.
ment Of Conditions Regard.
Ing Punishments.
America Willing to Show Mercy
to 0ffenders-.Li Hung
Chang III.
He Prepares to Leave Tien Tsin
to Renew esotiations With
Powers.

Pekin, April ga majority of the
ministers have mutually agreed to yield
somewhat on the question of the pun
ishment of provincial officials who were
Implicated in the Boxer troubles. This
decision was reached before the Chi
reese plenipotentiaries requested the
ministers to lessen their demands. The
list prepared by the ministers contained
the names of 14O officials whose punish
Iment was demanded. This has been re-
lduced until now II contains less than u
hundred, while the demand for the death
of eleven of these has been reduced UNI
It'll now the beheading Of only four Is
asked for, one Of them being an Official
for the murder of Capt. Watts-Jones
and Catholic abbot. This official has,
however already escaped
This leniency is partly due to an ex-
plicit order from the American govern
nent, which failed in this matter to
support the wishes of the British and
French governments.
These three countries are especially
concerned In securing redress, as the
largest number of those massacred were
Americans, British and French. Many
of the Chinese wish to have the list In
creased rather than diminished. because
they are anxious for the removal of the
|ieactionary party the members of
which We're directly implicated in the
massacres. The ministers, however,
make nosdistinction as to the party affil-
iations of the accused, but seek only
punishment in the cases of the really
guilty officials in proportion TO the de-
gree Of their guilt
The ministers have also declded> to
omit the names of certain Pekin off,
lcials because the Pekin list has already
been presented. and the ministers were
at that time Ignorant regarding the ac-
ton OF certain officials, who Ii has since
been charged, aided the Boxers to mas
sacre Christians and Chinese who were
regarded as friends of the foreigners.
The escape of these officials is due to
1.-THE fact that the ministers failed TO se-
Iscure information against them at the
proper time tho such information was
in possession OF the foreign CIVILIANS
Notwithstanding the fact that a large
portion of the protocol has not yet been
lsettled the ministers are already plan
ming towithdraw to temples In the west :
1 ern hills where they will spend their
summer vacations. The French minis
! ter Will not leave Pekin until May. when
This successor Will arrive here.
The Chinese pienipotentiarles will
/ take no vacation, but viii remain at
their post Of duty. Thus far the minis
! ters appear more dilatory than the Chi
I reac
| Japan Is still closely watching Rus
s'a's movements. while the other pow
ers merelyrega ard Russia, s action az one
| of impropriety and as unnecessary. az
without a convention she still dominates
Manchuria. Mongolia and Turkesian
/ Her attempts 10 secure the signing OF
4 the convention will merely arouse suspi-
/ oion and criticism and resistance.
Information is being sought az tc
| whether the imperial edcts. issued IN
accordance with article 10 of the proto-
4 col, have been published In the PROV
i inces The missionaries are really the
Isonly ones who are able to ascertain the
facts outside the treaty ports. In fact
the places where foreigners fear to visit
Especially require the publication OF
edlcts.
III Hung Chang Leaves Tien Tsien.
Tien Tsin, April Bill Hung Chang
with his bodyguard, is returning Il
Shanghai. He is indeposed. Steamers
are detained at his disposal. and he 1.
expected to arrive here on Thursday.
A company OF Germans defeated 100,
Chinese robbers on March 81 sever
miles north of Tien Tsln, killing clever
and wounding fifty. 1t is reported thai
la dozen foreigners We're cooperating
with the robbers. The Germans cap.
i tured thirty carts and gun.
4 RUSSIA REPLIES TO JAPAN.